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From: Adrian on 5 Dec 2009 11:41 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>> I've just e mailed btinternet to request your name & address. >>>> How are you going to prove that the person who posted as mileburner >>>> is the owner of the BT email address? >>> TBH I don't know, but I know people who can find out. For a start >>> I'll have his bt account suspended. He appears well known on radical >>> cycling groups, shouldn't be hard to track him down. >> <pulls up comfy chair, popcorn> >> This is going to be entertaining. > How much of a fool can one make oneself look? > > I suspect that Mr Medway might start to go a bit quiet from now on... I doubt he has that much self-awareness.
From: NM on 5 Dec 2009 11:54 On 5 Dec, 11:34, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > "Huge" <H...(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message > > news:7nuum0F3m7nm7U2(a)mid.individual.net... > > > Much too long. What you mean is "Cyclists will never accept that they are > > freeloaders." > > Possibly because that statement is incorrect. > > Ho Hum... Looks correct from where I'm sitting
From: NM on 5 Dec 2009 11:56 On 5 Dec, 13:57, SW <allbrankeepsyougo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 5 Dec, 12:22, webreader <websiterea...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > The simple truth is that a motorist will pay more into the system that > > a cyclist, who is not a motorist, will pay (given the same personal > > circumstances) > > The important point being that the vast majority of cyclists *are* > contributing towards the costs of maintaining the highways, regardless > of the method of taxation. > > SW Not in proportion to the usage they enjoy.
From: Peter Grange on 5 Dec 2009 12:21 On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:56:21 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote: >On 5 Dec, 13:57, SW <allbrankeepsyougo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> On 5 Dec, 12:22, webreader <websiterea...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> > The simple truth is that a motorist will pay more into the system that >> > a cyclist, who is not a motorist, will pay (given the same personal >> > circumstances) >> >> The important point being that the vast majority of cyclists *are* >> contributing towards the costs of maintaining the highways, regardless >> of the method of taxation. >> >> SW > >Not in proportion to the usage they enjoy. Do you perchance ever eat chocolate? If so, do you pay a chocolate tax? -- Pete
From: johnwright ""john" on 5 Dec 2009 12:24
Conor wrote: > In article <g9TRm.11442$Ym4.5575(a)text.news.virginmedia.com>, The Medway > Handyman says... >> soup wrote: >>> The Medway Handyman wrote: >>> >>>> Because we all pay tax, but motorists pay an extra tax to use the >>>> roads. >>> You pay an extra 'tax' to use your vehicle on the road >>> YOU DO NOT PAY TO USE THE ROAD. >> "Every vehicle registered in the United Kingdom (UK) must be taxed if used >> or kept on a public road". >> >> http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10021514 >> >> You cannot use a vehicle on the road wothout a tax disc, therefore you pay >> to use the road. >> >> What part don't you understand. > > I understand all of it, unlike you. Please tell me how much I pay to tax > a pre 1972 registered car? And also zero if you get higher rate DLA. Given todays controversy over winter fuel payments that's worth almost as much on its own - depending on the vehicle of course. Having said that, as much as the Labour party might like to take credit for DLA it was actually introduced when John Major was PM. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright |