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From: The Medway Handyman on 21 Jun 2010 15:37 Brimstone wrote: > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in > message news:WINTn.17607$_m6.8124(a)hurricane... >> Brimstone wrote: >>> "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message >>> news:058a8ce5-8669-475d-9848-46676c13cbed(a)c10g2000yqi.googlegroups.com... >>>> On 20 June, 21:55, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: >>> >>>>> You'll be talking to the animals next! >>>>> >>>> I talk to dogs sometimes and they seem to understand quite a lot, >>>> like 'sit', 'stay', 'bad dog!', 'good boy!, etc. >>>> >>> If only you could acquire a dog's ability to understand, Doug. >> >> Would he then be 'barking' mad? Oh I forgot, he already is. >> > You see, you do have a kindred spirit. I never could work out what you were on about. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: Brimstone on 21 Jun 2010 16:05 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:KcPTn.32990$hS4.31319(a)newsfe26.ams2... > Jim A wrote: >> I agree it's bollox. I don't need to wear a stupid t-shirt to let you >> know I don't pay motoring taxes for my bicycle which, funnily enough, >> doesn't have a motor. > > But it is a vehicle used on the road - hence the commonly understood term > ROAD TAX. > "Commonly understood" isn't necessarily correct. What you describe as "Road Tax" hasn't been paid by anyone since long before you were born and even then ONLY applied to motor vehicles.
From: Brimstone on 21 Jun 2010 16:06 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:LcPTn.32991$hS4.26177(a)newsfe26.ams2... > Brimstone wrote: >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >> message news:WINTn.17607$_m6.8124(a)hurricane... >>> Brimstone wrote: >>>> "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message >>>> news:058a8ce5-8669-475d-9848-46676c13cbed(a)c10g2000yqi.googlegroups.com... >>>>> On 20 June, 21:55, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> You'll be talking to the animals next! >>>>>> >>>>> I talk to dogs sometimes and they seem to understand quite a lot, >>>>> like 'sit', 'stay', 'bad dog!', 'good boy!, etc. >>>>> >>>> If only you could acquire a dog's ability to understand, Doug. >>> >>> Would he then be 'barking' mad? Oh I forgot, he already is. >>> >> You see, you do have a kindred spirit. > > I never could work out what you were on about. > Thus demonstrating that you're even more dumb than Doug. Because he can work it out.
From: bod on 21 Jun 2010 16:19 Brimstone wrote: > > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in > message news:KcPTn.32990$hS4.31319(a)newsfe26.ams2... >> Jim A wrote: > >>> I agree it's bollox. I don't need to wear a stupid t-shirt to let you >>> know I don't pay motoring taxes for my bicycle which, funnily enough, >>> doesn't have a motor. >> >> But it is a vehicle used on the road - hence the commonly understood >> term ROAD TAX. >> > "Commonly understood" isn't necessarily correct. What you describe as > "Road Tax" hasn't been paid by anyone since long before you were born > and even then ONLY applied to motor vehicles. > > But commonly 'referred to' as 'road tax'. You are being pedantic. Bod
From: Brimstone on 21 Jun 2010 16:41
"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:889vr2Fq3sU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Brimstone wrote: >> >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >> message news:KcPTn.32990$hS4.31319(a)newsfe26.ams2... >>> Jim A wrote: >> >>>> I agree it's bollox. I don't need to wear a stupid t-shirt to let you >>>> know I don't pay motoring taxes for my bicycle which, funnily enough, >>>> doesn't have a motor. >>> >>> But it is a vehicle used on the road - hence the commonly understood >>> term ROAD TAX. >>> >> "Commonly understood" isn't necessarily correct. What you describe as >> "Road Tax" hasn't been paid by anyone since long before you were born and >> even then ONLY applied to motor vehicles. >> >> > But commonly 'referred to' as 'road tax'. > You are being pedantic. > If "road tax" had only recently been abolished or if the monies from VED went into a separate pot marked "Only for spending on roads" you might have a point. Since it isn't, you don't. |