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Gerald
05-08-11, 05:02 AM
The UK's wealthiest people have rebounded from the recession increasing their worth by 18% in the past year, the Sunday Times Rich List says.

The economic crisis wiped £155bn from collective wealth of the 1,000 richest people in 2009, but they are now worth £395.8bn, according to the survey.

The number of billionaires in the UK now stands at 73 - up from 53.

It includes its first self-made woman billionaire, Specsavers' Dame Mary Perkins.

The 67-year-old is worth - along with husband Douglas and their family - £1.15bn, a 42% increase from last year.

There are now 108 women among the 1,000 richest - the first time the proportion has surpassed 10%.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13321462

Note: 8 May 2011 Last updated at 08:45 GMT

Gerald
05-08-11, 07:14 AM
Jim, are you on this list, :hmmm:

Armistead
05-08-11, 08:36 AM
One thing good about a recession, if you're rich, you can usually get much richer.

It's actually a good time to build, buy property, get work done on your house, etc...

the_tyrant
05-08-11, 08:39 AM
I hear pawn shops usually profit a lot during recessions

Gerald
05-08-11, 08:44 AM
Yes they live in people's difficulties, some of cockroaches.

STEED
05-08-11, 11:02 AM
The country would have to go under for them to feel it, just. :rolleyes:

gimpy117
05-08-11, 11:36 AM
and the rich get richer...

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 12:04 PM
Jim, are you on this list, :hmmm:

I should be but I've half my fortune registered in the wifes name :03:











http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9501/liarrv1ed9.gif

Gerald
05-08-11, 12:09 PM
I should be but I've half my fortune registered in the wifes name :03:











http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9501/liarrv1ed9.gif Family
Buna, has clearly, a tactical capability :yep:

FIREWALL
05-08-11, 12:42 PM
If the rich wife is called a Dame... Is the poor husband called a "Damit" ? :p2:

nikimcbee
05-08-11, 12:49 PM
I should be but I've half my fortune registered in the wifes name :03:











http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9501/liarrv1ed9.gif

You mean in the wives names?:har:

You naughty little boy.:03: You piss of one of 'em, she might seize your aeroplane collection.:o

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 01:10 PM
You mean in the wives names?:har:

You naughty little boy.:03: You piss of one of 'em, she might seize your aeroplane collection.:o

Then she'd have nothing to sleep on :DL

nikimcbee
05-08-11, 01:24 PM
Well, as long as you can get 2 out 3 wives to approve of your airplane model purchase, you're okay.

http://www.genderacrossborders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/polygamy.jpg?w=300

Democarcy in action:haha:

I can see it now, Parlament in the Buna household.:hmmm::03:

Lord Buna motions for the purchase of a new Corgi Spitfire, how does Parlament vote?

Jane: Nay, you already have one of that model.
Eleanor:Nay, you never buy me anything nice!
Mildred: Nay, You broke the last one I bought you playing with it(the aeroplane):03: in the bathtub.

Parlament decline the purchase of the new spitfire yays=0 nays=3; Jim sleeps on the couch.

Gerald
05-08-11, 01:27 PM
Well, as long as you can get 2 out 3 wives to approve of your airplane model purchase, you're okay.

http://www.genderacrossborders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/polygamy.jpg?w=300

Democarcy in action:haha:

I can see it now, Parlament in the Buna household.:hmmm::03:

Lord Buna motions for the purchase of a new Corgi Spitfire, how does Parlament vote?

Jane: Nay, you already have one of that model.
Eleanor:Nay, you never buy me anything nice!
Mildred: Nay, You broke the last one I bought you playing with it(the aeroplane):03: in the bathtub.

Parlament decline the purchase of the new spitfire yays=0 nays=3; Jim sleeps on the couch. :haha:

FIREWALL
05-08-11, 01:27 PM
Well, as long as you can get 2 out 3 wives to approve of your airplane model purchase, you're okay.

http://www.genderacrossborders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/polygamy.jpg?w=300

Democarcy in action:haha:

I can see it now, Parlament in the Buna household.:hmmm::03:

Lord Buna motions for the purchase of a new Corgi Spitfire, how does Parlament vote?

Jane: Nay, you already have one of that model.
Eleanor:Nay, you never buy me anything nice!
Mildred: Nay, You broke the last one I bought you playing with it(the aeroplane):03: in the bathtub.

Parlament decline the purchase of the new spitfire yays=0 nays=3; Jim sleeps on the couch.

Aren't they supposed to have their faces covered ? As in GAGGED !!! :haha:

nikimcbee
05-08-11, 01:30 PM
Aren't they supposed to have their faces covered ? As in GAGGED !!! :haha:

I'll defer to Jim to answer that question.

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 01:44 PM
I'll defer to Jim to answer that question.

Not if you value your prized diecast collection :DL

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 01:53 PM
You mean in the wives names?:har:

You naughty little boy.:03: You piss of one of 'em, she might seize your aeroplane collection.:o

Then she'd have nothing to sleep on :DL

I did mean that 'literally' :DL

Here is the last three purchases sited on the ottoman bed.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7655/p1000634r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/p1000634r.jpg/)

Here is what she's lying on (sorry but I forgot the flash wasn't turned on for these two)

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5836/p1000636.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/p1000636.jpg/)
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1277/p1000637w.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/p1000637w.jpg/)

MH
05-08-11, 01:57 PM
That one big fleet carrier you got.

krashkart
05-08-11, 01:58 PM
That is the handiest bed I've ever seen. Would be perfect for a studio apartment. :)

nikimcbee
05-08-11, 02:06 PM
So you keep the body underthe aeroplanes:haha::03:.

sweet jeebus, do you buy/sell them or just collect them? My "ex" blew a gasket one time when I bought a buch of napoleonic figures to build and a pewter cannon.:shifty:

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 02:07 PM
That one big fleet carrier you got.

That is the handiest bed I've ever seen. Would be perfect for a studio apartment. :)

Possibly...it has a large storage area, the boxes are two deep.

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 02:12 PM
So you keep the body underthe aeroplanes:haha::03:.

sweet jeebus, do you buy/sell them or just collect them? My "ex" blew a gasket one time when I bought a buch of napoleonic figures to build and a pewter cannon.:shifty:

*Crossed posts*

I'm collecting atm but will purchas glass fronted display cabinets as soon as one of the kids leave home and I get the resulting 'man cave'.

I think the current total is only 48.

nikimcbee
05-08-11, 02:16 PM
*Crossed posts*

I'm collecting atm but will purchas glass fronted display cabinets as soon as one of the kids leave home and I get the resulting 'man cave'.

I think the current total is only 48.

:yeah::salute: Get all the kids RN applications, you get your man-cave

Jimbuna
05-08-11, 02:27 PM
:yeah::salute: Get all the kids RN applications, you get your man-cave

LOL...I'll transfer the pictures/post over to the Diecast thread.