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Has anyone on AB ever avoided VAT by paying 'cash in hand'

I'm posing this question because we are all rightly outraged by money-grubbing MPs and workshy dole cheats... ...but how many of us have paid cash-in-hand to builders, carpenters, painters, home...

McMouse

Summer Classes for Women

Class 1 Up in Winter, Down in Summer - How to Adjust a Thermostat Step by Step, with Slide Presentation. Class 2 Which Takes More Energy - Putting the Toilet Seat Down, or Bitching About It for 3...

Bobbisox

It's dullish oop Norf, so sitting in the garden is not an option today,,,very quiet in here tho'

iggymiggy

PINK GOOSEBERRIES

A lot of the gooseberries on my bushes have gone very pink are they still okay to eat.

paddywak

We've Just heard that Anne our friend, passed away a couple of hours ago, we all knew it could happen any time but it's still a shock especially as we'd all been out together on Monday and she seemed...

LongVodka

an alternative to chocolate

I LOVE chocolate....i don't have a sweet tooth, I have sweet teeth!!! so imagine how hard it is to stay away from any form of chocolate!!!??? But now after dinner, I crave something sweet to eat but...

Bbbananas

I'm gonna get myself a vulva zala...

and blow blow blow..... I'm not a footy fan, but I'll be cheering them on sunday. Sun, bbq, national pride etc. Even the BF's gonna cheer them on - & he's of The Welsh Breed....

izzieamy

PROM!

Morning all, i have my prom on friday and i need ideas as to what to do with my hair ! Up ? Down? My hairs, reddy, brown in colour, thick, curly and medium to long in length. I dont like neat hair but...

Bbbananas

Aren't livers great?

When you think of all the toxins we pour into it day after day - fats, alcohol (in my case anyway). And every day it works overtime flushing them out. It does all that synthesisis thingy, is not...

Lov3shy

Crush Mania

Perhaps the idea of a crush is inspiring, endearing; perhaps it's a hell that no one wants to face. I, however, hate the crushes I experience because they're always on people who I cannot physically...

mollykins

cheeky ways of asking for your number

What's the cheekiest way someone has asked for your number, or even the craftiest or sweetest way?

olddutch

Retirement Rights ?

The Independent reports “French unions laid down a powerful challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age yesterday by bringing an estimated 2 Million protesters onto...

cecil39

water marks on vase

I have been given a nice Stuart crystal vase that has got some water marks on the inside that spoils the look of it, I have tried sterident and that did no good at all, may be I should have used it...

bibblebub

Brazil v Portugal on Friday

Brazil are definitely through to the next round and Portugal are virtually there too because of their goal difference. Will they play competitively or just go through the motions? Do Portugal have the...

Jemisa

The Prediction

Anyone want to give a prediction on who will win world war 3 on Sunday?? I want England to win I really do and I hope & pray they do BUT - - - - I've got a feeling in me water it'll be them 1...

Carleigh

Planting in a Porcelain sink

hi. I have an old porcelain sink I used as a planting container last year in my garden. I planted the sink in the ground so the base of the sink in underground and the top rim and head of the sink...

LauraDoll

Norethisterone to delay a period.

Has anyone ever taken Norethisterone to delay a period. I started them 3 days ago so that I would not have my period going on holday and have ended up with really bad cramps just like period pain....

madmaggot

Should I go to the doc's?

I had an insect bite whilst in the garden on Monday which became very red and swollen so I started taking anti-histamine and got some cream from the pharmacist to help with the itching. The redness...

4getmenot

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spider under my laptop