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Bevendean Hillbilly

New member
Sep 4, 2006
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Nestling in green nowhere
Jimmy Saville
Rolf Harris
doctor Foxx

Good riddance to the lot of them.
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,329
a lot of shouts for DVD which surprises me when ive brought several in the past months.

Annoyingly yes, they are. I asked HMRC to email me some information for a client recently and they said "we can't email it but we can fax it to you". After asking if it was 1995 I set up a fax to email account and gave them the number.

i believe they persist with it as it has tamperproof timestamps. many digitial alternatives dont, or are complex.
 




LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
I haven't owned a DVD player for years, I don't understand the point of them anymore. But each to their own.

As far as the fax thing goes though, nonsense.

Virtually every tax form is now done online. Information encrypted etc. It actually works quite well.

HMRC have things totally backwards as they want to stop people sending them anything on paper but refuse to communicate via email. And then take six months to reply to letters. And don't have enough staff to answer the phone. And if they do answer it's some phone monkey rather than someone who knows what they're talking about. Who tells you to send a fax.
 












Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
30,623
?

Unless you're falling for Gideon's bullshit of course.

HMRC are already developing the infrastructure for DIgital Tax Accounts, the closure of 170 tax offices and creation of 13 super hubs is another step. It's the beginning of the end.
 


Bladders

Twats everywhere
Jun 22, 2012
13,672
The Troubadour
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LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
HMRC are already developing the infrastructure for DIgital Tax Accounts, the closure of 170 tax offices and creation of 13 super hubs is another step. It's the beginning of the end.
Have you any idea what those sound bites actually mean though?

More job losses at HMRC? Yes. The end of the Self Assessment tax return? Not in the next 20 years.

They'll call it something different but if you're self employed you'll still be filling in a return. As will many other people.
 








Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,358
Uffern
Marco Polo House - it was BSB satellites not the Observer originally I thought?

It was BSB: I remember visiting there just prior to the launch of BSB to interview some big nob there. Definitely not stinted on the fittings - these days I'd recognise that as an indication that a new company was going nowhere but I was young and innocent then
 


Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
23,646
Sinclair C5.

Although the thread title could have '1985' added and that would still be an appropriate answer.
 


W.C.

New member
Oct 31, 2011
4,927
The space shuttle. I remember the whole school being allowed to watch the early launches because it was something so new and amazing. Now gone.

Re cassettes, they've actually made a big comeback thanks to hipsters. Can't see the same happening with DVDs or CDs somehow but fashion is a strange thing.

Really really don't get the cassette thing. Can you shed any light on it? Is it simply a retro thing? Cos they sound shit.
 


W.C.

New member
Oct 31, 2011
4,927
I remember saving up all my weekend job money to buy a Sony Minidisc and thought I was the dogs bollocks flashing it around at School :facepalm:

They were brilliant though. Superb sound. Still got mine.
 






Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
59,709
The Fatherland
Governments that care for workers rights, the less well off and the vulnerable.
 


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