I wasn't in the business. Lived near Canary Wharf & had tenants or neighbours who were fresh faced Hooray Henries of 22 with $ 100,000 base salaried before bonus- then! Like the starving Victorian waif looking at the sticky buns in the window I wistfully observed from afar. All those fancy watering holes-Savoy, Whites ! I laugh when they talk about business taking off for johnny foreigner's grass hut or breeze block hacienda if they put the taxes up. I,m just an old middle east tragic. But I like to read the hotcopper Silver column as most posters have a heart, whereas some on the GOLD thread are a bit short in that direction( pun intended comme on dit).
