Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

They will get paid back with the official inflation rate for the year at the end of Sept in each year of indebtedness.

Hes still at it, going very strong. got to admire his stamina..........

Max,

Tea!

Possibly, when the morning shifts from pits or heavy industries, got home and also, the food was eaten with tea.

It was a cooked meal at the end of the working day.

Followed, by a light supper.


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High tea from distant memory was a cooked light meal tea of some form.

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Could be wrong, but it was part of my childhood.

in that case, no point in not paying up now assuming it doesn't cripple through other problems

Ever used Wikipedia?

Did you know it is a non-profit charitable organisation that exists only through charitable donations?

If you want to help and give them a few quid, here's a link:

https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPage&country=GB&uselang=en&utm_medium=spontaneous&utm_source=fr-redir&utm_campaign=spontaneous

I've just done a small donation using PayPal. The whole thing took me less than 30 seconds.

youch! would never use paypal

No Cyners if you dont pay up then then you are subject to a higher peanalty.

Go back a few points on the first page and read APN.

that bit i realised and hence my last comment and also earlier re risk/reward

Same here Cyners..... PayPal......... blimey its like a Maze.

All you want to do is transfer money to an agent who isnt big enough to pay for a credit card.

What a farce it is trying to set up an account.

Sorry Exec but my dealings with this lot have been to put it bluntly......TITS.

You only use 'an' where the 'h' is not normally pronounced, such as honouourable or honest. The 'h' in high is pronounced, that is unless you are a cockney, drop your hs and say 'igh tea'.

Cyners True, thats why your best PAYING UP.

Do you really think the top government department is going to take a loss in the courts.

NO CHANCE......... even though you may be right.

Look we can debate this all night but I say Barlow and co are cheats, and dont forget the more they dodge the more we have ALL to pay.

AYS FO.

other than in common parlance, you're wrong for otherwise it would not be grammatically correct to say an historical novel or an hotel, both of which are most certainly so even if marginally pedantic

HMRC gets beaten up in court quite often or is forced to settled beforehand i'm happy to say

ehhhhhhhhh?

for Fs sake.

Reality please.

True Cyners but small cases.

a matter of degree .... anyway, in this case, it is a very interesting one to follow, or at least i think so

There are exceptions to the 'an' rules. 'Hotel' is one that is often said both ways. The real difference is how strongly the 'h' is pronounced.

Right be honest now , Cyners do you really think Barlow and Co are going to get there money Back?????????????


5 years at least in court and hes bankrupt.

Wheres his costs going forward going to come from?????????????

They dont stand a 'cat in hells' chance of winning.

They shouldnt have cheated in the first place.

From the BBC World Service web site for learning English

an hour and a half

Note that with most adjectives and nouns beginning with the letter h, the h is pronounced, making it a consonant sound. Where the h is silent as in honest and hour, these words start with a vowel sound, thus requiring an rather than a before the adjective or noun:

I hoped to find a hippo and an ostrich in the game park but there were none.

I think he's an honest and trustworthy man. He said he would meet me in an hour and a half.