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From: Adrian on 1 Dec 2009 07:38 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>>> Re-read the whole original sentence (the one you cut short) which >>>>> you are trying to make an argument out of. >>>> Yes, gladly. >>> You failed >> That'll be why you snipped the relevant bit, then? > You still failed - keep digging... Fine. Perhaps you'd be so kind as to enlighten me as to how use of a bicycle affects income tax, council tax and the VAT you pay on non- directly-cycling purchases? >> >> > Not true. As a cyclist I pay income tax, council tax, VAT >> NO, YOU DO NOT PAY THOSE AS A CYCLIST. Your cycling is IRRELEVANT to >> those. >> >> > and specifically for cycling, import duty on the components of my >> >> > all bikes in addition to the VAT. >> Correct - and I've already asked you roughly how much that comes to in >> an average year - which you don't appear to have answered yet.
From: NM on 1 Dec 2009 08:56 On 1 Dec, 10:07, Peter Grange <pe...(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:50 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> > wrote: > > > > >On 1 Dec, 07:11, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:uwZQm.10410$Ym4.451(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > > >> > SW wrote: > >> >> On 30 Nov, 01:02, "The Medway Handyman" > >> >> <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> >>> Peter Grange wrote: > >> >>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:03 +0000, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve > >> >>>> Firth) wrote: > > >> >>>>> Peter Grange <pe...(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >> >>>>>>> Here's something you could try to test the theory. Stop the next > >> >>>>>>> pavement cyclist that you see and ask them to ride where they > >> >>>>>>> belong. > > >> >>>>>> Try telling the next motorist parked on the pavement to get his > >> >>>>>> hulking great car off the pavement and on the street where it > >> >>>>>> belongs. > > >> >>>>> When I see a driver driving down the pavement at 25mph I shall tell > >> >>>>> them off. > > >> >>>> Good luck with stopping him. > > >> >>> Wouldn't need to. Cars have registration plates & can be easily > >> >>> identified if they break the law. Cyclists don't, because they don't > >> >>> pay to use the roads. > > >> >> Unless they pay council tax. > > >> > Motorists also pay council tax - and road tax. > > >> Whoop-de-do! > > >> Although on the local housing estate where plenty of the residents are > >> unemployed and live on benefits and do not pay council tax, they still > >> manage to run untaxed cars on the road. > > >Clearly all the residents you mention are breaking the law with the > >same impunity as most cyclists. > > How come, aren't they all easily traceable? According to mileburner all cyclists are tracable.
From: Peter Grange on 1 Dec 2009 09:14 On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:56:11 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote: >On 1 Dec, 10:07, Peter Grange <pe...(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:50 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On 1 Dec, 07:11, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:uwZQm.10410$Ym4.451(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... >> >> >> > SW wrote: >> >> >> On 30 Nov, 01:02, "The Medway Handyman" >> >> >> <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >>> Peter Grange wrote: >> >> >>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:03 +0000, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve >> >> >>>> Firth) wrote: >> >> >> >>>>> Peter Grange <pe...(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >>>>>>> Here's something you could try to test the theory. Stop the next >> >> >>>>>>> pavement cyclist that you see and ask them to ride where they >> >> >>>>>>> belong. >> >> >> >>>>>> Try telling the next motorist parked on the pavement to get his >> >> >>>>>> hulking great car off the pavement and on the street where it >> >> >>>>>> belongs. >> >> >> >>>>> When I see a driver driving down the pavement at 25mph I shall tell >> >> >>>>> them off. >> >> >> >>>> Good luck with stopping him. >> >> >> >>> Wouldn't need to. Cars have registration plates & can be easily >> >> >>> identified if they break the law. Cyclists don't, because they don't >> >> >>> pay to use the roads. >> >> >> >> Unless they pay council tax. >> >> >> > Motorists also pay council tax - and road tax. >> >> >> Whoop-de-do! >> >> >> Although on the local housing estate where plenty of the residents are >> >> unemployed and live on benefits and do not pay council tax, they still >> >> manage to run untaxed cars on the road. >> >> >Clearly all the residents you mention are breaking the law with the >> >same impunity as most cyclists. >> >> How come, aren't they all easily traceable? > >According to mileburner all cyclists are tracable. I guess I should come out with some random piece of latin at this point but it would be wasted.
From: mileburner on 1 Dec 2009 09:23 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7nkh1sF3jkdn1U10(a)mid.individual.net... > "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >>>>>> Re-read the whole original sentence (the one you cut short) which >>>>>> you are trying to make an argument out of. > >>>>> Yes, gladly. > >>>> You failed > >>> That'll be why you snipped the relevant bit, then? > >> You still failed - keep digging... > > Fine. Perhaps you'd be so kind as to enlighten me as to how use of a > bicycle affects income tax, council tax and the VAT you pay on non- > directly-cycling purchases? I am unable to help you with the answers to your rather bizarre and twisted argument. Keep digging :-)
From: mileburner on 1 Dec 2009 09:25
"NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message news:a59ea90c-71e4-42b8-9875-f9865a57f39b(a)v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > > According to mileburner all cyclists are tracable. According to NM all cyclists live on council estates, are unemployed and live on benefits. |