Sam-AVFC

2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Thanks for explaining but im still abit confused,  so Chandler's dad was actually a trans not someone that did drag as a role?

From the article you posted:

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Throughout the series, Chandler (Matthew Perry) frequently referred to Turner’s character, Charles Bing, as his father. The character was also known as Helena Handbasket, which was the name they used for their drag show act. The series never specified if Charles was trans, but Kauffman confirmed that she was.

4 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

So we have got to start apologising for historical comments on transgenderism now??

No, you don't have to. She's chosen to.

I don't think it's a ridiculous clarification considering no one seems to have realised the character was trans.

6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Just wondering on what everyone's opinions on  this are? 

 

 

Before reading that yesterday I never knew 'Chandler's dad' was meant to be a trans character.

5 minutes ago, hippo said:

Zawahi - ticks a lot boxes - can play the COVID card as vaccines minister , from a poor background , viewed as a steady Eddie.

Penny Mordant - has been totally silent if she decides to run could be seen as the continuity candidate.

They IMO won't go for another hard nose extremer - so I think Truss and Patel would get eliminated in the early rounds

Do you actually know he is poor, or just guessing? I ask because I have no idea and he seems to have gone to a couple of private schools.

Some refugees flee to protect their wealth as well as their lives.

4 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Just saying that may not be a ‘club issue’ per se, perhaps you emailed the wrong people or just got stuck with dealing with a particularly incompetent person.

The main problem is I didn't get stuck dealing with anyone even after several emails. I got no response, no 'please use this email' and no refund. I'm hardly internet illiterate either, so if I did use the wrong email by virtue of it being difficult to find a VillaTV support email this is an issue in itself.

3 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

I was double charged for a game, emailed them and got a refund within a few days

Thanks for rubbing it in.

2 hours ago, Rds1983 said:

You said everyone could leave upto £1m and then £375/125k here. Assuming the £1m bit was for a couple then which wouldn't apply in a lot of circumstances? 

Curious why you avoided this type of work, was it particularly complex or just naturally unpleasant due to the circumstances? 

It would nearly always apply because you inherit your spouses unused allowance when they pass away. It's fairly uncommon for this not to apply as pretty much all inheritance is to children/grandchildren implying a couple. Obviously not unheard of though because there are plenty of single people leaving an inheritance, and there is the Virgin Mary to consider!

It wasn't particularly pleasant, but that's not why I avoided it. It was a box to tick for me training as a chartered surveyor and valuing houses isn't particularly exciting work.

edit - also can differ because of divorces etc, but each parent still gets the same tax free allowance to leave it's just unlikely to be used on the same house. If you're the only child of divorced parents and their remarried partners you could get a £1m property from each side with nothing to pay

This thread makes me wish I was rich.

8 minutes ago, Pissflaps said:

I'm behind on this so safe standing doesn't add any actual capacity as it takes up the same footprint as existing seating? So adding some of that wouldn't help in increasing capacity while the north stand is knocked down?

It requires flip down seats to be built in for Europe anyway. I still think there is a reasonable argument to be made about offering them cheaper and offsetting with more corporate seats to improve atmosphere.

1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said:

Baha I’ve got plates with more leadership potential. 

3 minutes ago, Dodgyknees said:

Sounds even better. I may be in love.

I have to say it was one of my more entertaining commutes.

4 minutes ago, Dodgyknees said:

Lots of politics means lots of Cathy Newman which always makes me happy

A few years before Boris became leader I was stood next to Cathy Newman on a train while she was having a very frank discussion with a friend about what she thinks of him. I can't imagine she is pulling any punches.

10 minutes ago, bickster said:

Go Nads would win

That was my first thought, then I realised she'll be hitting the sauce pretty hard and probably can't stay standing in a room of one right now.

6 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

No I don't think I ever did

My mom was a big parsley sauce fan, fish fingers growing up was always with mash, peas, parsley sauce and weirdly tinned tuna 

La de da! Fish fingers, beans and oven chips for me.

1 minute ago, Demitri_C said:

Is it a million? I thought it was 750k? When did they raise it?

The thing with inheritance tax it may as well be called a death tax as thats what it literally is

Based on my vague memories of valuing properties for inheritance tax it's £375K per person in general with another £125K added each if the inheritance is a property that they live in. I may well be wrong though. It's been quite a few years and I did all I could to avoid doing that work!

6 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said:

A combination of shits and giggles

Are they the new chancellor and home secretary?

3 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Well you see the fish? Next to it, there’s baked **** beans.

Didn't you ever have fish fingers and beans as a kid? Also, it's quite common to see cod with a tomato-based bean stew. It's basically the mid point of the two.

1 minute ago, Spoony said:

I really don’t know what people who voted for Johnson expected tbh

To be personally benefitted by him furthering his own self interest. Anyone who now acts outraged with talk of integrity is either virtue signalling or a complete moron.

If you're wondering what happened to all those asthmatic kids desperately wheezing after 2 minutes of PE at school, they now play for Liverpool. Funny how these things work out.

50 minutes ago, trekka said:

EDIT: I posted in the wrong thread.  But, it will be interesting to see what the Ukrainians think of the potential (likely) loss of Boris as their major ally and friend. 

You think his replacement wouldn't do just as much grandstanding?! It's the easiest political win out there.

6 minutes ago, hippo said:

Wonder if he would leave office willingly in the event of a narrow GE defeat.

It's got Trump all over it.

I'm doubtful he'll even be an MP after the next general election so he'd find it hard to hold any legislative power.

I'm with those who want him to hang on though. Cause some proper, generational damage. By the time the party image is repaired their base will be sitting in urns in the corner of their kids attics reserved for useless shit.

Edit - that came quicker than expected. Bring on the civil war

2 minutes ago, hippo said:

In theory he can do that anyway can't he ?  - he can hire and fire ? 

I don't think he can without certain criteria being met, although I'm certainly no expert. Even the most awful offenders are only suspended while investigations are ongoing, whereas defiant voters have been binned pretty sharpish.

2 minutes ago, hippo said:

In theory he can do that anyway can't he ?  - he can hire and fire ? 

I don't think he can without certain criteria being met, although I'm certainly no expert. Even the most awful offenders are only suspended while investigations are ongoing, whereas defiant voters have been binned pretty sharpish.

4 minutes ago, bickster said:

He has to be careful so as not to lose the Tory majority

But its definitely an interesting ploy

I know it would be a desperate **** you from a man who knew his political career was over, but I wouldn't completely rule out a scorched earth policy.

1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said:

The more I hear of Chris Bryant, the more I like him. Future leader?

He'd never manage with that picture of him in tightey whities out there. No doubt there would be a very nasty media campaign with thinly veiled homophobia and outdated insinuations or perversion.