I'm not against selling off state assets, but these seem to be at rather knock-down prices.
Far more troubling is that Labour plan to 'reduce the deficit' by doing so, rather than reducing national debt. Now this may seem like semantics, but it seems to me to be precisely the sort of statement that means we should be very scared of Labour's economic plans. Sane people do not sell their cars to cover their credit card interest for the month.
Never mind a month, if they raised the £100m (which I agree, seems on the low side - maybe they're using the same advisor as with the gold reserves sale), it'd cover Treasury debt interest for about 15 hours going by the last Budget.
Perhaps of more use would be developing and selling London's prisons as someone once mentioned here. No reason to have them sitting on prime housing land. Build new ones 'oop North'. Preferably ones which double as rubber band factories.
i was told it was illegal to fly a Jolly Roger in my garden from my flagpole - how I could commit an act of piracy 5 miles inland remains a mystery. The last time I needed a jetty was about 200yr ago.
This just sums up the idiocy of where we now are - Kippers who get annoyed about this have my full and husband frightening backing
But whatever may be the done thing in Dartmouth Park, it is hard to see many other councils regarding a tacky, scruffy and assertive draping of flags over most of the front of the house as being in keeping with the neighbourhood. This is surely particularly so when, as seems to have been the case here, some local residents – apparently some of “the ethnic minorities” – have expressed reservations about them.
So even the England flags may be illegal.
But that is not the end of the matter, because Mr Ware is not only displaying two flags of St George, he is also displaying a West Ham Football Club flag.
Potentially this could land him in even hotter water for a number of reasons. The obvious point is that a West Ham FC flag is certainly not in keeping with local “cultural features,” (the local football team being not West Ham but the less glamorous Gillingham Town FC).
And although sporting flags can be allowed without planning permission, the rules about flying them are much stricter than the rules about the display of national flags.
Somewhat bizarrely, while the law surrounding the hanging of an England flag is a little ambiguous, there is no such fuzziness over the West Ham flag. It is illegal to hang it outside your house unless either it has been expressly authorised by the Council, or if it is flown from a flagpole.
The law could not be clearer, although it does take a little ferretting out. Under Schedule 3 of the 2007 regulations, as amended in 2012, a flag “bearing the device of any sports club” is deemed to have planning permission if, but only if, it is:
“attached to a single flagstaff ….”
There are some detailed rules about where the flagstaff can be put but these need not trouble us now. In the absence of a flagstaff, Mr Ware’s West Ham flag requires express planning permission. If he did not obtain it (and an online search of planning applications for flags in Medway does not reveal any such application) he is guilty of a criminal offence.
i was told it was illegal to fly a Jolly Roger in my garden from my flagpole - how I could commit an act of piracy 5 miles inland remains a mystery. The last time I needed a jetty was about 200yr ago.
This just sums up the idiocy of where we now are - Kippers who get annoyed about this have my full and husband frightening backing
.....
There are some detailed rules about where the flagstaff can be put but these need not trouble us now. In the absence of a flagstaff, Mr Ware’s West Ham flag requires express planning permission. If he did not obtain it (and an online search of planning applications for flags in Medway does not reveal any such application) he is guilty of a criminal offence.
LOL, If looking through a telescope makes you clever then I have been very wrong. Another sychophant wittering on about lawyers, get a life you dimwit. Why has the sainted virgin not given one of her garages to charity as they are so meaningless to her. Then you crown it all by impersonating a donkey and state that as you teach some foreign people and employ some as skivvies no doubt that she must be great. I have really been taught a lesson, I bet you were also playing a violin when you were posting that.
@PBModerator: Maybe we can do with a few less personal insults, especially ones which are wrong.
Big jessie running crying to the moderator to say a big boy is calling him names and pulling his pigtails. Man up you jelly fish
I think you miss the entire point
On this site we respect each others views ( even if we totally disagree and commonly we do) but try so far as possible to avoid abuse. We all of us do resort to brief abuse just once in a while only human, but just about every single one of your posts have iI noticed included abuse.
If your not happy I am sure OGH would happily refund the cost of your membership fee for posting.
Best regards Love Moses Xxxxx
What utter drivel , you morons trash people every day just because they are not right wing nutters like yourselves and then get all pompous and high and mighty. I think you miss the point.
Thanx - I'm a bit allergic to MKV as I can't ever make them play on either of my two W7 laptops after hours of downloading codec packs and fiddling. Same with AAC.
Just bought a 2T new one with W8 - let's see if that works. I'm turning my youngest old laptop into a full-time media server this week. That'll be a hoot trying to get everything I had transferred and feeling/looking the same. I get quite OCD about my favourite apps and Google has stopped supporting most of them years ago!
A recommendation re dvd capture on prev thread. (MakeMKV)
makeMKV is a good program.
You shouldn't have ANY codec packs installed on Win7/8 all you need is mpc-hc and if it gets stroppy with any MKV file, possibly Haalli (Matroska) Spiltter.
These days with a decent graphics card, mpc-hc will play pretty much any common format from built in filters using hardware decoding on the graphics card. VLC will of course play absolutely everything using software and so should be your backup player.
I use anysoft anyDVDHD to remove the region coding on my drive, and it can rip to disk for you. Then you pass the files through makemkv.
If you can find a copy dvddecryptor for may work on your already ripped files.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monacco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
If those were *really* the motivations, you'd choose Cap d'Antibes or Cap Ferrat rather than Monaco.
A sunny place for shady people - Somerset Maughan's description remains apposite
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
He can still be a brit even though he lives abroad. I've lived in several countries but am still a brit.
There is no reason anyone should configure their financial affairs so as to pay the maximum amount of tax.
You must fit in well in America, everything goes right over your head.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
First! (My first ever first too!) Great day for the UK with Hamilton's win.
he changed his nationality to Monegasque to avoid paying tax.
Got a link to that? Wouldn't want OGH getting in trouble......
Does he or does he not live in Monaco which ensures that he does not have to pay tax in the UK, thus he has avoided paying UK tax. How can anyone get into trouble for stating the above obvious fact. You can state that about anyone from the UK that chooses to live outside the UK to thus avoid paying tax in the UK.
You claimed he changed his nationality not his tax residence.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Hamilton makes tax move admission [2007, Switzerland]
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is moving to Switzerland partly to avoid the UK taxman.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Please don't add Cuckoo, or Turnip to the list, else we might lose Malcolm.
they jsut make up swear words for me when it suits.
yo malc hows life in caledonia ?
Alan, just fine , lovely day up here today , got a bit of gardening in , been vilified , insulted and threatened on here as usual, very interesting day. Most entertaining indeed. Hope you and family are well.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Hamilton makes tax move admission [2007, Switzerland]
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is moving to Switzerland partly to avoid the UK taxman.
It is quite astonishing the vitriol and hatred that right wingers spew out here
Why? Need to up their game? Are you offering lessons?
Vitriol like calling a British world champion a 'rat'.
pass the sick bucket, we have a champion who used to live in the country but chooses to live elsewhere for financial reasons. I should be on my knees praising the lord that he was born in Britain so that clowns like you can claim Britain has a world champion, how desperate can you get.
I seem to remember Salmond hailing English resident Andy Murray as a great Scot.
Your point is
A child of five would have no trouble grasping my point. Are you OK?
Come along chaps. Now isn't the time to bicker about Hamilton's tax status. Now is the time to celebrate what happened today, that which really matters.
It is quite astonishing the vitriol and hatred that right wingers spew out here , yet when answered back in any fashion they cry like big babies. What is it about bullying right wingers that makes them such jessies when on the receiving end.
Another stinking hypocrite.
Mr Smithson, TSE,
How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once.
That's you malcomlg and you 'big' JO.
Oh dear you really are beyond contempt.
And you're a weasel, a cowardly weasel who smears people and then runs away.
Big mistake SB, lowering yourself to their level.. There are loons on the www. Nothing you can do to change that. They are WAITING for a reaction.. best not feed their trolling.
Never argue with an idiot.
They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.....
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Please don't add Cuckoo, or Turnip to the list, else we might lose Malcolm.
they jsut make up swear words for me when it suits.
yo malc hows life in caledonia ?
Alan, just fine , lovely day up here today , got a bit of gardening in , been vilified , insulted and threatened on here as usual, very interesting day. Most entertaining indeed. Hope you and family are well.
malc were in good form
had a four bottle of red sunday lunch down the pub and a 5 mile walk, its what weekends are for
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
My main audio problem is that my 2.2k collection has been amassed from a LOT of sources ranging from 98-320kbps, from ancient 30s vinyl/other crap sources/top notch and all at different volumes. I find using my PC Dolby app levels them all out pretty well - then they meet my TV and we're all over the place.
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
Thanx - I'm a bit allergic to MKV as I can't ever make them play on either of my two W7 laptops after hours of downloading codec packs and fiddling. Same with AAC.
Just bought a 2T new one with W8 - let's see if that works. I'm turning my youngest old laptop into a full-time media server this week. That'll be a hoot trying to get everything I had transferred and feeling/looking the same. I get quite OCD about my favourite apps and Google has stopped supporting most of them years ago!
A recommendation re dvd capture on prev thread. (MakeMKV)
makeMKV is a good program.
You shouldn't have ANY codec packs installed on Win7/8 all you need is mpc-hc and if it gets stroppy with any MKV file, possibly Haalli (Matroska) Spiltter.
These days with a decent graphics card, mpc-hc will play pretty much any common format from built in filters using hardware decoding on the graphics card. VLC will of course play absolutely everything using software and so should be your backup player.
I use anysoft anyDVDHD to remove the region coding on my drive, and it can rip to disk for you. Then you pass the files through makemkv.
If you can find a copy dvddecryptor for may work on your already ripped files.
You don't need any codecs installed if you use XBMC either. I systematically rip every dvd/Blu-ray I buy - then play them through XBMC. It's not quite a perfect solution, but the best I've found. (Takes a lot of storage though)
For audio I use dBpoweramp as a ripper to create lossless (and perfect) copies, and then play everything through Squeezebox. It was trying to achieve something similar for video that lead me down the current path.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Hamilton makes tax move admission [2007, Switzerland]
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is moving to Switzerland partly to avoid the UK taxman.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Please don't add Cuckoo, or Turnip to the list, else we might lose Malcolm.
they jsut make up swear words for me when it suits.
yo malc hows life in caledonia ?
Alan, just fine , lovely day up here today , got a bit of gardening in , been vilified , insulted and threatened on here as usual, very interesting day. Most entertaining indeed. Hope you and family are well.
malc were in good form
had a four bottle of red sunday lunch down the pub and a 5 mile walk, its what weekends are for
I had a skinful Friday night so been very circumspect , but enjoying a premium lager now whilst waiting for dinner. Sure creepy will be gnashing his teeth and wailing at the fact I do not drink Turps.
PS, glad you had a pleasant lunch, sounds perfect indeed.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
Come along chaps. Now isn't the time to bicker about Hamilton's tax status. Now is the time to celebrate what happened today, that which really matters.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
Come along chaps. Now isn't the time to bicker about Hamilton's tax status. Now is the time to celebrate what happened today, that which really matters.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
Talking about tax evasion, in 2011 it was calculated that Britain lost around 70 billion pounds of tax revenue, in comparison the budget deficit for this year is forecast at 84 billion pounds, spending on defence is 44 billion, on education 90 billion, transport 19 billion, social security 112 billion, NHS 123 billion, pensions 143 billion, you get the idea that if tax evasion was combated then the government would gain a lot of money to fund anything it likes, even the deficit.
This is my epic beef. Hence why I blew £250 on 40' one as a massive Eff You and kept it proudly and defiantly for 15yrs?
Honestly, I'm a horror when crossed - this did for my sovereignty line big time. We often discuss how someone ends up fighting in Strasbourg over some apparent non-issue. That'd be me on this one - dog with a bone.
i was told it was illegal to fly a Jolly Roger in my garden from my flagpole - how I could commit an act of piracy 5 miles inland remains a mystery. The last time I needed a jetty was about 200yr ago.
This just sums up the idiocy of where we now are - Kippers who get annoyed about this have my full and husband frightening backing
.....
There are some detailed rules about where the flagstaff can be put but these need not trouble us now. In the absence of a flagstaff, Mr Ware’s West Ham flag requires express planning permission. If he did not obtain it (and an online search of planning applications for flags in Medway does not reveal any such application) he is guilty of a criminal offence.
Looks like we have to wait a while for YouGov Sun on Sunday tables, but here's the ELBOW (Electoral Leader-Board Of the Week) data including the Sunday Times YG. 10 polls with a total weighted sample of 13,319:
Ever so close to cross-over, but no cigar! Cons edge up slowly, but surely, for third week in a row. UKIP down slightly, but down for third week in a row. LDs down to their lowest score yet in ELBOW (ie. since August 17th) Lab stuck around 33% for the last five weeks.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
My main audio problem is that my 2.2k collection has been amassed from a LOT of sources ranging from 98-320kbps, from ancient 30s vinyl/other crap sources/top notch and all at different volumes. I find using my PC Dolby app levels them all out pretty well - then they meet my TV and we're all over the place.
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
There are ways to level audio files in terms of volume. Older CDs tend to be much quieter than newer ones. When ripping them (with dbpoweramp which I use) you can apply an adjustment for this that in theory will level the overall volume of the CDs.
There's also a program called MediaMonkey which can analyse and write volume levelling information to the stored files too. (Undoubtedly others as well)
I would say with all this that creating a nicely arranged stored library of audio, and/or video is very time consuming. I'm not at all sure it's worth the candle when compared with the ability to stream directly from Apple (or whoever).
Also although I know a little I'm no expert at all. If you're going to spend days (or weeks, or months!) sorting these things out then it'd be wise to research what the options are. There are places (like avforums) where real experts do indeed lurk.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
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I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
The private jets fly out from Nice (hence my comment on Cap d'Antibes, although I acknowledge that @Roger might argue for Cap Ferrat)
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
Oh don't go - your take them on challenge this afternoon and the responses to it were some of the most no doubt unintentionally funny things I've read on PB this year
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
It's as someone else said, engaging with a r s e h o l e s only brings you down to their level.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
It's as someone else said, engaging with a r s e h o l e s only brings you down to their level.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
Have a word with yerself, Bob. This is the internet, not real life. No one's been hurt.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
It's as someone else said, engaging with a r s e h o l e s only brings you down to their level.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
you started there and never rose above it , farewell lightweight.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
It's as someone else said, engaging with a r s e h o l e s only brings you down to their level.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
Bob don't go mate, I've allowed myself to get sucked into arguments I regret, I just ignore those people now. Just let them rant and make fools of themselves
My main audio problem is that my 2.2k collection has been amassed from a LOT of sources ranging from 98-320kbps, from ancient 30s vinyl/other crap sources/top notch and all at different volumes. I find using my PC Dolby app levels them all out pretty well - then they meet my TV and we're all over the place.
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
Thanx - I'm a bit allergic to MKV as I can't ever make them play on either of my two W7 laptops after hours of downloading codec packs and fiddling. Same with AAC.
Just bought a 2T new one with W8 - let's see if that works. I'm turning my youngest old laptop into a full-time media server this week. That'll be a hoot trying to get everything I had transferred and feeling/looking the same. I get quite OCD about my favourite apps and Google has stopped supporting most of them years ago!
A recommendation re dvd capture on prev thread. (MakeMKV)
makeMKV is a good program.
You shouldn't have ANY codec packs installed on Win7/8 all you need is mpc-hc and if it gets stroppy with any MKV file, possibly Haalli (Matroska) Spiltter.
These days with a decent graphics card, mpc-hc will play pretty much any common format from built in filters using hardware decoding on the graphics card. VLC will of course play absolutely everything using software and so should be your backup player.
I use anysoft anyDVDHD to remove the region coding on my drive, and it can rip to disk for you. Then you pass the files through makemkv.
If you can find a copy dvddecryptor for may work on your already ripped files.
You don't need any codecs installed if you use XBMC either. I systematically rip every dvd/Blu-ray I buy - then play them through XBMC. It's not quite a perfect solution, but the best I've found. (Takes a lot of storage though)
For audio I use dBpoweramp as a ripper to create lossless (and perfect) copies, and then play everything through Squeezebox. It was trying to achieve something similar for video that lead me down the current path.
A pretty easy way would be to import them into iTunes then burn them as CDs, it has an inbuilt "Normalisation" function that will set the volume at a single level. Purists may hate though.
In the past, we've given bans to posters who threaten violence towards other posters.
Also we've given bans to posters who have aimed abusive language to others posters.
So posters should bear that in mind.
The spam trap has been updated and it will now automatically ban anyone who uses seriously bad language/repeatedly bad language on the site, this includes swear words with asterisks/symbols in them.
Any comments on the tax status of Lewis Hamilton or Myleene Klass now needs to come with a link from reputable news site.
Anyone unable to comply with the above, may find themselves facing a long enforced break from the site.
I threatened no violence, malcolmg is lying.
You wrote this earlier on, we feel it is unacceptable.
"How about the next PB meet up in a boxing club? You could charge entry and run the book.
I volunteer to take both gobshites on, one at a time or both at once."
To be fair, Mod, I don't think that could be seriously construed as a threat of violence.
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
Well, thank you for that sterling defence.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
clear your history file and choose not to log on again , or maybe just be an adult and get over it.
It's as someone else said, engaging with a r s e h o l e s only brings you down to their level.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
Have a word with yerself, Bob. This is the internet, not real life. No one's been hurt.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
You can wrap it up how you like , we all know why they are there
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
You can wrap it up how you like , we all know why they are there
Because they're clever enough to realise that moving there gets them out of forking over wheelbarrows full of money to a wasteful government that hoses it all in the direction of millions of feckless scroungers. And ungrateful Scottish parasites.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
You can wrap it up how you like , we all know why they are there
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
You can wrap it up how you like , we all know why they are there
Because they're clever enough to realise that moving there gets them out of forking over wheelbarrows full of money to a wasteful government that hoses it all in the direction of millions of feckless scroungers. And and ungrateful Scots parasites.
Almost an intelligent post from you , but your bitterness and envy had to let you down , poor Little Englander. How do you justify your JSA.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
You can wrap it up how you like , we all know why they are there
I bow to your omniscience.
I salute your intelligence, it was a good post by the way ( yours I mean ).
That's very helpful. I'm a bit OCD about getting details right and spent DAYS to genre them, creating dozens of playlists and adding specific scene details if they've appeared on a TV show/reading Wiki about when else they've been used.
And have the lyrics to 99.5% - corrected the spelling for those hoovered from elsewhere. This is truly sad! I remain proud of my perfectionism ;^)
I've got a file pending of the whole lot for TPB - uploading almost 15Gb will take a while and I have file housework to do as I'm always collecting more. A moving target if ever there was one.
I've only been at this seriously music wise for 4 months and now know I've done the low hanging fruit - but it only takes me a single suggestion to go hunting and 5 albums later I'm back again for more.
I collect information - like a Victorian explorer or museum curator. My video files are another universe of nerdy knowledge - I can play Guess The Episode from a single line of dialogue for one now at 200 shows... errr ....
My main audio problem is that my 2.2k collection has been amassed from a LOT of sources ranging from 98-320kbps, from ancient 30s vinyl/other crap sources/top notch and all at different volumes. I find using my PC Dolby app levels them all out pretty well - then they meet my TV and we're all over the place.
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
There are ways to level audio files in terms of volume. Older CDs tend to be much quieter than newer ones. When ripping them (with dbpoweramp which I use) you can apply an adjustment for this that in theory will level the overall volume of the CDs.
There's also a program called MediaMonkey which can analyse and write volume levelling information to the stored files too. (Undoubtedly others as well)
I would say with all this that creating a nicely arranged stored library of audio, and/or video is very time consuming. I'm not at all sure it's worth the candle when compared with the ability to stream directly from Apple (or whoever).
Also although I know a little I'm no expert at all. If you're going to spend days (or weeks, or months!) sorting these things out then it'd be wise to research what the options are. There are places (like avforums) where real experts do indeed lurk.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
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Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
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What we have on this site is a rich eruption of prejudice and hypocricy. Its all utterly pathetic. The well known usual subject incites controversy by calling a British sporting hero and tip of a magnificent British based (in most respects a British technological) operation a 'rat'. He then turns round and attempts to take the moral high ground. You cannot say I am biased because I have criticised Swiss Bob in the recent past over a pretty horrioble photo.
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
Speaking of losers, you never got back to me regarding the £25 you owe me for the Yes score being above 40%. You also have £25 on the SLDs beating the SCons on percentage of votes at the GE. Do you just want to let it run till then?
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
...
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
...
What we have on this site is a rich eruption of prejudice and hypocricy. Its all utterly pathetic. The well known usual subject incites controversy by calling a British sporting hero and tip of a magnificent British based (in most respects a British technological) operation a 'rat'. He then turns round and attempts to take the moral high ground. You cannot say I am biased because I have criticised Swiss Bob in the recent past over a pretty horrioble photo.
Your usual bile and vitriol whilst trying to point the finger at someone else. Straight competition for nastiest poster on the site between you and the creepy Watcher.
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
Speaking of losers, you never got back to me regarding the £25 you owe me for the Yes score being above 40%. You also have £25 on the SLDs beating the SCons on percentage of votes at the GE. Do you just want to let it run till then?
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
Speaking of losers, you never got back to me regarding the £25 you owe me for the Yes score being above 40%. You also have £25 on the SLDs beating the SCons on percentage of votes at the GE. Do you just want to let it run till then?
I was sure that you gave me a link to a site to make a charity donation to . Perhaps I am mixing this up with another bet . If so please let me know .
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
Speaking of losers, you never got back to me regarding the £25 you owe me for the Yes score being above 40%. You also have £25 on the SLDs beating the SCons on percentage of votes at the GE. Do you just want to let it run till then?
A welcher as well as a fruitcake then
The bitter and twisted loser pipes up . You will be a loser till the day you die . Get used to it .
I found iTunes really hard work when it first started out - but that was a long time ago.
IIRC my first and only iPod coped with about 150 tunes and the app was messy. Ar they less fussy about file sources nowadays? I took a very long break from music [about a decade or so] after getting annoyed with the transition between hard and soft copies.
My main audio problem is that my 2.2k collection has been amassed from a LOT of sources ranging from 98-320kbps, from ancient 30s vinyl/other crap sources/top notch and all at different volumes. I find using my PC Dolby app levels them all out pretty well - then they meet my TV and we're all over the place.
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
Thanx - I'm a bit allergic to MKV as I can't ever make them play on either of my two W7 laptops after hours of downloading codec packs and fiddling. Same with AAC.
Just bought a 2T new one with W8 - let's see if that works. I'm turning my youngest old laptop into a full-time media server this week. That'll be a hoot trying to get everything I had transferred and feeling/looking the same. I get quite OCD about my favourite apps and Google has stopped supporting most of them years ago!
A recommendation re dvd capture on prev thread. (MakeMKV)
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A pretty easy way would be to import them into iTunes then burn them as CDs, it has an inbuilt "Normalisation" function that will set the volume at a single level. Purists may hate though.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
...
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
...
What we have on this site is a rich eruption of prejudice and hypocricy. Its all utterly pathetic. The well known usual subject incites controversy by calling a British sporting hero and tip of a magnificent British based (in most respects a British technological) operation a 'rat'. He then turns round and attempts to take the moral high ground. You cannot say I am biased because I have criticised Swiss Bob in the recent past over a pretty horrioble photo.
Your usual bile and vitriol whilst trying to point the finger at someone else. Straight competition for nastiest poster on the site between you and the creepy Watcher.
Is 'rat' a higher or lower inciting insult than 'ting tong'?
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
Speaking of losers, you never got back to me regarding the £25 you owe me for the Yes score being above 40%. You also have £25 on the SLDs beating the SCons on percentage of votes at the GE. Do you just want to let it run till then?
I was sure that you gave me a link to a site to make a charity donation to . Perhaps I am mixing this up with another bet . If so please let me know .
I'd put up a link for Antifrank to the Erskine Charity; if you've paid it to that, fine, but our bets weren't originally charity bets.
Re my post earlier on peoples perception of immigration.
I wonder what the political make up of posters this site is and how wrong all our perceptions are.
I will guess at
350 Con 80 UKIP 10 LAB 20 LD 5 Green
Am i massively wrong are there anywhere near 465 posters do you think is Lab really so under represented?
Or is my perception miles out?
You've forgotten the (no doubt numerous) floating voters.
I'm always fascinated when I see someone on PB who's genuinely quite centrist and a swing voter. I suppose I just assume that someone who spends as much time thinking about politics so much that they post on a politics forum, would have strong and fixed views on most things.
Looks like we have to wait a while for YouGov Sun on Sunday tables, but here's the ELBOW (Electoral Leader-Board Of the Week) data including the Sunday Times YG. 10 polls with a total weighted sample of 13,319:
Ever so close to cross-over, but no cigar! Cons edge up slowly, but surely, for third week in a row. UKIP down slightly, but down for third week in a row. LDs down to their lowest score yet in ELBOW (ie. since August 17th) Lab stuck around 33% for the last five weeks.
Thaks, Sunil. Labour's 35% strategy may end up being a 33% strategy.
I'll try it tomorrow when my mind isn't full of PB. I'm very linear in my thinking and need to dump one lot before the next task.
Will you be about if I get stuck again? I can fiddle about for about 5hrs before getting irked and totally stuck.
Crikey! ;-)
I tend to read PB in big chunks on work days, if you message via twitter I'll get the notifications quicker. I think we follow each other on there, I have the same handle.
Not sure how much time I'll have tomorrow as I've been informed the Boss died (aged 45) yesterday, so things are going to be interesting in the short term. Downside of working for a small company, we have to find out what the continuity plans are/were and how much was in his head. we know he had done some planning, and his deputy is good enough at managing people & projects. The "vision" & sales will be lacking as it was pretty much just him.
As a curse "May you live in interesting times" seems to count double in IT...
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Just look at the Millipedes for people who don't like paying taxes.
Re my post earlier on peoples perception of immigration.
I wonder what the political make up of posters this site is and how wrong all our perceptions are.
I will guess at
350 Con 80 UKIP 10 LAB 20 LD 5 Green
Am i massively wrong are there anywhere near 465 posters do you think is Lab really so under represented?
Or is my perception miles out?
You've forgotten the (no doubt numerous) floating voters.
I'm always fascinated when I see someone on PB who's genuinely quite centrist and a swing voter. I suppose I just assume that someone who spends as much time thinking about politics so much that they post on a politics forum, would have strong and fixed views on most things.
I can't speak for others, but I try to vote for candidate rather than party. Hence why I voted Green at the PCC elections: he was the best of a (admittedly poor) bunch. It's also why I said I couldn't vote for my current Conservative MP, Lansley, who has been a useless constituency MP whilst I have lived here. But fortunately he's standing down ...
I found iTunes really hard work when it first started out - but that was a long time ago.
IIRC my first and only iPod coped with about 150 tunes and the app was messy. Ar they less fussy about file sources nowadays? I took a very long break from music [about a decade or so] after getting annoyed with the transition between hard and soft copies.
A pretty easy way would be to import them into iTunes then burn them as CDs, it has an inbuilt "Normalisation" function that will set the volume at a single level. Purists may hate though.
As Freggles says "Normalisation" is what the process is normally called, you'll find it in the effects menu of audacity about halfway down called "Normalize" if you have a sound file loaded.
I've just finished my latest Scottish analysis...Aggregation toplines are SNP 43 (+1) LAB 25 (-1) CON 17 (=) LIB 6 (-1) UKIP 5 (+1) GRN 4 (=). This is another all-time high for the SNP at the expense of Labour and the Lib Dems. I've already posted most of my thoughts on the Survation poll on these threads, but in case you missed it and/or what to see some pretty charts, here's a recap:
We also have a new 'nowcast' from the UEA/LSE/Durham collaboration, with toplines of SNP 42 LAB 32 CON 12 LIB 7 GRN 4 UKIP 2. This model is based on GB polling and microdata, but for technical reasons, not dedicated Scottish polls. Due to methological changes, these figures aren't directly comparable to the ones I've published previously. The main differences versus the aggregation are Labour being higher and UKIP and the Conservatives lower.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no. The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Just look at the Millipedes for people who don't like paying taxes.
I see that Hamilton's F1 title has created a backlash based on his taxes here on PB. However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
...
Many F1 drivers live in Monaco: there's a rich vein of current and ex-drivers there, along with team principles and owners. This is probably not just for tax reasons (although that is certainly part of it): with so many F1 people around, the contacts are there, you can catch the same flights with your mates, the weather's nice, and your £32 million yacht does not look too ostentatious ...
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
...
What we have on this site is a rich eruption of prejudice and hypocricy. Its all utterly pathetic. The well known usual subject incites controversy by calling a British sporting hero and tip of a magnificent British based (in most respects a British technological) operation a 'rat'. He then turns round and attempts to take the moral high ground. You cannot say I am biased because I have criticised Swiss Bob in the recent past over a pretty horrioble photo.
Your usual bile and vitriol whilst trying to point the finger at someone else. Straight competition for nastiest poster on the site between you and the creepy Watcher.
Is 'rat' a higher or lower inciting insult than 'ting tong'?
BBC News leading with Hamilton news......curiously enough no mention of his tax residence status.....pointing out that he's the first Brit in 40 years - since Sir Jackie Stewart - to win two world titles.
They keep saying he's a "Briton" - malcolm claims he's Monaguesque.....
Belated congratulations to the tax dodger !!
I think Boris now wishes he also was a Monagasque !
It's easy enough for Hamilton to claim that a Monaco base is most conventient for travel when he races all over the World.
It is hard to prove anyone's motivation for doing something. Proving Hamilton lives in Monaco for tax purpsoes rather than for ease of travel and the climate is hard to do - as it would be to show about anyone.
Even Hamilton himself would not put up such a defence. Of course, he is a Monaco resident for tax purposes like all others are.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Monaco doesn't have an airport, you have to take the helicopter to Nice Airport...
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
No train station?
There is a train station - but if you want to get to your private jet, you're going to need to get to Nice Airport - which means either taxi-ing it from Monaco itself, or getting the helicopter.
Sadly, I was ridiculed on here for years for being one - it wasn't Hard Core enough and flabby as an opinion.
I think that period of about 7yrs was wasted on those who just wanted to score points, rather than pay attention.
- I voted Tory after Sue Lawley was mean to Norman Tebbit - she won - I voted Paddy and for a 1 or 2p increase in Income Tax when I couldn't vote for anyone else, but felt duty bound to do so - Major surprised us all - I voted for Tony 3x as a Blairite/Tony Tory who talked the same values language as me he won - I hated Gordon and couldn't wait to vote Tory to stop him - he lost - I was a Coalitionista for 3yrs - and... - I joined the Tories to stop EdM = let's see
Anyone paying attention to my voting behaviour would've noticed that I almost always back the winner.
Re my post earlier on peoples perception of immigration.
I wonder what the political make up of posters this site is and how wrong all our perceptions are.
I will guess at
350 Con 80 UKIP 10 LAB 20 LD 5 Green
Am i massively wrong are there anywhere near 465 posters do you think is Lab really so under represented?
Or is my perception miles out?
You've forgotten the (no doubt numerous) floating voters.
I'm always fascinated when I see someone on PB who's genuinely quite centrist and a swing voter. I suppose I just assume that someone who spends as much time thinking about politics so much that they post on a politics forum, would have strong and fixed views on most things.
Well much as I love to traduce Labour I don't believe the headline. Indeed she does not want 'to stop drinkers having more than a pint of beer a day', but, 'Shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said she wanted to slash the numbers of people who drink more than doctors recommend.'
Doctors make recommendations and its hardly news that politicians, especially those charged with public health, want to see us be healthy. I suppose all this fits in with the current hysteria and should be treated as such.
I might have say 4 pints a week, a lot less than when I was younger. Typically Farage said ‘People work hard and enjoy a sherbet in the pub’, rather than make a sensible 'health' comment.
The fact is we should encourage people to drink responsibly. I regard Labour as pretty dumb, but they are not imposing rationing and the comment was made at the 'charity Alcohol Concern’s annual conference'.
Speaking personally I don't need to misrepresent Labour to find things to criticise. Likewise with Farage, he is happy to put up with an MEP who called her own supporter a 'ting tong' even as he ignores the health issues of alcohol abuse.
I'll try it tomorrow when my mind isn't full of PB. I'm very linear in my thinking and need to dump one lot before the next task.
Will you be about if I get stuck again? I can fiddle about for about 5hrs before getting irked and totally stuck.
Crikey! ;-)
I tend to read PB in big chunks on work days, if you message via twitter I'll get the notifications quicker. I think we follow each other on there, I have the same handle.
Not sure how much time I'll have tomorrow as I've been informed the Boss died (aged 45) yesterday, so things are going to be interesting in the short term. Downside of working for a small company, we have to find out what the continuity plans are/were and how much was in his head. we know he had done some planning, and his deputy is good enough at managing people & projects. The "vision" & sales will be lacking as it was pretty much just him.
As a curse "May you live in interesting times" seems to count double in IT...
I'll try it tomorrow when my mind isn't full of PB. I'm very linear in my thinking and need to dump one lot before the next task.
Will you be about if I get stuck again? I can fiddle about for about 5hrs before getting irked and totally stuck.
Crikey! ;-)
I tend to read PB in big chunks on work days, if you message via twitter I'll get the notifications quicker. I think we follow each other on there, I have the same handle.
Not sure how much time I'll have tomorrow as I've been informed the Boss died (aged 45) yesterday, so things are going to be interesting in the short term. Downside of working for a small company, we have to find out what the continuity plans are/were and how much was in his head. we know he had done some planning, and his deputy is good enough at managing people & projects. The "vision" & sales will be lacking as it was pretty much just him.
As a curse "May you live in interesting times" seems to count double in IT...
Stress. I always think 55 to 57 are the killer years. I imagine that owners, partners, in businesses like yours insure themselves or rather the business insures itself against such tragedies. Bearing in mind my earlier comment - was he a drinker?
I found iTunes really hard work when it first started out - but that was a long time ago.
IIRC my first and only iPod coped with about 150 tunes and the app was messy. Ar they less fussy about file sources nowadays? I took a very long break from music [about a decade or so] after getting annoyed with the transition between hard and soft copies.
A pretty easy way would be to import them into iTunes then burn them as CDs, it has an inbuilt "Normalisation" function that will set the volume at a single level. Purists may hate though.
As Freggles says "Normalisation" is what the process is normally called, you'll find it in the effects menu of audacity about halfway down called "Normalize" if you have a sound file loaded.
Well much as I love to traduce Labour I don't believe the headline. Indeed she does not want 'to stop drinkers having more than a pint of beer a day', but, 'Shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said she wanted to slash the numbers of people who drink more than doctors recommend.'
Doctors make recommendations and its hardly news that politicians, especially those charged with public health, want to see us be healthy. I suppose all this fits in with the current hysteria and should be treated as such.
I might have say 4 pints a week, a lot less than when I was younger. Typically Farage said ‘People work hard and enjoy a sherbet in the pub’, rather than make a sensible 'health' comment.
The fact is we should encourage people to drink responsibly. I regard Labour as pretty dumb, but they are not imposing rationing and the comment was made at the 'charity Alcohol Concern’s annual conference'.
Speaking personally I don't need to misrepresent Labour to find things to criticise. Likewise with Farage, he is happy to put up with an MEP who called her own supporter a 'ting tong' even as he ignores the health issues of alcohol abuse.
Just when PB seems to be becoming a place where angry people go to insult others, we get some genuinely thoughtful postings. Faith in human nature restored.
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That is truly funny ! Parliament seems to pass these "laws". What do they do in their second, third, etc. readings ?
By the way, does anyone know, a tattooed white van driver willing to set up single flagstaffs ?
Apart from the other points made, since when is a breach of planning regs a criminal offence?
Usually people just apply for retrospective planning permission or (e.g.) take the flags down.
Post-race piece will be tomorrow. The tip came off, which was nice.
I'll try it tomorrow when my mind isn't full of PB. I'm very linear in my thinking and need to dump one lot before the next task.
Will you be about if I get stuck again? I can fiddle about for about 5hrs before getting irked and totally stuck.
A sunny place for shady people - Somerset Maughan's description remains apposite
On the other hand, the use of the term 'gobshite' is to be deprecated. Unless Bob is an exceptionally coarse fellow, it is unlikely he would use such terminology in face to face dialogue, so he shouldn't do so on Site.
Of course we will never know if Bob would or would not talk in this way if he ever encountered another PBer personally, since he posts from the safety of his computer in Switzerland. All the more reason therefore why he should restrain himself. Others may think he's just one of those pussies who are terribly brave only from behind the safe of their anonymity of their computer screen.
And if won't restrain himself, do it for him.
Yellow card, Moderator! But not a sending off - yet.
This is the first time I realised that Monaco has better transport links than , say, Heathrow.
Does Monaco have an airport ? OK , he uses a private jet but that can be used from UK too !
Hamilton makes tax move admission [2007, Switzerland]
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is moving to Switzerland partly to avoid the UK taxman.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7088652.stm
He then moved on to Monaco.
I got a tip right.
had a four bottle of red sunday lunch down the pub and a 5 mile walk, its what weekends are for
(Nice to Monaco is the busiest helicopter route in the world.)
I didn't realise how big the gulf was until I got it about a month ago and now I have to keep the remote handy lest it blasts out or goes almost silent - totally at random.
I'm quite prepared to spend a couple of days processing the audio files to even them out - what SW would you recommend to do this? This isn't my field at all - I just fix weird Windows file errors re properties and create files from TV shows when the tracks aren't available commercially.
I think I'll join Mr Innocent. I can't see at a glance how to delete my account but if someone points it out to me, thank you.
However until the general population is willing to severely criticize him on such a scale that it is terminal for his reputation, then he will continue to do whatever he wants.
Wealthy people not wanting to pay taxes is not new. You would have thought that easily having the money to pay taxes and live a luxurious lifestyle, won't make them stingy with paying their taxes, but no.
The more money you make, the less willing you are to pay taxes on it, I like to call it the Scrooge effect.
Sure creepy will be gnashing his teeth and wailing at the fact I do not drink Turps.
PS, glad you had a pleasant lunch, sounds perfect indeed.
My simple formula on football betting is working well:
Bet on the result that is worst for Leicester City, and for Leicester to not score.
This is why Crystal Palace won today, and Burnley yesterday.
QPR are such dross that even having the gods onside did not help, (they are punishing us for our hubris after beating Man United).
But both QPR and Liverpool's luck is about to change. We play them next two matches and have an unequalled record in ending losing streaks.
My winnings with this formula have at least allowed me to drown my sorrows!
I thought Rosberg would win today
Hurrah
http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2011/12/13/wheres-the-fraud-mr-president/
This is my epic beef. Hence why I blew £250 on 40' one as a massive Eff You and kept it proudly and defiantly for 15yrs?
Honestly, I'm a horror when crossed - this did for my sovereignty line big time. We often discuss how someone ends up fighting in Strasbourg over some apparent non-issue. That'd be me on this one - dog with a bone.
Fortunately, no one ever challenged me on it.
Apart from the other points made, since when is a breach of planning regs a criminal offence?
Usually people just apply for retrospective planning permission or (e.g.) take the flags down.
Mr. Bob, I hope you don't depart.
10 polls with a total weighted sample of 13,319:
Lab 33.3% (-0.2)
Con 32.9% (+0.8)
UKIP 15.4% (-0.2)
LD 7.0% (-0.8)
**Lab lead 0.4% (-1.0)**
Ever so close to cross-over, but no cigar!
Cons edge up slowly, but surely, for third week in a row.
UKIP down slightly, but down for third week in a row.
LDs down to their lowest score yet in ELBOW (ie. since August 17th)
Lab stuck around 33% for the last five weeks.
There's also a program called MediaMonkey which can analyse and write volume levelling information to the stored files too. (Undoubtedly others as well)
I would say with all this that creating a nicely arranged stored library of audio, and/or video is very time consuming. I'm not at all sure it's worth the candle when compared with the ability to stream directly from Apple (or whoever).
Also although I know a little I'm no expert at all. If you're going to spend days (or weeks, or months!) sorting these things out then it'd be wise to research what the options are. There are places (like avforums) where real experts do indeed lurk.
I'll miss the betting conversations, not the rest of the garbage.
PB Mods, can you just delete my account or let me know how to?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/7625496/Fame-and-Fortune-Eddie-Jordan.html
There's also the issue of fame, fans and privacy. If I was Hamilton I wouldn't particularly want to live in Stevenage at the moment. I'd be tempted to move somewhere where fame and money is everywhere, if only to get people off my back.
(BTW, there was a snippet on Look East a few months ago detailing the Norfolk bungalow that Senna lived in before he became famous - it was handy for Snetterton. I also believe that Barrichello owned/owns? a flat overlooking the Cam near Elizabeth Way. Again, Cambridge was easy to access Brands, Silverstone, Snetterton et al in his junior racing days).
Who amongst us will be the next to flounce?
A pretty easy way would be to import them into iTunes then burn them as CDs, it has an inbuilt "Normalisation" function that will set the volume at a single level. Purists may hate though.
The man was born in Scotland so born a loser , has lived his life in Scotland so has been a loser all his life . Wanted Independence in the referendum and suffered another loss
Destined to be a loser till the day he dies , he should be pitied not subject to abuse .
I wonder what the political make up of posters this site is and how wrong all our perceptions are.
I will guess at
350 Con
80 UKIP
10 LAB
20 LD
5 Green
Am i massively wrong are there anywhere near 465 posters do you think is Lab really so under represented?
Or is my perception miles out?
Any PC?
And have the lyrics to 99.5% - corrected the spelling for those hoovered from elsewhere. This is truly sad! I remain proud of my perfectionism ;^)
I've got a file pending of the whole lot for TPB - uploading almost 15Gb will take a while and I have file housework to do as I'm always collecting more. A moving target if ever there was one.
I've only been at this seriously music wise for 4 months and now know I've done the low hanging fruit - but it only takes me a single suggestion to go hunting and 5 albums later I'm back again for more.
I collect information - like a Victorian explorer or museum curator. My video files are another universe of nerdy knowledge - I can play Guess The Episode from a single line of dialogue for one now at 200 shows... errr ....
He then turns round and attempts to take the moral high ground. You cannot say I am biased because I have criticised Swiss Bob in the recent past over a pretty horrioble photo.
IIRC my first and only iPod coped with about 150 tunes and the app was messy. Ar they less fussy about file sources nowadays? I took a very long break from music [about a decade or so] after getting annoyed with the transition between hard and soft copies.
I'll check out the reviews but remain very sceptical - the Dolby app on my PC is awfully good - I just wish I could throw its cleverness at Audacity. Or work out which bit of Audacity did what I needed.
We're all PB Tories. :-)
I tend to read PB in big chunks on work days, if you message via twitter I'll get the notifications quicker. I think we follow each other on there, I have the same handle.
Not sure how much time I'll have tomorrow as I've been informed the Boss died (aged 45) yesterday, so things are going to be interesting in the short term. Downside of working for a small company, we have to find out what the continuity plans are/were and how much was in his head. we know he had done some planning, and his deputy is good enough at managing people & projects. The "vision" & sales will be lacking as it was pretty much just him.
As a curse "May you live in interesting times" seems to count double in IT...
Just look at the Millipedes for people who don't like paying taxes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846345/Now-Labour-wants-stop-drinkers-having-ONE-PINT-beer-day-glass-wine-women.html
http://numbercruncheruk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/scotland-update-new-weighted-model-same.html
We also have a new 'nowcast' from the UEA/LSE/Durham collaboration, with toplines of SNP 42 LAB 32 CON 12 LIB 7 GRN 4 UKIP 2. This model is based on GB polling and microdata, but for technical reasons, not dedicated Scottish polls. Due to methological changes, these figures aren't directly comparable to the ones I've published previously. The main differences versus the aggregation are Labour being higher and UKIP and the Conservatives lower.
I think that period of about 7yrs was wasted on those who just wanted to score points, rather than pay attention.
- I voted Tory after Sue Lawley was mean to Norman Tebbit - she won
- I voted Paddy and for a 1 or 2p increase in Income Tax when I couldn't vote for anyone else, but felt duty bound to do so - Major surprised us all
- I voted for Tony 3x as a Blairite/Tony Tory who talked the same values language as me he won
- I hated Gordon and couldn't wait to vote Tory to stop him - he lost
- I was a Coalitionista for 3yrs - and...
- I joined the Tories to stop EdM = let's see
Anyone paying attention to my voting behaviour would've noticed that I almost always back the winner.
Come on? It's the Daily Fail?
Toothpaste.
but,
'Shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said she wanted to slash the numbers of people who drink more than doctors recommend.'
Doctors make recommendations and its hardly news that politicians, especially those charged with public health, want to see us be healthy. I suppose all this fits in with the current hysteria and should be treated as such.
I might have say 4 pints a week, a lot less than when I was younger.
Typically Farage said
‘People work hard and enjoy a sherbet in the pub’, rather than make a sensible 'health' comment.
The fact is we should encourage people to drink responsibly. I regard Labour as pretty dumb, but they are not imposing rationing and the comment was made at the 'charity Alcohol Concern’s annual conference'.
Speaking personally I don't need to misrepresent Labour to find things to criticise. Likewise with Farage, he is happy to put up with an MEP who called her own supporter a 'ting tong' even as he ignores the health issues of alcohol abuse.
I had a colleague drop dead in a meeting at about 40 - and he didn't look like a candidate for a heart attack - very sobering.
I only asked as I know how quickly a post can get lost in the business here - will twit you if I get stuck.
You're a star! Meh, the Milky Way - you know I do celestial porn :^ )
Bearing in mind my earlier comment - was he a drinker?
Ha!
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