Bert Raccoon Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 hours ago, scottsdad said: Talking to my mum today about my old primary school headteacher, who is now in a care home. Mum: "He had a beautiful wife, but spent years having an affair with the primary 4 teacher" Now, the assumption i had worked with for decades was that he was shagging the (gorgeous) primary 2 teacher. All my schoolpals the same. It was common knowledge. No, mum insisted (she worked at the school). Primary 4. I won't name her, but she was a bitter, horsey looking, nasty woman. She was in her 40s but looked in her 60s. Evil as a teacher. Probably ate babies and kicked puppies down mineshafts. Feels like my whole childhood was a lie. This guy called our class "The Unteachables". And now this. Is this a riddle? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 19 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Happy New Year everyone. Welcome to 2567. Have great one folks If it's 2567 have a) Dundee won the Scottish Cup yet and b) Celtic released a 600 years of the Lisbon Lions DVD? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Pineapple cake > Cherry bakewell > Fern cake > Raspberry tart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: If it's 2567 have a) Dundee fixed their pitch yet b) Celtic released a 600 years of the Lisbon Lions DVD? FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 55 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Pineapple cake > Cherry bakewell > Fern cake > Raspberry tart. Pineapple cake, lovely. An old favourite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Fern, cherry, pineapple, raspberry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 3 hours ago, philpy said: FTFY I got in The Time Machine and apparently Dundee haven't fixed their pitch in 2567 as The Morlocks Rangers fans are still moaning about it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 11 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Pineapple cake > Cherry bakewell > Fern cake > Raspberry tart. Assorted tarts: Lemon > Orange > Strawberry > Blueberry > Passionfruit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I forgot to mention this last week buy a guy I work with got a substantial tax rebate a month or so ago then last week got two letters saying he was due them money now, £500 more than the rebate. He was on hold to HMRC most of Friday basically screaming g his N.I number at his phone getting the "sorry, I didn't quite catch that" back. He's from Cornwall, so it's not just Scottish boys they don't understand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, Derry Alli said: I forgot to mention this last week buy a guy I work with got a substantial tax rebate a month or so ago then last week got two letters saying he was due them money now, £500 more than the rebate. He was on hold to HMRC most of Friday basically screaming g his N.I number at his phone getting the "sorry, I didn't quite catch that" back. He's from Cornwall, so it's not just Scottish boys they don't understand. Dealing with HMRC is a complete nightmare even when you do get through. You spend an hour on hold then get put through to either a complete simpleton or someone who can barely speak English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said: Dealing with HMRC is a complete nightmare even when you do get through. You spend an hour on hold then get put through to either a complete simpleton or someone who can barely speak English. My experience recently was a little different. I'll get a reduced state pension as my NI contributions for the vast majority of my working life were "contracted out" meaning that I have a superannuation pension and also because I took early retirement. I can mostly remedy that by making additional voluntary NI contributions, which I'll financially benefit from if I live long enough to get my state pension for just under 3 years. It was all explained quite logically... One years contributions costs £X, each additional year bought gets an extra £Y per week for as long as I receive it. I'm minded to buy some years, but haven't done anything about it yet as I have until next April (AIUI) to do it. Anyone else doing it? (I should maybe have put this in the "Retirement" thread...) Edited April 15 by Salt n Vinegar Typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 22 hours ago, TxRover said: Assorted tarts: Lemon > Orange > Strawberry > Blueberry > Passionfruit P&B is failing badly these days! Wid, wid, wid, wid, wid. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 15 hours ago, Raidernation said: P&B is failing badly these days! Wid, wid, wid, wid, wid. Pie and Wokevril m8! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 15/04/2024 at 10:45, Salt n Vinegar said: My experience recently was a little different. I'll get a reduced state pension as my NI contributions for the vast majority of my working life were "contracted out" meaning that I have a superannuation pension and also because I took early retirement. I can mostly remedy that by making additional voluntary NI contributions, which I'll financially benefit from if I live long enough to get my state pension for just under 3 years. It was all explained quite logically... One years contributions costs £X, each additional year bought gets an extra £Y per week for as long as I receive it. I'm minded to buy some years, but haven't done anything about it yet as I have until next April (AIUI) to do it. Anyone else doing it? (I should maybe have put this in the "Retirement" thread...) Explain in football terms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Explain in football terms. Ok. Rangers good, Celtic bad. All other teams ok-ish, except Raith Rovers who are the best of the rest. That's the big picture. It therefore logically follows that if my previous matches played (NI contributions) haven't been good enough to give me the outcome I want, I can pay a sum of money to play more matches (buy more NI contributions) to allow me to achieve the necessary points total. I think that's pretty clear now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Do PnBers take extreme measures to avoid women in public or just act normally?" I read the first half of her tweet in a John Inman voice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 26 minutes ago, bennett said: Do PnBers take extreme measures to avoid women in public or just act normally?" I read the first half of her tweet in a John Inman voice. I think the worst part of that whole thing is the word "cankles". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 14/04/2024 at 20:51, TxRover said: Assorted tarts: Lemon > Orange > Strawberry > Blueberry > Passionfruit Blueberry far out Melon-ing the other four. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 15/04/2024 at 17:45, Salt n Vinegar said: My experience recently was a little different. I'll get a reduced state pension as my NI contributions for the vast majority of my working life were "contracted out" meaning that I have a superannuation pension and also because I took early retirement. I can mostly remedy that by making additional voluntary NI contributions, which I'll financially benefit from if I live long enough to get my state pension for just under 3 years. It was all explained quite logically... One years contributions costs £X, each additional year bought gets an extra £Y per week for as long as I receive it. I'm minded to buy some years, but haven't done anything about it yet as I have until next April (AIUI) to do it. Anyone else doing it? (I should maybe have put this in the "Retirement" thread...) Slightly different circumstances for me but similar - I live abroad so needed to make up x number of years contributions to achieve the full state pension. It's a fairly simple calculation and decision - x amount per week to get an extra year's contribution to get x amount extra state pension. For me it was a no brainer to pay the extra amounts. The only unknown is death - you may die before you get back what you've paid in but I'm an optimist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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