[Cost of living!]

Can you pay for it with Ethereum?

[Cost of living!]

19 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

Crypto will do very well since it’s untraceable and easy to move. 
 

it’s becoming a massive problem - Hmrc are now all over cash outs and hunting for the money. Solicitors now are having to report on anti money laundering checks where crypto is involved. Buying a house with it - ummm yeah many mortgage lenders simply won’t accept you if the money has been sourced from crypto.

the government is trying to crack down through regulations that are currently in place and make if difficult for folks to launder their crypto cash

Quite right too. If it's not an offshore trust fund it's clearly dodgy as hell and should be rooted out.

[LEF Jokes & Gags thread]

That should be Met White

[What made you UNHAPPY today!]

Ask Vision Express to replace them and offer them the puppy as a gesture of good will

[Coronavirus]

 

 

[BBC - Again!]

35 minutes ago, Mysterae said:

So if the rumours are true the TV licence will be scrapped in 2027 - may as well cancel it now and save the £800 or so between now and then. Although I have a suspicion that it'll just be added to every home's council tax bill where it can't be avoided.

We don't watch much (if any) of the BBC nowadays. If I were to disconnect the aerial and block the BBC web address in the router I don't think anybody in the house would notice.

It's a distraction tactic to diver =t attention from parties

[Coronavirus]

[Coronavirus]

47 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Let’s just hope they don’t start bringing in compulsory vaccinations even if they are threatening to sack folks whom don’t comply. All those companies whom have introduced policies against those whom exercise their freedom of choice will hopefully find themselves in court.

I'm glad to see Australia apply the rules about lying on your visa entry to all regardless of status. Pretty sure in the US we would be locked up in gaol pending deportation. Nothing to do with Covid just an ego that thought a countries laws shouldn't apply to him.

[BBC - Again!]

Fabulous. Make the BBC private and piss them all off so they are free to attack you with out strict no bias rules. Good luck

[What made you happy today?]

23 minutes ago, Mysterae said:

That looks great @100th_Idiot I didn't know such a thing existed!

We found it by chance on Facebook. They are just arriving in the UK and there's only 2 (now one) supplier. More common in Europe and mostly used on commercial premises (bars and restaurants). We are really happy with it.

They are not considered permanent structures so don't need planning permission like a conservatory. On the other hand you have to think of them as open spaces as they are not thermally sealed.

https://www.verandair.com/fr/

We are getting some heating installed which will take the edge off the cold if we wish

[What made you happy today?]

Finally  got our veranda built after some covid related delays and the supplier going bankrupt. Happy now we have a combined open and closed space. Already had a barbecue in the pouring rain (6 hour slow cooked pulled pork).

 

 

[Coronavirus]

That's a really tough ask to make the Labour front bench look more unelectable

[What is your village famous for?]

Tiny village without even a shop but 5 pubs

[Coronavirus]

2 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

I do get your point @PaulCP I really do.

what gets mixed up it seems is many believe they can either force a needle into another’s arm or decline them treatment, remove their freedoms and sack them from their jobs.

welcome to covid-1984.

I;m not in favour of forcihng vacciination. People have a right to choose. I also have the right to have no respect for the ignorant twunts

[Hazel Chapman (1927-2021)]

Sad news. A part of motoring history moves on.

Condolences to the family.

RIP

[Coronavirus]

7 hours ago, electro_boy said:

@SFO I don't understand why Javid lost credibility over that statement?

Indeed. You need credibility in the first place to lose it.

[What made you UNHAPPY today!]

Dumped BG years ago for shoddy service. Been very happy with Gastech.

[What made you UNHAPPY today!]

Back to the office for the first time last week. It's a bit of a trek so spent 2 nights in the Holiday Inn Express. No social distancing. Nobody wearing a mask. Now I have a cold 🤧

[What made you UNHAPPY today!]

My lawnmower died half way through it's job. Unless electric motors are meant to smoke from time to time.

It was only 23 the lazy little shite

[Which Browser are you using?]

Ghostery Dawn. Minimises tracking if I want it to.

[Brexit]

This would be the fishing boats that would get permits if they could show historical rights to fish the water as agreed in the Brexit terms except they can't because they all turned off their legally mandated transponders to overfish UK wasters while we were in the EU. No historical data no permit.

Got another mate that manages a fishing fleet (outside EU).

[Brexit]

Here is the truck driver shortage in the USA.

https://truckerjobusa.com/the-u-s-truck-driver-shortages-fact-or-fiction/

Of course caused by Brexit.

Friend of mine worked for many years in international purchasing and logistics The USA were leaders in treating their drivers like dirt and squeezing the supply chain prices year over year. So older drivers left/retired and nobody new joined.

It may have been slightly exacerbated by Brexit but it was going to happen regardless. Big buyers and RHA caused this over many years and did nothing to avoid it.

[Brexit]

Plus lower the barrier to entry. Getting trained and qualified is expensive. Other skill areas get investment from companies that need the skills. So if the training and qualification costs £10K say then companies should offer the pay this in exchange for let;s say 2 year commitment to work for them. Leave before that and you pay it back pro-rata.

[Future of Lotus]

Precisely. We could speculate - "I don't what Lotus traditionalist think about an SUV not belonging in the Lotus line up" for example.

[Brexit]

Switzerland have their own agreements with the EU which means they don't require border checks but also restricts what they can do outside the EU. As I understand it they have lots of individual agreements rather than one overriding one. The EU don't like it as it is painful to maintain all the agreements so they want to consolidate to one. The Swiss so far don't like that is it imposes more restrictions.

It's one to get the popcorn out for.