What the feck have you done today?

Arrived at mates in Perth a few days ago 34° to find his VW T4 parked up noon starter been like that since October. He hasn't got a clue.

A bit of fiddling to find it has no spark. Went t supercheap (Aussie Halfords) and bought a circuit tester. Diagnosed the coils is buggered..

Had to strip the front end. Needless to say he has next to no tools but the one thing he had was a ratchet, extension and a couple of sockets one of which was 8mm which is all you need..

Vdub independent in Freemantle had the coil.

No fun working under a blazing sun on a red hot concrete drive but it's in and running. Just need to put the front end back together.

It's a hard life
 
Daughterofdesmo said:
I have CCNSG and have thought about other industries but don’t want loads of travel.
My godfather who lives here has suggested I become a civil engineer and work with him doing the office based planning and I could take dog with me 🤔
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Not sure what disciplines you would be looking for but there are gas terminals at Bacton which aren't too far a commute from Suffuck 👍 Perenco have their office in Norwich which is even closer. The dog lying on your feet sounds like a promising offer though 🐶😁
 
WAYNE said:
I need some bike time, it does effect my mental health!! I keep hearing my 996 calling me. Just had a chat with my Italian adopted family, i'm hoping to ride down there again at some point, not seen them since the covid bollox. The year that happened i had booked everything to go over and see there new baby boy. He is now nearly 8. 🤷‍♂️ We do talk on faceache messenger and he sends me little vids of him, he calls him the lithium battery, he's called Maximilian, how Italian is that!!:)
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Do it wayne as before you know it life changes and things you wanted to do get further away and time stops for no man xx
There’s so many things I wished I’d have said to mum and dad especially the word thank you a lot more. Xx
 
I have had an idea, not sure if it`s good or bad, workable or not.
Presumably we have all read about the woes of the hospitality industry , the increasing duty on booze being the most recent. As of now duty starts @ 8.5% on weak beer and goes up to 22% on strong spirits.
Is there any reason why, for example a pub selling a pint @ say £6.00 could instead say all drinks to be bought with an item of baby food which is both duty and vat free. The total remains £6.00 but is split however the pub likes. Maybe £3.00 for the beer & £3.00 for the baby food, maybe a different split. The punter pays the same but the tax take is reduced thereby helping the industry retain more of the total. Alternatively 50% of the cost of any drink is taken as a service charge so the VAT remains the same just the saving on the alcohol duty.
Presumably sensible publicans would pass some of the savings on in the form of lower prices. Everyone`s a winner apart from HMRC. I don`t think it`s illegal or immoral, it`s practically the honourable thing to do.
I have no problem paying sensible taxes that are sensibly spent but that has not been the case for a long time.

Edit. If you think it`s a good idea please discuss it with your host next time you are out for a drink or a meal. Much as I love the idea of reducing the VAT take I suspect that a service charge split is easier to administer and saves buying in multiple cartons of baby food.
 
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Dukesox said:
I have had an idea, not sure if it`s good or bad, workable or not.
Presumably we have all read about the woes of the hospitality industry , the increasing duty on booze being the most recent. As of now duty starts @ 8.5% on weak beer and goes up to 22% on strong spirits.
Is there any reason why, for example a pub selling a pint @ say £6.00 could instead say all drinks to be bought with an item of baby food which is both duty and vat free. The total remains £6.00 but is split however the pub likes. Maybe £3.00 for the beer & £3.00 for the baby food, maybe a different split. The punter pays the same but the tax take is reduced thereby helping the industry retain more of the total. Alternatively 50% of the cost of any drink is taken as a service charge so the VAT remains the same just the saving on the alcohol duty.
Presumably sensible publicans would pass some of the savings on in the form of lower prices. Everyone`s a winner apart from HMRC. I don`t think it`s illegal or immoral, it`s practically the honourable thing to do.
I have no problem paying sensible taxes that are sensibly spent but that has not been the case for a long time.

Edit. If you think it`s a good idea please discuss it with your host next time you are out for a drink or a meal. Much as I love the idea of reducing the VAT take I suspect that a service charge split is easier to administer and saves buying in multiple cartons of baby food.
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I know HMRC and other countries have a rolling valuation system that they use to pick out if someone is trying to import product at well below the market value.
And they would regard something so obvious as tax evasion (and not avoidance).

I like the idea though, and there must be a more subtle way to do it.
 
…and when I say mint, I mean mint.

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One owner, a lady vet, 15,000 miles, full luggage, new chain and sprockets, just servicedlots of extras.
The only thing I don’t like is the red frame, but I’d be crazy to paint it black and put the bodywork off my other one on it, wouldn’t I?
Already ordered a fruity exhaust.
 
SHarper said:
…and when I say mint, I mean mint.

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One owner, a lady vet, 15,000 miles, full luggage, new chain and sprockets, just servicedlots of extras.
The only thing I don’t like is the red frame, but I’d be crazy to paint it black and put the bodywork off my other one on it, wouldn’t I?
Already ordered a fruity exhaust.
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That won't stay looking like that for long (well the wheel rims might!).
 
SHarper said:
…and when I say mint, I mean mint.

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One owner, a lady vet, 15,000 miles, full luggage, new chain and sprockets, just servicedlots of extras.
The only thing I don’t like is the red frame, but I’d be crazy to paint it black and put the bodywork off my other one on it, wouldn’t I?
Already ordered a fruity exhaust.
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Was going to say, it won’t hide the muck like your other one 👍
 
Dukesox said:
I have had an idea, not sure if it`s good or bad, workable or not.
Presumably we have all read about the woes of the hospitality industry , the increasing duty on booze being the most recent. As of now duty starts @ 8.5% on weak beer and goes up to 22% on strong spirits.
Is there any reason why, for example a pub selling a pint @ say £6.00 could instead say all drinks to be bought with an item of baby food which is both duty and vat free. The total remains £6.00 but is split however the pub likes. Maybe £3.00 for the beer & £3.00 for the baby food, maybe a different split. The punter pays the same but the tax take is reduced thereby helping the industry retain more of the total. Alternatively 50% of the cost of any drink is taken as a service charge so the VAT remains the same just the saving on the alcohol duty.
Presumably sensible publicans would pass some of the savings on in the form of lower prices. Everyone`s a winner apart from HMRC. I don`t think it`s illegal or immoral, it`s practically the honourable thing to do.
I have no problem paying sensible taxes that are sensibly spent but that has not been the case for a long time.

Edit. If you think it`s a good idea please discuss it with your host next time you are out for a drink or a meal. Much as I love the idea of reducing the VAT take I suspect that a service charge split is easier to administer and saves buying in multiple cartons of baby food.
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I saw an episode of Clarkson Farm, council fucking him about with trading laws etc.

He started selling brussel sporuts at £15.00 with a free Tee shirt/jar of jam etc.
 
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