No, i got your point i just Americanised the post for the simple folk.

I came in a privately owned car.

Was it a BMW X5?

No Dad has that, I have a Nissan Micra.

If that X5 kept on depreciating as fast as it did in its first year it'll be well into negative equity by now

I dont think its something he needs to worry about.

He was very worried when it was pointed out to him (you) that it would lose £20k in its first year, none of which was tax deductable, but that he could have avoided all of that by simply leasing it instead - we were all rather surprised that an ace businessman didn't understand the concept at all.

Leave his Skybox on green, all the time.

And his spin dryer too.

He buys everything cash after his last wife almost bankrupted him, he also got married again with more prenups than your average PL footballer!!

First wife was fit as hell though.

I noticed that on the replay when I got back. It was crowded near the front but as soon as you got under cover it was empty. There was a massive gap in front of us and all around us. I'd say 1k at most.

None of which are worth the paper they are written on.

He (you) should be wary about paying cash for everything too, not only is it incredibly tax-inefficient ( which any so-called businessman should know) but its also quite dodgy since the money laundering laws came into effect, the last thing you want to be seen doing is handing over £60K for an X5 when your bank are legally obliged to inform on you.

I know someone who was stupid enough to pay just under half a million in cash into his personal bank account and withdraw it again seven days later - he ended up with the drugs squad busting his house and he did nine months at Her Majestys Pleasure. (True story)

I didn’t go this year for reasons far to boring to post.

Although I’m very reluctant to travel over to Viagraville since last year when some scouse ‘rosser’ gave me a ticket for an incorrectly displayed number plate. It wouldn’t have been that bad if we’d won as it happened it capped off a crap night.

You are confusing the hell out of me, are you using some sort of secret code?

Do you want me to pass a message on?

Why? Do you often speak to yourself?

Never talk to myself, is this also some secret code?

Passing a message on would be talking to yourself.

Its very easy to do so.

As it was with your other alias, sorry, your absent brother.

Now I really must get on with painting my owl...

Are you talking in code again????

No, I really am. painting. an. owl

Wont it get annoyed?

I'm off to do something else, this site has me starting to think the world has gone strange!!

Just you.

Its dead

I'm painting its likeness, in acrylic, on canvas, before it goes off.

Its a barn owl, an ex-barn owl

OH right not quite as much as our 6800 then

Beautiful plumage…??