Morning all
The A level result thing was being covered on the news this morning. One of the segments included twins one was going straight into employment the other to university, talk about a sliding door moment. I would love to see how this affects them 5 years from now.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:10, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Bollocks, you were just watching it for the teenage girls jumping up and down.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:11, Reply)

Well Obvs.

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:13, Reply)

My brother was good friends with twins who gained the same results at A Levels, that was a bit odd.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:15, Reply)

One will probably be much richer than the other.
especially if they're self-employed.

Funny how in all the fuss there's been about legal ways people and companies evade tax that the self-employed haven't been mentioned. I don't know anyone self employed who pays tax, and they all seem quite well off for people who don't make a profit. Most happily admit to avoiding tax in any way possible.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:15, Reply)

You can legitimately write off an absurd amount of stuff if you're self employed though.
I put part of my rent because I was using one room as an office, all my travel costs, boots, laptop, all kinds of shit that on PAYE would just be tough shit, buy it with your wages.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:23, Reply)

Yes, and all that is completely legal.
and can be done without having to get into the illegal "cash jobs" scenario, either.
Knowing what I know now I'd have sacked going to Uni and learnt to be a joiner or a sparky.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:28, Reply)