Off Topic Chat. (MOD NOTE post# 3949 and post#5279)

tudderone

Cass wrote: »

For the love of God.

C'mon China, get your act together.

They are messing around with things like covid and bird flu, because they want to use them as biological weapons. That is where covid came from, a lab, not the spiel that some guy got nipped by a bat in a cave and thats how it started. Ruthless the Chinese.

otmmyboy2

tudderone wrote: »

They are messing around with things like covid and bird flu, because they want to use them as biological weapons. That is where covid came from, a lab, not the spiel that some guy got nipped by a bat in a cave and thats how it started. Ruthless the Chinese.

Indeed, you know things are happening when the democrat bastion WaPo is jumping aboard with the lab leak theory:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/30/beware-expert-consensus-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-shows-why/?

Grizzly 45

Cass wrote: »

For the love of God.

C'mon China, get your act together.

Covid 21 here we come!:rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Indeed, you know things are happening when the democrat bastion WaPo is jumping aboard with the lab leak theory:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/30/beware-expert-consensus-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-shows-why/?

And FB is also not censoring this either...I]Sounds of furious backpedalling in msm[/I Does anyone else feel like Winston Smith is busy as Hell in the ministry for Truth, deleting and rewriting history inthese times?

tudderone

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Covid 21 here we come!:rolleyes:

I believe the numbers are on the rise again here, already. The carry on in the city centre at the weekend (outdoor drinks parties) shows people aren't listening either.

Cass

Right, thats enough.

End of discussion on the NZ shooting.

I'm not going to keep reading every post, of a subject I have no interest in, and then having to research it trying to find if something is true or not. So I've just deleted the last few posts.

Move onto another topic.

Cass

tudderone wrote: »

I believe the numbers are on the rise again here, already.

With the recent cyber attack the HSE and HPSC says data is not available.

The carry on in the city centre at the weekend (outdoor drinks parties) shows people aren't listening either.

But the outdoor transmission rate is something like 0.1% according to HPSC.

This is recorded worldwide so not just in Ireland.

tudderone

Cass wrote: »

With the recent cyber attack the HSE and HPSC says data is not available.

But the outdoor transmission rate is something like 0.1% according to HPSC.

This is recorded worldwide so not just in Ireland.

I was in a shopping centre today and there was zero social distancing going on, it was like covid was never heard of.

tudderone

Thank god guns are outlawed in New York :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JAn_gQAQs

Cass

tudderone wrote: »

I was in a shopping centre today and there was zero social distancing going on, it was like covid was never heard of.

That has been happening since day one.

I've not gone into a shopping centre in the last 15 months and ever seen everyone "obeying" the social distance guidelines. At queues for checkouts, yes, but up and down the mall and aisles, nope.

According to the latest data (only up to 22nd May) there is 1.72 million first doses and 510,000 second doses administered. That could be up to 2 million 1st doses and 520,000 second doses based on trends as of today.

I realise asymptomatic people can still spread it, but if 80% of the population (average) are asymptomatic and the rest are being vaccinated and taking other precautions along with 35% having their first dose, and almost 11% fully vaccinated coupled with some level of distancing and continued mask wearing I don't believe the threat is as severe.

People may be taking it less serious, but I don't believe that to be a sense of recklessness, but more hope coupled with utter contempt for the last 15 months of lockdowns. IOW they've had enough.

The UK posted over 3,500 new cases today, but no deaths. Their vaccination rate is much higher, hence the quicker lifting of lockdowns.

Cass

tudderone wrote: »

Thank god guns are outlawed in New York :rolleyes:

DeBlasio, how is that defund the police thing working out for you?

What a donkey. He reckons with the economy opening up thing will quiet down as well as a functioning court system. Does New York not have the same system as California where minor crimes are dealt with in court with RoRs? Why bother arresting people for them to be back on the streets in a matter of hours?

His anti police stance, the high rate of police retirements and those quitting due to his policies coupled with the ultra liberal court system means people have nothing to fear or lose by committing crime, in New York.

Richard308

Not sure if I’d do this ?
California teen girl fights off a bear attacking her dogs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57325483

tudderone

Richard308 wrote: »

Not sure if I’d do this ?
California teen girl fights off a bear attacking her dogs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57325483

Seen that, brave woman, bears are not to be messed with.

otmmyboy2

Chaps(and chapettes),

You know that whole low priced goods(<€22) exemption from customs duty & vat that is ending shortly?
Anyone know if that means the "gift" exemption is being removed too?

Cass

July 1st it ends.

Gifts are exempt only if the value (of the gift, shipping, etc) is €45 or under. Anything over that amount and its subject to the requisite duties.

tudderone

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Chaps(and chapettes),

You know that whole low priced goods(<€22) exemption from customs duty & vat that is ending shortly?
Anyone know if that means the "gift" exemption is being removed too?

Its odd, i bought motorcycle parts worth £75 and wasn't charged anything, just the postage. But buying cheaper things off ebay uk and you get nailed

otmmyboy2

tudderone wrote: »

Its odd, i bought motorcycle parts worth £75 and wasn't charged anything, just the postage. But buying cheaper things off ebay uk and you get nailed

Customs miss stuff with some regularity, especially if it isn't sent via couriers.
Also depends on the value declared, etc.

I've had firearms come in, quite obviously being firearms and declared as such, with the correct import docs etc and not looked at, and a toy pistol which fired foam darts like this one seized for over a month as it was suspected of being a firearm...



Go figure :rolleyes:

Feisar

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Chaps(and chapettes),

You know that whole low priced goods(<€22) exemption from customs duty & vat that is ending shortly?
Anyone know if that means the "gift" exemption is being removed too?

I got a Wiebad mini stock pad in and they missed it, I had to go to the bother of ringing up customs to pay for it.

Cass

tudderone wrote: »

But buying cheaper things off ebay uk and you get nailed

They automatically add duty/customs at point of sale.

Its actually handy cause you get the full price without having to work out anything or do anything.

Bought a N/S mirror for a car recently. €250 here. With duty and postage it worked at €76 all in. Second hand vs new, i grant you, but the second hand market in the UK is so much bigger and better you've little choice when looking for certain parts.

Of course it works the other way too. If it goes over €150 or €200 the price after all taxes can be as much as new here.

Richard308

Karen McDougal: Trump escapes fine in Playboy model payment case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57335148
Well well well, he dodged the bullet

Cass

See that Kelly McMillan, founder and owner of McMillan rifle stocks passed away.

Grizzly 45

Cass wrote: »

DeBlasio, how is that defund the police thing working out for you?

What a donkey. He reckons with the economy opening up thing will quiet down as well as a functioning court system. Does New York not have the same system as California where minor crimes are dealt with in court with RoRs? Why bother arresting people for them to be back on the streets in a matter of hours?

His anti police stance, the high rate of police retirements and those quitting due to his policies coupled with the ultra-liberal court system means people have nothing to fear or lose by committing crime, in New York.

Well if you employ your police force to guard graffiti[political artwork] for a Marixst terrorist organisation that Burned, Looted and Murdered your city, and you did nothing to stop them either.So much that your "Gem of America"AKA 5th Av looks like a demilitarised war sone in some 3rd world dump. Dont be surprised if the rest of your sane constituents are moving out to more liberal,less expensive,and more law abiding states,and no one sane will come near your shthole of a city. Be it NYC or San Fransisco or LA or CA in general.No one is going to pay high taxes and get little or nothing in return for it ither.

tudderone

Cass wrote: »

They automatically add duty/customs at point of sale.

Its actually handy cause you get the full price without having to work out anything or do anything.

Bought a N/S mirror for a car recently. €250 here. With duty and postage it worked at €76 all in. Second hand vs new, i grant you, but the second hand market in the UK is so much bigger and better you've little choice when looking for certain parts.

Of course it works the other way too. If it goes over €150 or €200 the price after all taxes can be as much as new here.

Buying stuff from America is eyewateringly expensive, Canada even worse. I thought the eu had free trade disagreements with all these countries ?

tudderone

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Well if you employ your police force to guard graffiti[political artwork] for a Marixst terrorist organisation that Burned, Looted and Murdered your city, and you did nothing to stop them either.So much that your "Gem of America"AKA 5th Av looks like a demilitarised war sone in some 3rd world dump. Dont be surprised if the rest of your sane constituents are moving out to more liberal,less expensive,and more law abiding states,and no one sane will come near your shthole of a city. Be it NYC or San Fransisco or LA or CA in general.No one is going to pay high taxes and get little or nothing in return for it ither.

But biden just announced that no one on $400K and under would be paying tax

Cass

tudderone wrote: »

Buying stuff from America is eyewateringly expensive, Canada even worse. I thought the eu had free trade disagreements with all these countries ?

I'm not an economist/business person, or the likes so I've no idea how they work, but at a guess they may have a trade agreement, but that does not exempt taxes and duties.

Richard308

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Well if you employ your police force to guard graffiti[political artwork] for a Marixst terrorist organisation that Burned, Looted and Murdered your city, and you did nothing to stop them either.So much that your "Gem of America"AKA 5th Av looks like a demilitarised war sone in some 3rd world dump. Dont be surprised if the rest of your sane constituents are moving out to more liberal,less expensive,and more law abiding states,and no one sane will come near your shthole of a city. Be it NYC or San Fransisco or LA or CA in general.No one is going to pay high taxes and get little or nothing in return for it ither.

Really? (Nypd guarding graffiti)I missed that (have you a link) what with sky high taxes and tough gun laws, crazy property prices it’s no wonder people are leaving

tudderone

Richard308 wrote: »

Really? (Nypd guarding graffiti)I missed that (have you a link) what with sky high taxes and tough gun laws, crazy property prices it’s no wonder people are leaving

Have a look at the Tenderloin district in San Francisco :eek:, i thought Ireland had a drugs issue, but nothing like that.

Munsterlad102

Cass wrote: »

I'm not an economist/business person, or the likes so I've no idea how they work, but at a guess they may have a trade agreement, but that does not exempt taxes and duties.

This is just conjecture, but I'd say you'd only be exempt from import tax. I'd say you'd still have to pay VAT here and sales tax in America.

Cass

What I meant was there is a free trade of goods but only in so far as the goods can flow into and out of both the EU and America.

Taxation is a different matter to importation.

When you buy something from the UK, now, you pay VAT in the UK and VAT here (depending on price Customs too). You can claim the VAT back in the UK as you've paid it here too, but few if any do (on an individual basis).

I think/believe the same applies to the States.

Cass

What is he scheming? Criticising his own lockdown then voting to extend it and saying how surprised he is that people have accepted the violation of their civil liberties (another conspiracy theory proved right).

https://twitter.com/i/status/1399753238279249922



Its coming up to the half way point of this Government and will soon be time for Leo to take the reigns. Is he planning on sacrificing FF for the remainder of the Government's term to increase FGs popularity and try win back votes?