Today I'm angry about.....

[Lord Kangana]

Right.

Now I'm properly angry.

I received my renewal reminder for my tax disc in the post a few days back(payment of £190.00 due by 30/04/10). I normally pay online. So I went online to Direct.gov, followed the moves, then it had a warning message saying that due to my MOT being due soon (coincidentally 30/04/10) it couldn't process the application until I renewed my MOT. SO today, I took my car in for an MOT, as you do. It passed etc. So I went back online. The price is now £205.00. A whole 24 hours later its gone up £15.00.

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

I thought you were in favour of government departments taking more of our money and spending it for us?

[Lord Kangana]

I am. I also like honesty. Still, when you introduce the private to the public.

[as]

Volcanoes.

This.

And I thougth the election coverage was bad, you'd think world war 3 had started.

[BWFC_Insane]

Right.

Now I'm properly angry.

I received my renewal reminder for my tax disc in the post a few days back(payment of £190.00 due by 30/04/10). I normally pay online. So I went online to Direct.gov, followed the moves, then it had a warning message saying that due to my MOT being due soon (coincidentally 30/04/10) it couldn't process the application until I renewed my MOT. SO today, I took my car in for an MOT, as you do. It passed etc. So I went back online. The price is now £205.00. A whole 24 hours later its gone up £15.00.

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

Has car tax increased between when you tried to do it and when you finally did it?

I can understand why its annoying, but its hardly equivalent to say a holiday company putting the price up of the same holiday on a daily basis or hotels raising their prices to take advantage of the air crisis.

Car tax is what it is. If its gone up, it applies to everyone. And you can't really blame them for insisting your MOT is up to date either!

[thebish]

last year the council came up my road and spent the day spraying orange paint around all the potholes - very helpful - now I can see them on my bike before suffering a bone-juddering and wheel-buckling crash....

I stupidly thought that this meant that one day they would come and fill the holes - and this was an exercise simply to make it clear to the local "we've got some tarmac left over" contractors where they wanted the repairs to be made.

anyway - a year has passed - and the orange has faded..

but today - the man is out again with his spray can - renewing the orange lines around the potholes.

how very helpful!

[Lord Kangana]

Right.

Now I'm properly angry.

I received my renewal reminder for my tax disc in the post a few days back(payment of £190.00 due by 30/04/10). I normally pay online. So I went online to Direct.gov, followed the moves, then it had a warning message saying that due to my MOT being due soon (coincidentally 30/04/10) it couldn't process the application until I renewed my MOT. SO today, I took my car in for an MOT, as you do. It passed etc. So I went back online. The price is now £205.00. A whole 24 hours later its gone up £15.00.

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

Has car tax increased between when you tried to do it and when you finally did it?

I can understand why its annoying, but its hardly equivalent to say a holiday company putting the price up of the same holiday on a daily basis or hotels raising their prices to take advantage of the air crisis.

Car tax is what it is. If its gone up, it applies to everyone. And you can't really blame them for insisting your MOT is up to date either!

I have a piece of paper saying I owe £190.00.

With small print saying this may not actually be the amount you owe. I expect Government departments to operate with a bit more honesty than a tinpot Ryanair booking form. And as for the MOT, my MOT was valid on the date of application, and has been accepted in every previous year. Again, a ploy to delay. Its just bollox. I'm happy to pay. I'm not happy to be told one price and pay another.

[CAPSLOCK]

last year the council came up my road and spent the day spraying orange paint around all the potholes - very helpful - now I can see them on my bike before suffering a bone-juddering and wheel-buckling crash....

I stupidly thought that this meant that one day they would come and fill the holes - and this was an exercise simply to make it clear to the local "we've got some tarmac left over" contractors where they wanted the repairs to be made.

anyway - a year has passed - and the orange has faded..

but today - the man is out again with his spray can - renewing the orange lines around the potholes.

how very helpful!

I watched something about this

I think the painting protects the council

They mark them and have something like 30 days to correct them

If there's an incident in the 30 day period, I think they're immune from prosecution

[CAPSLOCK]

Right.

Now I'm properly angry.

I received my renewal reminder for my tax disc in the post a few days back(payment of £190.00 due by 30/04/10). I normally pay online. So I went online to Direct.gov, followed the moves, then it had a warning message saying that due to my MOT being due soon (coincidentally 30/04/10) it couldn't process the application until I renewed my MOT. SO today, I took my car in for an MOT, as you do. It passed etc. So I went back online. The price is now £205.00. A whole 24 hours later its gone up £15.00.

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

Has car tax increased between when you tried to do it and when you finally did it?

I can understand why its annoying, but its hardly equivalent to say a holiday company putting the price up of the same holiday on a daily basis or hotels raising their prices to take advantage of the air crisis.

Car tax is what it is. If its gone up, it applies to everyone. And you can't really blame them for insisting your MOT is up to date either!

I have a piece of paper saying I owe £190.00.

With small print saying this may not actually be the amount you owe. I expect Government departments to operate with a bit more honesty than a tinpot Ryanair booking form. And as for the MOT, my MOT was valid on the date of application, and has been accepted in every previous year. Again, a ploy to delay. Its just bollox. I'm happy to pay. I'm not happy to be told one price and pay another.

Prices went up on the 1st April following the budget in March

[Dujon]

How does your U.K. system work as far as legalising a car's presence on the road is concerned? I have often read about M.O.T. and Tax Discs but have never understood the requirements behind the terms. Yes, I could go banging around the U.K. government web sites but, if they are anything like our equivalent, it could take hours.

From Lord Kangana's comments it seems that we New South Welshmen operate under a regime quite different to that of the U.K.. Whilst it's only a matter of interest to me, if anyone could clarify it for me I would be most appreciative.

[BWFC_Insane]

Right.

Now I'm properly angry.

I received my renewal reminder for my tax disc in the post a few days back(payment of £190.00 due by 30/04/10). I normally pay online. So I went online to Direct.gov, followed the moves, then it had a warning message saying that due to my MOT being due soon (coincidentally 30/04/10) it couldn't process the application until I renewed my MOT. SO today, I took my car in for an MOT, as you do. It passed etc. So I went back online. The price is now £205.00. A whole 24 hours later its gone up £15.00.

Now I expect private firms to try and con me out of every penny I have by every means possible (classic example of a recent rant at Vodafone stringing out my cancellation to try and get an extra month out of me). But when a Government department does it? W*nkers.

Has car tax increased between when you tried to do it and when you finally did it?

I can understand why its annoying, but its hardly equivalent to say a holiday company putting the price up of the same holiday on a daily basis or hotels raising their prices to take advantage of the air crisis.

Car tax is what it is. If its gone up, it applies to everyone. And you can't really blame them for insisting your MOT is up to date either!

I have a piece of paper saying I owe £190.00.

With small print saying this may not actually be the amount you owe. I expect Government departments to operate with a bit more honesty than a tinpot Ryanair booking form. And as for the MOT, my MOT was valid on the date of application, and has been accepted in every previous year. Again, a ploy to delay. Its just bollox. I'm happy to pay. I'm not happy to be told one price and pay another.

Ah I see, the original letter pre-dates the tax year. Which is annoying, but I suppose understandable.

I've usually paid online and for the last 3-4 years you've always needed an MOT that was valid for the period of the tax disc. I think otherwise you have to go to the post office and do it there. I've not really given much considered thought to this, and probably this is totally wrong but isn't the "normal" situation for MOTs and Tax discs to run more or less simultaneously?

I do think the online application has made life a lot easier though!

[thebish]

last year the council came up my road and spent the day spraying orange paint around all the potholes - very helpful - now I can see them on my bike before suffering a bone-juddering and wheel-buckling crash....

I stupidly thought that this meant that one day they would come and fill the holes - and this was an exercise simply to make it clear to the local "we've got some tarmac left over" contractors where they wanted the repairs to be made.

anyway - a year has passed - and the orange has faded..

but today - the man is out again with his spray can - renewing the orange lines around the potholes.

how very helpful!

I watched something about this

I think the painting protects the council

They mark them and have something like 30 days to correct them

If there's an incident in the 30 day period, I think they're immune from prosecution

ahhh - thanks CAPS - am counting off 31 days before nastily injuring myself in a horrific fall...

[Prufrock]

last year the council came up my road and spent the day spraying orange paint around all the potholes - very helpful - now I can see them on my bike before suffering a bone-juddering and wheel-buckling crash....

I stupidly thought that this meant that one day they would come and fill the holes - and this was an exercise simply to make it clear to the local "we've got some tarmac left over" contractors where they wanted the repairs to be made.

anyway - a year has passed - and the orange has faded..

but today - the man is out again with his spray can - renewing the orange lines around the potholes.

how very helpful!

I watched something about this

I think the painting protects the council

They mark them and have something like 30 days to correct them

If there's an incident in the 30 day period, I think they're immune from prosecution

ahhh - thanks CAPS - am counting off 31 days before nastily injuring myself in a horrific fall...

It's like knobhead sue-ers suing councils when they trip over wonky pavements so now councils genuinley employ folk to go round with tape measures measuring pavements to make sure they are within certain limits. Look where the fook you are going! If you are at work and they ask you to do a some metal cutting and don't give you the wrong sort of machinery and you get injured, you should be able to sue, if you fall over because a floor is wet when it is raining outside, you should be told to look where the fook you are going.

[Gary the Enfield]

last year the council came up my road and spent the day spraying orange paint around all the potholes - very helpful - now I can see them on my bike before suffering a bone-juddering and wheel-buckling crash....

I stupidly thought that this meant that one day they would come and fill the holes - and this was an exercise simply to make it clear to the local "we've got some tarmac left over" contractors where they wanted the repairs to be made.

anyway - a year has passed - and the orange has faded..

but today - the man is out again with his spray can - renewing the orange lines around the potholes.

how very helpful!

I watched something about this

I think the painting protects the council

They mark them and have something like 30 days to correct them

If there's an incident in the 30 day period, I think they're immune from prosecution

ahhh - thanks CAPS - am counting off 31 days before nastily injuring myself in a horrific fall...

It's like knobhead sue-ers suing councils when they trip over wonky pavements so now councils genuinley employ folk to go round with tape measures measuring pavements to make sure they are within certain limits. Look where the fook you are going! If you are at work and they ask you to do a some metal cutting and don't give you the wrong sort of machinery and you get injured, you should be able to sue, if you fall over because a floor is wet when it is raining outside, you should be told to look where the fook you are going.

Unless you're visually impaired.

[thebish]

my dog - who rolled in a big pile of stinky fox-poo in the mistaken belief that it makes her more attractive....

[Gary the Enfield]

my dog - who rolled in a big pile of stinky fox-poo in the mistaken belief that it makes her more attractive....

I hope that wound's healed.

[thebish]

my dog - who rolled in a big pile of stinky fox-poo in the mistaken belief that it makes her more attractive....

I hope that wound's healed.

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it has - yeah - thanks! nearly grown over now - but you can still see where it was...

[TANGODANCER]

Our mutt now apparently suffers from hay fever.

Quick visit o the vets, injection, tablets and a quick check: "That'll be eighty pounds sir!" I want to be a vet.

[Puskas]

Our mutt now apparently suffers from hay fever.

Quick visit o the vets, injection, tablets and a quick check: "That'll be eighty pounds sir!" I want to be a vet.

Are you sure you want to be, though?

Wouldn't it mean you spend all your time wandering about in a sullen daze, suffering flashbacks to your time in 'Nam?

Then, at some point, you may get involved in an ill-coceived attempt to go on an undercover mission to rescue former comrades who are MIA and still held prisoner there.

I'm not sure I'd want that.

[Bruce Rioja]

It's like knobhead sue-ers suing councils when they trip over wonky pavements so now councils genuinley employ folk to go round with tape measures measuring pavements to make sure they are within certain limits. Look where the fook you are going! If you are at work and they ask you to do a some metal cutting and don't give you the wrong sort of machinery and you get injured, you should be able to sue, if you fall over because a floor is wet when it is raining outside, you should be told to look where the fook you are going.

I doubt you'll have seen this in the BEN a couple of weeks ago, but this bloke up at Egerton House was tasked with cutting a branch off a tree - the very same branch that he somehow thought it'd be a good idea to rest the top of his ladder against whilst sawing. Of course, a calamatous accident occurs which I recall the BEN described as being a Laurel & Hardy accident. Anyway, the upshot is that Egerton House end up with H&S crawling all over them and fining them for not having carried out a risk assesment beforehand, and yon thick-head suing the shit out of them for personal injury. I'd tell him he's lucky not to be picking up a Darwin award, before poking him in the eye - Oliver Norvell Hardy style.