Mississippi (the poorest US state) edged ahead of the UK in nominal per capita GDP

[Oldcarpy2]

The market bouncing back is a good thing for everyone.

But they are still unstable.

More like a recovery phase than fully safe...

Hopefully, the trend continues.

The markets are being manipulated by someone.... hopefully not a dead cat bounce.

Knicker sales seem to have bottomed out so that might please the OP.

[andy06shake]

The markets are being manipulated by someone.... hopefully not a dead cat bounce.

Kicker sales seem to have bottomed out so that might please the OP.

Follow the money...

[andy06shake]

I can only go by 1980's-1990's UK.  

But life was different back then, expectations were different back then.  If the UK went back to how it was in the 80's and 90's, I'd probably sell everything I own, move me and the wife to a cottage in the Cotswolds and retire in a little village.

If we could go back to the 90s i think a lot of us would be queuing up DB. 

Unfortunately, we can't go backwards only forwards, else, well, as you know, down that road lies stagnation and recession.

Now, where the Cotswolds are concerned, not much has changed there in 50 years.

Aside from the house prices surging, some modern infrastructure quietly added...

The Cotswolds are a protected area, if a bit romanticised.

So, visually, little has changed, or is allowed to be changed. 

Possibly more socially and economically, all the same.

[DBCowboy]

If we could go back to the 90s i think a lot of us would be queuing up DB. 

Unfortunately, we can't go backwards only forwards, else, well, as you know, down that road lies stagnation and recession.

Now, where the Cotswolds are concerned, not much has changed there in 50 years.

Aside from the house prices surging, some modern infrastructure quietly added...

The Cotswolds are a protected area, if a bit romanticised.

So, visually, little has changed, or is allowed to be changed. 

Possibly more socially and economically, all the same.

My parents raised us to be good horsemen.

We'd ride practically every weekend there.

Mock fox hunts, and all.

Good times. . . . . goooood times.

[Oldcarpy2]

My parents raised us to be good horsemen.

We'd ride practically every weekend there.

Mock fox hunts, and all.

Good times. . . . . goooood times.

Mock Fox hunts?  Hunting foxes was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 which came into force in 2005.

Hmmmm..

[andy06shake]

My parents raised us to be good horsemen.

We'd ride practically every weekend there.

Mock fox hunts, and all.

Good times. . . . . goooood times.

Well i do love horses, beautiful, graceful animals.

Fox hunts, not so much...

The late 80s and 90s were a special time here in the UK.

Arguably, the "Second Summer of Love."

[putnam6]

I don't want to contribute to the thread drift, but speaking of knickers sales, thankfully, we ended up overall.

Shipped and paid for orders were up 19% while our unit sold total was up 21% over EOQ1 2026 compared to 2025.

The first couple of weeks of April have been very good too

[DBCowboy]

Mock Fox hunts?  Hunting foxes was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 which came into force in 2005.

Hmmmm..

Not in the 70's, 80's 90's.

 

And we'd do mock hunts anyway.

[Oldcarpy2]

Not in the 70's, 80's 90's.

 

And we'd do mock hunts anyway.

I know all about those "mock" hunts, which were anything but.

[DBCowboy]

I know all about those "mock" hunts, which were anything but.

pfft, fox musk on a stuffed animal.

I was always more concerned with not crushing my balls going over fences anyways.