This is going to be annoying!

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

Are they legal?

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

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.

In message <upj5bf$2m2m6$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Ottavio Caruso snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 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.

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.

In message <upl33v$32rnu$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Ottavio Caruso snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com writes

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

Then surely you mean "management".

And you've been paying ever since?

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.

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

It is called "reparations" nowadays.

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

As did the dog licence.

Adrian

Difficult choice.

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.

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

In message snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines snipped-for-privacy@outlook.com 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.

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

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!

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.