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Previously on "Not all heroes wear a cape...."

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Not all heroes wear a cape....
    Indeed....

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
    Did he get the wheelbarrows back or did he factor the cost of them into the fine?
    They were clamped and impounded because he hadn't registered them.

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  • woohoo
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    Did he get the wheelbarrows back or did he factor the cost of them into the fine?

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    Not that kind of bagging up.
    How many kinds are there?

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Are you open to business opportunities?
    Not that kind of bagging up.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    I take mine down to the pub where they're happy to buy it
    (does require bagging up first though of course)
    Are you open to business opportunities?

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Yup. There is that video going round where the guy pays a fine for taking his kids out of school in coppers. I'd love to know the outcome. I hope they refused the payment and he had to go pick it all back up and then lose 15% of it by using one of them machines in the Supermarkets to change it.
    15%

    I take mine down to the pub where they're happy to buy it
    (does require bagging up first though of course)

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Yup. There is that video going round where the guy pays a fine for taking his kids out of school in coppers. I'd love to know the outcome. I hope they refused the payment and he had to go pick it all back up and then lose 15% of it by using one of them machines in the Supermarkets to change it.
    I would have directed him to your end cubicle at the train station gents.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    I think That would be illegal in the UK.

    Legal tender:
    1p coins - 20 pence
    2p coins - 20 pence
    5p - up to £5
    10p - up to £5
    20p - up to £10
    50p - up to £10
    £1 coins and above - any amount
    Yup. There is that video going round where the guy pays a fine for taking his kids out of school in coppers. I'd love to know the outcome. I hope they refused the payment and he had to go pick it all back up and then lose 15% of it by using one of them machines in the Supermarkets to change it.

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  • WTFH
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    Not all heroes wear a cape....

    I think That would be illegal in the UK.

    Legal tender:
    1p coins - 20 pence
    2p coins - 20 pence
    5p - up to £5
    10p - up to £5
    20p - up to £10
    50p - up to £10
    £1 coins and above - any amount
    Last edited by WTFH; 13 January 2017, 15:06. Reason: Checked.

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  • SimonMac
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    In other news, the Self Assessment deadline is approaching

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  • SimonMac
    started a topic Not all heroes wear a cape....

    Not all heroes wear a cape....

    US man pays tax bill using five wheelbarrows of coins - BBC News

    A US businessman in dispute with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has paid his $3,000 tax bill using five wheelbarrows containing 300,000 coins.

    Nick Stafford from Cedar Buff, Virginia, delivered so many coins that the DMV's automated counting machines could not cope with the volume.
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