LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME 2019

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  1. Mike Allen

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    Had a spam email today about my TV licence. Must pay now or else.

    I have been one of the oldies for the past five years. Licence free.
     
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      It's all changing on June 1st 2020! They'll notify us in advance.

      From 1 June 2020, there will be a new scheme. Under the new scheme, anyone aged 75 or over who receives Pension Credit will still be eligible for a free TV Licence which the BBC will pay for. Households where there is no one aged 75 or over that receives Pension Credit will need to buy a licence if one is needed.
       
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      Yes typical I shall be 75 in July 2020:lunapic 130165696578242 5:

      ps whats pension credit:dunno::smile:
       
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        On today's news they say the government are in negotiations with the BBC to keep the free licence for over 75's. If they do, then you would need to apply for the licence. This can be done when you're 74. So keep an eye on the news. :blue thumb: :)
         
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          An acquaintance of mine has got their knickers in a twist after reading how Dyson has received an R&D grant for an electric car but binned the project after spending £5m of it. They think it's awful how the taxpayer hasn't got anything from it and they should pay it back. I've been gently trying to explain that isn't how grants work, that most businesses [involved in engineering etc type work] require R&D grants for projects and I can't see why Dyson has been singled out for something which is wholly routine.

          My moan is that after many years of avoiding it... I'm in a facebook argument!! I loathe myself...
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            Dyson quit the UK.
            He's rolling in it, why does he get a grant?
            I see the problem.

            My moan, can someone point out the word is Brexit not Breg.zit, it has an X in it, so why do all those in the news keep putting a G and a Z in it?:scratch:
             
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              Just watching the BBC news channel, they are showing Parliament after the Queen's speech.
              I've never heard such a load of old pointless waffle.
               
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              Dyson the business gets the grant for R&D, same as any other business would if they applied and met the criteria. That Dyson the person is loaded is irrelevant. The business moved manufacturing and plans to move it's HQ but still has a healthy UK presence
               
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                Reel out dog leads.....

                Don't get me wrong I use one myself but it's stupid prats that don't lock them off when near a main road or they have an out of control dog one of which I came across yesterday whilst walking my furry lad.The womans dog is as vicious as hell and normally we cross the road to keep away from it but a car was coming so I moved as far to the verge as I could...My dog was stood starring at the nutty dog that was almost foaming at the mouth swinging on the end of it's lead then sod me did she let the lead out and it came tearing towards us...I dragged my dog away but then he spun round to have a go back but with being on a short lead he dragged me over and I ended up flat out on the deck:redface:..lucky for her dog it had run out of lead and I kept tight hold of mine otherwise it wouldn't have ended well..
                She just walked off:mute: but the chap in the car that was passing stopped to ask if I was OK which was very kind of him...

                So the moral of this story is..if you haven't got control over your dog...YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ONE...Grrrrrr:mad:
                 
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                  I live on a main road with a bus stop outside my house, there are major road works on this road. Stagecoach buses have put printed signs on each bus stop telling passengers where to wait for a bus...........People are still standing at these bus stops waiting for a bus without reading the signs...........I'm fed up with telling idiot people to read the sign:wallbanging:
                   
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                    Stop telling them John and wait and see how long it takes for the penny to finally drop...:heehee:
                     
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                      And when using one yourself, the cyclists who speed silently towards you from behind and attempt to cycle over the bright yellow tape lead that's 500mm above the ground.

                      Or the would be bus passengers who've read the diversion notices, waiting at the revised bus stops after the diversion is no longer in force because nobody's removed the signs from the bus stops.
                       
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                        I'm sure the local yobs will rip them off soon.
                         
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                        Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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                        This morning i was looking at a lable on a packet of sausages, it said, "outside bread sausages"
                        no wonder people don't know where they're food come's from :doh:it's the pigs which are bread outside not the sausage :biggrin:
                         
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                          Maybe they forage around the spaghetti orchard...
                           
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