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‘Ere me ‘ansiomes: http://www.cornishpasties.org.uk/tiddyoggy.htm there is one particular “anomaly” which bears mention... in Kernow that which in sane areas is called a swede, is referred to as turnip. PS that which is broadly recognised throughout the UK as turnip, is also (still) called - you guessed it - turnip!

Are you an Ivor or a Ron man Alex? Wars have been fought and families divided over lesser issues, when Trump has finished the reunification of N / S Korea, word is, he’s heading to Devonport to try and reunify the Dewdney Bros! Word is there’s talk of a peace summit in neutral ground.... Estover is looking favourite with Keyham as a close second.

You are a LEGEND for even knowing about H&J pasties! That you know about it, said it and BELIEVE it has brought a ray of sunshine into my otherwise fairly bleak day. Those that “know”, just know eh Paul ?

ROWES!

You can have some as well if you like Karl

Give yerself a good shake mucker.... Are you INSANE? If you’re THAT keen I’ll send you my UTR and you can pay mine! Yeah, that’s how altruistic, caring, sharing I am ?

That’s like a whole day trip away J! You’ll have to shake off that habit of travelling vast distances through open rolling countryside and get hunkered down well within the parish boundary! I’m horrified to find I’m approaching 8k miles on the Hilux after 18months!! Good luck with your move!!!

I use this one: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/ its like Arbtalk for accountants (but without the razor sharp wit, cutting sarcasm, outrageous humour, humbling humility and general community love....) Its unlikely you’ll spend any recreational time catching up with mates, having a laugh, taking the urine on there.... Just log in, seek the answer and bail out as soon as possible - it’s dryer than the Gobi desert ? PS - I haven’t seen Matelot or Vesp in there yet unless they’re masquerading under pseudonyms!!!??

A bit rash perhaps, but borne out of 2 personal experiences (1) my first accountant, I had to explain AIA to, they were binned shortly thereafter. (2) a lying LR dealership that sold me a 110 utility as a commercial vehicle whereas it actually turned out to have a chassis number 6 months BEFORE the EU emissions regs required the change to “commercial” - I got caught out on that one. Lesson learnt. Every day is a school day, but it’s a bit rich if you’re paying professional fees and not getting professional service. I heard there’s a Bentley 4x4 coming soon.... I SO ‘need’ that for the rugged, reliability and all terrain capability of a woodland management vehicle ?

Read this: https://www.gov.uk/capital-allowances/what-you-can-claim-on Then email "accountant" and give him the boot....

Pics are always good, short vid even better!! ?

(a) count themselves lucky (or maybe unlucky) they don't live in Sheffield.... (b) as has been said before, sure the council will quote "amenity value" (remembering the very long and passionate thread about that) and that the trees bring pleasure to many (generally without actually having any 'hot-body' to lay this claim directly against) whilst completely ignoring the overt, stated dis-pleasure that is being experienced by the named people. Tricky one... Money's tight, trees grow, there's no compelling case to do anything (other than the complaint.)

? quote: “I can’t dry laundry outside because of the dense shade and the garden is damp and overgrown with moss. “It’s depressing as I can’t afford a lawyer to fight the council and they rely on this to stop people taking them to court. They think they’re above the law.” Isn’t that a general overview of Scotland?? ?

I’m still confused..... (easily done!) Did the new owner “know” there was a TPO but used the absence of an overt record being supplied by the LA in the transfer docs in order to dupe an unwary contractor? Did the new land owner instruct a solicitor to conduct land searches prior to the sale and the results came up negative? Did the purchaser specifically ask the LA about TPO on the NEW piece of land? Something just doesn’t seem ‘complere’ In the circumstances described thus far...

On a more serious note:

PS... A bit more social commentary:

Well that degenerated into a chimps' tea party with fairly impressive speed - and the usual suspects! Can't believe I missed it, and that Mr Dempsey was able to link to my favouritest youtube clip which is both hilarious AND a startlingly accurate video essay depicting the socio-economic-psychologically dominant personality profiles of the region (albeit with a slight tendency to be more Western than South Eastern Cornish behaviour.) So, to rise above the mocking and jibes of the rabble Will, if you do happen to find a half decent outfit in the area let me know....

There's a potential flaw at this bit.....⬆️ It could be possible to obtain a different answer if the question related to a different piece of land.... (I'm not sure if I'm absolutely clear on the circumstances - did the landowner searches INCLUDE the newly acquired land or did they exclude them.....??)

Future predictions on fuel types / prices and emissions zones are a very real issue. I like the thinking / analysis behind the comparisons and no doubt, like vehicle fleet management, these will be valid considerations for the big boys with lots of machinery doing lots of hours. But even I don't have the time to do the micro-maths attached to 1-2 chippers working a fairly easy routine. The margins must be tiny. Maybe the manufacturers will start competing on these criteria in the future and publish their data so as to prevent us all having to scratch our heads....

Me too....

There’s some merit in what you say there Alex (except that, the yacht will have been paid for off the back of commission from our hard earned tut!)

Is it urgent? If yes, you'll have to make a decision and go with your best intuition... If no, what about getting some lease / hire quotes maybe at 50, 70, 90%, look at the payback rates per month and set yourself a target over the next 6 months to see, if you save hard, where about in the scale you'd be. Added bonus, after 6 months of 'seeing what the pain is like' (but with no commitments) you'd have a bigger lump of deposit to throw down. HP / lease hire - those payment commitments will be there wether the work is coming in or not, that some pressure. The VAT point is a good one - 1000's potentially to be saved there. Don't forget, even if you are not VAT reg now, if you think you might be in the following 5 years, capital purchases can be reclaimed for VAT (if you still own them.) Finally, simply from my own perspective, I don't "do" spanners so I prefer new, look after it, and keep it for as long as it keeps working... and I don't like finance which will always be a weight of worry to you should you stop work for any reason. That's an attractive offer from Pete at GreenMech!

Farming background...... not really in a position to criticise being in receipt of hard earn tax payer handouts ?

I am trying.... We did eventually get a definitive answer to the TPO yes/no question. The bit that is still unknown is (a) did the LA say there wasn’t, when now they seek to rely on there having been a TPO, or (b) did the landowners searches & checks INCLUDE the area where (we now know) there was a TPO or not. If not, did they intentionally mislead Jose. If its (a) then I’m with Jules in a cardboard box. If (b) I’m with Gary pall-ing up with the TO.

Is a copy of an email between a TO and the homeowner really, legally, heresay though? It could well be a fundamental element of the contractors mitigation. “I was duped your Honour, I should have been more alert to the potential that the landowner could be intentionally misleading me, but as a good, honest, God fearing, temperate man of previous good character, I took him at his word - the documentary submissions he provided to me seemed, to all reasonable intents and purposes, to verify that which was presented to me. I had no reason to suspect such devious and premeditated intentional deceit from another of God’s sweet creations and I am perplexed beyond explanation that my naive faith in humankind has been so comprehensively devastated. I can see now that I should have checked that the documents I’d been shown actually related to the area / task I was being asked to undertake.” Magistrate “You’ve been mugged off chum, but I fail to see why it’s gone this far? I could understand having the landowner up before me, but why are you here?” ”Well, it’s like this Sir, the LA did offer a Caution on the basis that it WAS me that chopped the invaluable, irreplaceable, 1000yr old historically and culturally important centrepiece of the local community down, but, I wasn’t having it - because of these here emails you see.” I wonder if it’ll pan out anything like that.....? It’s got the basics of a half decent soap / docu-drama ?