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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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did you sort out your personal allowance thing?
You should have 2500
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:43, Reply)
You should have 2500
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:43, Reply)
rebates mean you've given the gubmint an interest-free loan
never really understood people celebrating them
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:46, Reply)
never really understood people celebrating them
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:46, Reply)
it's always on their terms as a PAYE drone.
what's not to celebrate?
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:54, Reply)
what's not to celebrate?
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 13:54, Reply)
that means they've nicked too much of your money every month and are grudgingly giving it you back
and hoping it feels like a free gift so you won't be too hacked off at them taking it in the first place
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:01, Reply)
and hoping it feels like a free gift so you won't be too hacked off at them taking it in the first place
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:01, Reply)
It's not so much a bonus, more of an 'accidental savings scheme'.
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:00, Reply)
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:00, Reply)
it's not free money
it's money you earned and they took directly from your pay packet
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:06, Reply)
it's money you earned and they took directly from your pay packet
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:06, Reply)
It's akin to finding a tenner in an old pair of trousers; it's your money and always has been, but it still feels like a bonus somehow.
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:07, Reply)
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:07, Reply)
it's more like a massively wealthy mate giving you a tenner and saying "here's that tenner I took off you last year without asking"
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:08, Reply)
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:08, Reply)
And my attitude would still be 'oh I didn't notice at the time, cheers!'.
( , Sat 31 Jan 2015, 14:09, Reply)
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