asperity Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Sort of sums it up really :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 The train wreck of the French economy: Downgraded by S&P to AA. It's all going downhill :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Notice how the Frogs tried to point the finger at us, saying we had bigger debts than them?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Not often you're right Obs, but you're wrong again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thanks to Blair and Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 They are all as bad as each other Peter and will probably coninue to be so (regardless of what colour they wear or promisses they give) long after we are gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 But those 2 have to be the worst pair yet (mind you call me Dave and George don't have much to boast about. Forget Cleggie, he's a no mark). :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Comparing total debt as a percentage of GDP will always be misleading because it includes mortgage debts. So a country with a high level of individual home ownership will have all of those mortgages showing against its debt whereas one where renting is more of the norm will not show accomodation costs as debts. Yes, my mortgage means that I'm probably far more in debt than my renting French counterpart - but I'll own an asset and enjoy free accomodation when it's paid off, while Pierre will be throwing rent money down the drain for the rest of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Who is Pierre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Errm Asp, think you mean the French were "wrong". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well done observer! You called them the french instead of the frogs! easy really, isn't it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 PC must have gone PC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Who is Pierre? My French counterpart?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Errm Asp, think you mean the French were "wrong". No, I did mean you Obs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 OBviously a deliberate misinterpretation of my post then, Skipper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Are you talking to me? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 No, to Robert Di Nero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 No, to Robert Di Nero! Didn't know that he was a member of the Forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yer learn something new everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Let's just hope Robin Williams doesn't become a member too. Things will go crazy on here if he does! Nanoo nanoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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