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Just because you're required to drive a Diesel-engined midsize estate-car doesn't mean it has to be slow and boring:

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This is using the rather nice 3-litre 24V "OM606" lump.

Another nice 'grey-line propagation' natter with Iceland on 5MHz. This is rapidly becoming my favourite band: no crazy contesters!

Some interesting case-law Here

Just because something has been put in a skip/dumpster/bin, it's not 'abandoned' by the original owner, therefore it's not open to anyone else to come and take it.

Pikey-types and scavengers be aware!

Hmmmm... it seems that customers of HSBC - one of the UK's significant-market-share banks - have have been prevented from withdrawing cash from their bank because they could not provide evidence of why they wanted it.

Now, if my bank were to treat me like a seven-year-old and question why I had the bare-arsed-cheek to want to draw out £5,000 of my ( Read more... )

Silbury Hill from the west, surrounded by the overspill of the river Kennet:


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Pepper, Spot, and Leopold ( Read more... )

Just how many of these tasty delicacies would you like to try?

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Tax-avoidance is arranging one's affairs within the scope of the tax-code to minimise one's liability to pay tax. It's perfectly legal and - unless you in some warped way believe that the State knows better how to spend your money than you do - perfectly moral.

It's tax-evasion which is the illegal thing. To quote:

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From the 1966 movie "Modesty Blaise" starring Monica Vitti and Dirk Bogarde:


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