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From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Dec 2009 16:44 Peter Grange wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:39:40 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" > <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> Peter Grange wrote: >>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:24 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" >>> <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Peter Grange wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:39:32 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" >>>>> <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>>>> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled >>>>>>> happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Would it be OK if all of country's millions of bicycles, which >>>>>>>>> would be in VED band A (Fee = �0), got a stamped round bit of >>>>>>>>> paper from the Post Office and stuck it on their frames? Would >>>>>>>>> that do it for you? I wouldn't mind if it made van drivers >>>>>>>>> gave me more respect on the road. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, not really. They would have to pay a fee to cover the >>>>>>>> inconvenience of admin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Why does that apply to one form of zero-charge VED, yet not to >>>>>>> others? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Because zero rated cars still have number plates, so the pokice >>>>>> can check they have insurance & trace them when they break >>>>>> traffic laws. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Or do you think that all zero-charge VED should pay an >>>>>>> "inconvenience of admin" fee? >>>>>> >>>>>> No, they pay enough in VAT & fuel duty to cover it. >>>>> >>>>> Hang on, we had the VAT argument already. In your strange world >>>>> VAT on bikes doesn't count, so wht does it on cars? >>>> >>>> Because its a hell of a lot more innit. >>> >>> So what was your argument against the millionaire paying more tax >>> then? >> >> The percentage of VAT is the same, but 15% on a �100 push bike and >> 15% on a �10,000 car are vastly different sums of money. > > You really have no idea do you. I would no more ride a �100 bike than > you would use a Trabant van to run your business. Try and stay on the > same planet. > >> >> I didn't have an argument about millionaire cyclists. > > Except to say that a motorist has more right to be on the road than a > cyclist because he (in the majority of cases) pays more vat than the > cyclist, but the millionaire who paid more vat than the motorist > doesn't have an equally greater right than the motorist. Do stop making things up. Everyone whos pays road tax has the right to use the road. Those who don't pay it, don't. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Dec 2009 16:48 Keitht wrote: > The Medway Handyman wrote: >> Keitht wrote: >>> The Medway Handyman wrote: >>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>> "MasonS(a)BP.com" <MasonS(a)BP.com> gurgled happily, sounding much >>>>> like they were saying: >>>>> >>>>>>> If it makes you any happier, perhaps you ought to buy this van - >>>>>>> you could then use the roads yourself, for work, without paying >>>>>>> any VED or fuel duty. Perfectly legally. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/80500342.htm >>>>>> I'd buy the bloody thing for him out of my own pocket, just to >>>>>> hear of him driving around Kent having paid no "road tax". >>>>> 'course, it would still need a valid tax disc on display. >>>> Indeed it would. So if I drove through red traffic lights, on the >>>> pavement or the wrong way up a one way street I could be identified >>>> & prosecuted. >>> Blimey -- you can get all that info from a distance from a tax disc >>> while the vehicle is moving? >>> >>> SuperHandyMan strikes again! >> >> I'll type this slowly so you can understand. Motor Vehicles ...... >> >> On second thoughts I can't be arsed, you wouldn't understand it >> anyway. > > Well, if you can't be arsed to answer my question that arose from > something you stated -- I'd hate to be one of your customers. I'd hate that as well. > > "Just got to get a special part" and off to start another job as this > one has proved just a wee bit too complex. You have to do that, its a crucial part of the process Trading Standards use before accreditation as a Fair Trader. Listen? Its the sound of Keitht dropping another bollock. > > I do hope any potential clients don't Google or you're gonna be a bit > short of work. Do pay attention, that bollox has already been tried & failed. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Dec 2009 16:54 Adrian wrote: > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled > happily, sounding much like they were saying: > >> Errm. So Medway Shiteholes isn't "insulting the area"? > > No, it's a statement of fact. I've lived in some utter shitholes in my > time. I know a shithole when I see one. > >> That would be the Medway Towns? Which has the finest Norman keep in >> England, a spendid Cathedral, the finest historic dockyard in >> England, a high street with more lsited buildngs than anywhere else >> in the UK, three universities etc. > > But best known for being the home of the chav. > > Three Universities, eh? I don't think having outposts of Unis based in > Canterbury and Greenwich _really_ counts, but you feel free. Then again you wouldn't know would you? > >> So, which part of the UK do you reside in? > > It's hardly a state secret that I live on the edge of the Chilterns, You mean between Luton & Reading? -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: NM on 15 Dec 2009 17:01 On Dec 15, 7:10 pm, "Mas...(a)BP.com" <Mas...(a)BP.com> wrote: > On 15 Dec, 17:57, johnwright <""john\"@no spam here.com"> wrote: > > > Happi Monday wrote: > > > The Medway Handyman wrote: > > > >> We're doomed Captain Mainwaring. doomed. > > > > Capt. who? Is that your boss? > > > Far too young to remember that. Perhaps. The actor who played him died > > in 1982. > > You've heard of Julius Caesar though? > He died over 2000 years ago. ;-) > > -- > Simon Mason What was he in?
From: Adrian on 15 Dec 2009 17:09
NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> You've heard of Julius Caesar though? He died over 2000 years ago. ;-) > What was he in? A play, written by some bearded bloke from the midlands. I forget what it was called. |