Whitey Grandad

Ooh, you’re entering the world of metaphysics here. Schrödinger’s cat and all that. Gone are the days of absolute certainty over such matters. These days you’re not offside until the fat VAR controller says you are. Until the referee draws his magic box in the air the outcome is uncertain and unknown. Back in the real world, at the game he looked clearly offside but I could swear that nobody noticed those red and blue lines across the pitch. My point was, still is, that there was enough time for someone to score a goal.

Yes, I know, but it was very tight.

Just enough time for a tight offside goal though 😗

Yes. And we scored once he went off.

Going to St Mary’s is a boring chore these days.

The £10k grant was only available to businesses that paid no or very little business rates.

They weren’t free.

All went to employees. None to any business.

None of the furlough money went to businesses. It went to the staff. The employers still had to pay NI and pension contributions.

As kids in the 1950s we were all into it. We used to hollow out a swede (he wasn’t happy about it) and put a lighted candle inside. Then walk around the streets wondering why we had done it. Pumpkins were unheard of in those days.

Contraction is just a shorter version of contradiction.

Businesses got loans which they are still having to pay back. What help were you thinking about?

Very wise ☺️

He was until he joined the Sod’em Wanderers.

In a way it is exactly that. We are not trying to score goals. We are afraid of taking risks and would rather try to keep possession instead.

No matter how bad a manager they might be, three clubs are going to be promoted.

Nor I. If you can’t see the sleight of hand then you never will. Employees will find out soon enough when the next round of pay rises come under discussion.

If you really think that 13 points is ‘doing OK’ then you must be Lucy and I claim my £5

You learn something every day, if you take the time to look. I found this, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23634720

Most? Sauce!

I sometimes suspect that you really believe that.

Continue playing?

Cards started in the 1970 World Cup. Branfoot became manager in June 1991.

See, they have totally conned you. In my time I have paid enough NI for my employees to know what I’m talking about. To any employer their NI contribution is lumped in with the employee’s total salary. The government steal it before the employee ever sees it. If you’re an employer who’s thinking about employing someone (hint: don’t) then the two categories of NI are considered together. You might like to try the exercise of calculating the marginal rate of taxes for a middle earning worker once you include the employer’s contribution in the total remuneration. And whilst we’re here, let’s not forget that although pensioners don’t pay NI their employers do. Make no mistake. This is an increase in tax on workers. Where do you think this money comes from?

Did it ever achieve that? 😉