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Posts posted by sime42
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Nice steady progress.
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12 hours ago, Botty Cough said:
Well certainly nothing we are given to see on the TV will ever be true
It's all fake like the internet videos you see these days.
Computers can now think for themselves and produce TV and video of what ever you decide
You're a little bit previous, only a year or so mind.
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2 hours ago, Will C said:
A quick google says it Russian bull propaganda
They're busy in Russia at the moment;-
Kate rumours linked to Russian disinformation
WWW.BBC.CO.UK
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Happy with that. Racking my brains for a while but then hit with a flash of inspiration.
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3 hours ago, WirralBoy said:
A news item to brighten your day, coutesy of BBC News.
Rescued baby hedgehog turns out to be hat bobble
WWW.BBC.CO.UK
A wildlife rescue was handed the ornamental tuft by a well-intentioned rescuer.I mean, you've got to be pretty dim to have made a mistake like that surely? It's scary how out of touch with reality, the natural world, a lot of people are these days.
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53 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:
Don't believe anything you see unless it's with your own eyes.
That's somewhat criptic. So, what do you believe is really going on in N. Korea?
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4 hours ago, Trailoftears said:
A few thoughts,Yes,I could make more money mowing 3 days a week than 5.5 days-which is what I do.However if all I did was follow machines around-well, I'd rather cut my leg off,thats simply NOT why I work in this sector.But I think my point is missed.For instance I charge one couple £140 a day-2 days a week 48 weeks a year,so they are paying north of a thousand pounds every 4 weeks into my account.I turn up at 9.45,commence work at ten til 1,then 45 mins for lunch and nattering.Back to work at 2 then at 4.30,Ill be sitting in their conservatory sipping tea.Also,I do loads of unnatended properties,some holiday homes,some rural farms/country houses.I'll give them an initial price for a mornings work-9.30-1.say £85.Initially that will take me 3 hours,after a few months, being reasonally quick and efficient-I'll be walking away in under 2 hrs.Even one off jobs which I quote fairly high-most people tend to tip me generously anyway.I set my own agenda/wrkloads generally,No one will see me before 10-4.30 I'm done.If its a stinky wet day-fine,radio 6 on/feet up/lager opened/good book dealt with.As long as housing/utility/food costs are met plus an exotic holiday when fancied plus as much draw/lager/ciggies as needed-that will do for me.Its not about headline earnings-its about quality of life and job satisfaction.Yes,money matters,but if thats all that drives you-you have a problem.
I guess I might be out on a limb here, (wink), but I there's a lot to be said for not over stretching yourself, in any sense of the word. If you've enough money for everything you need, and most things you want then that's enough I reckon. Preferably with a job you really enjoy. I've never seen the appeal of working all god's hours, away from home, just to end up with a fat tax bill that you can then moan about forever afterwards. Quality of life and free time has always been more of a priority for me, even more so now with young children around.
As I get older the endgame is becoming more important, I want to retire as early as possible whilst I've still got life in me. So pensions and other stashes are also a priority now, any spare money goes towards that rather than splashing it around on stuff I don't really need.
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6 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:
Yeah just seen that.
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Them Koreans are mental and far beyond anything that classes as mental in America....😂
Nah, I think there's one mental Korean, (little fat bloke with a silly hair cut, no not Donald Trump), and the rest of the country would probably be fairly normal if they were given the chance.
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Speaking of Titmarsh - he's in trouble again. For wearing the wrong trousers this time!
North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers on BBC gardening show
NEWS.SKY.COM
North Korea is known to illegally stream western TV shows including Premier League football, and on Korean Central...Bizarre .
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Indeed. Amazing the way that the structure just crumples like soggy cardboard.
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_____ forth? Hindsight is wonderful.
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Serious case of emoji inflation going on here this last couple weeks.
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No need to throw the towel in tonight.
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2 hours ago, Botty Cough said:
Could be a canal forager which wouldn't count as offshore for tax....😂
What's a c anal forager, dare I ask?
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To be fair, he is quite entertaining, and the portfolio of subjects that he contributes to is wide and varied. Unlike other trolls on here.
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I must move in the wrong circles. The vast majority of people I know earn less than 100k. Even combined incomes between couples. Those that do earn over that are doctors, consultants, and don't begrudge the tax they pay at all. Not surprising with the conditions they have to work under.
Id be surprised if many tree people on Arbtalk earn over 100k actually. It'd be interesting to know.
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩An Easter theme today.
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Some good points there. Regarding leaf mould; given that it's such great stuff, why isn't it produced commercially? I've never seen it for sale at least. There must be a market for it. Especially with the shocking stuff that passes for compost these days.
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I think we can guess why that happened. 😜
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Asian Hornet Sightings and Incursion Map | British Beekeepers Association
WWW.BBKA.ORG.UK
Details of recent sightings together with an incursion map. Updated 15.03.24.
New York Times Wordle thread.
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Correct letters but in the wrong position.