Ah of course! Chickens that don't chicken out aren't real chickens so the universe that does secretly not agree with evolution fixes that by eliminating the anomaly!
Ah of course! Chickens that don't chicken out aren't real chickens so the universe that does secretly not agree with evolution fixes that by eliminating the anomaly!
So does a dyscalculic chicken run, then not run, then turn around or what does it do?
I think this lies in the dyscalculic bug category. My local council rates notice just in :
Firstly, I don't need a map of the place. I've lived here since 1964.
Secondly, as regards the chance to win a prize if I pay up front entirely and early :
1st Prize : I already live and eat here. In my house that you are rating. As do all the other ratepayers. By definition.
2nd Prize : That's just up the road from my house. And it's a whole $50 worth.
3rd & 4th Prize : see 2nd Prize.
5th Prize : A family entry to The Hedgend Maze. A $20 score here. NB If there was a 6th prize it could be TWO family entries to the Hedgend Maze.
Having friends in other areas they tell me of likewise but with trips to tropical islands. I suspect the 'prizes' were gifts by said establishments in return for free advertising in everybody's rates notices.
As a ratepayer in standard grumpy mode, this time of year, then I will deem this as either joke or an insult ..... sticks nose up in air .... exudes righteous odors .... storms off if faux affront .... trips & falls head first into pot plant ....
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I think it is quite simply a ploy to get people to pay their dues on time, rather than the Council having to send out overdue notices. They seem to have funded it by getting discounted offers from local businesses.
In the UK we used to pay Rates, then in 1990 they introduced a community charge called the Poll Tax. That didn't go down too well and engendered the 'Can't Pay! Won't Pay!' movement which resulted in the Poll Tax riots. Council tax replaced it in 1992.
We have a three bed mid terrace house built in 1908. We are in Council tax band D which costs us £1785 per year. Interestingly the tax bands are worked out on the value of the house in 1991, 16 years ago, how stupid is that??? The top end of Band D was £88K in 1991, with inflation from then that makes £183K today. The present worth of the house is about £285K.
So are we quids in or not? Or are we commenting on long tern investment in bricks and mortar?
The whole point is that Local government in the form of Councils are responsible for local amenities and services.That means rubbish collection, road sweeping, parks, schools, housing etc. In the case of my local Council the money we pay is a total rip off, especially now with fortnightly rubbish collections.
But like income tax, we all have to pay it whatever the benefits or lack of them, that we get.
ratepayer in standard grumpy mode, this time of year, trips & falls head first into pot plant ....
Ah that is the hazard that you accept when walking about with ones nose in the air you see. What you should do is walk about with head down mumbling such stuff as "It's all wrong, wasn't like this in my day, I shall write to the Times, mumble grumble". Now you might bump your head on low protuberances, but that more than makes up for replacement pot pants to appease a disgruntled her indoors. And as we all know one of them is worse than a pub with no beer :-)
Chris S_2 wrote:
Ah of course! Chickens that
Ah of course! Chickens that don't chicken out aren't real chickens so the universe that does secretly not agree with evolution fixes that by eliminating the anomaly!
Jonathan_76 wrote:Ah of
So does a dyscalculic chicken run, then not run, then turn around or what does it do?
(No subject)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
And his family that went
And his family that went before him, that were previously crushed look like for now!
I think this lies in the
I think this lies in the dyscalculic bug category. My local council rates notice just in :
Firstly, I don't need a map of the place. I've lived here since 1964.
Secondly, as regards the chance to win a prize if I pay up front entirely and early :
1st Prize : I already live and eat here. In my house that you are rating. As do all the other ratepayers. By definition.
2nd Prize : That's just up the road from my house. And it's a whole $50 worth.
3rd & 4th Prize : see 2nd Prize.
5th Prize : A family entry to The Hedgend Maze. A $20 score here. NB If there was a 6th prize it could be TWO family entries to the Hedgend Maze.
Having friends in other areas they tell me of likewise but with trips to tropical islands. I suspect the 'prizes' were gifts by said establishments in return for free advertising in everybody's rates notices.
As a ratepayer in standard grumpy mode, this time of year, then I will deem this as either joke or an insult ..... sticks nose up in air .... exudes righteous odors .... storms off if faux affront .... trips & falls head first into pot plant ....
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I think it is quite simply a
I think it is quite simply a ploy to get people to pay their dues on time, rather than the Council having to send out overdue notices. They seem to have funded it by getting discounted offers from local businesses.
In the UK we used to pay Rates, then in 1990 they introduced a community charge called the Poll Tax. That didn't go down too well and engendered the 'Can't Pay! Won't Pay!' movement which resulted in the Poll Tax riots. Council tax replaced it in 1992.
We have a three bed mid terrace house built in 1908. We are in Council tax band D which costs us £1785 per year. Interestingly the tax bands are worked out on the value of the house in 1991, 16 years ago, how stupid is that??? The top end of Band D was £88K in 1991, with inflation from then that makes £183K today. The present worth of the house is about £285K.
So are we quids in or not? Or are we commenting on long tern investment in bricks and mortar?
The whole point is that Local government in the form of Councils are responsible for local amenities and services.That means rubbish collection, road sweeping, parks, schools, housing etc. In the case of my local Council the money we pay is a total rip off, especially now with fortnightly rubbish collections.
But like income tax, we all have to pay it whatever the benefits or lack of them, that we get.
Ah that is the hazard that you accept when walking about with ones nose in the air you see. What you should do is walk about with head down mumbling such stuff as "It's all wrong, wasn't like this in my day, I shall write to the Times, mumble grumble". Now you might bump your head on low protuberances, but that more than makes up for replacement pot pants to appease a disgruntled her indoors. And as we all know one of them is worse than a pub with no beer :-)
Pub with no beer
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
I just wanna win ;-)
I just wanna win ;-)
Jonathan_76 wrote:I just
Me too!!
I don't want to win !!
I don't want to win !!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now