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Brooks is closed?!??!?!?

http://blog.brooksengland.com/wps/brooks-is-closed./?utm_source=fbpage&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=blog54_29Jul2011

RTFA

Marketing shite.

They posted this on their facebook feed.

No hint of a joke there - pretty straight up and believable. Turns out that clicking on the link is a pathetic waste of time.

It's while they Brum to Berlin guys are doing their ride innit (Brooks sponsored).

https://www.lfgss.com/thread68463.html

http://www.brumtoberlin.com

I am currently gripped by panic regarding the impending GFC 2.0

I'm in the grips!

Pensions decimated. DECIMATED!

Turmoil!

yawn

When does Celebrity Big Brother start? Did anyone else feel that?? FINANCIAL SHOCKWAVE!!!

Pensions decimated. DECIMATED!

Ah that word. Decimate - to destroy or kill one tenth of.

good point^

Heh, I might say "I have decimated the cost base for you" next time that I give a client a 10% discount.

Ah that word. Decimate - to destroy or kill one tenth of.

Decimated - Roman military term to describe an act of punishment where a disgraced legion who had been felt to under perform in battle, or were guilty of mutiny, were divided into groups of 10 and forced to draw lots the individual who the lot fell on was then executed by his 9 other comrades by stoning or clubbing. The system of drawing lots meant that anyone could be executed irrespective of rank or achievement, although the leadership was normally executed independently of the decimation. For the surviving legionaries other punishment was attached including stigma, downgraded rations, and the right to sleep within Roman military establishments withdrawn.

This guy is cool

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14403432

Decimated - Roman military term to describe an act of punishment where a disgraced legion who had been felt to under perform in battle, or were guilty of mutiny, were divided into groups of 10 and forced to draw lots the individual who the lot fell on was then executed by his 9 other comrades by stoning or clubbing. The system of drawing lots meant that anyone could be executed irrespective of rank or achievement, although the leadership was normally executed independently of the decimation. For the surviving legionaries other punishment was attached including stigma, downgraded rations, and the right to sleep within Roman military establishments withdrawn.

I have an ancestor who survived a military decimation at the hands of the Mexicans.

True story bro.

^ Was that at Bexar or similar?

^ 'twas the Mier Expedition. He drew a white bean.

It's a CRISIS!

^ that was 3 hrs ago ...

Now its a clusterfuck!

I've always been skint. Only fair everybody else joins me.

Ouch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14415592

Fuck !

US may be about the announce it's credit rating is being downgraded from AAA !

Fuck !

buy dollars

buy dollars

Yeah!

Buy Dorra, sell gold !!

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/08/06/nations_credit_rating_is_downgraded_to_aa/

Standards and Poors downgrade

This really is the neo-con shock doctrine. These bankers and credit rating agencies caused the crisis and now they seem determined to make workers pay even more by exacerbating the crisis. $4 trillion of cuts isn't enough? Its hard to even comprehend how much money that is let alone the social problems it will cause.

Yeah!

Buy Dorra, sell aerospok !!

ftfy

You, of all people, should know better.

This really is the neo-con shock doctrine. These bankers and credit rating agencies caused the crisis and now they seem determined to make workers pay even more by exacerbating the crisis. $4 trillion of cuts isn't enough? Its hard to even comprehend how much money that is let alone the social problems it will cause.

It's a CRUNCH!