Seven days that shook the world...

[Wondermike]

cj10jeeper, cheers. Hold tight for a couple of years I reckon, I'll shortly be starting a project that will keep me occupied until Q4 2010 by which time the world should be back to normality

WaZZZZman, sorry to hear that

Is Iceland really bust, is it that bad?

I like these graphs that show the scale of the cash being talked about -

 

[JBZ4]

The US has sold itself down the road with credit much like a crack addict does for that last hit. I think those who can adapt and live within their means in the years to come will prevail. Like Wazzz said we sold our souls for what we thought we had to have. Some where in the last twenty years Americans have forgotten about living within their means and through credit and the minimum monthly payment and turning the house into an ATM we have been able to live the life of luxury. I hope everyone here has good fortune and profitable and comfortable future.

 

[Wondermike]

Good Spitting Image vid from the last crash

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Dad believed what Maggie said
Get a mortgage buy a home
So dad took out a great big loan
For a while there we were chuffed
Now the market has collapsed
And we're absolutely stuffed

Our house, in the middle of a slump
Our house, no one wants to buy this dump

Dad is desperate to sell
But now our homes worth even less
Than a pension from Maxwell
Our living room's a mess
Full of magistrates and bailiffs
Trying to repossess

Our house, in the middle of the boom
Our house, it was worth a small fortune
Our house, left us in a dreadful state
Our house, why the hell'd we decorate

We really caught a cold
Nowhere we can go to now
All the council houses have been sold
Our dads taken some stick
He's still voting Tory though
By God he must be thick

Our house, didn't work out like we planned
Our house, prices dropped by fifty grand
Our house, threw us out and changed the locks
Our house, it is now a cardboard box