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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I, along with many others who have been very severely financially impacted by Brexit (yes, an actual real consequence... not something that may happen in the future), could have mentioned that so far it has cost me around 30 to 40k Sterling (but it's a gift that keeps on giving of course), has all but destroyed the work avenues produced by 30 years of carefully nurtured contacts and added maybe five years to my working life.
    OK Mendip i'll bite.

    You keep complaining about Brexit but it was voted for by a majority of those able to vote in the UK. Now unless i have missed something you didn't qualify on that account. I may also have this wrong too, but you keep saying you are out of pocket as a result of Brexit but just how much tax have you been paying into the UK over the last 15-20 years or more with your offshore lifestyle and therefore just why do you think the UK owes you anything?

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    ^ Well, you're correct, the UK doesn't owe me anything but I do pay both personal and corporation tax to the UK every year and I am eligible to vote. I have payed National Insurance throughout also. This so called 'offshore lifestyle' doesn't mean I have no liabilities and pay no tax. Those days have long gone.

    But anyway, it's not a big deal... I'll adapt and gradually sever ties. I need to keep working.

    I'm currently looking at moving my company elsewhere and that corporation and much of the personal tax liability will move with the company.

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    ^ Will we see you appearing the a future version of the Pandora Papers

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    ^ I'm quite a moral person, to be honest. I was trying to think of some witty response but nothing came to me.

    Yeah, I have to accept things, adapt and move on. I'll say no more about it.

    But fukk me it's made my life difficult.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    But fukk me it's made my life difficult.
    I believe the expression you are searching for is character building.

    So when you get back to the UK how long are you planning on there? I imagine it will be great to see your Mum after so long. There should be new season cider ready, cheddar, Sunday roasts and you may even be able to update your wardrobe. The paucity of delivery drivers may mean choice is limited for items to take back to mini Mendip and your good Lady but welcome to austerity Britain, there's a real wartime spirit

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    Maybe a couple of weeks in the UK. I saw my mum for two days last September then not since the Christmas before that. She's 85 and it's too long to be away and I know she's suffered from the isolation but it's been extraordinary times. I would like to stay longer but that's the problem with a daughter in one continent and an elderly mother in another... I'm drawn in two directions and it's impossible to keep everyone happy, but the daughter has to take priority.

    If 'Mini Mendip' was just a bit older I'd stay longer in the UK and fly her over for Christmas, but at 10 I think she's just a little bit young to fly long haul on her own, especially with all the Covid measures that have to be taken. It doesn't help that I have her UK passport in my bag, either. The wife doesn't seem interested in visiting the UK any more... it's too cold of course.

    I've already been buying stuff online and there should be quite some pile waiting at my mum's place. My wardrobe is fine thanks, but I have treated meself to another pair of nice sandals that were in a sale.

    After another 6 weeks on here I'll be very ready for 2 weeks of cider, cheese and pies!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    but I have treated meself to another pair of nice sandals that were in a sale.

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    If I may?

    Partly 'on topic' ...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    pies!
    Yes. Pies a distinctly Northern thing. I have had some time working away recently and Pie Shops are a thing ooop there. They have queues of people waiting for them to open and i have discovered that a hot pork and black pudding pie is one of the finest things i have eaten, aside from the incident of having the hot liquid jelly burst out as i bit into it and dribble down me front.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    After another 6 weeks on here I'll be very ready for 2 weeks of cider, cheese and pies!
    6 weeks to drop 6 lbs ... 2 weeks to find them again?

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    Reminds me of the comeback I used with admin staff who asked when I returned from vacation "Did you lose weight?"
    My response was invariably "No, did you find some?"

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    Is this take a shot at Mendip week or what? This is what happens when people share I guess..

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    ^ its all meant in jest Armstrong, no one is being malicious

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    but I have treated meself to another pair of nice sandals that were in a sale.
    Goodness. Another set of how did you put it "Proper dress up sandals" for which the audience reduced them to simple Jesus slippers and wouldn't be caught out in public in them. ....

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    ^ I took a nice picture of Sicily this morning but now I'm reconsidering posting it after that!

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    ^ Post away ... I've never seen the place!

    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    Is this take a shot at Mendip week or what? This is what happens when people share I guess..
    No Gov ... just a bit of honest fun ... we love Mendy.

    What's so great about him is that he leads with his chin ... but doesn't have a glass jaw.

    Respect

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    but I have treated meself to another pair of nice sandals that were in a sale.
    Noooooooo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    ^ I took a nice picture of Sicily this morning but now I'm reconsidering posting it after that!
    OK...I take it back...until I see pictures.....

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    We've been passing through the Sicily Strait all morning and will later pass through the Malta Channel, but I'll be asleep for that. I'm still knackered after having my sleep disturbed yesterday by a bladdy fire drill.



    I may have exaggerated slightly about the quality of my picture of Sicily. I managed to get this shot off the port side of the boat but JP's ancestral homeland was about 20 nautical miles beyond the horizon.

    But still, you get the idea.



    While taking the pics of Sicily I again heard a splashing sound coming from the bows... so I walked up...



    And soon saw the culprits.



    There must have been about ten of 'em this time, a whole pod riding on the bow wave and having a whale of a time!



    You can see that one in the middle's blow hole.



    I risked life and limb and lent out for'ard to get a couple of action shots... such is my dedication to this thread.





    I took another video but they've cut the wifi right back and it's taking hours to upload to You Tube so I'll have to post it tomorrow.

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    ^ Was the harpoon close by?

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    Mendip
    I see in a previous post of yours about the upcoming project, which I really enjoyed reading by the way, I see you said the project is expected to last 8 weeks but you are planning on leaving the boat after 6 weeks.
    I understand you are probably ready to jump ship now let alone in 6 weeks time but does that mean someone else takes over from you mid project?
    Were you at all tempted to stay for the full duration of the project or is the timing all wrong for you to get home for Christmas?
    One last question, do you wear a life vest when you hang over the front (bow) of the boat to take those pictures? If you don't then you are crazier than I originally thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I may have exaggerated slightly about the quality of my picture of Sicily. I managed to get this shot off the port side of the boat but JP's ancestral homeland was about 20 nautical miles beyond the horizon.

    But still, you get the idea.
    Well God Bless you Mendy and your new sandals.... it's the thought that counts....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I've seen other people do this, but I get no Smiley toolbar option when I make a reppo comment. How can I do this? I would love to know... for a free Green!
    type : kma : or: tosser1 : without the spaces

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    see that one in the middle's blow hole
    Easy Mendo, you'll be 'renewing your passport' soon enough bud.

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    Do pods of dolphins usually stay around their own patch of sea, or do they roam around all over the shop as they see fit? country to country blowholing it up.

    Is there like a head dolphin, like in a troop of monkeys, that dictates where they go to?

    Do pods intermingle round the water cooler, or are there dolphin pod wars?


    I appreciate I'm possibly asking the wrong person, a geologist, and not one of the Scandi forum members that clubs and hacks them to death for shits and giggles.

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