If you had 1 month tax free - wishful thinking

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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    had 8 years of not paying tax; makes no difference, the money still disappears.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    Always Tyred wrote:
    DDD, if I take two beans, and add these three beans, how many beans do I have?

    Oooh! Oooh! Me! I know that! Some beans! \o/
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    gbsahne wrote:
    had 8 years of not paying tax; makes no difference, the money still disappears.

    How did you manage that?

    Because if the answer's 'I lived in Dubai' then, like, duh.

    :P
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Always Tyred wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I think he means if you had one months gross salary to spend. I couln't buy anywhere near that many mars bars with what I get taxed.

    This!

    Sorry for the confusion.
    I still make that lot over £4k, unless I've missed something on the bargains thread..

    DDD, if I take two beans, and add these three beans, how many beans do I have?

    So you assume I earn less than £4k gross salary. Why?

    That seems awfully presumptuous of you.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    I'd buy a Such "Is Life". If they were in production, that is. :D
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Agent57 wrote:
    I'd buy a Such "Is Life". If they were in production, that is. :D

    That's what I want, but it depends how much they are and if they come in a geometry / size that suits me (I'm an odd shape), hence I'm looking at getting a Civica Bryant Alfine from the US as an alternative. Same configuration / set-up just with a steel frame instead of Ti.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Always Tyred wrote:
    I still make that lot over £4k, unless I've missed something on the bargains thread..

    DDD, if I take two beans, and add these three beans, how many beans do I have?

    Fewer beans than DDD?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I don't think I'd buy a bike, I think I'd be more likely to buy ferry tickets somewhere and take the rest as cold hard cash for lovely food while on a cycle tour. Or maybe a kayak.

    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    I really want one of those.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    'bent?
    Recumbent?
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  • the_hundredth_idiot
    the_hundredth_idiot Posts: 813
    Funnily enough (given the folder talk), I'm really starting to like the look of Moultons so might be tempted to spend my £X thousand extra month's salary on that (where X is a real number between zero and infinity rather than a Roman numeral).

    And that increasing fondness for Moultons worries me - an awful lot of amoney (the most expensive one is £14k!) for a bike which looks like a folder but doesn't have the practical advantage of actually being able to fold. WTF?

    I saw a youtube clip of some Japanese guy riding one of the drop bar touring versions - looked surprisingly good.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    dhope wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    'bent?
    Recumbent?

    Oh, yes, sorry. A Recumbent.
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    How did you manage that?

    Because if the answer's 'I lived in Dubai' then, like, duh.

    :P

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I don't think I'd buy a bike, I think I'd be more likely to buy ferry tickets somewhere and take the rest as cold hard cash for lovely food while on a cycle tour. Or maybe a kayak.

    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    I really want one of those.

    You don know how much racing kayaks don't cost don't you? I sold mine about 3 weeks ago for £150 with paddles. It was an old design but solid enough. The reg changed a few years ago so there will be a load of the old spec boats going cheap.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    prawny wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I don't think I'd buy a bike, I think I'd be more likely to buy ferry tickets somewhere and take the rest as cold hard cash for lovely food while on a cycle tour. Or maybe a kayak.

    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    I really want one of those.

    You don know how much racing kayaks don't cost don't you? I sold mine about 3 weeks ago for £150 with paddles. It was an old design but solid enough. The reg changed a few years ago so there will be a load of the old spec boats going cheap.

    I don't think I want a racing one, I think I'd like a touring one... but hey if they're £150 I'll take a racing one too!
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    prawny wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I don't think I'd buy a bike, I think I'd be more likely to buy ferry tickets somewhere and take the rest as cold hard cash for lovely food while on a cycle tour. Or maybe a kayak.

    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    I really want one of those.

    You don know how much racing kayaks don't cost don't you? I sold mine about 3 weeks ago for £150 with paddles. It was an old design but solid enough. The reg changed a few years ago so there will be a load of the old spec boats going cheap.

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Tourers seem more expensive.

    I found this one

    http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/PAA4837

    Racing is way cool though.

    That up there is the worlds most awesomest pedalo ever! :shock:
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    the pedalling action is more effective than any of the water based movements in terms of speed, so interestingly, it is theoretically possible to build a pedalo with a couple of hydroplanes that can keep the hull completely out of the water :shock:
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    Now that would be a commute: up to Putney, down the slipway and along the Thames, skimming past all the land-based SCR'ers on the Embankment with a cheery "Morning!".

    EDIT: Obviously, I'm imagining some sort of foldaway wheels for the on-road bit.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I don't think I'd buy a bike, I think I'd be more likely to buy ferry tickets somewhere and take the rest as cold hard cash for lovely food while on a cycle tour. Or maybe a kayak.

    But if I HAD to buy a bike, it'd be a 'bent.

    I really want one of those.

    Me too!

    No wait, I did that one already :)

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