Simon Wright
@simonjohnw.bsky.social
Ada programmer, retired but still at it, on Mac.
At the other place,I was a "Deeply unhelpful cave-dwelling liberal-elite filthy remoaner citizen of nowhere. Moralising cog in an engine of evil."
https://github.com/simonjwright
At the other place,I was a "Deeply unhelpful cave-dwelling liberal-elite filthy remoaner citizen of nowhere. Moralising cog in an engine of evil."
https://github.com/simonjwright
Could it be Big Sugar? or just "here's a target, let's shoot at it"
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Could it be Big Sugar? or just "here's a target, let's shoot at it"
Better if all sports were banned to a different channel. Especially football.
February 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Better if all sports were banned to a different channel. Especially football.
The image that came into my head was Charles I - now that would have been some letter! with added warnings
February 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The image that came into my head was Charles I - now that would have been some letter! with added warnings
@remike.bsky.social 's command of English seems pretty good to me. 'Sum of water' is not at all idiomatic.
January 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@remike.bsky.social 's command of English seems pretty good to me. 'Sum of water' is not at all idiomatic.
Two-column layout is a Bad Idea for documents that are to be viewed on the web
December 15, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Two-column layout is a Bad Idea for documents that are to be viewed on the web
... has risen by a factor of 10
December 11, 2024 at 9:19 AM
... has risen by a factor of 10
I’m saving my copy up for the holidays
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I’m saving my copy up for the holidays
Pipp & Co’s doughnuts at Stroud Farmers’ Marked on Saturdays. We like the mixed berry sort - you do have to be careful not to get jam squirted on your clothes!
November 24, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Pipp & Co’s doughnuts at Stroud Farmers’ Marked on Saturdays. We like the mixed berry sort - you do have to be careful not to get jam squirted on your clothes!
Why is it that people post the headline three times? and nothing else? Looks like incompetence
November 22, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Why is it that people post the headline three times? and nothing else? Looks like incompetence
We used to have a copy of this, long gone to dust :-(
November 22, 2024 at 2:03 PM
We used to have a copy of this, long gone to dust :-(
Like the possibly apocryphal comment 'you are not meant to understand this'
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Like the possibly apocryphal comment 'you are not meant to understand this'
I didn't listen to the whole thing, but it felt shouty. And C hadn't started shouting when I left.
It's like living in your parent's mansion with little income: come IHT you'll need to sell up
It's like living in your parent's mansion with little income: come IHT you'll need to sell up
November 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I didn't listen to the whole thing, but it felt shouty. And C hadn't started shouting when I left.
It's like living in your parent's mansion with little income: come IHT you'll need to sell up
It's like living in your parent's mansion with little income: come IHT you'll need to sell up
J O’B was talking (shouting) over his comments and not making the slightest attempt to understand what his point was. It may or may not have been a good point, and there might be counter-arguments. It would have been good to have had a discussion rather than a flat-out rejection.
November 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM
J O’B was talking (shouting) over his comments and not making the slightest attempt to understand what his point was. It may or may not have been a good point, and there might be counter-arguments. It would have been good to have had a discussion rather than a flat-out rejection.
In this case, Charlie is quite right
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
In this case, Charlie is quite right
Continuing to live on the farm might well count as benefiting from the trust, depending I guess on how clever your lawyers were (relative to HMRC's lawyers, ofc).
The taper element does apply if the gift to the trust was above the IHT threshold.
Listen to me sounding as though I was an expert :-(
The taper element does apply if the gift to the trust was above the IHT threshold.
Listen to me sounding as though I was an expert :-(
November 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Continuing to live on the farm might well count as benefiting from the trust, depending I guess on how clever your lawyers were (relative to HMRC's lawyers, ofc).
The taper element does apply if the gift to the trust was above the IHT threshold.
Listen to me sounding as though I was an expert :-(
The taper element does apply if the gift to the trust was above the IHT threshold.
Listen to me sounding as though I was an expert :-(
A settlor (the person who gave the property to the trust) can be a trustee, but can't be a beneficiary.
November 19, 2024 at 12:49 PM
A settlor (the person who gave the property to the trust) can be a trustee, but can't be a beneficiary.