Guest 1764- Registered: 31 May 2016
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Is Charlie so poor this morning received two cards from post man say go to sorting office pay £2.00 to receive letters from Charlie most of the estate got these times must be bad.
Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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armybrat1946 wrote:Is Charlie so poor this morning received two cards from post man say go to sorting office pay £2.00 to receive letters from Charlie most of the estate got these times must be bad.
Return them, unpaid for, attached to a brick so that he has to pay more to get his mail back!
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Captain Haddock
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Serious reply. There have been a load of individually addressed letters from Charlie which were all meant to be hand delivered by volunteers. Sounds like someone has just poked them in nearest letterbox. Grateful to know which road the problem occurred. You just can't get the staff etc .....
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Captain Haddock wrote:Serious reply. There have been a load of individually addressed letters from Charlie which were all meant to be hand delivered by volunteers. Sounds like someone has just poked them in nearest letterbox. Grateful to know which road the problem occurred. You just can't get the staff etc .....
I think you mean pillar box Bob, letter boxes are furniture attached to front doors of the working classes - a common mistake to make.
Yours sincerely
Pedants corner
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What Capt Haddock says and what he means are often mistaken, Mr McSweeney1. Your clarification is greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
The Bishop (of the Parish of Pendantry within the Bishopric of Punctilious)
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I see that our Charlie has thrown his hard hat in the ring for the coveted Commons Treasury select committee chair.
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Treasury Select Committee for a man who wants to keep interest rates at a historic low, fuelling house price inflation, and then wonders why no-one is saving any money? I think not.
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Captain Haddock wrote:Treasury Select Committee for a man who wants to keep interest rates at a historic low, fuelling house price inflation, and then wonders why no-one is saving any money? I think not.
Especially now that £33,000 is the norm that a first time buyer needs as a deposit.
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Charlie reckons his previous role as poacher will make him an ideal gamekeeper.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/mp-calls-for-crackdown-on-128605/Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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Nicky Morgan defeats JRM for this role.
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And so begins...MORGmentum.
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he/she must know a good undertaker then.
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See comments.
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Button
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Regarding Duty Free...
At the moment I can bring back loads of gin into the UK - technically enough to pickle my walnuts and certainly 10 litres. This is good news for the Button household, whose motto is Charity be gins at home. And good news too for P&O who regularly sell us 4 litres each at £13/litre (we'd buy more but it's heavy).
The return of Duty Free status for on-board shopping is in fact the default Brexit scenario and the price should fall - hooray! However, the scenario also means that I'll be limited to just 1 litre - BOO! Or indeed none at all from P&O if I've already bought it abroad, e.g. from Carrefour or a duty free shop in Calais docks - not exactly helping the ferry operator then. I suppose I could smuggle more, which brings me on to Red and Green Channels - yes, the default scenario brings them back too, plus, perhaps, increased Border Force interceptions. So it may well take me longer to get back into the UK and, in principle, into France too.
Government policy appears to be to keep Button (and P&O) in the situation that we both currently enjoy. Good. I just wish certain MPs would stop rocking the boat.
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Indeed it wasn't long ago that French prices duty paid on cigarettes, tobacco and spirits were lower than in the duty free days. One could bring back 3200 cigarettes and as much booze one could carry.
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#15 Wow, that BobFrost comment is excellent. Paragraph one reveals a true socialist.
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When Grenfell Tower survivors were complaining that they were being offered accommodation in hotels miles away from Kensington and Chelsea I didn't realise that our local MP was involved.
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/survivors-of-grenfell-tower-fire-treated-to-all-inclusive-trip-to-dover-and-deal-1-5195940"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
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Some sensible contributions from 'our' Charlie on the Finance Bill:-
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2017-09-12a.730.5"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"