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The stage profile for the Giro tomorrow makes me want to cry
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
If somebody is paying €2,200 a month childcare while they work. €26k a year.
How much do they need to be earning to justify that? €40k on the second income just to not lose money. Probably equates to $100k for the couple. Which is probably around that €6k a month figure after tax. Seems fair.
Although, I'm not sure that RDs idea of wealthy is living in an apartment earning 50k a pop. You are both likely in agreement here.
We were fortunate that childcare made financial sense for us regardless and it was more about what suited us (MrsV in particular as she carries the majority of the childminding load). It's pretty important to be able to have these conversations as it's not all about the money and there are a number of elements that come into it. The pandemic has allowed me to contribute a bit more but also to appreciate the amount that MrsV does to keep the show on the road.
The good news for us is that we'll be reentering the world of creches in a year or so as we have number 2 expected in September. A 6 year gap since our first may not have been wise so when I start posting at odds hours of the night in the future and am particularly snarky you'll all know why!!
‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
You do also have to think about the career/income earning implications of stepping out of the work force for a number of years as well. Part-time working is an attractive way of keeping the second career in a family going but I find a 4 day week is needed as people on a 3 day week end up working 3.5 days anyway (and just not getting pad for it). The childcare providers aren't particularly flexible around this point though....
We were fortunate that childcare made financial sense for us regardless and it was more about what suited us (MrsV in particular as she carries the majority of the childminding load). It's pretty important to be able to have these conversations as it's not all about the money and there are a number of elements that come into it. The pandemic has allowed me to contribute a bit more but also to appreciate the amount that MrsV does to keep the show on the road.
The good news for us is that we'll be reentering the world of creches in a year or so as we have number 2 expected in September. A 6 year gap since our first may not have been wise so when I start posting at odds hours of the night in the future and am particularly snarky you'll all know why!!
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostThe good news for us is that we'll be reentering the world of creches in a year or so as we have number 2 expected in September. A 6 year gap since our first may not have been wise so when I start posting at odds hours of the night in the future and am particularly snarky you'll all know why!!"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
You do also have to think about the career/income earning implications of stepping out of the work force for a number of years as well. Part-time working is an attractive way of keeping the second career in a family going but I find a 4 day week is needed as people on a 3 day week end up working 3.5 days anyway (and just not getting pad for it). The childcare providers aren't particularly flexible around this point though....
We were fortunate that childcare made financial sense for us regardless and it was more about what suited us (MrsV in particular as she carries the majority of the childminding load). It's pretty important to be able to have these conversations as it's not all about the money and there are a number of elements that come into it. The pandemic has allowed me to contribute a bit more but also to appreciate the amount that MrsV does to keep the show on the road.
The good news for us is that we'll be reentering the world of creches in a year or so as we have number 2 expected in September. A 6 year gap since our first may not have been wise so when I start posting at odds hours of the night in the future and am particularly snarky you'll all know why!!
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Originally posted by The Istanbul View Post
Congrats-remember your future is the old lad with the walking stick at the school gates
My plan is to be retired before the kid is in secondary school. But I don’t mind a bit tbh. My neighbour is a great guy and he’s 59 with his youngest lad 17. He’s my hero right now!!‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostPour one out for the Impactful Tie
I'd happily wear a t-shirt, shorts and some kind of footwear (barefoot is an option too) that didn't require socks for the rest of my life if the cunty weather in this country would allow it.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostHey Ole,
I bought a smoker box for the BBQ. Any tips on good combos?This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
Well as your know it’s on a bend so it’s not like he crosses over to approach the cyclists, he did so to avoid cars parked there, so at some point he either crosses the white line to continue or reverses back up the road. The cyclists were in different parts of the road, and the report suggests the victim was already falling before being hit so I’m not sure how you can have such conviction that the motorists actions were worthy of a custodial sentence. No guilty mind there at all in my view.
guilty all day long!No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
Mates of mine would often have to do a double take when they see me in work gear. It's probably due to outside work, I'm usually casually dressed
I'd happily wear a t-shirt, shorts and some kind of footwear (barefoot is an option too) that didn't require socks for the rest of my life if the cunty weather in this country would allow it.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Not if you are employed in one location but living in the other.
DTAs are more for things like cross-border dividends, than for personal income taxes.
For example, I'm taxed on my global income in Australia. Money I earn in Ireland is liable for tax in Australia. However, if I'm taxed on it in Ireland. Then it's tax exempt in Australia.
This applies in reverse also.
But as I said in the other post. You seem to be fixated on the idea of a PAYE employee. People who working remotely would more like be contractors.
Really straight forward in that instance. It's really not uncommon to have remote workers abroad. Surprised you haven't come across it.
Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostBear in mind you'd also need to be setting aside €1000 to €1500 a month in deposit savings. And you just have the normal stuff of life that you should be entitled to - meals out, a holiday, a few nfts.
I figured the jump for 4200 to 6000 included meals out and the like. No idea who much normal life in Dublin costs.
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Originally posted by oleras View Post
A 5 min burger will be vastly improved with the addition of smoke, this the box that takes chips and smoulders away ? Larger pieces of meat can only take so much, couple of mm deep, its the type of wood used really makes the difference. Nice and light for poultry or fish, think fruit woods and you beef can take something a bit more like oak or mesquite. Look up indirect cooking, where the food is over say the middle burner that is off and the heat comes from burners 1 and 3, for a long low cook you dont want direct heat, exact was you would braise something in the oven, nice and low.
Have done a lot of indirect stuff. Did some marinated thighs last night, had them in a pan in the centre for about 40 mins, basted a little. Then stuck them on direct for a few mins each side. Did the same with wings the other night and they were incredible.
Have just about ran out of gas already lol, three weeks in.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
Cheers man, will try some smoking at the weekend.
Have done a lot of indirect stuff. Did some marinated thighs last night, had them in a pan in the centre for about 40 mins, basted a little. Then stuck them on direct for a few mins each side. Did the same with wings the other night and they were incredible.
Have just about ran out of gas already lol, three weeks in.This too shall pass.
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Drive slower in potentially dangerous situations! Windy narrow mountain road on summer day...danger..people likely to be out walking ..slow down a bit. So many accidents down to poor decisions and so avoidable.
Had a girl nearly run me over when I was walking on the Military road in the mountains. I mean she saw me walking towards her and gave a little room but I think she panicked a bit as there were cars coming in the opposite direction. So instead of slowing down a bit and comfortably negotiating the situation she maintains speed and veers towards me at the critical juncture presumably to avoid scraping a mirror. In her panic she just knee jerked pulled on the wheel.
I have seen idiots doing at least 70/80 on that road.
Dont use it much now.
Dont how much they go into potentially dangerous situations in the current driving test but should be the most fundamental core part of it.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
You do also have to think about the career/income earning implications of stepping out of the work force for a number of years as well. Part-time working is an attractive way of keeping the second career in a family going but I find a 4 day week is needed as people on a 3 day week end up working 3.5 days anyway (and just not getting pad for it). The childcare providers aren't particularly flexible around this point though....
We were fortunate that childcare made financial sense for us regardless and it was more about what suited us (MrsV in particular as she carries the majority of the childminding load). It's pretty important to be able to have these conversations as it's not all about the money and there are a number of elements that come into it. The pandemic has allowed me to contribute a bit more but also to appreciate the amount that MrsV does to keep the show on the road.
The good news for us is that we'll be reentering the world of creches in a year or so as we have number 2 expected in September. A 6 year gap since our first may not have been wise so when I start posting at odds hours of the night in the future and am particularly snarky you'll all know why!!
I agree it's not all about the most profitable in the moment. There's also a value to maintaining employment from a career progression POV. And also long service entitlements.
Plus, I know some people who were to make a small lose on a second income and childcare for the sake of their sanity
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
You've just sent Raoul off in search of a sock.
Opened up this monster at lunchtime to console myself with the shittiness of the weather.
20210528_130528.jpg"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Always the same, the poor sock get discarded as soon as you meet a woman. I bet at one time you crawled over cold floorboards to get a comfy sock on .
I bet CourierCollie loves socks .
Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by dinekes View PostDrive slower in potentially dangerous situations!
Dont how much they go into potentially dangerous situations in the current driving test but should be the most fundamental core part of it."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
Plus, I know some people who were to make a small lose on a second income and childcare for the sake of their sanity"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Those ads remind me of my childhood fav programmes
The Tomorrow People and The Children of the Stones. Was terrified of the latter
Scarred For Life Volume One is an affectionate look at the darker side of pop culture in the 1970s. Public information films, scary kids' TV shows, bleak adult dramas, dystopian sci-fi, savage horror films, violent comics, horror-themed toys and sweets, and the huge boom in paranormal paraphernalia; all this and much more is covered in-depth. Prepare to relive your childhood nightmares. The things that made us... scarred for life!
What led me to it?
Anyone ever seen Johnny Jarvis? A superb slice of coming of age British kitchen sink drama set at the end of the 70s and through the early Thatcher years of the 80s. It was only released on DVD a couple of years back and just finished it last night.
Very amazing - first TV appearance for Kathy Burke and Joe McGann as well as a cast of great British character actors who were largely unknown at the time.
Highly recommended - can't believe I was only 12 when I watched it and it has stayed with me ever since AND didn't disappoint! Sex, drugs, rock n'roll, racism, homosexuality, class, criminality and domestic banality all rolled into six, tight 50 minute episodes.
And it's all the more poignant cos Mark Farmer, the blonde lead (who was a great actor and went on to do very well in a couple of season of Minder as well as a mainstream sitcom before giving up acting for music) died a few year back aged just 54.
Seek it out.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostPlease avoid hetero-northern-hemisphere-seasonal terminology ty ty.
I am all about helping to make people aware of things they might say that unknowingly offend people. This is a noble cause. I do it all the time and I like to be called up on it as sometimes I’m legit blind. Lots of times I’m legit blind. Lots of times I’m legit blind but also stubborn. It’s good learning and thinking.
I have no idea how misnaming a fucking season is offensive.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Also her woke head is Gregorian centric.
She need to be Lunar inclusive.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I'd say that's most people tbh. kids are boring as fck and probably most people quite like their jobs.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Its the vast majority of the theory test anyway. I'm only a few hours into actual driving and not killing people has been high on the instructors agenda so far.
Tester: "Watch out for those kids
Me: "Dont worry I'll get them"
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Originally posted by dinekes View Post
In my day it was road test which consisted of a bit of driving, sudden stop, hill start and reverse around a corner. The theory part was looking at road signs and guessing correctly!
Tester: "Watch out for those kids
Me: "Dont worry I'll get them"
Failed first test and reapplied and got a postponment a week later, obvs failed that too after nearly wiping out a line of parked cars on the narrow Churchtown route. Pulled up between the 108 and Comans at the lights about 500 yards from making it back alive to Test Centre just as the Ireland v Saudi WC match finished and we were swarmed by a few dozen drunken fans jumping on the bonnet. Tester had lost the will to live at this stage and ordered me to swap seats.
Crashed the car the following day into our Receptionist and had to confess to the No Full Licence malarkey. MD not happy having to pay for repairs in cash, took an air swing at me and told me to have a Full Licence by end of month or else. Different times really. Passed third time thank fook.
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That fucking tweet.
What do we do about timezones now.
This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Postit's amazing how triggered you all get because someone is trying to be nice
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Continuing my lockdown obsession with largely forgotten 70s and 80s British TV shows, I bought this book (and its vol.2, 1980s companion) earlier in the week.
Scarred For Life Volume One is an affectionate look at the darker side of pop culture in the 1970s. Public information films, scary kids' TV shows, bleak adult dramas, dystopian sci-fi, savage horror films, violent comics, horror-themed toys and sweets, and the huge boom in paranormal paraphernalia; all this and much more is covered in-depth. Prepare to relive your childhood nightmares. The things that made us... scarred for life!
What led me to it?
Anyone ever seen Johnny Jarvis? A superb slice of coming of age British kitchen sink drama set at the end of the 70s and through the early Thatcher years of the 80s. It was only released on DVD a couple of years back and just finished it last night.
Very amazing - first TV appearance for Kathy Burke and Joe McGann as well as a cast of great British character actors who were largely unknown at the time.
Highly recommended - can't believe I was only 12 when I watched it and it has stayed with me ever since AND didn't disappoint! Sex, drugs, rock n'roll, racism, homosexuality, class, criminality and domestic banality all rolled into six, tight 50 minute episodes.
And it's all the more poignant cos Mark Farmer, the blonde lead (who was a great actor and went on to do very well in a couple of season of Minder as well as a mainstream sitcom before giving up acting for music) died a few year back aged just 54.
Seek it out.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Its the vast majority of the theory test anyway. I'm only a few hours into actual driving and not killing people has been high on the instructors agenda so far.
The guy couldn't figure out the biting point, let alone understand braking.
3 lessons in and he is understanding the fundamentals but cant see why i wont take him on the road without a dual control car, would love to tell the instructor to take him out without the benefit of having pedals on his side , its like after one flying lesson the instructor says work away and sits in the back, madness !
I understand a lot of folk would have messed around in the drive etc but he came from not knowing what the pedals did, had zero interest. Im sure it will all click in someday and he can drive me home from the pub.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostYour geekyness never fails to impress .
Currently playing a bunch of 1980s compilations and soundtracks I picked up fairly cheap during the week - Miami Vice III is a highlight as is Now Dance 1986 -The 12" Remixes.
Also reading the Boy's Own fanzine compendium from the birth of acid house when football casuals and soul boys discovered good drugs and even better records (mostly written by Andrew Weatherall and Terry Farley).
Lovely hardback, embossed edition which has already trebled in value since I bought it last summer.
Oh...and Paul Carberry's autobiography which is pretty good too.
There's not enough hours in the day to consume interesting shit!Last edited by BennyHiFi; 28-05-21, 18:13.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostPlease avoid hetero-northern-hemisphere-seasonal terminology ty ty.
Originally posted by Hectorjellyit's amazing how triggered you all get because someone is trying to be nice
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Postit's amazing how triggered you all get because someone is trying to be nice
But really... are you a man who will make sure he gets the person he is speaking to's relative position on earth and their local climate during a series of month mapping correct?This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
He is a Man Of The People and he's telling them what they want to hear.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostMellor, any plans for Q3?
Are you talking about calendar Q3 or Fiscal Q3. The tax year in Australia runs from July 1st to June 30th.
I think you need to take a good long hard look at yourself in the mirror and try put yourself in Mellors position and how he feels right now.
Mellor - Hope you're OK hun?
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
Well as your know it’s on a bend so it’s not like he crosses over to approach the cyclists, he did so to avoid cars parked there, so at some point he either crosses the white line to continue or reverses back up the road. The cyclists were in different parts of the road, and the report suggests the victim was already falling before being hit so I’m not sure how you can have such conviction that the motorists actions were worthy of a custodial sentence. No guilty mind there at all in my view.
Originally posted by Rules of the roadSingle or double continuous white lines along the centre of the road: All traffic must keep to the left of the line (except in an emergency or for access).
Turning millions into thousands
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