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Today, 00:46

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Couldn't be bothered with much telly tonight; the factory programme about making pencils on Smithsonian, and some police shenanigans whilst dining. ...

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Yesterday, 23:03

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

I'd got twice as many ribs so it took loads longer for the sauce and what-have-you to reduce and bake on properly. But when it finally got there,...

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Yesterday, 23:01

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Mostly not. This is important junk! :D

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Yesterday, 22:07

eek replied to a thread State of the Market in Business / Contracts

My quick check tells me I can get a lithuania java dev for between €2500 to €3500 a month and I usually pay too whack for people who are good. So...

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Yesterday, 21:32

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Nope :ohwell

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Yesterday, 20:44

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Found the recipe I was looking for :)

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Yesterday, 20:05

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Exercise bicycling done, green ring closed :emb

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Yesterday, 19:49

northernladuk replied to a thread SC Clearance doom? in Business / Contracts

Not sure why the OP bothered resurrecting it either. Worthy of a ban? Haven't had a good one for awhile.

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Yesterday, 19:22

eek replied to a thread Rate negotiation, recruiter trying it on? in Business / Contracts

It's a goer if the end client knows what you are doing so ignores the "I'm sorry but he's resigned" phone call that the agent will try and make.

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Yesterday, 18:35

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

I like them; they're big and fruity with an extremely sticky glaze on top :)

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Yesterday, 17:45

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Afternoon snack of a toasted teacake with lashings of butter :tongue And they're big Sainsbury's TTD ones, so that frees up a tad more space in...

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Yesterday, 17:04

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Stressed out because the landlord has managed to get some grant for putting central heating in the flat. A surveyor's coming on Thursday to work out...

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Yesterday, 16:21

eek replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

It's a great bit of expectation management.

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Yesterday, 16:02

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

I've got a gammon joint that supposedly needs to be used by Thursday. But I'm pretty sure gammon, being cured, is one of those things that can safely...

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Yesterday, 15:36

cojak replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General

Yep, I'm working closely with an English manager living in France. I asked him about how the French are reacting to the stricter lockdown they have...

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Yesterday, 14:54

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Inevitably, lunch has been zingy chicken, tomato and lentil soup with wholemeal bread :tongue

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Yesterday, 14:30

cojak replied to a thread get your priorities right :-) in General

I did this on Sunday, but as I'm a beginner with yorkshires I grilled the sausages separately and added mashed potatoes after pulling out two...

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Yesterday, 14:11

NickFitz replied to a thread Monday Links from the Lockdown vol. DLXXVII in General

The page URL isn't the image URL… :)

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Yesterday, 14:08

cojak replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General

You would need to look at the sociological aspects of this as much as (if not more than) the NHS. The gig economy and the eroding of worker...

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Yesterday, 13:58

cojak replied to a thread New Job in Belgium help?? in Business / Contracts

The agency who arranged the contract should be sorting this out for you - it's not something that I would expect the contractor to have to do. You...

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Yesterday, 13:54

cojak replied to a thread Physical paper tax return, can you send HMRC a printed out copy or do you have to in Accounting / Legal

Only possible if HMRC pick up the phone. I have a straight-forward question that needs an answer but I get a recorded message along the lines of...

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Yesterday, 13:33

cojak replied to a thread Mobile Office - Tax in Accounting / Legal

Mobile homes with laptop space aren't acceptable, but I would have thought something like this might be: Mobile Office Vans - Total Van Solutions...

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Yesterday, 12:20

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Afternoon denizens :wave: Cloudy out but 11°C and the rain has stopped for now; 990/998mB on the clock :ind Rubbish night's sleep then,...

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Yesterday, 10:32

eek replied to a thread Bank account transfer incentive - Taxable ? in Accounting / Legal

Why wouldn't it be taxable?

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Yesterday, 09:58

eek replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

That's not what I've seen - it's cease and desist with document preservation. Mind you some people are idiots and clearly don't understand that in ...

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Yesterday, 09:53

cojak replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

Yep, I can't see how thy think that just saying sorry is going to get them out of the tulip-hole they jumped into.

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Yesterday, 09:51

cojak replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

That's what overloading on steroids does to you...

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Yesterday, 09:28

eek replied to a thread Contract vs Perm D-Day in Business / Contracts

The IR35 changes are going to take effect and that isn't part of the OP's question anyway.

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