Investment advice

[Filonian]

If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines 2 years ago, you would have £49.00 today.

If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in AIG insurance company 2 years ago, you would have £33.00 today.

If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers 6 years ago, you would have nothing today.

If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Northern Rock 5 years ago, you would have nothing today.

But, if you had purchased £1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco's, drunk all the beer, then taken the aluminum cans to the scrap metal dealer, you would have received £214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.

A recent study found that the average Briton walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found that Britons drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.

That means that, on average, Britons get about 41 miles to the gallon!

Makes you proud to be British

Graham

[Kevin Farnell]

41 MPG. I'm happy with that

Kevin

[Paul K]

Sound advice, Graham. You need to set yourself up as a financial consultant.

[Airspeed]

Good one, Graham!
Are they telling us that a quarter of the cost of beer is the recycle value of the cans?
Delightful story, and I love the 41 mpg.

[Buggyman]

Being a non drinker through medical reasons, stories like this make me feel so inadequate

I mean, it feels as if I'm just not doing my bit for my country/brewer and liver

Allan

[Nigel H-J]

Think you ought to send those stats to the Financial Times Graham, they may offer you a job!!

Excellent post.

Regards
Nigel.

[Kevin Farnell]

But, if you had purchased £1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco's, drunk all the beer, then taken the aluminum cans to the scrap metal dealer, you would have received £214.00.
Graham

And to think that I've been putting my empty cans in the re-cycling bin for years

Kevin

[Buggyman]

A pal of mine used to run a junior football club. The youngsters were mainly from families where money was scarce so he had to find other ways of making money to support the club. Aluminium drinks cans were the answer, he got hotels, bars, restaurants and even a hospital to put their empties to one side and he would collect on a regular basis. The local tip - sorry - recycling centre - paid cash for each load and my pal would take a large trailer load once a week come rain or shine. The cash bought strips, balls and paid for the running of a knackered old minibus.

Allan