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Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) - Waits

I would add you may be the best band in the world, consummate performers and giving it your all. However not everyone is going to dig your music. Lady in bobble hat may have been dragged there by her partner. Next week he/she will be suffering through Lana Del Rey or Gojira or whatever.

Indeed. I was called that in 2007 as well. To be fair I follow an economist nicknamed Dr.Doom so it’s not my doing. Edit: Glad to see you back fighting fit.

Go back and read my comments and your replies in the strikes thread, where I was warning that inflation busting pay rises would potentially fuel inflation and were a major factor that the bank of england were monitoring in their rate hike decisions. They clearly warned that any whiff of a wage price spiral would lead to rates ratcheting faster and harder. I was trying hard to say that inflation is really hard on the lowest earners and middle income earners like myself would need to take on some pain and not push for inflation busting pay increases, as it would directly impact on driving interest rates higher. When public and private debts are so high raising rates are really punitive. I warned on the impact that would be felt on mortgages, rents and pensions if rates rose. I also warned on what happens when yields increase, particularly with short term gilts. Borrowing costs increase and volatility kicks in making a recession far more likely. After taking a kicking I warned you would understand in around 18 months. Its now nearly 12 months in and I’m afraid it’s looking ugly.

heaven knows i’m miserable now - les schmucks

Pretty sure you were one of the posters that gave me the biggest beating when I was urging some restraint on pouring gasoline onto the inflationary bonfire. Sadly most of my worst fears are being realised and it’s starting to get pretty unpleasant. Inflation is becoming entrenched and the effects of tackling it is starting to cause real pain for those with debt, particularly mortgages and rents. Hopefully you may be able to see that I wasn’t posting out of malice but with a genuine concern for ordinary people trying to put a roof over their heads.

I think the wider economy is about 6 months away from this conclusion.

How many stamps that will never be used or bottles of wine that will never be drunk does anyone need?

3 steps to heaven / eddie cochran

Things are starting to slow down in the BC market place and the wider economy. I think there is a growing realisation that high prices are becoming embedded and are proving hard to shift. Attempts to do so are making life difficult for people with mortgages and unsecured debt on things like credit cards and other loan repayments. There is less money available for non essential spending. It’s likely going to be a tough few years whilst the mess is cleared down. Sadly the UK chose the long grinding path rather than the short but brutal route back to growth.

One of the few bands that have something to say that is worth listening to.

Glad that The Teskey Brothers didn’t do the same in Bristol the other week. I also fit the angry face not overly enthusiastic profile. That gig in particular my back was playing up which made my natural visage even more surly. I found some of their stuff a bit samey and had it been a festival would have wandered off for a beer on occasion, but had a great time anyway and they are an excellent band.

do you want to know a secret - them again

Used to play it a lot to get myself through night shifts.

pull up to the bumper - grace jones

Personally I would never leave my phone in a locker at the gym. At the very least make sure that your phone is SIM locked.

There are plenty of one man band ‘script kiddies’ out there making a PITA of themselves with the low hanging fruit.

give give give me more more more - wonderstuff

heroin - the velvet underground

TBH there are so many scammers about combined with fosters poor couriers that for anything over £50 I would only meet and collect/pay in person.

The only downer to this is a lot of websites have a criteria that is pretty weak (8 characters, a number, specific special characters) and reject the stronger password. Same with some of the password managers which can also be a little too vigorous in jumping in and trying to “help” with creating or changing passwords. I use them but can be more hinderance than help to elderly parents! MFA (2FA) is the best solution wherever possible.

This. A password manager is the simplest solution. If you are really old school and have to write things down try a simple option. Choose a few words that make sense to you eg if your born in June and drive a blue Golf then JuneblueGolf could be a core part of your password that you remember. Each subsequent site could be appended with a unique new part which is written down: Basschat =bC1) so password is JuneblueGolfbC1) and so on. Not perfect but better than repeating the same password and easy to remember and keep track of. Even if you are phished and a hacker gets the core password they are unlikely to spend any time even trying to guess or brute force the unique 3 or 4 characters of a different site.

like rock and roll and the radio - ray lamontagne

I don’t recall them having a high mass bridge, but maybe earlier ones? Mine is from mid nineties:

If all crypto, digital banks like revolut and wise, paypal, gold and other mediums of exchange are shut down by governments and central banks alongside all fiat currencies then the above may be valid. Otherwise it’s just a bit alarmist. Society may well phase out cash for the same reasons that barter became unpopular. It’s just a bit inconvenient to carry a chicken around.