Things that ur happy about

[MrZigster 224]

On 12 October 2019 at 11:22 PM, MrZigster said:

... local gig wise, it's looking to be a great month. At least three more acts I'm looking forward to and can make...

And tonights turn really did not disappoint.

Keith Kenny (From The U.S.A.). Never heard a surname in brackets before, but that's how he introduced himself .

Just a phenomenal act.

If you can make it to see him in Southampton, Folkestone or Deal over the next three nights then do so.

Think Ed Sheeran schtick. Same type of equipment set up, one man band type thing, but with way more passion and talent.

And for free in a pub ffs! Well. I say free. Twenty quid in for the five large vodka and cokes in two and a bit hours.

Trust me on this. Only about twenty people there. But half of them were from well established local bands who were there on word of mouth and were welling up at the stuff he was pulling off.

[Rufus Gwertigan 207]

My daughter is studying music at uni and has an essay to do related to the psychology of songwriting. She rang me for a chat on where to start and it has opened new doors for me. It has really set a spark for me and I have found myself reading around music psychology and therapy. I really is nice to feel useful. 

[feral chile 429]

14 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

My daughter is studying music at uni and has an essay to do related to the psychology of songwriting. She rang me for a chat on where to start and it has opened new doors for me. It has really set a spark for me and I have found myself reading around music psychology and therapy. I really is nice to feel useful. 

That sounds really interesting.

[Rufus Gwertigan 207]

On 11/11/2019 at 5:36 PM, feral chile said:

That sounds really interesting.

It really is. I was reading a paper on the benefits of attendance at music festivals for teenagers. I am amazed at the whole area of music psychology. Where has it been all my life. 

[santowhir 27]

1 minute ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

It really is. I was reading a paper on the benefits of attendance at music festivals for teenagers. I am amazed at the whole area of music psychology. Where has it been all my life. 

Have you got any reading materials you can share with us? Sounds intriguing

[Rufus Gwertigan 207]

1 hour ago, santowhir said:

Have you got any reading materials you can share with us? Sounds intriguing

https://www.google.com/search?q=imlact+music+festivak+young+people&oq=imlact+music+festivak+young+people+&aqs=chrome..69i57.49535j1j7&client=ms-android-sonymobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

You should be able to download the odf through that link

 

[ian the worm 689]

Having badly a slipped a(nother) disc 9 weeks ago, this week the pain is just beginning to subside. Therefore I may not get a spinal injection next week. 

[feral chile 429]

My husband tonight commented that I cough like a donkey, and has started calling me hee-haw.

That has set me up for circular bouts of giggling that triggers coughing, which triggers giggling:

Hee hee hawwww!  Hee hee hawwww!

I think the lack of oxygen must be making me lightheaded. 

Edited December 5, 2019 by feral chile

[ian the worm 689]

On 11/22/2019 at 7:57 PM, ian the worm said:

Having badly a slipped a(nother) disc 9 weeks ago, this week the pain is just beginning to subside. Therefore I may not get a spinal injection next week. 

Update.... last week I did have the back injection. Was a pretty shitty process but this week my pain has subsided so much I’ve managed to come off (most of) the codine. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick 2,896]

3 hours ago, feral chile said:

My husband tonight commented that I cough like a donkey, and has started calling me hee-haw.

That has set me up for circular bouts of giggling that triggers coughing, which triggers giggling:

Hee hee hawwww!  Hee hee hawwww!

I think the lack of oxygen must be making me lightheaded. 

Your husband - hee hawww, hee hawww, he haaawlways  says that you cough like a donkey!

I'll get me coat. And the crib!

[feral chile 429]

13 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Your husband - hee hawww, hee hawww, he haaawlways  says that you cough like a donkey!

I'll get me coat. And the crib!

Ha!

Can you still get high from cough medicine? I met someone once who kept od'ing on it.

This cold is definitely bringing out the weird in me.

Edited December 6, 2019 by feral chile

[feral chile 429]

16 hours ago, ian the worm said:

Update.... last week I did have the back injection. Was a pretty shitty process but this week my pain has subsided so much I’ve managed to come off (most of) the codine. 

Excellent news, hopefully the pain will soon sod off altogether and let you have fun xx

[Yoghurt on a Stick 2,896]

1 hour ago, feral chile said:

Can you still get high from cough medicine? I met someone once who kept od'ing on it.

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I'm not sure whether there are still over the counter cough medicines that will do that or not. Back in my late teens I used to abuse Do-Do Chesteze. Well, I did until I took too many one evening and thought I was genuinely going to die because my heart rate had accelerated so much that I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I can still recall it now, and how frightening it was. That was the last time I touched them. Very odd tasting too, I seem to remember.

[oneeye 971]

Out of Office on; xmas jolibobs have now officially started in the oneeye house 🎅🍻

[feral chile 429]

1 hour ago, oneeye said:

Out of Office on; xmas jolibobs have now officially started in the oneeye house 🎅🍻

Same here.

[Ommadawn 229]

Just watched the David Bowie at Glastonbury DVD (great present from my Mother in Law). Have been transported back in time to 2000. Such a great performance.

[eFestivals 6]

On 7/12/2019 at 9:27 AM, eFestivals said:

funnily enough I was on the gov.uk website yesterday too, where it's telling me I've overpaid PAYE by about £500.

I can't for the life of me work out how come. I reckon my accounting software is much more likely to be right than HMRC.

Anyway, it means that rather than paying HMRC £600 next week as expected - it's what my accounts software says is due - it's covered already and I'll still have that £500 credit sat there to cover much of the payment due in 3 months time. Result!

Ha! 

Turns out my accounting software was right after all, and after a phone call to HMRC i owe HMRC a chunk of money, quite a lot more than the £500 above.

Could have been worse I guess. At least I found the problem before the amount got too large to manage.

[feral chile 429]

41 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Ha! 

Turns out my accounting software was right after all, and after a phone call to HMRC i owe HMRC a chunk of money, quite a lot more than the £500 above.

Could have been worse I guess. At least I found the problem before the amount got too large to manage.

Oh no!

How did that happen?

[eFestivals 6]

13 hours ago, feral chile said:

Oh no!

How did that happen?

I didn't untick a box in my accounting software when I should have done a couple of years ago, so have been still getting the Employment Allowance rebate after circumstances changed.

[feral chile 429]

19 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I didn't untick a box in my accounting software when I should have done a couple of years ago, so have been still getting the Employment Allowance rebate after circumstances changed.

That employment allowance was always causing problems, I seem to remember from one of my earlier incarnations. But usually it would be the other way round, the box would suddenly be unticked.

It might not have been all your fault, you have commercial software interacting with HMRC software. 

Edited Wednesday at 08:42 AM by feral chile

[eFestivals 6]

46 minutes ago, feral chile said:

That employment allowance was always causing problems, I seem to remember from one of my earlier incarnations. But usually it would be the other way round, the box would suddenly be unticked.

It might not have been all your fault, you have commercial software interacting with HMRC software. 

legally it's my fault, and I don't have an issue with paying taxes I'm obliged to pay.

Not sure things are entirely fair with it tho. HMRC didn't tell me I could claim it - and I lost out on 2 years when I might have done  - so I sort-of feel it's fair if they lose out on 2 years at the other end; they'd still be £4k up on it.  

[feral chile 429]

30 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

legally it's my fault, and I don't have an issue with paying taxes I'm obliged to pay.

Not sure things are entirely fair with it tho. HMRC didn't tell me I could claim it - and I lost out on 2 years when I might have done  - so I sort-of feel it's fair if they lose out on 2 years at the other end; they'd still be £4k up on it.  

Yes, I don't think it's fair either.

I think in some contact centres, there are often explicit rules about not being allowed to offer information. I'm not talking explicitly government departments here, it happens a lot across the board. South Wales is big on contact centres, so I know a fair few stories, and it's way up there on the frustration list, and sympathetic advisers often risk their jobs to circumvent it.

[eFestivals 6]

42 minutes ago, feral chile said:

I think in some contact centres, there are often explicit rules about not being allowed to offer information.

It's not even that. There's no direct contact from HMRC to employers for rule changes for things to employers benefit, but strangely there are for things to HMRC's benefit.

They forgot to tell me; I forgot to tell them. Should be evens, surely, so that I owe them nothing.   

[feral chile 429]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

It's not even that. There's no direct contact from HMRC to employers for rule changes for things to employers benefit, but strangely there are for things to HMRC's benefit.

They forgot to tell me; I forgot to tell them. Should be evens, surely, so that I owe them nothing.   

It should be, since you're collecting tax for HMRC via PAYE.