Nôtre Dame burns
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If I didn't have a lot of very expensive guitars to worry about I wouldn't bother about contents insurance.In terms of household items,I could replace them for a couple of grand.
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Re: Nôtre Dame burns
The classic is buying an Endowment Policy, you bet that you will die, the insurance company bets that you will live.
If you live, and it matures, with the lump sum you buy an annuity.
At this point, you bet that you will live and the insurance company bets that you will die.
Look at life expectancy tables and compare them with the life of Insurance Companies and their profits!
If you live, and it matures, with the lump sum you buy an annuity.
At this point, you bet that you will live and the insurance company bets that you will die.
Look at life expectancy tables and compare them with the life of Insurance Companies and their profits!
Cynicism improves with age
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Go to the car park of any major insurance/assurance/pension company building. Take a look at the difference between the cost and luxury of the BMWs and Mercs and Range Rovers in the staff carpark versus the very ordinary Mondeos and Nissans and Skodas in the customer car park. Then think about who benefits from the insurance racket.
I have a large wedge of 'Funds At Lloyds'. I wholly own one nameco and I'm a major shareholder in a second and a minor shareholder in a third. My annual returns typically vary between 6 and 18% pa. I also get to keep the investment returns in my FaL, such as equities on the Stock Market and farmland which is rented out commercially in the agribusiness. There is risk,of course. Real risk. I could lose any of the assets pledged as FaL, but in the long term the losses are greatly outweighed by the gains and I no longer stand to lose my shirt as I might have done back in the early 1980s when I was a "name" without limitation of liability.
When the cathedral burned, I phoned my Members Agent to ask how much I'm in for. "Not a Sou" was the pleasing reply!
I have a large wedge of 'Funds At Lloyds'. I wholly own one nameco and I'm a major shareholder in a second and a minor shareholder in a third. My annual returns typically vary between 6 and 18% pa. I also get to keep the investment returns in my FaL, such as equities on the Stock Market and farmland which is rented out commercially in the agribusiness. There is risk,of course. Real risk. I could lose any of the assets pledged as FaL, but in the long term the losses are greatly outweighed by the gains and I no longer stand to lose my shirt as I might have done back in the early 1980s when I was a "name" without limitation of liability.
When the cathedral burned, I phoned my Members Agent to ask how much I'm in for. "Not a Sou" was the pleasing reply!
Re: Nôtre Dame burns
Only insurance I have is the compulsory vehicle insurance. Far too many Australians take minimal precautions with their property with an expectation their insurance will cover them - hence spreading their stupidity over the whole insured population via higher premiums. Ex-in-laws went overseas for three months, leaving with garden shed unlocked, full of perfect tools to enable easy break-ins. When I pointed it out the reply was "insurance will cover it".
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They say that the restoration of Notre Dame could take 75-100 years.
The only person who will see it finished is Keith Richards.
The only person who will see it finished is Keith Richards.
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Sorry but President Macaroon has said it will be complete in 5 years.
We know how efficient, hard-working, competent, and reliable the Frogs are, and how they always keep their promises (unless they surrender or go on strike).
Mind you, he didn't say 5 years from when!
We know how efficient, hard-working, competent, and reliable the Frogs are, and how they always keep their promises (unless they surrender or go on strike).
Mind you, he didn't say 5 years from when!
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The Gillets Jeunes tried to burn down the European Parliament's other buildings in Strasburg yesterday. Sadly they were rebuffed by police using stun grenades and teargas. Such a tragedy.
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Maybe the European Parliament building needs some maintenance next summer. I suggest they use the same company running the Notre Dame project. Although, I feel Notre Dame has a more useful function.
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Re: Nôtre Dame burns
Cigarettes. And don't even mention the hulk of the Samaritan department store a few minutes walk down the rue de Rivoli. As our taxi driver said on Saturday, an even bigger scandal Paris is firmly keeping quiet.
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The renovated Samaritaine was supposed to have opened in 2013 but this has been pushed back several times.
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