Carnival Shares

[Stephen]

Carnival shares are creeping up nicely.
Close of play yesterday they were 1,020.50

[david63]

And still going up this morning £10.54 as I type!

[Mervyn and Trish]

You capitalists! Never mind shares, how are my Post Office Savings Stamps doing?

[Stephen]

I thought you still collected those green shield ones

[Manoverboard]

Shares no prob but we're still 25 Kensatas coupons short of a steam iron

[Meg 50]

but still 46% down on what I paid....

[Stephen]

That's the gamble Meg.

Hopefully they will now recover enough to eventually get some sort of profit from them, depending what you paid for them.

[CaroleF]

Didn't many people do what we did, purchase them in order to gain extra OBC on every cruise? There were some years when we took 3 cruises, that was a lot of OBC. I'm sure we had much more back than they originally cost - I can't remember how much they were when John purchased them, which reminds me I still have to contact Hargreaves Landsdown to get them put into my name.

[david63]

Just hit £13

[Stephen]

Whoo hoo.

Bently showroom here I come.

[Ranchi]

You capitalists! Never mind shares, how are my Post Office Savings Stamps doing?

Now then, were you a Prince Charles or a Princess Anne when you were at school? (Hope you remember them or this post will seem very rude!)
I will add that I was a Princess Anne!
If my memory serves me well, Charles was blue & Anne green.

[allatc]

I seem to recall Prince Charles stamps were 2/6d and Princess Anne 6d.
I could never aspire to the heady capital heights of 2/6d

[Ranchi]

That’s right. In our school there was a strict order in which the stamps were distributed- blues before green (that didn't particularly bother me. What did annoy me was the dinner ticket colours - white for paid and pink for free. Even as a six year old, I realised that wasn’t on.) I can’t remember how we got the savings stamps home or whether the stamps were stuck in your book at school. I would be quite worried in case I lost an almost full book of blue stamps on the way home.

[Manoverboard]

My old dad used to bring the savings stamps home with him, mine was a 6d of course. It seemed to take for ever to fill the book but joy oh joy when it was full. What would I buy ... no matter my Mum bought me a pair of shoes with the proceeds

Lost interest thereafter

[Mervyn and Trish]

You capitalists! Never mind shares, how are my Post Office Savings Stamps doing?

Now then, were you a Prince Charles or a Princess Anne when you were at school? (Hope you remember them or this post will seem very rude!)
I will add that I was a Princess Anne!
If my memory serves me well, Charles was blue & Anne green.

My Mum used to go house to house in our village selling them so we were practically Royalty ourselves!

[Ranchi]

Ah, that’s interesting. I’d only ever come across them in schools.

[towny44]

Ah, that’s interesting. I’d only ever come across them in schools.

Never came across them while I was at school, or possibly my family was too poor to be able to afford savings.

[Mervyn and Trish]

Or too poor to send you to school.

[oldbluefox]

Or too poor to send you to school.

You didn't miss much!!!!

[towny44]

Or too poor to send you to school.

You didn't miss much!!!!

Probably not, although I did learn to duck when our English teacher threw the blackboard duster, and I seem to remember getting free school milk, but sadly only 4 O levels.

[screwy]

4 more than me.!

[Stephen]

And me.

School and me didn't get on. But I haven't done bad considering.

[Mervyn and Trish]

A mate of mine failed to get the A levels he needed to go to University. Instead he got a job on the bottom rung at the local Westminster Bank.

He ended his career as Technical Director of the Co-op Bank and Chairman of the Link organisation that connects the various ATM machines.

So there's more to life than academic qualifications.