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£1000
on: September 23, 2008, 17:26:26 PM
If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock stock one year ago, it would be worth £4.95 today.
With HBOS, you would have £16.50 left of the original £1000.
With XL Leisure, you would have less than a fiver.
If you had purchased £1000 of Seguro Air Lines stock, you would have a measly 49p.
However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214. And so, based on the above information, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.  

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Reply #1 on: September 23, 2008, 19:24:44 PM
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However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214.


Erm, no you wouldnt.

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Reply #2 on: September 23, 2008, 19:35:40 PM
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However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214.


Erm, no you wouldnt.


it was a waffle joke.. youd more likely get around £25

which still makes it worth more than the others ;o)

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Reply #3 on: September 23, 2008, 21:24:35 PM
Mmmm, drink.

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Reply #4 on: September 23, 2008, 22:06:13 PM
If each can weighed 100g I figured youd get atleast 24 cans for £10 x £1000 = 2400 cans. thats 240Kg of cans if I have my maths right.

Whats the 240Kg of cans worth at a recyling plant?

This has me thinking, opposite my work there is a student place and they have more than their fare share of cans and bottles!!

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Reply #5 on: September 23, 2008, 22:09:00 PM
Would have thought the cans were much less than 100g. Thats nearly half a block of butter youre talking about. Id say theyre more like 25g tops.

Of course, the easiest solution is to drink a can and then weigh it. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE!

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Reply #6 on: September 23, 2008, 22:10:10 PM
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Would have thought the cans were much less than 100g. Thats nearly half a block of butter youre talking about. Id say theyre more like 25g tops.

Of course, the easiest solution is to drink a can and then weigh it. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE!


I only have a bottle of wine tbh

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Reply #7 on: September 24, 2008, 08:20:34 AM
a normal 330ml can is worth around 1p

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Reply #8 on: September 24, 2008, 08:31:43 AM
No forfeit on yer cans and PETs ? In sweden u get 4p a can and betwix 4 and 32p for a PET.

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Reply #9 on: September 24, 2008, 09:07:08 AM
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I only have a bottle of wine tbh



So just the chaser then hmm? Ghey!! Anyway I thought youd got over these get rich quick schemes!!  8-)

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Reply #10 on: September 24, 2008, 15:39:25 PM
Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!

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Reply #11 on: September 24, 2008, 17:06:44 PM
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Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!


Why not deposit on cans and PETs ?

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Reply #12 on: September 24, 2008, 17:26:23 PM
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Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!


They still have them in Kenya.

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Reply #13 on: September 24, 2008, 19:46:58 PM
But not in the UK ><

It would work, it would help reduce littering, but they dont implement it for what reason? Cost I guess. There was a local show/festival a month or two ago where all the drinks were served in paper cups, and you had to pay a deposit on them, like 10p or something. People either returned them, or didnt care about the 10p. But others were going around picking them up and making a tidy profit handing them in. The organisers didnt care as it was win-win, they either got 10p, or didnt have to pay for the expensive clean up afterwards.



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Reply #14 on: September 24, 2008, 21:47:20 PM
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I only have a bottle of wine tbh



So just the chaser then hmm? Ghey!! Anyway I thought youd got over these get rich quick schemes!!  8-)



Nah I still have them, just dont share them anymore. I took some advice one time in the near past. 1: Focus on one thing and youll become good at that and I think it was Sam who said "Just work hard and youll become rich" so I try both. Which does sound a little contradicting, although, I manage both in my own little way.

I have a few things that can make me money and focus a little time on each of them instead of thinking up 10000 hair brain schemes I try 2 or 3 and see if they work.

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