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The only time some tenants of mine paid in advance was because they were from Hong Kong - when everyone was escaping - and probably would have had difficulty passing the financial checks. They paid the year in advance in full. However, they did this before signing and didn't ask for a discount. It w...

You need to call HMRC and tell them which years you want to make the payments for. They will then make a note on your file so it gets correctly assigned once you have transferred the money.

Not an absolute necessity, but I wouldn't choose to be without one. They are great for re-heating things, cooking stuff that makes a mess in a pot, e.g. porridge, and for defrosting things when you forget to take them out the freezer in time (as I frequently do). I've got an old Panasonic, which is ...

john_b wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 2:19 am I guess it's still too early for anyone to have received their postal ballot?

Nope. Arrived last week on Thursday.

Yes! And his rambling speech afterwards was hilarious. What planet is that guy on.

They think it will appeal to the grey voters who the Tories are very much in danger of losing. Likewise with the plan for no tax on pensions. Quite how they think they are going to pay for everything and keep reducing taxes I have no idea. Same applies to Labour though, they are all in cloud-cuckoo ...

Fietsrad wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:57 pm In the UK there were two taps: hot (too hot) and cold (too cold). Not been there for a while, does one encounter mixer taps there now?

Er, since the 1970s....if not before

Honest answer, not sure I really have. Sprachtalent is not something I was at the front of the queue for. Did some courses to C1 (slightly above my level of incompetence) at the VHS when I arrived here, then promptly found a job where English is the working language. My German then deteriorated rapi...