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  1. Presumably you mean filing UK tax for the tax year 6th April 2020 - 5th April 2021 ?

    If you normally file electronically the deadline is 31st January 2023 , if paper forms it was 31st October 2022.

    I have no idea about late filing penalties but I have used Taxcalc for years when I was self- employed in the UK

    From www. taxcalc.com  - cost per year for up to four individual returns is £32

  2. >Do the French research labs know the sequence of the current virus circulating in China?

    >Should we trust them if they told us?

    >Is it a new variant?

    > If a new variant - Is it liable to be more or less contagious than the current one in France?

    >Until these questions are answered no entry to persons travelling to France from China would seem to be sensible.

    You can't make proper decisions without proper data.

  3. 11 hours ago, Lehaut said:

    The truth, I can, can you?

    Patrick Michaels, currently the Director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Koch-founded and funded Cato Institute, has built a career curating doubt about climate change science and its impact on our environment. His contributions as an ‘expert’ to the multi-pronged strategy to stall action on climate change have been subsidized for decades by the industries that have the most to lose from any such action.

    Any evidence for that?

  4. Unfortunately Ken, it is not a case that "No one likes to admit they have got it wrong".

    It's definitely a case of "No one likes to admit they were telling lies all along"

     

     

    Dr. Patrick Michaels, former Virginia State Climatologist has some strong comments about climate models during an interview with Mark Levin:

    It is nowhere near as warm as it’s ‘supposed’ to be,” says climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels. “The computer models are making systematic, dramatic errors.”

    There are 32 different computer models used to predict the climate, all of them run by government entities. And all of those models, except for the Russian model, are predicting far, far too much warming. The Russian model pretty much matches reality. ( I have read that about the russian climate model being close to reality from another accredited source)

    Because they are “parameterized” (fudged), says Michaels. “We put in code steps that give us what we think it ‘should’ be.” The models were ‘tuned.’ “We forced the computer models to say, aha! human influence, CO2 and other stuff."

    The models “tell us what we wanted to see,” says Michaels. The models have been tuned “to give an anticipated, acceptable range of results.”

    Phony models?

    In order to clarify what he is hearing, interviewer Mark Levin paraphrases Michaels: “so you’re telling us that we have a massive bit of public policy that has an enormous effect on society that is built on phony models.”

    Michaels nods his head ‘yes.” “It’s built on a house of cards,” says Michaels.

    Watch the interview   

     

  5. We have a selection of mowers, due to our strange assortment of grassy bits.

    A small hand start 6.5 hp ride on now in it's 13th year, cost €600 in the crate, build it up yourself etc.

    It's on its second spark plug and third blade + numerous repairs to the grass box, adjustments, punctures etc etc.

    A Honda side discharge mower - no grassbox - only used in emergencies (madame likes the grass to be collected!)

    Titan 6.5 hp  22 inch walk behind mower - my exercise bike !

    And then there is Mowcron our robot mower. So named because if in doubt or in need of advice he heads off in the direction of Berlin - just like hIs namesake when Mutti Merkel was chancellor !!

    Joking aside, if you can use a robot mower get one, they save no end of work.

    The secret is to install the perimeter wire exactly as the instructions say. You can avoid obstructions, tree stumps, flower beds etc by routing the wire around them, again, do exactly what the instructions say.

    If you could design your garden from scratch and have paved edges level with a nice flat lawn then install the perimeter cable so that the robot mows over the edges on to the paving, you could have a next to zero maintenance lawn.

    They do need  their little blades replacing periodically, cleaning underneath, etc.

    Ours is about 5 years old and has had two replacement batteries in that time.

    Ours is a Flymo 1200 r now superceded by a later model with more bells and whistles than ours - bluetooth - hose washable (good idea ours can't be washed) 

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flymo-EasiLife-Robotic-Lawn-Mower/dp/B08W8QH752/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3VY989ABA6USG&keywords=flymo+1200+r+robot+mower&qid=1670977186&sprefix=flymo+1200+r+robot+mower%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-2

     

     

     

     

     

  6. Snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of November represents an important parameter for the early winter forecast.

    This year snow extent is running much higher than average and according to existing global estimates, it is now beyond the highest ever observed so far.

    Winter forecast, especially in its early phase and in Europe, might be strongly influenced by such a large snow extent, although many other factors need attention.

    https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/snow-extent-northern-hemisphere-highest-56-years-winter-cold-rrc/

    Could be a cold winter here - which we don't need, bearing in mind the electrical power situation.

     

     

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  7. Here's a little quiz.
    Do you know where these alarming statements come from?


    "All coal, gas, and oil-fuel supply from extraction through the supply chain to retail must close within  30  years"


     "We already have targets for phasing out non  electric  vehicles,  but  by  2050  will  have  only  60%  of  the  electricity  required  to  power  a  fleet  equivalent  to  that  in  use  today.  Therefore  we  will  either  use  60%  fewer  cars  or  they  will  be  60%  the  size"


     "There  are  no  options  for  zero-emissions  flight  in  the  time  available  for  action,  so  the  industry  faces  a  rapid  contraction.    Developments  in  electric  flight  may  be relevant beyond 2050"


      "All  existing  forms  of  cement  production  are  incompatible  with  zero  emissions.  However,  there  are  some  opportunities  for  expanded  use  of  clay  an  urgent   need   to   develop   alternative   processes   and   materials.  Using  microwaves  processes  to    recycle  used  cement appears promising"
     

  8. It's a very good explanation of the difference between demand and consumption, and an illustration of the limitations of the renewables which should really be called the unreliables.

    We can register for a text alert of an impending power cut here -https://www.monecowatt.fr/inscription-alerte-vigilance-coupure/

    Our self-reliance for this winter.

    Torches and headtorches  -                       ✓   
    Spare batteries for above                           ✓ 
    Woodstove serviced                                    ✓ 
    Wood cooking stove serviced                    ✓ 
    3x cords kiln dried oak firewood                ✓
    One cubic metre kindling                            ✓ 
    Spare propane cylinder for gas cooker      ✓
    Generator serviced                                       ✓ 
    Generator fuel 50 litres                                ✓
    Toilet rolls maxi pack                                    ✓

    We're ready !!
     

     

     

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  9. 3 hours ago, DaveLister said:

    That's strange, no paywall came up for me. I can read it fine and I'm not a subscriber.

    You shouldn't be able to read more than the first few lines and the header image.

    That's all I could read after I logged out. 

  10. You are welcome to request that your US contact lense supplier use either scheme, but unless they do a lot of business with customers in eu countries I doubt they will want to get involved.

    When the IOSS scheme started I volunteered to be a guinea pig for a shipment from my trusted engineering supplier in the UK, they would reimburse me if it went wrong.

    It did go wrong, DHL messed up, they didn't read the parcel codes correctly and I paid vat and duty twice which the supplier settled with me as promised.

    Subsequent shipments have worked ok.

    As far as I know with IOSS, a supplier has to register with every country that they want to ship to within the EU separately, a typical EU nonsense paper chase. It took my supplier months of computer work to adapt his online shop to work with the IOSS system - and the owner of the business was  previously a computer systems analyst!

    For instance Amazon are using the IOSS scheme,  so it's really for companies doing a lot of business with customers in the EU.

    The other scheme, Delivery Duty Paid I don't know about, it seems to be the shipping company that does it, but worth trying.

  11. 2 hours ago, Lehaut said:

     

    "But there is more work to do. The next one will be La Poste charging taxes on a item sent from the UK the other day that cost more than the item itself. "

    Will be interested to see how this pans out.  The post here just asks you for, what seems to be, an arbitrary amount of cash (post person who delivers does not have a hand terminal) or you have to go to the office (normally "fermeture exceptionelle" when you get there) and no proof of calculation or receipt.

    Avoiding these payments at your front gate is easy.

    Don't buy from companies who are not registered with the iOSS scheme.

    https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/ioss_en

    Or who don't/won't ship your parcel DDP - (delivery duty paid)

    https://www.ups.com/us/en/supplychain/insights/knowledge/glossary-term/delivered-duty-paid.page

    If La Poste try to charge you a "bung" when parcels are shipped using either of the above schemes it's a scam. 

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