Inflation

[the posh bit]

18 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said:

He's not a doctor. 

 

Doctor Strange, maybe. 

[The Mighty Thor]

Turns out there might be a 'tax' cut after all.

 

That'll bring inflation right back under control and give sop to the whining self entitled.

 

Good job Rashid. 

[Diadora Van Basten]

5 hours ago, The Mighty Thor said:

Turns out there might be a 'tax' cut after all.

 

That'll bring inflation right back under control and give sop to the whining self entitled.

 

Good job Rashid. 

Inheritance Tax needs to be abolished and replaced with something that is harder to avoid.

 

When the Duke of Westminster died he paid no Inheritance Tax. If he had paid Inheritance Tax it would have doubled the amount of Inheritance Tax collected by the Government for the year.

 

As it stands it is people who have one asset their family home that are paying it.

Edited July 15, 2023 by Diadora Van Basten

[Unknown user]

28 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Inheritance Tax needs to be abolished and replaced with something that is harder to avoid.

 

When the Duke of Westminster died he paid no Inheritance Tax. If he had paid Inheritance Tax it would have doubled the amount of Inheritance Tax collected by the Government for the year.

 

As it stands it is people who have one asset their family home that are paying it.

 

A pretty big family home though, isn't the threshold quite high?

[highlandjambo3]

Got my gas bill for June……. £37……over 150 people stayed in out Guesthouse that month 🤷‍♂️

[Dawnrazor]

38 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Inheritance Tax needs to be abolished and replaced with something that is harder to avoid.

 

When the Duke of Westminster died he paid no Inheritance Tax. If he had paid Inheritance Tax it would have doubled the amount of Inheritance Tax collected by the Government for the year.

 

As it stands it is people who have one asset their family home that are paying it.

The dodge with the Duke of Westminster, I live on the estate next door to Abbeystead and often work for Abbeystead Estate, is the the he didn't own anything, the Trust owns everything, the Trust didn't die so there's no death duties.

[FWJ]

4 hours ago, Smithee said:

 

A pretty big family home though, isn't the threshold quite high?

£325k

[XB52]

The top rate is for only 0.5% of houses. I'm sure our resident doctor won't be affected by that. I'm also sure that won't stop him going on and on and on about those poor people maybe paying that top rate

[doctor jambo]

1 minute ago, XB52 said:

The top rate is for only 0.5% of houses. I'm sure our resident doctor won't be affected by that. I'm also sure that won't stop him going on and on and on about those poor people maybe paying that top rate

It won’t , your right .

It also won’t have any impact on me living rent free in your head

[joondalupjambo]

46 minutes ago, FWJ said:

£325k

Not a high number for lots of people these days given the house values.

[Unknown user]

33 minutes ago, joondalupjambo said:

Not a high number for lots of people these days given the house values.

 

That's a lot of money mate

[Cade]

Historic national debt and the highest tax burden since WW2 to pay it off, and all these feckin lunatics can bang on about is tax cuts for the well off.

 

[XB52]

2 hours ago, doctor jambo said:

It won’t , your right .

It also won’t have any impact on me living rent free in your head

😀😀😀😀 if you're going for a wee put down, maybe try something a wee bit more original next time.

[Unknown user]

13 minutes ago, XB52 said:

😀😀😀😀 if you're going for a wee put down, maybe try something a wee bit more original next time.

Of all the banter, rent free in your head is definitely the most shan. Shanter, you might say.

[ri Alban]

12 minutes ago, Smithee said:

Of all the banter, rent free in your head is definitely the most shan. Shanter, you might say.

Patter is patter. I like it all. 

[doctor jambo]

14 minutes ago, Smithee said:

Of all the banter, rent free in your head is definitely the most shan. Shanter, you might say.

It is one that you use with alacrity though….

and as i said and he promptly proved, rent…. Free…..

 

[XB52]

18 minutes ago, Smithee said:

Of all the banter, rent free in your head is definitely the most shan. Shanter, you might say.

Very true but it keeps our resident pretend doctor happy so all's good.

[ri Alban]

7 minutes ago, doctor jambo said:

It is one that you use with alacrity though….

and as i said and he promptly proved, rent…. Free…..

 

Hopefully the snp charge you for squatting. 

[joondalupjambo]

2 hours ago, Smithee said:

 

That's a lot of money mate

It depends who you are, what you do, where you live, what you own and what has been passed down to you.  Unfortunately life is not always fair and no point in sugar coating it, some folk have been lucky while others cannot pay their bills.  £325k is a lot but not excessive hence why so many folk are complaining about how low the threshold is.

[Unknown user]

1 hour ago, doctor jambo said:

It is one that you use with alacrity though….

and as i said and he promptly proved, rent…. Free…..

 

 

You're just making stuff up now, I don't, the search function will prove it.

[Unknown user]

21 minutes ago, joondalupjambo said:

It depends who you are, what you do, where you live, what you own and what has been passed down to you.  Unfortunately life is not always fair and no point in sugar coating it, some folk have been lucky while others cannot pay their bills.  £325k is a lot but not excessive hence why so many folk are complaining about how low the threshold is.

 

Well of course it depends, but that represents 80 years of universal credit - there's something wrong if that's not considered a lot of money!

[joondalupjambo]

3 minutes ago, Smithee said:

 

Well of course it depends, but that represents 80 years of universal credit - there's something wrong if that's not considered a lot of money!

Agree it is a lot of money but not hard to accumulate if in bricks and mortar for the many who are lucky enough to own that type of asset. 

[Herbert.]

Just got a chippy 8.50 for a pizza supper.

 

Worlds gone mad i would fire bomb something if petrol wasn't so expensive.

[Gizmo]

23 hours ago, doctor jambo said:

Depends how you look at it .

in this country we are underpaid.

And , as the BMA point out, have suffered massive wage degradation .

I blame the BofE, the markets and the banks in particular.

everything is geared to the money markets making money.

that is all .

nobody else matters.

London matters

nothing else

Until that is broken we are all rubber ducked

 

Thanks for the Indy sermon, Doctor. 

[The Mighty Thor]

Meanwhile in the murky world of inflation and not self entitled tears & snotters....

 

 

[doctor jambo]

1 hour ago, Smithee said:

 

You're just making stuff up now, I don't, the search function will prove it.

Peace , bro.

[Tommy Brown]

3 hours ago, Herbert. said:

Just got a chippy 8.50 for a pizza supper.

 

Worlds gone mad i would fire bomb something if petrol wasn't so expensive.

Petrol is £1.42 /litre now  it was around £2.00 not so long ago.

Complainers just like to complain 

[Unknown user]

4 hours ago, Herbert. said:

Just got a chippy 8.50 for a pizza supper.

 

Worlds gone mad i would fire bomb something if petrol wasn't so expensive.

I was at a mate's and we shared a chippy munchy box for 11.50, steak pie, burger, jumbo sausage and half fried pizza plus loads of chips and a can of juice. Superb, I'm going back.

[Lovecraft]

1 minute ago, Smithee said:

I was at a mate's and we shared a chippy munchy box for 11.50, steak pie, burger, jumbo sausage and half fried pizza plus loads of chips and a can of juice. Superb, I'm going back.

My local went from £10 to £15 for a munchie box.

 

Insane.

 

 

[Unknown user]

1 minute ago, Lovecraft said:

My local went from £10 to £15 for a munchie box.

 

Insane.

 

 

That's mental.

To be fair though, mine was in Bo'ness, you'd expect to pay a premium for not being in Bo'ness.

[Lovecraft]

Just now, Smithee said:

That's mental.

To be fair though, mine was in Bo'ness, you'd expect to pay a premium for not being in Bo'ness.

😆

 

50% non Bo'ness surcharge.

 

After 2 or 3 months people would just moan and pay it.

 

 

[Unknown user]

33 minutes ago, Lovecraft said:

😆

 

50% non Bo'ness surcharge.

 

After 2 or 3 months people would just moan and pay it.

 

 

 

You could cut that time right down if they were made to visit Bo'ness 

[Unknown user]

33 minutes ago, Lovecraft said:

😆

 

50% non Bo'ness surcharge.

 

After 2 or 3 months people would just moan and pay it.

 

I'll be going back for Bo'ness Utd against Linlithgow Rose, I think there a bit of excitement about them being in the same division again.

[OBE]

4 hours ago, Lovecraft said:

My local went from £10 to £15 for a munchie box.

 

Insane.

 

 

 

Price hike, as dear as fags, maybe just trying to save folks live's...

[highlandjambo3]

7 hours ago, Smithee said:

I was at a mate's and we shared a chippy munchy box for 11.50, steak pie, burger, jumbo sausage and half fried pizza plus loads of chips and a can of juice. Superb, I'm going back.

What’s wrong with you 🤷‍♂️

[il Duce McTarkin]

52 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said:

What’s wrong with you 🤷‍♂️

 

Hardening of the arteries, most probably.

[Unknown user]

3 hours ago, highlandjambo3 said:

What’s wrong with you 🤷‍♂️

 

Ah I am who I am, I used to love nipping up to the Luigi Pia (Luggy Pie) in Dalkeith for a half pizza and chips on my lunch at school.

And ken what? It was ****in brilliant!

[ri Alban]

1 minute ago, Smithee said:

 

Ah I am who I am, I used to love nipping up to the Luigi Pia (Luggy Pie) in Dalkeith for a half pizza and chips on my lunch at school.

And ken what? It was ****in brilliant!

It is indeed. Especially pizza crunch.

[Herbert.]

12 hours ago, Tommy Brown said:

Petrol is £1.42 /litre now  it was around £2.00 not so long ago.

Complainers just like to complain 

 

I'm diesel so still.1.45ish,  £50 for just to goto work for the week ☹️

[ArcticJambo]

10 hours ago, Smithee said:

 

I'll be going back for Bo'ness Utd against Linlithgow Rose, I think there a bit of excitement about them being in the same division again.

It'a cool wee ground, if that fixture was on yesterday bit miffed I missed it, was looking for a game yesterday.

[Unknown user]

5 minutes ago, ArcticJambo said:

It'a cool wee ground, if that fixture was on yesterday bit miffed I missed it, was looking for a game yesterday.

 

Nah, I don't know when the fixture is, it got mentioned is all

[Tommy Brown]

10 minutes ago, Herbert. said:

 

I'm diesel so still.1.45ish,  £50 for just to goto work for the week ☹️

As Rishi would say, "Find yourself another job to pay for it"

[ri Alban]

3 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said:

As Rishi would say, "Find yourself another job to pay for it"

Wallace is out at defence.  So maybe apply for that.

[Unknown user]

19 minutes ago, Herbert. said:

 

I'm diesel so still.1.45ish,  £50 for just to goto work for the week ☹️

I've seen diesel cheaper than petrol in a few places recently

[il Duce McTarkin]

43 minutes ago, Smithee said:

 

Ah I am who I am, I used to love nipping up to the Luigi Pia (Luggy Pie) in Dalkeith for a half pizza and chips on my lunch at school.

And ken what? It was ****in brilliant!

 

The wee chippy that used to be across the road from the Commie Pool did half pizza and chips for 50p when I was a nipper. We'd walk to-and-from Oxgangs to the Commie to save our bus fare for this fine Scotio-Italian delicacy. Sometimes we would need to collect some empty globe bottles on the way to make up any shortfall. Magic.

[periodictabledancer]

11 hours ago, Lovecraft said:

My local went from £10 to £15 for a munchie box.

 

Insane.

 

 

I personally know three chippes that have gone out of business down here.

One is run by a family my lad knows really well and they have been saying since last year that the industry could not survive. The price of spuds has rocketed and they can't get anything like the supplies of cod/haddock etc they used to at realistic rates and resorted to selling just "fish n chips" and that fish could be anything . Even so, they could not buy previusly unwanted stuff because everyone in the trade is buying it up. 

The crazy thing is, despite "taking back control" of our seas, we don't get the fish because the licences are largely   sold  to European fishers while the UK has been relying far too much on fish from........  Russia. 

[Lovecraft]

4 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said:

I personally know three chippes that have gone out of business down here.

One is run by a family my lad knows really well and they have been saying since last year that the industry could not survive. The price of spuds has rocketed and they can't get anything like the supplies of cod/haddock etc they used to at realistic rates and resorted to selling just "fish n chips" and that fish could be anything . Even so, they could not buy previusly unwanted stuff because everyone in the trade is buying it up. 

The crazy thing is, despite "taking back control" of our seas, we don't get the fish because the licences are largely   sold  to European fishers while the UK has been relying far too much on fish from........  Russia. 

Think of how much their bills must be to run friers all night.

 

 

[Unknown user]

On the subject of saving money...

 

Windows 11 is a free upgrade from 10, but Win11 Home is a bit limited and they're looking for 120 quid to upgrade to pro.

 

I found last night that there's a full featured Edu version available, and it can be purchased legitimately without anyone asking for anything other than payment. I upgraded for £11 last night, got the activation key within a couple of hours, and now have full Windows 11.

 

www.keyingo.com 👍

[Unknown user]

19 minutes ago, Dirk McTarkin said:

 

The wee chippy that used to be across the road from the Commie Pool did half pizza and chips for 50p when I was a nipper. We'd walk to-and-from Oxgangs to the Commie to save our bus fare for this fine Scotio-Italian delicacy. Sometimes we would need to collect some empty globe bottles on the way to make up any shortfall. Magic.

 

That was the going rate in Dalkeith too

[DALLY JAMBO]

2 hours ago, ArcticJambo said:

It'a cool wee ground, if that fixture was on yesterday bit miffed I missed it, was looking for a game yesterday.

LRFC final pre-season game yesterday was away to PETERSHILL finishing in a 1-1 draw. The game had a 1.30 kick off so looking forward to all the LRFC games this year just to see how they fit in the Lowland League.