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namesake posted:Probably would be a pretty good gimmick to speak to people coming back from France about what duty free they've brought back and how much they'd owe if we left the EU and started restricting personal inports/charging tax on them. booze & fags are cheaper in france, but 'duty free' it ain't
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LemonDrizzle posted:It's possible that the "stupid reason" was that a majority of the respondents did in fact say yes. without meaning to imply anything about this particular piece that i've not seen, it's always worth remembering that journalists being lazy / under time pressure are notorious for seeking out candidates for vox pops / picking in editing those that will fit the story they've already written.
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May 4, 2014 18:14
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May 4, 2014 18:18
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SybilVimes posted:Apparently they're currently cracking down real hard on imported prescription drugs anyway, even for things that are technically legal to buy mail order / prescription free (like estrogen). They would have to actually start searching packages for it to make a difference- it's anecdotal, but over the last ten years or so I have ordered hundreds of things from abroad, many for work that contained liquids and/or metal parts. I have a grand total of a single package being intercepted, opened and checked by customs (took the bastards about a month to decide a PCI card wasn't a bomb or whatever). Ddraig posted:Some money has changed hands there Probably, but I'm not going to worry unless customs starts checking packages or the law changes round.
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May 4, 2014 18:23
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Mister Adequate posted:Well at least there's something still good in the world Sorry, but that piglet believes that Hitler did nothing wrong.
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May 4, 2014 18:26
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May 4, 2014 18:31
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May 4, 2014 18:33
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HortonNash posted:Sorry I was just having trouble thinking of something worth risking receiving Chinese counterfeit medicine over, when an NHS prescription is ~£8 (or free if you have an exemption) and the only thing I can think of are the controlled drugs. Happy to be wrong thoug. Getting hold of hormone therapy is a loving nightmare because of the waiting list. I will eternally scream at any of my friends who are dumb enough to buy it online because don't gently caress with drugs you can't control but it's a huge market and legal. Cerv posted:booze & fags are cheaper in france, but 'duty free' it ain't The pros get it from Belgium. I should probably not use the word "professional" there, even in short hand, but that's where you get the cheap stuff these days if you know what you're doing. DesperateDan posted:They would have to actually start searching packages for it to make a difference- it's anecdotal, but over the last ten years or so I have ordered hundreds of things from abroad [ask] me about the royal mail's ability to search packages. Hint: they can't. They absolutely loving can't do it, they never will be able to do it, and the odds of them catching you on a random search are slim. They will make an example if they catch you though, so if you suspect tampering you should change postal name and address immediately because if they have an excuse to search your mail and then build a case you are hosed.
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Gonzo McFee posted:So what does anyone know about getting out of leases? Raise it with the lettng agency first. (put everything in writing and keep notes for yourself, because all lettings agencies are staffed by incompetent, lying bastards.) If they don't fix things, raise it with the landlord directly. (again, put everything in writing and keep notes for yourself, because all landlords are incompetent, lying bastards.) If he doesn't fix things, then here is the proceedure for carrying out the repairs yourself and deducting the costs from your rent: http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales...f_disrepair.htm
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Mister Adequate posted:Well at least there's something still good in the world goddamnedtwisto posted:Sorry, but that piglet believes that Hitler did nothing wrong. Actually that piglet agrees with this thread about everything 100% except he thinks that that racism is over
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Spent my bank holiday Saturday and Sunday stood in a field with a bass drum strapped to my front. Now have amusing tan lines and am possibly suffering from a little sun stroke. A good weekend. Also Miliband is totes gonna nationalise the railways guys, it's gonna happen and that's not just the dehydration talking.
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Bozza posted:Spent my bank holiday Saturday and Sunday stood in a field with a bass drum strapped to my front. Now have amusing tan lines and am possibly suffering from a little sun stroke. A good weekend. If you're really lucky, like me, those tan lines might be permanent - the tan I got last year at Waddington still hasn't faded, and isn't going to now, oh well.
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SybilVimes posted:If you're really lucky, like me, those tan lines might be permanent - the tan I got last year at Waddington still hasn't faded, and isn't going to now, oh well. Since I've been doing drum corps, I've basically had the oddest assortment of tan lines during the summer. Obviously pasty white feet and brown legs is a standard, when I used to play brass used to also have nice white hands from my rehearsal gloves. These days it's just the twat marks from my drum harness. It's always a good anecdote at least for explaining how I'm so tanned by mid May.
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DesperateDan posted:You must lead a happy lifestyle! for good reasons, not the wrong ones Had no idea about all that. I'll keep that in mind should any family members need to use that sort of service. Thanks for 'splaining. I guess I'm personally lucky in that because I have a condition that qualifies I have a medical exemption from prescription charges, otherwise it would probably cost a lot. My main prescription is a controlled substance though, so no online pharmacy for me if I didn't have the exemption. The other stuff, dressings and catheters are actually insanely expensive privately. I'm not entirely sure how the manufacturers justify the silly price of catheters.
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May 4, 2014 20:36
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It's kind of depressing seeing the amount of gambling services advertised on TV with smiling happy people as the face of them. Sign of the times, I guess.
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Ddraig posted:It's kind of depressing seeing the amount of gambling services advertised on TV with smiling happy people as the face of them. Sign of the times, I guess.
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Advertising has always been rather morally bankrupt. I think the worst one I've seen that wasn't gambling related was that creepy ad where they have Audrey Hepburn advertising a chocolate bar.
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HortonNash posted:I'm not entirely sure how the manufacturers justify the silly price of catheters. They're taking the piss, mate.
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Well, the party's over. Time to find a new method of expressing 'common sense'
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Trickjaw posted:Well, the party's over. Time to find a new method of expressing 'common sense' I wish I'd expressed a nice big pile of common sense into a parcel before the address was withdrawn.
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StarkingBarfish posted:I wish I'd expressed a nice big pile of common sense into a parcel before the address was withdrawn. 
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Ukip, a non-vampiric and non-poo poo eating party.
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I was going to send a pile of my own poo poo, but I decided to be much meaner and just send them their own leaflets.
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UKIP forced to cancel Freepost address after being sent FAECES in the post With some pictures of what people were sending. also this picture  stare into those eyes 
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HortonNash posted:Had no idea about all that. I'll keep that in mind should any family members need to use that sort of service. Thanks for 'splaining. Oh aye, it only makes sense if it's cheaper e.t.c, but for now it's magical for me. With pretty much any kind of medical necessity like that they charge as much as they can get away with, I remember my mum having to have special dressings for wound care, and while she got them free on prescription, they would have cost a metric fucktonne otherwise. twoot posted:also this picture fucks sake, I was going to go get some sleep but now the image of farage on the vinegar strokes is burned into my retinas
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Cerv posted:Do you really want to stick a bargain store special down your pee hole? Well, when you put it like that  But it still feels very wasteful using 2x £1.50 (NHS tariff) catheters per day for the rest of my life. The great thing about catheters on the NHS is that they let you pick the brand and type you want, there's hundreds to choose from (self-lubing, male, female, low friction, curved tip, rubber tip, the options are endless, and they come in a range of gauges too), but you get used to "your type" and using one that isn't yours is weird and feels wrong. When I had my urostomy done (1998), the hospital sent me home with a bag of samples containing over a hundred types of catheter to try out, and then I got the GP to prescribe the ones I wanted. Anyway, enough about pee pipes.
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Holy poo poo, that turd Huhne really doesn't understand PR, does he? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/04/i-was-guilty-constance-briscoe-decption That has to be the poorest and most spiteful attempt at a hit piece I've ever read. He shows no contrition whatsoever. Chris Huhne posted:
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StarkingBarfish posted:Holy poo poo, that turd Huhne really doesn't understand PR, does he? "A British court somehow found someone not guilty of Libel for once, but now that they're not in a position to respond because of extraneous legal matters I will make defamatory remarks and insinuate their guilt out of spite" We all already knew he needed a good solid brick to the face but what a loving wanker.
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Brovine posted:Just in case you thought Jamie Oliver was in any way a decent person: Yes, this article is nearly a year old and was what prompted Jamie Oliver to enter the list of histories greatest monsters...
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Bozza posted:Yes, this article is nearly a year old and was what prompted Jamie Oliver to enter the list of histories greatest monsters... That'll teach me to check the date first. Sorry!
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Spangly A posted:"A British court somehow found someone not guilty of Libel for once, but now that they're not in a position to respond because of extraneous legal matters I will make defamatory remarks and insinuate their guilt out of spite" He needs to forgive and move on and try to look on the bright side of things. He may have lost his career as a cabinet minister but that just opened up the prospect of a new job, as an extremely mediocre newspaper columnist.
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Mature student information request. After ive done my exams at the end of the month can I sign on for the summer break? I'll be looking for some temp job obviously but if I cant get one am I allowed or am I still officially employed sort of.
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