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Emmson
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I am so fed up with rain every f*cking day, the last 3 months I've never known anything like it, combined with the slate grey sky and lack of sunshine. Its thoroughly depressing and I think I'm developing seasonal affective disorder :twisted:
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Emmson wrote:
Tue Feb 10, 2026 1:40 pm
I am so fed up with rain every f*cking day, the last 3 months I've never known anything like it, combined with the slate grey sky and lack of sunshine. Its thoroughly depressing and I think I'm developing seasonal affective disorder :twisted:
EDIT

Make that 4 as November was rather wet :x
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Emmson wrote:
Tue Feb 10, 2026 1:45 pm
Emmson wrote:
Tue Feb 10, 2026 1:40 pm
I am so fed up with rain every f*cking day, the last 3 months I've never known anything like it, combined with the slate grey sky and lack of sunshine. Its thoroughly depressing and I think I'm developing seasonal affective disorder :twisted:
EDIT

Make that 4 as November was rather wet :x
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I just opened a new investment with JP Morgan on their app. Just £1k in order to take advantage of a medium term cashback offer.

OMG the questions and rigmarole required just to invest a grand...
> Nationality
> Upload photo ID
> Upload selfie
> Employment status
> National Insurance number
> Industry
> Income
> Source of funds
> Expenditure
> Affordability
> A dozen risk assessment questions

And I had to check a box at least 5 times (no exaggeration) throughout the process to confirm that I could afford to live if I was to lose my investment.


I wish I hadn't have bothered. This country is wrapping itself up in rolls and rolls of red tape.
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Euler
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It is ridiculous that you have to do it at every stage. You've transferred the money into a bank which has asked you all those questions, then you transfer the money out of a bank somewhere else which asks you exactly the same bloody questions.
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Euler wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:46 pm
It is ridiculous that you have to do it at every stage. You've transferred the money into a bank which has asked you all those questions, then you transfer the money out of a bank somewhere else which asks you exactly the same bloody questions.
It's as consistent as a VAR referee. I recently sold my yacht for 6 figures and had the agent in Martinique transfer the proceeds to a new account I had opened with Wise just 10 days earlier and braced myself for all the questions but nothing, the agent told me they had instigated the transfer and the next I knew Wise sent me an email to say the transfer was in my account, no question!
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I've had accounts with Saxo, Degiro and a UK spread firm for financials but never faced anything more than the standard occasional KYC form where you can answer any old rubbish and nobody checks it. That was >4 years ago though, so is this a more recent stringency? Or because they're American?
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firlandsfarm wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:14 pm
Euler wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:46 pm
It is ridiculous that you have to do it at every stage. You've transferred the money into a bank which has asked you all those questions, then you transfer the money out of a bank somewhere else which asks you exactly the same bloody questions.
It's as consistent as a VAR referee. I recently sold my yacht for 6 figures and had the agent in Martinique transfer the proceeds to a new account I had opened with Wise just 10 days earlier and braced myself for all the questions but nothing, the agent told me they had instigated the transfer and the next I knew Wise sent me an email to say the transfer was in my account, no question!
Bet Angel traders and their yachts! :shock: 8-)
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firlandsfarm
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jamesedwards wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:25 pm
firlandsfarm wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:14 pm
Euler wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:46 pm
It is ridiculous that you have to do it at every stage. You've transferred the money into a bank which has asked you all those questions, then you transfer the money out of a bank somewhere else which asks you exactly the same bloody questions.
It's as consistent as a VAR referee. I recently sold my yacht for 6 figures and had the agent in Martinique transfer the proceeds to a new account I had opened with Wise just 10 days earlier and braced myself for all the questions but nothing, the agent told me they had instigated the transfer and the next I knew Wise sent me an email to say the transfer was in my account, no question!
Bet Angel traders and their yachts! :shock: 8-)
Not any more! :D
weemac
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They say the happiest day of your life is the day you buy a yacht.

The second happiest day is the day you sell it.
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firlandsfarm
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weemac wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 3:22 pm
They say the happiest day of your life is the day you buy a yacht.

The second happiest day is the day you sell it.
Can't agree with that ... to have a mobile hotel suite in the Caribbean was heaven but now I'm too old so will have to put up with a stationary one! :D
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:D
jamesedwards wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:25 pm
firlandsfarm wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:14 pm
Euler wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:46 pm
It is ridiculous that you have to do it at every stage. You've transferred the money into a bank which has asked you all those questions, then you transfer the money out of a bank somewhere else which asks you exactly the same bloody questions.
It's as consistent as a VAR referee. I recently sold my yacht for 6 figures and had the agent in Martinique transfer the proceeds to a new account I had opened with Wise just 10 days earlier and braced myself for all the questions but nothing, the agent told me they had instigated the transfer and the next I knew Wise sent me an email to say the transfer was in my account, no question!
Bet Angel traders and their yachts! :shock: 8-)
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New series of "Celebrity" Apprentice coming soon.

12 celebs.

I vaguely recognise just two of them to look at, but wouldn't know any of their names.

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