Covid-19 Tips For Working From Home..??? !!

[Murdoch]

Just had a message from NICEIC  to say there will be no cancellation charges levied if the cause is Covid 19 

Wow

Shame the likes of BT sport and Sky sports like F1 are charging for services they can't provide

 

[Evans Electric]

Ah!    You mean the football  etc  ..yes those channels are based on that .  If you're a sports fan its not very fair  as you've already paid.

I notice that folk will complain  bitterly about the TV licence  fee   but never about the BT ,  Sky  & Virgin fees .      Anything to keep it commercials free. 

 

[Andy™]

I notice that folk will complain  bitterly about the TV licence  fee   but never about the BT ,  Sky  & Virgin fees .   

difference being i dont watch the football or sports so why would i pay for that, but i rarely watch BBC but im force to pay for it to be able to watc anything else

 

[Evans Electric]

Thing is  Andy , its like paying your Council Tax  ,  you may nor set fire to your house but still have to pay towards the Fire Brigade .    I pay £98  towards Adult Social Care  although  I  have no relatives in social care .  

I'm reminded of when the Poll Tax came in   ...many people were incandescent with hatred but were probably those who  didn't pay local taxes.  

I had a disagreement with a good mate  who said  it created  double the money coming from his household  .   That was actually true but it was because  their three sons , all working  full time , still lived at home  ...  were suddenly  required to pay local taxes.    

I thought it was a more fair system  ,  three sons  benefit from  dustbins , street lights,  libraries ,  swimming baths , pothole filling , etc etc etc  but never before paid towards them . because they lived in their parent's house ...who were paying for them .   

Perhaps there should be an electronic block on receiving BBC  unless the licence is paid ... it must be possible , I can't view Virgin , BT, Sky etc  without  subscribing .           

 

[Murdoch]

Thing is  Andy , its like paying your Council Tax  ,  you may nor set fire to your house but still have to pay towards the Fire Brigade .    I pay £98  towards Adult Social Care  although  I  have no relatives in social care .  

I'm reminded of when the Poll Tax came in   ...many people were incandescent with hatred but were probably those who  didn't pay local taxes.  

I had a disagreement with a good mate  who said  it created  double the money coming from his household  .   That was actually true but it was because  their three sons , all working  full time , still lived at home  ...  were suddenly  required to pay local taxes.    

I thought it was a more fair system  ,  three sons  benefit from  dustbins , street lights,  libraries ,  swimming baths , pothole filling , etc etc etc  but never before paid towards them . because they lived in their parent's house ...who were paying for them .   

Perhaps there should be an electronic block on receiving BBC  unless the licence is paid ... it must be possible , I can't view Virgin , BT, Sky etc  without  subscribing .           

I've got my tin hat on ...... I think that a combination of council tax for the home AND the poll tax is the way forward ....... we've currently got 3 working adults in the house - that would be fairer IMHO

But  no politician has the b a l l s to implement this..........

 

[Evans Electric]

I agree with making a fairer system  instead of the onus falling upon those with who are either paying the mortgage or their name,s on the rent book. 

 

[ProDave]

When I bought my first house, I had a year or paying the old "rates" system.  As a single person then I looked forward to the poll tax as surely as a single person I would be better off.  WRONG the poll tax for one was more than the rates I paid.

Then when the poll tax was abolished and replaced with council tax I thought it would go back to how it was under rates.  WRONG the amount I paid, even with single occupancy discount went up.

I don't want them to replace Council tax, as I KNOW which way my bills will go. and they are the SINGLE largest household bill we have,  except for food (and I believe I get much better value for money from buying food)

On a different subject I was having a conversation today with a self employed tiler friend.  He is convinced that the SE WILL get SSP if they have to self isolate.  I am convinced we will not.

 

[binky]

we might get some SSP, but it's a miserly figure and how long will it take to come through with an understaffed benefits system??? 

 

[binky]

My biggest gripe is big corporations demanding a bail out, ie the trains and planes amoungst others. courgette em! These companies are keen on scrwing money out of the public in proper "free market capitalist"  ways, so by FMC rules if they have failed to prepare for a disaster and go bust, so be it, otherwise the public will get lumbered with another huge bail out bill as per the banks in 2008.

 

[Murdoch]

we might get some SSP, but it's a miserly figure and how long will it take to come through with an understaffed benefits system??? 

£94 per week if my memory is correct. And I bet its means tested.

 

[Doc Hudson]

£94 per week if my memory is correct. And I bet its means tested.

I think I heard this being discussed on one of the Radio4  finance/money programs. the figure or £94 per week was mentioned and multi-page comprehensive application forms required to be completed to obtain this sum. 

Doc H. 

 

[Murdoch]

I think I heard this being discussed on one of the Radio4  finance/money programs. the figure or £94 per week was mentioned and multi-page comprehensive application forms required to be completed to obtain this sum. 

Doc H. 

Yes - last Saturday's edition of BBC Money Box - and the "short form" is a mere 22 pages IMMSMC

 

[ProDave]

Anyone elses phones starting to go quiet?

I have about 2 weeks work booked but very little calls now.  Just one call so far this week, a circuit tripping.

I get the feeling it is going to tail off quickly to the occasional fault to fix.  I suspect alterations and upgrades will tail off as people don't want strangers in their house unless absolutely necessary.

I talk a lot about retirement.  I have a "plan B" and it's possible to draw my main pension (due in 3 years) any time I want to (though at a reduced rate if drawn early)  If things get too bad, this may just trigger me to "retire" earlier than I had planned.

Anyone else making contingencies?

 

[kerching]

My phone rang twice yesterday.....once it was Amazon wanting money off me

I ant once today

im thinking of self isolating with a box of Kleenex and the 2019 RR swimwear calendar 

 

[Evans Electric]

upgrades will tail off as people don't want strangers in their house unless absolutely necessary.

My builder mate opposite said that this morning ,   jobs cancelled ,  three for elderly people whose children asked him to defer the work , just in case .  

He reckoned the car plants are cutting down on production & shedding  staff.   There were many calls to local radio  today from SE  ,  guest houses ,   taxi driver  with a £800 /month mortgage  and  no calls this week   .  

Plus an 91 yr old lady who can't get  out ,  run out of food  & has no one .     Typical of this area  , Radio WM's phones blocked with offers ,    in 15 mins  she was sorted  .    Amongst all the gloom  & the greedy buggers stock piling  ...a nice story . 

 

[binky]

lots of good people around doing good deads.

 

[kerching]

My daughter is doing a food run for the homeless shelter on the way home

 

[Blue Duck]

Can't get any cable tray & our PV gear is stuck in Holland, looks like I'll be off next week wether I like or not.

 

[kerching]

Email from NIC this morning.......annual assessments are to be virtual NO face to face  visit

 

[Sharpend]

Email from NIC this morning.......annual assessments are to be virtual NO face to face  visit

well that will become the norm then :C