eggsarascal
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I’ve no idea how or where he gets paid, or his tax affairs, would £1.5 million sound about right?
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That’s a staggering amount of money to have paid in tax for a working man, I could retire on that, seriously! I now wonder how much I’ve paid.
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Sandyford CC for us, and talking beer, cricket clubs were one of the few places you could get a beer after 3pm on a Sunday back in the day.
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Both my brothers and I played for the same club our father played for, our middle kid still plays now.
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That’s my point, I mainly work for main contractors, or subbed into them, so not a lot of cash changing hands.
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I’m with you all the way on this one, unfortunately the vast majority of my work is for other companies, so very few cash jobs. Hey ho, still getting a living.
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Yeah, I’m on it on the wireless. Probably should get another TV with one of these dodgy fire stick things. I’ve no idea how they work mind.
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I guess as an employer it’s how far are you willing to play the game. Most, not all, small business get paid in cash for some jobs, do they declare that cash? If you are one of those you can spread the cash and say nothing, if all your work/contacts are paid through bank accounts it’s a different story.
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I think this could have nailed it, familiarity may be the key. Lots of my work is subterranean, I’ve worked on some of the deepest drainage networks in the Uk and never had a problem with the depth, but that is usually in confined spaces. Maybe it’s the openness and height that make me feel uneasy these days.
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There is absolutely no way I could stand up there, years ago I’d do it without thinking, now I’d shite myself.
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You think?
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Your edge of a cliff isn’t far different, I’ve got some work down your way and one of the jobs is Clacton Pier, to get to the pump station I have to walk over a grated area with the sea way below, I’ll put my big boys pants on but it makes me uneasy. Who’d have thought I did a fair bit of roofing back before scaffolding was the norm.
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Probably the wrong place to ask but, have any of you as you’ve got older become scared of heights?
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Fluting as indication of decay in Populus nigra x Italica
eggsarascal replied to CReid's topic in Tree health care
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Go to visit a shipwreck and end up in a shipwreck. I used to work with an ex submariner, not a job I'd fancy. It's all very sad, I'm just not sure why anyone would want to go and visit such a tragedy in such a dangerous environment. Going to old battlefields and the like a can see, but gawd knows how deep in the Atlantic., I'll give it a miss.
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Leave it out Stubby, I think your age has made you forget which side of our double act plays which part.
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Yep ya write, that’s why I asked the question, should have known a two quid coin would be worth less than it was when I collected them. Still, when I get to the bag of them I’d forgotten about I might be a couple of hundred quid better off than I was this morning, every cloud and all that.
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I’ve just found one of the first £2 coins (I’ve a money bag full of them somewhere amongst stuff I’m sorting through), having just had a look on the web it seems they are worth anywhere between £25 and £110 each depending on condition, is this correct? If so where would I take them to get them valued?
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He wouldn’t know the meaning of it Stubby, but he’s a sound fella that I’ve known since we were at school. He started off the conversation with, so I’ve got to come a babysit you have I? It’s nothing I wouldn’t say to him, he’s good value and a genuine nice bloke.
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I’ve had it both barrel’s of a good mate today, he doesn’t mince his words. It was short and sweet, it went like this, you need to cheer up and shake this nonsense off you miserable bastard. Probably not the best medical advice but he put a smile on my face.
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If you need someone to depress you come over, I’ll sort that in no time. On as serious note, I’m still in my box, the flat is in Cong. Happy to meet up for food and beer whenever you’ve got time.
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Right I’m getting my head around it, I think. It’s the simple things that I miss through this bastard. Not shaving and showering everyday, not getting out to mix with people I like. From today onwards I’ll make it change, he says in hope.
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A flat on the side of the cut.
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I hear ya, as well as working I do a lot of walking and cycling. I’ve moved to a place next to the cut I enjoy using. It’ll pass, stere.
