Comments on: Another one bites the dust … make that two http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/ Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scaffold http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20688 Scaffold Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:03:55 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20688 Your Scottish mummy has her HQ in Glasgow, Alex. And LloydsTSB has it's HQ in London, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloydstsb Your Scottish mummy has her HQ in Glasgow, Alex. And LloydsTSB has it’s HQ in London, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloydstsb

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20685 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:32:22 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20685 I wonder where the HQ of Lloyds Halifax will be? HBOS has its HQ in Halifax Lloyds has its HQ in Glasgow I wonder where the HQ of Lloyds Halifax will be?

HBOS has its HQ in Halifax

Lloyds has its HQ in Glasgow

]]> By: wonkotsane http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20684 wonkotsane Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:19:02 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20684 Ah, I see. Are you using the same email address when you post a comment as you used for MyBlogLog? MyBlogLog doesn't think you've got a profile so it's using Gravatar instead. Which you also don't have so it's using the default icon. Ah, I see. Are you using the same email address when you post a comment as you used for MyBlogLog? MyBlogLog doesn’t think you’ve got a profile so it’s using Gravatar instead. Which you also don’t have so it’s using the default icon.

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20683 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:01:43 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20683 Oki, that does seem like a 'bad thing', I watched it on the news all day and i really got the impression that they were whipping up the panic but i also got the impression that it was there astute journolistic skills that had turned the factoid up! How do i get my fat "snow man" picture to be the picture of New Cat, which is showing in Recent readers? Oki, that does seem like a ‘bad thing’, I watched it on the news all day and i really got the impression that they were whipping up the panic but i also got the impression that it was there astute journolistic skills that had turned the factoid up!

How do i get my fat “snow man” picture to be the picture of New Cat, which is showing in Recent readers?

]]> By: wonkotsane http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20682 wonkotsane Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:37:51 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20682 The BBC may have been the first media outlet to report on it but it could have been anyone to be honest. They just happened to be the first ones who read the report from the Bank of England and published it. What cat? The BBC may have been the first media outlet to report on it but it could have been anyone to be honest. They just happened to be the first ones who read the report from the Bank of England and published it.

What cat?

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20681 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:35:27 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20681 what about now? what about now?

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20680 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:19:38 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20680 can you see New Cat? can you see New Cat?

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20679 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:51:46 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20679 so.... ...the bbc were lying about it being a scoop? that is interesting so….

…the bbc were lying about it being a scoop?

that is interesting

]]> By: wonkotsane http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20678 wonkotsane Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:37:50 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20678 The BBC wouldn't have even known if it wasn't for the MAD. The Bank of England would have kept it a secret until after the even to prevent a run on Northern Rock but were unable to do so. The previous governor said that he would have resigned if MAD had been brought in while he was in charge of the Bank of England. The BBC wouldn’t have even known if it wasn’t for the MAD. The Bank of England would have kept it a secret until after the even to prevent a run on Northern Rock but were unable to do so. The previous governor said that he would have resigned if MAD had been brought in while he was in charge of the Bank of England.

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20677 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:34:23 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20677 so why were the Beeb crowing about the scoop? I think it was their constant going on about it, that spooked the savers so why were the Beeb crowing about the scoop? I think it was their constant going on about it, that spooked the savers

]]> By: wonkotsane http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20676 wonkotsane Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:12:07 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20676 Nope, the fault lies entirely with Federal Europe over Northern Rock. It was the Monetary Advice Directive (MAD) that forced the Bank of England to publicise the fact it had offered an emergency credit line (not even a loan) to Northern Rock. Nope, the fault lies entirely with Federal Europe over Northern Rock. It was the Monetary Advice Directive (MAD) that forced the Bank of England to publicise the fact it had offered an emergency credit line (not even a loan) to Northern Rock.

]]> By: axel http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/comment-page-1/#comment-20675 axel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/17/another-one-bites-the-dust-make-that-two/#comment-20675 The BBC are claiming this as a scoop, fair enough, they also claimed the Northern Rock story as a scoop and caused the panic that sunk it? I think the BBC is the main causes of the panic that destroyed Northern Rock, what does everyone else think? The BBC are claiming this as a scoop, fair enough, they also claimed the Northern Rock story as a scoop and caused the panic that sunk it?

I think the BBC is the main causes of the panic that destroyed Northern Rock, what does everyone else think?

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