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Richard Sellers Posts: 4691 Joined: 16th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:29 on 26th August 2009 Happy Happy Birthday !!!! |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 02:26 on 29th August 2009 Many thanks for your kind wishes, Rick, Babs, Krissy, Chris and Sarah, Babara, Diana, and Karen. And a special thank you to Cathy for arranging for some pleasant surprises at work---which suprised a lot of people here too !---and probably including the kind assistance from a UK Poe member working in the background, all of which helped make it such a memorable day from you all. |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 02:58 on 29th August 2009 Apologies for my delayed thanks. This was caused by my ISP deciding that my £20 credit limit was about to be exceeded for the month, and pulled the surfing plug on me until their new accounting period started. Clearly, this was to avoid any embarrassing headlines that might have made the Financial Times we didn’t ultimately read------ Another multi-national company came to the brink of disaster when it was leant that they had nearly over extended their credit offerings to £20. Only a quick response from the companies auditors by stopping the enormous outflow of cash had stopped worried investors selling more shares and dropping the company’s value even more. By mid-afternoon, traders had learnt that the £20 debt had been successfully stopped from running on with investors cautiously re-entering the market causing the shares for have a late rally. A takeover bid by a major competitor had also been thwarted and scheduled talks with Unions about resultant job losses have been put on hold. The Trade and Industry Secretary had been keeping the Prime Minister advised of the situation. The Bank of England’s plan to provide quantative easing of £20 as a bail out measure is currently under review. |
Shirley K. Lawson Posts: 2310 Joined: 17th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 04:20 on 29th August 2009 You should see the crap I've put up with this summer Paul, it's taken us 5 times to get our cable line working from verizon coming though with the fiber optics. We are on comcast. I mean it gets so triing to "put up with" at times, Plus we have had three different times ..Comcast technicans here working inside the house as well as the 5 lines outside. My street looks like an painted "kiddie land" ..our front lawn that was "turfed" recently looks the pits. I know they are doing all kinds of tricky little things to keep from going under, but its their little tricky things before that's gotten them where they are now. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:07 on 31st August 2009 |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 00:35 on 31st August 2009 Many thanks Ruth and was a pleasure and a privledge to have met yourself and hubby. Certainly hope you enjoyed your visit to Eire and England. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:46 on 31st August 2009 We did, Paul, and had a great time with you at Beaulieu. (for all you Yanks out there, the English pronunciation is Byew-lee). Thanks again for your kindness and hospitality. The Bournemouth map you gave us saved us hours of not getting lost the day we went to Swanage. I can't wait to get the pics downloaded and sorted so I can post them.
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Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:57 on 31st August 2009 Belated Happy Birthday Paul from me, Terry and the boys! Sorry we missed it - were in Cornwall and no internet! |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:41 on 31st August 2009 Many thanks Stephanie and hope you and your family had a lovely holiday in Cornwall . |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:56 on 2nd September 2009 We did thank you Paul - just wish we could have stayed there! |
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