Farmer Saint

I'm with you. I would prefer any money I don't need (and if you're talking about 45% tax you don't "need" it to have a good life) to be funnelled to those less fortunate and who do need it, which is effectively what you're doing.

Eh? Then you must have not paid correct tax in previous years. The Tax Man can't steal something you don't owe, or you can take them to court. I know, because I did it when contracting in the early 10's.

The more you move up, and the more you earn the better paid per hour that work becomes...it's where delegation comes in.

I'm aware, thank you, but that's like saying "it's R Kelly, not P Diddy".

I'm a farmer now, but not in a previous life, hence why I am a Non-Exec on a couple of Tech SME boards. And behave, I'm not some ruddy cheeked, gout ridden 60 old farmer, thank you very much 😂

No, you're giving nearly half any additional wage. That's just tax though - shit happens. 50% of a lot of money is still a lot of money.

Surely if you were going to invest back in the business you'd have kept it in the business, otherwise you'd have had to have paid additional tax on it?

Surprising result last night in Scotland - excellent result for Labour considering incumbent governments never seem to do well in by-elections.

This is awesome 😎

Car allowance, for Non-Exec? No, I get renumeration for time on each board, but car allowance doesn't tend to be something you get for that, and that money gets re-invested into the farm.

I get that, I really do, and it shouldn't. But as Non-Exec board member, it unfortunately does matter.

Two horse race? Three horse race, maybe, but two is a very odd way to put it. In relation to Martin, this is a perfect job for him. Players that are better than the rest of the division bar one team, and a recent history of turmoil and underachievement.

So the Cayenne is a really odd one. First gen are awfully unreliable, but second gen are meant to be bombproof (according to online!). Who knows. I can't be turning up to board meetings in a Dacia unfortunately 😕

Or he accidentally goes to a country that is happy to uphold ICC commitments.

No, I don't think he'd do well in the Championship

He's playing with better players, under better managers. But yes, he's better than our Championship level players.

Musk is correct on this one, for sure.

Alcaraz is bang average, and forever will be so. He's another in a long line that can have incredible moments, but they are too few and far between. For other examples please see: Boufal, Sofiane Ramirez, Gaston Redmond, Nathan Fernandes, Fabrice et al

I'll nip down to Volvo and have a test drive - cheers mate.

So in general I think Land Cruisers are slightly out of budget (which is why I don't mention it above), but I will certainly keep an eye out. V10 Touareg will cost me as much as a RR to maintain and run 🤣 The gearboxes on them can be ruinous. XC90 should be on the list as well - great cars and lovely to drive. Love Jimmy's, but not big enough for what I need unfortunately. Cheers for your suggestions though!

Hmmm, not sure I'd "suit" a pick-up tbh. Best I could get is probably a 2.2 Ranger and not sure that's got the capabilities I need.

He's also in the shop window for bigger teams. Not really sure how you fail to see what Saints could get from the deal?

Afternoon all. So as you all know I do some farm shit from time to time, and over the past 4 years I have been running a 2011 Land Rover Discovery 4. Now if you've ever owned one of these you will know that they are utterly brilliant in every way, apart from two - reliability and reliability. It recently crossed over to 160k miles, and was getting close to a cambelt change (body off, £1500 job), so I decided to part ways. I am now looking for a replacement, but also one that I can use for my other ventures (of which there are a few). Therefore, I am looking for the following: - A car with as big a boot as possible. - Comfortable over long distances. - Very capable off-road. - Available for circa £15k to £20k as it's likely to end up getting wrecked and I don't want to drop more than that on a car that may get a little wrecked. - Able to tow. At the moment I am looking at the L405 Range Rover 4.4 SDV8 (2015 onwards). Obviously does all the above, with worse reliability than my old LR4. I am also looking at the Porsche Cayenne 3.0 or 4.2 V8 D (2014 onwards). Think the reliability is a bit better on these. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated, and anyone who has had either of the above I'd be interested to know your experiences. Ta, Farmer

It does make me laugh how people have such an issue with Manager's ways of life. It's actually really weird.

I doubt it, they've got to track them down first - I think they're more bothered about sorting the driver charges out first.