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jaysay 30-12-2008 15:56

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 664289)
Before Thatcher introduced the Poll Tax, the precursor to the Council Tax, local authorities could each decide what discount second/third home owners had to pay. The average paid, of the whole rateable value, was about 30-50%.

I know when I moved back to Ossy in the 80's I still had a property on mortgage, in Hassy, if I remember rightly, in those days if the house was unoccupied there had to be no furniture in that property in order to pay zero rates.

cashman 30-12-2008 16:10

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 664320)
I know when I moved back to Ossy in the 80's I still had a property on mortgage, in Hassy, if I remember rightly, in those days if the house was unoccupied there had to be no furniture in that property in order to pay zero rates.

thats the way it was, don't know if its still the case.:) i know one that used to move the furniture upstairs, so the snoops wouldn't see it, he was a tory by the way.:D

jaysay 30-12-2008 16:33

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 664323)
thats the way it was, don't know if its still the case.:) i know one that used to move the furniture upstairs, so the snoops wouldn't see it, he was a tory by the way.:D

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:Is Rindi writing your script cashy

Gordie 31-12-2008 14:37

Re: Politics.
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 664219)
Wonder if Gordon pays 90% on Chequers:D:rolleyes:

I

jaysay 31-12-2008 14:47

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Originally Posted by Gordie (Post 664589)
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:confused::confused::confused::confused: anybody else mystified, can't remember any one editing a one letter post before

SPUGGIE J 31-12-2008 14:59

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Originally Posted by Gordie (Post 664589)
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I thought it was invisible. :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused:

Gordie we are now more confused than Geordie Bush. What was the rest of the remark?????

garinda 31-12-2008 20:41

Re: Politics.
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 664591)
:confused::confused::confused::confused: anybody else mystified, can't remember any one editing a one letter post before

Perhaps he was going to post 'I have a dream....', in the manner of Martin Luther King, but then woke up.

Or start singing 'I believe for every drop of rain that falls...'

It's a

garinda 31-12-2008 20:42

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 664770)

It's a

Damn. Now I'm d

jaysay 01-01-2009 09:47

Re: Politics.
 
See that our Gordie has not been back to answer the question, maybe he was going to write Islam then got cold feet:D

SPUGGIE J 01-01-2009 10:41

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 664861)
See that our Gordie has not been back to answer the question, maybe he was going to write Islam then got cold feet:D

Or his head explode as he tried to find a few retorts. :s_boom:

:hesoff:

blazey 02-01-2009 00:37

Re: Politics.
 
I reckon he probably retaliated and then thought it was a bad idea so edited it.

jaysay 02-01-2009 09:03

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Originally Posted by blazey (Post 665092)
I reckon he probably retaliated and then thought it was a bad idea so edited it.

If that was the case he could just have deleted the post;)

Taggy 03-01-2009 09:31

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 665102)
If that was the case he could just have deleted the post;)

Ahh....but where would the mystery be then!!!;)

Best Regards - Taggy

jaysay 03-01-2009 09:40

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Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 665488)
Ahh....but where would the mystery be then!!!;)

Best Regards - Taggy

Probably in Gordies mind Taggy:D

blazey 03-01-2009 13:16

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You can't delete the post if somebody responds but you can edit... I think...


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