From: Silk on
On 26/06/2010 10:38, NM wrote:
> On 26 June, 09:43, Nick Finnigan<n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote:
>> NM wrote:
>>> On 24 June, 19:05, Nick Finnigan<n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> You get 30 days grace in England too (except in February).
>>>> And you don't have to produce a lot of paperwork.
>>
>>> How? No prepayment = no tax disc. Unless it's changed and no body told
>>> me.
>>
>> No prepayment, no new tax disk, no problem for 30 days.
>>
>>> You need to have paperwork unless it's a routine transaction with no
>>> changes.
>>
>> You need a tiny 'new keeper' piece of paper to make a change, not 'a lot'.
>
> I don't understand why people here are defending the UK system, it's
> archaeic, inflexible and a pain to use other than for straight
> foreward transactions involving no changes, still if you like being
> fucked around and paying up front then go for it, I know which system
> I prefer.

I don't understand how people can be so disorganised.
From: Silk on
On 26/06/2010 02:00, NM wrote:
> On 24 June, 14:03, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 24/06/2010 14:01, Man at B&Q wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 24, 11:53 am, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> I don't like paying tax any more than anyone else. That's why I got a
>>>> car in a lower band, so I only pay 35 quid a year.
>>
>>> SWMBOs has just gone down to �30!
>>
>> I haven't looked at the details of the budget yet. Mine may have also
>> gone down.
>
> Don't you get a handout for running a Skoda?

I get a handout from the company I work for, which effectively makes it
free.
From: The Peeler on
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:16:52 +0100, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>On 26/06/2010 01:59, NM wrote:
>> On 24 June, 12:28, bod<bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Silk wrote:
>>>> On 24/06/2010 12:12, The Peeler wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:53:36 +0100, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> I don't like paying tax any more than anyone else. That's why I got a
>>>>>> car in a lower band, so I only pay 35 quid a year. If you can't afford
>>>>>> 35 quid, you can't afford to maintain a car in good order.
>>>
>>>>> A cheap pikey car, you mean?
>>>
>>>> How we laughed.
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> Just paid mine...�245.
>>>
>>> Bod
>>
>> So did I, it was a real struggle to find zero in one lump.
>
>Does this mean you're "disabled"?

Ahem. The correct expression for cripples is "differently abled".
From: Adrian on
NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> I don't understand why people here are defending the UK system, it's
> archaeic, inflexible and a pain to use other than for straight foreward
> transactions involving no changes, still if you like being fucked around
> and paying up front then go for it, I know which system I prefer.

You seem to be comparing to the Dutch system. Remind me how much car tax
is in NL?
From: Silk on
On 26/06/2010 12:05, The Peeler wrote:

> Ahem. The correct expression for cripples is "differently abled".

I think you'll find the correct expression for people on "disability" is
liar.