Matt Gibson (gothick_matt) wrote,
Matt Gibson
gothick_matt

Frozen Ice

...of course, one of the bonuses of the web is that it allows you to easily put a large chunk of your savings into an Icelandic savings bank. A Icelandic bank which, ironically, has now had its UK assets frozen by our government, after it collapsed.

I think it could be a while before I get a large chunk of my savings back, if I'm lucky enough to get them back at all. And I was just about to draw out a chunk of money to use for share dealing in this nice volatile stock market we've got...

Meh.
Tags: banks, crash, crisis-baldrick-crisis, icesave
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