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Nov 9, 2018 20:10:08 GMT
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Ha ha ha.
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Nov 9, 2018 22:20:18 GMT
Post by Rob on Nov 9, 2018 22:20:18 GMT
I used to have to go down in that general area on a regular basis at one time. These days rarely go anywhere for work - fingers crossed.
But we are actually encouraged not to travel. Working in IT is obviously very different to Humph who has to cart product around.
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Nov 9, 2018 22:21:27 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 22:21:27 GMT
>Not me, I had vegetable curry, beer and wine with Lord Rennard and Nigel Evans... very pleasant gentlemen,...
Baron Rennard of Wavertree who resigned as Chief Executive of the LibDems after complaints of sexual harassment (insufficient evidence)? Baron Rennard who flipped his "main residence" from a house in London to a flat in Eastbourne, allowing him to pocket £40k in allowances (crappy definition of "main residence" in HoL expenses guidance)?
Pah!
I started yesterday evening stuffing my face with fajitas, watching John Wick again (Mrs K. loves revenge films) and then a rather sad exhibition on C4P.
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Nov 10, 2018 0:12:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 0:12:41 GMT
Well, that may all be true or not, but I found him a very personable, very intelligent and very knowledgeable chap. And I liked his attitude to his job.
And don't tell me you wouldn't manage your expenses to your own advantage as long as you stayed within the rules? You must have heard about the salesman who put an Umbrella on his expenses? He was either IBM or Digital.
Of course, it is Lord Rennard's to appear to be what people want to see, but I'm not that easy to fool. And he was pretty genuine as far as I can tell. There was one thing that I wanted his assistance with, he promised to give it, and then later I found out by chance that he had done what I'd asked.
Ultimately, I liked him.
And I just *love* starting speeches with "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen...." Shallow I know, but there you are.
I also love both John Wick films. #1 daughter tells me that they are filming a third. I hope so.
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Nov 10, 2018 0:53:47 GMT
Post by Rob on Nov 10, 2018 0:53:47 GMT
>> And don't tell me you wouldn't manage your expenses to your own advantage as long as you stayed within the rules?
Not that I claim business miles often (probably less than 1000 miles in many many years is the total).
But we have to use a fuel card for fuel and then repay pro-rata based on percentage of business miles in the month vs. personal miles. Fuel purchased does not necessarily match up and why would it. So I make sure in a month (rare still) I claim business miles the fuel I pay for is appropriate.
Take October and I didn't do any business miles but I purchased over £180 of petrol. Based on miles I did that equated to about 24 pence/mile. Which is wrong because I ended the month with a full fuel tank. I refuelled to know what my Brighton trip actually cost. In November I'll probably put little fuel in the car so December I get charged £0. Cost per mile for November will possibly be £0.00.
And as for that Brighton trip plus a few miles before/after I only put in £65 of petrol and got over 48mpg. Not bad considering there was a lot of holdups.
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Nov 10, 2018 1:40:25 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 1:40:25 GMT
>I found him a very personable, very intelligent and very knowledgeable chap.
He might be a personable chap and I doubt that he would have achieved his position without being intelligent and knowlegeable. The fact remains that the results of the investigation into complaints against him was questionable. His flipping of homes was also not "managing" his expenses. There is a difference between managing and dishonestly manipulating.
>I also love both John Wick films. #1 daughter tells me that they are filming a third. I hope so.
I hope they turn down the sound effects. I look like a demented chicken, ducking every time there's gunfire from behind me.
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Nov 12, 2018 8:38:58 GMT
Post by Alanović on Nov 12, 2018 8:38:58 GMT
I've seen the first John Wick. Horrible. Utter garbage. Haven't bothered with the second.
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Nov 12, 2018 10:41:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 10:41:29 GMT
Each to their own. As an action film which requires enjoyment rather than thought, I liked it.
What sort of thing do you like?
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Nov 12, 2018 11:14:14 GMT
Post by Alanović on Nov 12, 2018 11:14:14 GMT
Just can't stand shoot-'em-ups. Utterly boring. I find a lot of movies formulaic and boring these days, in all sorts of genres. Hard to say a 'sort of thing' I like, I enjoy films from all sorts of genres, but these days I'm more inclined to enjoy box set TV series like Breaking Bad and the brilliant prequel Better Call Saul. I'm currently watching series 3 of Man in the High Castle but after Episode 2 I'm already concerned that the writers/producers have no idea where it's going. Narcos on Netflix was a great series too. As was Ozark, season 2 has been released recently.
Watched a film with the kidz this weekend against my protestations, and really rather enjoyed it much to my surprise. A comedy called "Tag", based on a true story. I am very, very wary of comedies these days, they all seem to be Adam Sandlerised or, worse, involve that fat idiot with the glasses and curly hair whose name escapes me, and the tall idiot with curly hair, Will Ferrell. Yawn.
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Nov 12, 2018 11:50:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 11:50:18 GMT
Oh, I like a good shoot-em-up. I like escapism in movies. The more realistic they are then the less likely I am to watch them for relaxation. I find things like Man in the High Castle excellent, fascinating and far too much like hard work for recreational viewing.
The other weekend I watched "The Hitman's Bodyguard" and "Atomic Blonde". Outstanding mindless entertainment, just my sort of thing.
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Nov 12, 2018 12:15:46 GMT
Post by Alanović on Nov 12, 2018 12:15:46 GMT
Escapism is one thing, and I do enjoy some escapism myself, of course. Films like Wick though, just not my thing. My kind of escapism is stuff like Back to The Future, or sci-fi stuff. Not in to the death and bullets thing much. Nor superheroes, nor martial arts.
My heart sinks these days when someone at home says "Let's watch a film!", as I know there's going to be an hour's worth or shuffling around Amazon Prime and Netflix, including broad disagreement form everyone about what we should put on. I've taken to sodding off and reading a book elsewhere on occasion now. Can't be doing with it. But "Tag" was a hit this weekend, I let my son choose it (and it was a rental) as part of a reward for being moved up to the top maths class at school, the other part being a curry to watch it with from the Standard Tandoori (pricier than most locally but they have a signature dish which is absolutely the finest curry I've ever eaten).
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Nov 12, 2018 12:30:33 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 12:30:33 GMT
>>the Standard Tandoori
The one down the Caversham Road? If so, I reckon the first time I went there was 1985.
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Nov 12, 2018 12:33:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 12:33:41 GMT
I detest all Superhero movies, despite the fact that I was a comic freak as a young boy. Martial arts stuff is mostly laughable. Sci-Fi is good. A good Western is good. War films, not so much. A good comedy is great, but very rare. Quite like spy stuff.
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Nov 12, 2018 12:57:33 GMT
Post by Alanović on Nov 12, 2018 12:57:33 GMT
>>the Standard Tandoori The one down the Caversham Road? If so, I reckon the first time I went there was 1985. Yep. First went myself in about 1994. They have a dish called Standard Super Dry Fry. In chicken or lamb variety. Absolute cut above any other curry I can remember having.
When I first came to Reading, The Standard, The Gulshan and The Sardar Palace were my go-to curry joints. Oh and the Bina in Caversham. Only Standard and Bina are left standing. Much wider variety of them in town nowadays, House of Flavours being exceptionally good if you're ever in town. I've had my traditional birthday curry there a few times. Newest one which all the cool kidz are raving about is called Clays Hyderabadi. haven't tried it yet but will do soon.
We've got decent kebab joints here too, don't know if that would interest you.
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Nov 12, 2018 19:08:24 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 19:08:24 GMT
I loved the Man in the High Tower. Series 1 was excellent. Series 2 got weirder and weirder. I haven't started yet on Series 3. I did wonder where they would go with it, if anywhere.
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