classic33
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Just wondering how you managed to get the pan scrapings, that's all.In a toaster, like most other people, I'd imagine...
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Reynard
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classic33
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Something tells me you're not being serious about this!With a silicone spatula
Reynard
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Pot, kettle, black?
In any case, I'm going to have a
and the last slice of chocolate cheesecake...
slowmotion
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I ordered a globe for Lady Slowmotion on 7th December as a Christmas present. The vendor was a German company. Time passed, it didn't arrive in time for Christmas, and the vendor didn't seem to be very interested in telling me what was going on. Forty eight days after they had taken my money , they sent a tracking note showing that the parcel had been delivered to the shop over the road on Christmas Eve. Quite why they took a month to tell me I will never know. Anyway, I picked it up this afternoon and gave it to my wife. It's a very fine globe. We howled with laughter when we saw that all the place names were in German.
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classic33
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Can't help you on the first part. On the second, I've the cuppa at my side already.Pot, kettle, black?
In any case, I'm going to have a
Reynard
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Can't help you with the second part. The slice of cheesecake is now an ex-slice of cheesecake...
classic33
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As in it's gone, there is none left.Can't help you with the second part. The slice of cheesecake is now an ex-slice of cheesecake...
Reynard
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Gravity Aided
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Greetings from Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. I am just north of Springfield, about 100 kliks.
Jenkins
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Bit of a late reply and the figures aren't exact, but here goes (this may be a bit boring for some, but it used to be my bread & butter)
Take the purchase price of $40 and add on the shipping cost ($10?) = $50 and convert that to GBP at around $1.28 to the £ = £39 delivered. You will therefore pay 12% import duty on the £39 = £4.68. On top of that VAT is charged on the delivered value and duty which is 20% of £43.68 which is £8.73. Finally the shipping company (UPS/DHL, etc) will slap a fee on top for completing the Customs declaration of around £8 - £10
In total therefore you will pay £39 (inc. delivery) for the top, £4.68 duty & £8.73 VAT = £52.41 plus the £8 - £10 handling fee which means your $40 top could end up costing you around £60 by the time it lands on your doorstep. Don't expect the parcel to be marked as a gift or declared with a low value (under $15) so you won't have to pay the duty/VAT/handling fee as the US imposes strict penalties on shippers who falsify values.
The worst thing is I remember this sort of thing and still know more about it than most of the HMRC people that do it on a daily basis!
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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Despite the frustration of waiting for the globe for so long, we actually quite like the exotic German place names. We think it adds a certain sophistication to Chateau Slowmotion.
Reynard
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Time for bed.
biggs682
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Why does our cat come and sit with me when I am in the toilet ??
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Thank you for those calculations. You have confirmed my suspicions, and It does rather rule it out, if I have to pay so much for delivery.
The sewing patterns that I have ordered have a low value and were sent "printed paper rate" so not too bad in extra shipping costs.
