I used to work with a guy who'd lived in Germany for 5 years, and not learned the language.
My question isn't why, but _how_ could you not learn the language!
Andy
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Adam's apprentices
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Ha! They asked me to fill in an application form:-)
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How do you work out do some of the answers?
Take Q7
I just think easy. 10% is 24, half that and add it to 24.
BTW the answer to Q12 is to buy an LED lamp before you start:-)
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Yeah, I'm old enough to remember 15% VAT.
Owain
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They all speak English, and Beer Taxi Hotel Police Toilet are the same or close enough.
Owain
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I am old enough to remember purchase tax which was about 40% before it was replaced by VAT at 15%.
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I dont think there was ever a 40% rate but I know that, just before I left schol, TV tubes carried a 66 2/3% rate! Ouch!
50%, 25%, then the ±10% twiddles so beloved by chancellors, so we had 55%, 45%, 22.5% and 27.5%!Because it was levied at the wholesale level and many items were priced 'plus purchase tax' it was great fun after each budget calculating the new prices!
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What has that got to do with fitting a 13A plug?
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They are not simple general knowledge questions, although an interested person would possibly know, an aptitude for learning and a mechanical bent is better
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Even I could do that.
Bill
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I'm old enough to remember Window Tax.
Bill
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Like the constipated mathematician
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Which would knock out savants.
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But you wuz too poor to 'ave windows :-)
Owain
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The legislation for the tax did not define "window". So it could be construed to apply to any opening in a wall. If the rats had gnawed enough holes Bill's cardboard box it might have been charged.
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Blame it on not having a Meccano set as a kid. ;-)
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We had the windows but not the glass.
Bill
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You had a cardboard box? YOU WERE LUCKY!
Bill
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Is that the money you pay to Microsoft, Bill?
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simple, enlarge the hole to take one the many desk cable outlets. It's what I did for our village hall. Kept the fridge's warranty