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[Speicher]

When your employer pays your wages through an independant accountancy firm (or smth like that) it's a proper rip-off for a poor employee. I was really shocked how much money I lost.

Lesson learnt, looking for another job.

Have they told you what your Tax Code is? Sometimes, in the absence of notification from the Tax Office, employers put you on an "Emergency Tax Code" which is much higher than what you would expect. You shouldn't lose out because of the accountants your employers chose.

 

[Speicher]

@Reynard could not find a onesie to fit me. Good thing that I remembered my pyjamas.

 

[classic33]

@Reynard could not find a onesie to fit me. Good thing that I remembered my pyjamas.

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[Ripple]

Have they told you what your Tax Code is? Sometimes, in the absence of notification from the Tax Office, employers put you on an "Emergency Tax Code" which is much higher than what you would expect. You shouldn't lose out because of the accountants your employers chose.

I know my tax code and that's not an issue. It's stated on my payslip. Issue is with firm's fees and they deducted 4 (!!!) different types of fees from my earnings. Plus usual NI and income tax. I literally lost about 20% of wages.

 

[Reynard]

I think I may have just cooked my oven chips to perfection and beyond !

A bit... crispy... were they?

 

[Reynard]

Chocolate and knitting? Who could refuse?

And cat cuddles And lots of

 

[Reynard]

Had a stonking evening of yellow stickering in Tesco, if you can ignore that the only fruit and veg on sticker were a few bags of salad and some melon fingers... That aside, I was on my ownsome - no regulars, no opportunists, so I had first dibs at everything. I suspect the crappy weather kept them all safely tucked up at home. The reductions were quite handy tonight as well...

Came home with a side of salmon, smoked salmon fillets, tuna steaks, langoustines, chipolatas, black pudding, honey roast ham, liver sausage, a large fluted pork pie (the ones they usually cut slices from), six pints of organic milk, earl grey tea, italian herb seasoning mix, several bars of 85% dark chocolate plus a large assortment of pastries from the bakery.

Well made up with the salmon. Paid £4 for the side - it's nearly one and a quarter kilos. Will turn some of it into gravadlax, some into fish pie and and will just steam the rest.

One of the tuna steaks is already in the cats.

 

[slowmotion]

I put a large slab of frozen food to de-frost in the microwave. Lord knows what it is. We don't label stuff in the freezer round here.

Do you reckon it will end up all over the microwave or in the glass bowl?

 

[Speicher]

I would be very very very careful reheating, or re-cooking anything containing rice.

In fact I would never re-heat rice. Is it a stir fry frozen meal?

 

[slowmotion]

I would be very very very careful reheating, or re-cooking anything containing rice.

In fact I would never re-heat rice. Is it a stir fry frozen meal?

Thanks for the warning. No, it's something we cobbled together months ago. It could be a risotto or paella. It's still defrosting and appears to have bits of shrimp and other stuff. This could turn out to be a bit of a colonic epic but I'm hungry.

 

[slowmotion]

I'm happy to report that it turned out to be kedgeree I mistook the egg bits for shrimps.

 

[PeteXXX]

Must go... MrsPete needs a cuddle but she doesn't know it yet.

 

[Reynard]

I would be very very very careful reheating, or re-cooking anything containing rice.

In fact I would never re-heat rice. Is it a stir fry frozen meal?

Reheat only once, and make sure it's radioactively hot.

I'll do enough rice for two days - once with whatever, and then the next day as egg fried rice. I love egg fried rice...

P.S. I use a rice cooker. Takes the whole guesswork out of the process. Perfect rice every time.

 

[Reynard]

I'm happy to report that it turned out to be kedgeree I mistook the egg bits for shrimps.

Now that's something I haven't had in a while. Gives me an idea for the coming week or so, as I will have leftover fish, plus I also bought a dozen extra large eggs on sticker tonight as well.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, my tea is drunk, my slice of chocolate cake is eaten, so time to head off up my wooden hill. Bed calls.