What are you all up to
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Ian, I see what you did there, very sharp
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Thanks for that David. I was hoping it would assist with flight socks - but they have closed toes. Might have to give the matter serious thought. With the 2 x 12 hour plus flights to NZ I have to wear them and my feet still swell. May well chat to our local pharmacist, a good reason not to use online services 😉, about opening the toes up.
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Pretty sure you could get similar advice and help from your local CAB.
Now you are no longer working for D2G, you have nothing to lose by reporting their dubious methods to HMRC.
Whether you can sue them for failure to pay the minimum wage when you had accepted a contract as self employed is another matter.
I think you related that some days there were lots of deliveries so you were well paid, other days not so good, so it sounds like certain days you were above the minimum, other days not.
In your position, I would also be remembering that you accepted this work on a self employed basis quite freely, you were not forced to take this work.
Then I would look at how long you were doing this work, and probably come to the conclusion that it was not worth the hassle of trying to sue anyone, and rather get on with securing new work.
But I certainly would be reporting them!
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Caravan almost ready for packing, just the air con to defluff and the carpets to clean, everything else was completed yesterday, so we are on schedule at the moment.
Presently wrestling with my Norwegian tax return. I do not pay tax there, but as I get a small pension from there, I have to make a return. Not having lived there since 1970, I really do not know how the system works, and their letters can be contradictory and unclear.
I thought I had it all sorted last year, but now they are changing things and asking for more paperwork.......proving I am still alive......proving I do live here......proving I am paying tax in UK.
Need to sort it all before we head off!
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I had the open toe ones after my heart op, they were a struggle to put on, David's way sounds like a good idea.
Could you not just snip the toe area off? Or unpick it? I can't think that it would make any difference really. And it makes toe wiggling easier not having them enclosed.
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Bakers2
Because of a previous leg injury I have had to wear class two compression socks for a number of years. Like your flight socks they are difficult to get on, and off!!! You can buy a device which you slide the socks onto , have a look here Fortunately I manage OK in the conventional way.
David
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Thanks David for the link. I manage the usual way but always nice to know other methods. KjellNN I was considering unpicking the toe seam when I read David's post. Great minds think alike 😉
Glorious here today. Hubby at mums painting again, I've had a day at home pottering and a walk into town and good wander 😃. I bought some lunch and ate it in the central park. Our city council gardeners have once again made fantastic efforts on the floral displays and they are picturesque it's been such a beautiful spring. Naturally the council are selling the area where they work and raise plants for housing 😣😣. I do hope they don't loose their jobs or contract out this work. Our roundabouts too are magnificent.
Now home shopping unpacked and I'm sunning myself in the garden with a cuppa and CT 😆
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When my friend had a her first hip replacement at 59 her husband was a disaster in the kitchen, so on the second hip operation last year they were both dreading the whole thing. Amazingly her husband made a meat pie, all on his own...just one, but it impressed everyone!
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It's been lovely outside today, we'll be at a Spring Flower show later so have been choosing a few things to exhibit (don't really like picking anything so won't be taking much!)
I took our dogs out and spotted our local dairy herd had been let out. Last year Goldie wrote about their herd going out and our local girls were later.
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Just catching up Husky. Best wishes to Mrs Husky, glad that things are progressing well. Hopefully not too long before you are out and about again, hopefully pain free for Mrs Husky.
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Yes kjelln but you forget that I am now well beyond retirement age and that is not attractive to other employers.
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Very Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Mrs HD & anybody else who may be struggling in similar circumstances !
Just one point Huskypup, should you successfully drive the vacuum cleaner for a while just remember Not To Empty It In The House ! No matter how careful you are you'll spill some & have to start all over again !!
May you both be back on the road very soon !!
B
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Yes, I guess there is a duplication there.
Be aware that you can only use the cover after you've been insured for a set period (maybe a year?) so are they all usable?
Also, I assume some have better cover than others.
Also, you might have more than one legal issue.
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Lovely sunny and warm day at the B/yd.Been doing grounds maintenance while the next door boat repairer took out the scratches on the nearside rear panel on "Concorde" that the bus's mirror did a few weeks back Grrrrr!! .Left the 'van' there overnight and came home in the 'Smart' as he wants to polish it out tomorrow .1
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Lovely day here today blue skies and sunny, windy (as usual) but who's complaining.
Went up to see Mum first thing after breakfast, she is much better today thank goodness.
OH had his Men's shed get together this morning, it would appear they have found somewhere permanent to have as a workshop, thanks to the Scottish Government.
More gardening for me this afternoon, getting there slowly. Bought a couple of new shrubs yesterday. Rhododendrom and Choisya, so managed to get them planted today along with a couple of Lupins. More crocus and grape hyacinths got the chop. Found a dead Blackbird this morning on the decking
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You need to stop being so negative Malcolm, and you are only 65 and a bit, I am 9 years ahead of you !
I do not need a job, but as JVB said, there are companies like B&Q where the older worker is welcomed, so that would be one of the first places I would try.
And have you looked into any of the suggestions made before of using your and your wife's experience in teaching and foreign languages?
Plus, having presumably worked in other jobs before that, you must have other skills that could be put to good use?
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I must sat that KjellNN annoys me, 10 years older and doing the things that were no problem for me 5 years ago and now with arthritis I struggle. Only funning KjellNN.
Yesterday I picked up prescriptions, did a shop and cleaned the caravan before making the evening meal. Before I would have cleaned both cars and polished 'van and cars!
Today, a small shop, had a haircut, weed killed around drive areas etc, checked wheel bolt torque on tow car and caravan, washed cars and cooked evening meal.
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Sitting 'ere sulking about the waste of N H S money
.Took aged sister shopping this morning, dropped her at home, fussed the cat then came home. Picked up my new post & found a letter from Surgery with a 'Bloods Form' for my "Thyroid Function" checks.
I would not have minded BUT I had booked a Session with Vlad for early this week as instructed at my October medical. I had to adjust the amount of tests they needed following the Review I had last week, so a chat with Reception followed with ME grovelling for another's lapse. I got the adjustment OK in time for the Clinic Nurse to have the results in time for my visit on Tuesday Morning, but tomorrow I'll have to request another blood-letting and almost certainly another visit to the nurse or doc for the new result ! Some-times I think if they had half a brain they would be bloomin' dangerous
One thing I will have to challenge them over is the timing of this latest test -- it's always been about this time of the year but the letter says 'in the month of my birthday' !! According my Birth Certificate that's December -- Have I been doing a Rip Van Winkle for eight or nine months !!
Grumpy Old Bleep From Crewe
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A day at CAB then a haircut.
Here's a thing.
In my younger days I went to a barbers in my local town. Then for many years I just found somewhere near to wherever I was working at the time. For about the last 10 years I went to a barbers in my village, but he's now retired.
So I decided to go back to the barber in my local town. Surprised to find he was still there, I went in and the shop looked just the same.
As I sat there having a trim, I remarked that it must be 30 years since I was last there. "Yes I know, I remember you" said the barber.
"Wow, you must have a good memory" I said. "Never forget a face" he said.
Then I remarked "My hair style is probably stll the same"
"Yes, it is" he said.
I was slightly amazed.
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