On reflection, this may be down to my choice of machine. I was looking at a premium model that the HP website is knocking out cheap.

Its the Photosmart Premium Fax EAIO C410B

Turnerguy’s link looked likely for a while but that model isn’t mentioned. Maybe I’ll get another canon!!

uhmmm – both of those sell HP OEM stuff only. Maybe its just that HP aren’t copyable?

Thanks anyway

Sounds like a case of broken contract. Just ask / demand.

Bugger, had one of the originals in the wardrobe since the last offer and was going to sell it!! Still has labels on but I have too many jackets. Seemed fine to me but obviously not used.

Thanks flatboy, that’s as far as I had got. Seems odd there’s not a page scroll or similar.

thanks dti – I’ll take a look at that option, never done the ClimachX

you can pay dividends from previous years’ profits though right – even if the current year is shite?

Digging further into this and all I keep seeing is that the spend (in this case on a computer) can be 100% offset against the taxable profits of the business, rather than my original assumption which was that the purchase price is effectively taken from the final tax bill.

If my taxable profits came to 5k, my Corp tax bill would be 1k (20%). My hope was that the 1k purchase price of the computer would reduce the tax bill to zero.

However, my fear is that I would only be allowed to take the 1k purchase price away from the 5k taxable profits i.e. leaving me with taxable profits of 4k and a bill of 800 quid.

SPending a grand on a computer would therefore save me 200 quid rather than the full grand? Ignoring VAT in all of this.

I’m hoping the former is correct but I guess its likely to be the latter?

I thought they were all sub-contractors

Thanks All

was after something a bit more creative than angry birds! ANy painting type apps?

loddrik – good Q!!

Girls 3 and 5, more the 5 year tbh, the 3 year old will get more fun from smashing it to pieces.

I’m struggling with the wheels locking at 10-15mph bit but a quick shout and swear from him should have been enough. I’d report and expect to get reported if I behaved like that.

Is the 4th roommate a friend as well as the landlord’s son? Talk to him. I’m no expert but I had an informal arrangement many years ago in london and it worked very much in my favour when the owner’s daughter came knocking asking us all to leave. I arranged a deal with her (she wanted to cash in on the house) that she paid a month’s deposit on a new place and paid me the difference in rent that I would be facing for 3 months.

She had no legal right to evict me as there was no written agreement at all. Four years of living there and never a cross word with her mother – the landlady.

The missus had the model that you are looking at from new and it was a really nice car. No idea on longevity though as it was sold after a couple of years – look at Honest John for an informed opinion.

I am a ‘normal’ driver rather than any kind of expert on handling and performance and from my perspective it went like stink. The major drawback was having to disguise myself as a woman before driving it…

They’re great fun – in any conditions. We used to hire them for a day in resort but its worth checking UK prices as we hired them for a fortnight here and took them to Canada for not much more than a day’s hire fee.

I have no idea about their value as a learning tool.

Why not sell and buy what you want – surely the Van is cheaper to buy?

Makes perfect sense to plan now – unselfish behaviour IMO. The ‘kids’ will have enough on their plate having to bury a parent let alone deal with this stuff.

I’ve been here ten years now – moved from London. I like it.

It’s a strange mix of salt of the earth and new money orange ladies in Range Rover Sports. You mentioned nice beer, well there’s no shortage of that and plenty of decent pubs. Town centre has a good variety of food types and there are many many good pub food options in surrounding areas / villages.

Bollington (top end past the viaduct) is a nice spot and its where I’d head if I were in your shoes. Getting in and out by road can be a pain but I commuted to Hertfordshire twice a week for years and the drive through the Peak is just stunning first thing in the morning (unless its thick fog which is not unheard of!).

Astra Zeneca is obviously the major employer in the area.

PeaslakeDave – I just read the website but could make not a jot of sense out of it!! Perhaps I’m just too old…?

Beemer. You can obviously afford it or it wouldn’t be in your list. Its quick and you would be unlikely to afford insurance on that for a good number of years if you are new to driving – let the company pay. Other options are more mundane and probably accessible to you if you went private ownership in 3 years time.

ENtirely random in my experience in terms of cost and quality of work but I ALWAYS have to wait days on end to get the bike back. Some car service places have early morning slots that are reserved for bring and wait appointments. This would be helpful in a bike workshop

Just like to make it clear that I am not the cb with rusty spots on my bottom….

Uswitch reckons most I’d save is £180 by changing. Considering our duel fuel bill will be £1500 next year, I was hoping for more…

Gary M

Not sure if this helps at all but this is the thread I posted some time ago. Different issues though I think
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ps3-owners-help

For that money I’d give it a go! How far out of warranty by the way? Mine was out as well but dedicated daily moaning to Sony eventually got them to offer up a free refurb. There were no deals on new consoles at that time so a refurb from Sony at 135 quid was the only option.

Druidh

Fewer pick ups would only encourage recycling in areas in which residents have some respect and pride in their surroundings. Your average ‘Ned’ street would just see huge piles of rotting trash and empty recycling bins. We have a fortnightly black bin collection which alternates with a green waste collection and ‘mixed’ recyclables. We are in a ‘nice’ street and it still amazes me that maybe 10% of the properties have over flowing black bins when ours is half empty.

The good news is that advances are being made in reclaiming much of what goes into black bag waste. Mainly for fuels admittedly but its better than landfill.

Timber

I understand the arguments and agree that virgin timber (good quality) shouldn’t be used for pellets. However, with current subsidies in place who can blame forest owners from cashing in?

Ironically, we are benefitting as a result due to the price rises – our technology now becomes a ‘no brainer’ – at least it seems to be for the more forward thinking panel producers. Some however, continue to burn their waste for fuel when they could recycle. I was just highlighting the apparent contradiction in panel manufacturers campaigning against virgin timber being burnt when they refuse to walk the walk with their own operations.

More generally, my main concern is that people seem ‘content’ that one user life has been gained from the timber, when IMO we should embed the carbon over and over where technically possible (MDF fibres can be re-used in new MDF production, thermal insulation and the like). Reassuringly we are now being approached by many ‘blue chips’ and retail chains that are fed up with being offered up incineration with energy recovery by their waste contractors as the most sustainable disposal route.

There is of course a valid argument for the burning of the very lowest grades of waste wood.

Mr Cake

Not sure why you’re upset at people recycling MDF…no one does it at the moment!! Burnt or landfilled. We would be the first to do it commercially.

Also not sure why you are content that wood (of any flavour) is burnt for fuel after having been made into products. It can be recycled many times before that need happen.

Finally, guess what MDF / chipboard manufacturers do with their internal waste – yep, burn it!

I do agree that energy from biomass plants are not using the feedstocks that they were designed / intended for but poorly thought out subsidies offer up so much of an advantage in the market that its just too easy at the moment.

For clarity, we intend to reclaim the fibres from waste MDF and use them in other applications. Burning for fuel is not our driver.

If anyone can lend me 650k I’ll start recycling MDF…

http://www.mdfrecovery.co.uk

only 3 behind. You do have a wife don’t you….?

Nice golf course if that’s your bag!

http://www.motorpoint.co.uk/VehicleSearch/Skoda/Octavia

1.4TSi Octavia on an 11 plate for under 9k. They will also take your old model as part-ex and won’t be worried about turbo valves.

OK – I seem to be off the hook with threats of me having tp pay for the engineer. Booked for Friday.

Thanks all.

Is there an easy to understand explanation of ‘ring trip’?

India on the line…

OK – the box is in the loft as we recently (2 months or so) had the engineer in to fit infinity. I’ll try and find the connection under the front plate. I know the phones are physically working as I’ve plugged them into our other home landline.

Thanks for the help

supertacky – not call divert and yes, making outgoing calls is fine which is why I guess it never dawned on me that there was a problem. Rang the mobile and yes, home number comes up

no, only one phone and its worked fine for months…thanks for the try though!

Why exactly are people having a go at teachers here…? The amount of holidays they get has bugger all to do with the OP’s point.
TJ – go into the corner and have a talk with yourself…
Stoner – take your nipper to France, he’ll love it and if comes back with half a dozen phrases in French (nice ones!) then he’ll already be at the top of the class at that age.
Can we all agree not to vote for Gove next time we get the option?

Surely some things are worth the drive…