Menelaus Date Joined: 03 Feb 05 Add contact | Send message 30 Jun 11 14:03 Joined: 03 Feb 05 | Topic/replies: 2,102 | Blogger: Menelaus's blog Off topic but I think relevant to the discussion.
At the height of the financial crisis (fall 2008) I decided to convert my most liquid asset (that's money for the not so financial matters inclined) into property. I understood the BoE's efforts to prop up zombie UK banks would end up debasing the pound through QE. As a result, I bought a second home in the Loire, about 10 minutes from Amboise. It was something we had been thinking about for a while and I thought, given the circumstances, the time had come. We ended with a modest three bdrm place but it offered everything we were looking for, a pool for the hot summers and some great bike trails nearby for my two young daughters to enjoy.
You may or may not know this but France is considered "off-shore" for UK residents. Since I found myself spending more time in France than usual, and conducting business in my trips over there, I requested that part of my salary be paid in euros and transferred directly into a Paribas account, commensurate with the time I was spending conducting business over there. My firm obliged.
Francois Hollande announces French tax grab on holiday homes British owners of holiday homes in France are to be hit with punitive tax rises under plans announced by the new Socialist government.
Poor Melly. If he fell in a barrel of mammaries he would come up sucking his thumb. He is the reverse midas man. Everything he touches turns to shiit. I notice he couldn't help doing a bit of bragging though. I don't know if there is anybody with a creative writing streak on here but there would be a brilliant series to be made out of this pompous oaf.
Poor Melly. If he fell in a barrel of mammaries he would come up sucking his thumb. He is the reverse midas man. Everything he touches turns to shiit. I notice he couldn't help doing a bit of bragging though. I don't know if there is anybody with a c
my guess is that Francois Hollande will give melly an exemption, they were close childhood friends and later melly once saved the life of Hollande when they were both on a super secret psy-ops spy mission many years later. Rolf Harris wrote a famous account of it.
my guess is that Francois Hollande will give melly an exemption, they were close childhood friends and later melly once saved the life of Hollande when they were both on a super secret psy-ops spy mission many years later. Rolf Harris wrote a famous
It encapsulates all that he is.A total delusionist loser.
"At the height of the financial crisis (fall 2008) I decided to convert my most liquid asset (that's money for the not so financial matters inclined) into property."
This is a beauty.Trying to appear smart by selling out, melly admits to selling at the absolute bottom of the market.Yet he continues to advise the 3 billion dollar man seth klarman. I wonder if he advised seth to sell at the same time?
The fantasy
As a result, I bought a second home in the Loire, about 10 minutes from Amboise. It was something we had been thinking about for a while and I thought, given the circumstances, the time had come. We ended with a modest three bdrm place but it offered everything we were looking for, a pool for the hot summers and some great bike trails nearby for my two young daughters
this is just classic melly, the life he would like to lead no doubt.
My firm obliged.
I was not aware welfare agencies were referred to as "my firm" in the UK
poor melly- the egg is never far from his face
This is my all time favourite post of mellys.It encapsulates all that he is.A total delusionist loser."At the height of the financial crisis (fall 2008) I decided to convert my most liquid asset (that's money for the not so financial matters inclined
The benny the clown halfwit cartel in a circle jerk of orgasmic rapture.
What a broke chap like you who trades buttons on IG Index while living on his knees can't understand is that some of us have meaningful lives. We have families that we care for and make sure their totally get to enjoy our success.
Buying the property in France was never a "trade" as a social parasite like you would conclude, it was for pleasure. Because the property may have been bought with a lot of fiat they pay me around here, but the smile on my daughters face when they return from enjoying the bike trails around the place is ....priceless.
Would you feckers ever do if your mom kicked you out of the house?
The benny the clown halfwit cartel in a circle jerk of orgasmic rapture.What a broke chap like you who trades buttons on IG Index while living on his knees can't understand is that some of us have meaningful lives. We have families that we care for a
I thought I'd correct that before the clown from the politics forum who used to post once a year but now I got him to post several times a day throws a fit......again. In case anyone is still confused, the all fluff and substance guy, yes, yes, that moron.
they, not theirI thought I'd correct that before the clown from the politics forum who used to post once a year but now I got him to post several times a day throws a fit......again. In case anyone is still confused, the all fluff and substance guy,
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Buying the property in France was never a "trade" as a social parasite like you would conclude, it was for pleasure. Because the property may have been bought with a lot of fiat they pay me around here, but the smile on my daughters face when they return from enjoying the bike trails around the place is ....priceless.
How much does it cost to rent a nice holiday home for a couple of weeks? a few thousand euro at most?
You are a liar if you are going to claim you bought this as anything other than an investment.
MenelausDate Joined: 03 Feb 05Add contact | Send message05 Jul 12 12:36 Joined: 03 Feb 05 | Topic/replies: 2,120 | Blogger: Menelaus's blogBuying the property in France was never a "trade" as a social parasite like you would conclude, it was for
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbut the price has gone down. His world view of himself as an intellectual titan riding the tsunami would be shattered if he got it wrong. How could he look himself in the mirror? Far better to fantasise.
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbut the price has gone down. His world view of himself as an intellectual titan riding the tsunami would be shattered if he got it wrong. How could he look himself in the mirror? Far better to fantasise.
Just because your mom just gives you enough money to back-pack for a couple of weeks once a year, you assure *everyone* must be the same.
My family spends months at a time across the channel you halfwit. Not to mention, my wife has remodeled the property entirely to our liking. Some people enjoy the luxuries of life my halfwit friend. Others dream about it from their mother's attic.
I know in which group you belong in.
For a couple of weeks???? Hilarious.Just because your mom just gives you enough money to back-pack for a couple of weeks once a year, you assure *everyone* must be the same.My family spends months at a time across the channel you halfwit. Not to ment