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From: Conor on 2 Dec 2009 06:25 In article <hf5bvi$fjp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner says... > > "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message > news:MPG.257f3dcdf0a557a29899ca(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > In article <hf2vfq$3me$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner says... > > > >> > He crashed into them however they created the situation. How were his > >> > actions dangerous? > >> > >> He crashed into them. That is dangerous. > > > > Your lack of ability to prove otherwise is noted. > > > > How was his driving dangerous? > > Why is it the non-cycling motorists seem to have little or no sense of > danger? > > Just curious. Why is it the cyclists who seem to have a complete inability to correctly apportion blame? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Peter Grange on 2 Dec 2009 06:39 On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:19:42 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >In article <fqabh5lumjlco376rk6occ8o2fjuefs4jl(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange >says... > >> >Quite a lot of people do, millions in fact. I'm still waiting on a >> >refund for an overpayment on PAYE from 2008-09. >> Aw Come On! The fact that you're looking for it back doesn't mean >> you're paying extra. > >Really? The only reason I knew I'd overpaid is because I did the >calculations myself and knew that as it had been deducted at the proper >rate per week and that I'd had a period of time with no income that I'd >overpaid. How many people would actually think to calculate their income >tax? I can guarantee there are 100,000's of people who lost their jobs >that will have overpaid last year and won't think to reclaim it because >they'll simply think they've paid the right amount because it was >deducted at the normal rate it was for every week they were getting >paid. Well, it <should> get sorted at your next tax return. But the IR aren't as good as they used to be :-( However, I think the spirit of the original question was more on the lines of "If the IR ask you for �100, would you send them �110 voluntarily". So, if the Gov don't ask me for VED for a bike, I won't pay it. If you think that's wrong, you are going to make precious little headway bitching about it on here. Write to your MP, or vote for a party which is going to bring in VED for bikes. Good luck with that. -- Pete
From: Conor on 2 Dec 2009 06:45 In article <d0kch5p3lm5uktg9oo5pm77u394umf9cc3(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange says... > Well, it <should> get sorted at your next tax return. But the IR > aren't as good as they used to be :-( > > However, I think the spirit of the original question was more on the > lines of "If the IR ask you for �100, would you send them �110 > voluntarily". > > So, if the Gov don't ask me for VED for a bike, I won't pay it. > If you think that's wrong, you are going to make precious little > headway bitching about it on here. Write to your MP, or vote for a > party which is going to bring in VED for bikes. Good luck with that. > No, that's fair enough. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Keitht on 2 Dec 2009 06:54 Conor wrote: > In article <D9SdnfxCJ5g0_4jWnZ2dnUVZ8qpi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Keitht says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <hf2fic$col$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner says... >>> >>>> 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. >>> How do you know they're unemployed? Are you basing it solely on the >>> virtue that they live on a council estate? >>> >> and this from someone who can only equate 'caravan' to 'gypsy'? >> > Where did I do that? > > > > > your alzheimer's is getting critical -- Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle
From: Keitht on 2 Dec 2009 06:54
Conor wrote: > In article <D9Sdnf9CJ5h--YjWnZ2dnUVZ8qpi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Keitht says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <9d33e176-16e0-4113-8190- >>> 918d191b121e(a)j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, SW says... >>> >>>>> That is a weak argument, import duty on a foreign manufactured bike or >>>>> bike parts allows rights to use the UK road system paid and maintained >>>>> by vehicle users. FFS. >>>> And Council Tax payers. >>>> >>> Nope. The road maintenance budget comes from central government. >>> >>> >>> >> Nope - check it out. > > So you're saying that council tax receipts cover all of a council's > budget? > No, don't be silly. -- Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle |