Random Irritations

[jim8flog]

School-run Mums and Dads who simply abandon their Chelsea Tractors wherever they want so little Johnny doesn't have to walk too much..

I often smile at this.

When I walk to one end our village through the various paths (about a 5 minute walk at most) I go past the school and often see the same families loading the kids in to the car. I am then walking past their houses as the drive their car on to the driveway.

 

[Dando]

decided to do slow roast pork belly for dinner as it’s one of favourites.

I’m so disappointed in it

 

[Hobbit]

decided to do slow roast pork belly for dinner as it’s one of favourites.

I’m so disappointed in it

I went for a fish finger sandwich. Also disappointed. I should have done two.

 

[Beezerk]

decided to do slow roast pork belly for dinner as it’s one of favourites.

I’m so disappointed in it

How so?

 

[Beezerk]

Thread notifications now going into my spam folder after the forum went down (for an update?) the other day.

 

[Dando]

How so?

The seasoning (Chinese 5 spice) didn’t come through

 

[Beezerk]

The seasoning (Chinese 5 spice) didn’t come through

Have you tried brining it overnight? Not even sure if you can do that with pork belly

 

[GreiginFife]

Decided to get my third Covid jab after missing the original appointment and then procrastinating over it.

In and out at 10 this morning and now feel like absolute dog muck. If we weren’t flying to the US next month I’d have happily left it.

 

[theoneandonly]

There is promoting and promoting. Don King didn't flog his events as much as this. It's the unsubtle promotion on the various platforms and channels. It feels forced.

Well worth hype. And you only have to look at how early itv trail things like celeb to know its just a standard BBC bash post.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

3 years after it appeared, I test positive for the first time. I suppose a weeks rest won't do me any harm.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I've received a new tax code. Someone at the tax office has decided that we are going to have a great year and will be awarding big dividends. To save me any hassle, they will take a chunk of tax spread over 12 months rather than wait and see. How kind of them

I'm now on hold, being told how important I am, clearly not that important as otherwise I wouldn't be stuck on hold, and how I can go to the website for more information, but not to actually speak to someone on live chat or manually ditch the unwanted add on. 15 minutes and counting

 

[fundy]

I've received a new tax code. Someone at the tax office has decided that we are going to have a great year and will be awarding big dividends. To save me any hassle, they will take a chunk of tax spread over 12 months rather than wait and see. How kind of them

I'm now on hold, being told how important I am, clearly not that important as otherwise I wouldn't be stuck on hold, and how I can go to the website for more information, but not to actually speak to someone on live chat or manually ditch the unwanted add on. 15 minutes and counting

gonna be a lot longer than 15 mins on a monday morning!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I've received a new tax code. Someone at the tax office has decided that we are going to have a great year and will be awarding big dividends. To save me any hassle, they will take a chunk of tax spread over 12 months rather than wait and see. How kind of them

I'm now on hold, being told how important I am, clearly not that important as otherwise I wouldn't be stuck on hold, and how I can go to the website for more information, but not to actually speak to someone on live chat or manually ditch the unwanted add on. 15 minutes and counting

If you were an ex Chancellor, they wouldn't bother with it

 

[rudebhoy]

I've received a new tax code. Someone at the tax office has decided that we are going to have a great year and will be awarding big dividends. To save me any hassle, they will take a chunk of tax spread over 12 months rather than wait and see. How kind of them

I'm now on hold, being told how important I am, clearly not that important as otherwise I wouldn't be stuck on hold, and how I can go to the website for more information, but not to actually speak to someone on live chat or manually ditch the unwanted add on. 15 minutes and counting

On Friday, it took me 45 minutes (after being cut off 3 times) to get through to speak to someone in DWP who could give me a quote to make up my NI contributions so I get the full state pension in 4 years time. I now need to call HMRC to actually pay the lump sum. Not a very joined up process.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

gonna be a lot longer than 15 mins on a monday morning!

If it's every Monday morning, would you not plan for that? Just a thought

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If you were an ex Chancellor, they wouldn't bother with it

Do you think I can just make them an offer of what I'd like to pay this year?

 

[fundy]

If it's every Monday morning, would you not plan for that? Just a thought

I would but I dont run their call centre

 

[ColchesterFC]

If it's every Monday morning, would you not plan for that? Just a thought

They're probably receiving an "unprecedented" number of calls. And obviously the precedent wasn't set last Monday, or the Monday before that or any other Monday over the last few years. I wonder how many staff they have that are still working from home and how that is affecting their performance?

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Do you think I can just make them an offer of what I'd like to pay this year?

I just had a look at my personal tax, and it seems they have done the same with me ...... not forgetting I have just paid my personal tax amount, they have stuck another one on me for payemnt by July.

 

[GreiginFife]

I just had a look at my personal tax, and it seems they have done the same with me ...... not forgetting I have just paid my personal tax amount, they have stuck another one on me for payemnt by July.

Payment on account?