This is going to be annoying!

[Tim Lamb]

My domestic staff failed to insert her voucher (J. Sainsburys) at the Euro parks paystation and came home.

After some discussion she drove back to sort it out. Parked in the same carpark and of course the machine said she did not owe anything (because she was now within the 30min free period) so she came home again!

There seems no provision through the Euro Car Parks web site to sort this out other than waiting for the notice and then appealing!

Annoyingly the car is registered to me.

Any advice?

[Ottavio Caruso]

Am 02/02/2024 um 15:57 schrieb Tim Lamb:

Are they legal?

[Jeff Layman]

There was a long thread in uk.legal.moderated starting at the end of May which might have drifted off into this area, as there was some discussion of what happened if the ANPR missed the car leaving. See

. If you've got a Google account and Google Groups is still in operation, you might be able to browse through it there.

[Tim Lamb]

I try hard to avoid Google! But thanks anyway.

She is guilty as she failed to pay or provide her voucher before leaving. My interest is more aimed at any provision to contact the parking company prior to the notice arriving and whether supplying the voucher now is a get out.

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[Tim Lamb]

In message <upj5bf$2m2m6$ [e-mail], Ottavio Caruso [e-mail] writes

? Sainsburys supply a QR code on a scrap of paper if you spend more than a certain amount. I suppose you could print your own.

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[Ottavio Caruso]

Am 02/02/2024 um 19:23 schrieb Tim Lamb:

No, I mean, are your servants legal? Do they have valid papers? Do you pay them NI, tax, pension contributions?

It's a legit question. I get asked this question every single day.

[Tim Lamb]

In message <upl33v$32rnu$ [e-mail], Ottavio Caruso [e-mail] writes

Domestic staff advance payment was a gold ring on her left hand 55+ years ago!

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[charles]

Then surely you mean "management".

[Jeff Gaines]

And you've been paying ever since?

[Ottavio Caruso]

Am 03/02/2024 um 10:09 schrieb Tim Lamb:

Wow. Was that the time when wives were bought? I'd have wanted to live in that time.

[Ottavio Caruso]

Am 03/02/2024 um 10:52 schrieb Jeff Gaines:

It is called "reparations" nowadays.

[Max Demian]

Reminds me of the old bingo call: "Seven and six; was she worth it?" (The marriage licence used to cost 7s 6d.)

[Adrian]

As did the dog licence.

Adrian

[Max Demian]

Difficult choice.

[Rod Speed]

And in spades when you decide that she is way past her best buy date and need to replace her with a much more viable one later.

[Rod Speed]

It certainly was for Darwin, he spelt that out in his journal.

[Tim Lamb]

In message [e-mail]>, Jeff Gaines [e-mail] writes

Not really. Mostly, her income was higher than mine. I paid the mortgages and transport, she bought the food and covered the children's expenses.

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[Max Demian]

I think the choice he considered was, "marry my cousin" or "don't marry my cousin", not "marry" or "get a dog".

[Bob Eager]

Indeed. But he chose the cousin. His sister chose her cousin Josiah as well.

Four families intermarried quite a bit. Wedgwood, Darwin, Huxley and Keynes. Even recently; I know a Huxley who married a Darwin, and I knew a Keynes/Darwin child. And a few others!

[Peter Johnson]

That seems to be part of the business model. I occasionaly make use of an SIP car park, where you pay in advance for blocks of time up to 24 hours. I thought I'd look into the options for making a top-up payment if I arrived back late but there are none. Their conditions also say that payments not made at the right time are invalid so any attempt to make a top-up payment will be ignored.