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dyna-ti

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I'm thinking of throwing a few quid into this bit of otherwise useless metal. But what's best to get ? Solid form or Coins

It's currently down in price, though expected to rise and eve so far as by a great deal by the end of the decade.

I could use ISA's, but the yellow stuff has an allure and I've a few sovereigns and some bullion I received as gifts, though not really that much. Wouldn't mind adding to it.

Possibly some more Sovereigns, half sovereigns, some 10g bars or a load of 1g 'slivers'

So standard coins, or would Britannias(1/10oz,1/4oz,1/2oz,1oz) be better or solid bar form.

I doubt I'd ever cash it in unless it went remarkable high and i was buying a house or something. It's not really about the investment, more its a tangible item.

Posted : 31/07/2026 4:36 pm

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You'll be the king of your favela after the AI tomorrow wars

Posted : 31/07/2026 4:41 pm

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"Always believe in your soul..."

Posted : 31/07/2026 4:53 pm

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Posted by: dyna-ti

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It's currently down in price, though expected to rise and eve so far as by a great deal by the end of the decade.

Maybe, but I wouldn't listen to anyone saying that with any confidence.

Posted : 31/07/2026 5:07 pm

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I thought this was about the Commonwealth Games taking place around an hour from where I live that I've only just discovered is taking place accidentally.

Posted : 31/07/2026 6:18 pm

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I'd dispute that it's otherwise useless. Lots of uses for gold with its properties, some well known and others more 'esoteric'

What else would any self respecting audiophile terminate their unidirectional speaker cable with if it isn't plugs made from molecularly aligned gold.

Posted : 31/07/2026 6:34 pm

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Don’t forget teeth!

Oh, it’s not either or, you can have physical gold in your ISA IIRC. You can have it hedged for your currency as well.

Posted : 31/07/2026 6:53 pm

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I'd dispute that it's otherwise useless. Lots of uses for gold with its properties, some well known and others more 'esoteric'

What else would any self respecting audiophile terminate their unidirectional speaker cable with if it isn't plugs made from molecularly aligned gold.

It's also an amazing conductor.

They just haven't found the right orchestra yet.

Posted : 31/07/2026 8:12 pm

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I thought this was going to be about Trumps 5 million dollar tacky looking gee gees.

Posted : 31/07/2026 8:21 pm

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Gold you say?

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

That would make your blood run cold;

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

I cremated Sam McGee.

Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows.

Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows.

He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;

Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell."

On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail.

Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.

If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see;

It wasn't much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee.

And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow,

And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe,

He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess;

And if I do, I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request."

Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan:

"It's the cursèd cold, and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone.

Yet 'tain't being dead—it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains;

So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you'll cremate my last remains."

A pal's last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail;

And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale.

He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Tennessee;

And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee.

There wasn't a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven,

With a corpse half hid that I couldn't get rid, because of a promise given;

It was lashed to the sleigh, and it seemed to say: "You may tax your brawn and brains,

But you promised true, and it's up to you to cremate those last remains."

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load.

In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring,

Howled out their woes to the homeless snows— O God! how I loathed the thing.

And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow;

And on I went, though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low;

The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in;

And I'd often sing to the hateful thing, and it hearkened with a grin.

Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay;

It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May."

And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum;

Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."

Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire;

Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher;

The flames just soared, and the furnace roared—such a blaze you seldom see;

And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee.

Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so;

And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, and the wind began to blow.

It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don't know why;

And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky.

I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear;

But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near;

I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside.

I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; ... then the door I opened wide.

And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;

And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close that door.

It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm—

Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm."

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

That would make your blood run cold;

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

I cremated Sam McGee.

Posted : 31/07/2026 9:01 pm

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Many years ago I worked with a bloke called Bill McGee, a draughtsman who fancied himself as a singer. I remember going out on a works do and we were in a pub with a juke box. He said ‘Have they got anything for a Middle aged country and western singer?’
I said ‘I was with you until ‘ry and western singer.’

He didn’t take it well.

Anyway, I digress. As you were.

Posted : 31/07/2026 9:42 pm

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Robert W Service @komoran?

Posted : 01/08/2026 11:32 am

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How about a physical gold etf in your ISA OP?

Gold pays no dividends and there's no CGT on bullion so maybe a gold mining ETF in your ISA. Over precious metals have also done well so don't overlook those.

Posted : 01/08/2026 11:34 am

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How about a physical gold etf in your ISA OP

I'll look inot that thanks.

Im not talking about having a large amount, i am one of the poorer members of the STW guild.

Posted : 01/08/2026 12:11 pm

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