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Re: Travel Database:
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What Even the Travel Database ? Mm đ
Re: Travel Database:
Martin as usual I respect your comments and point of view, ID cards may well be out of the window but this is all based on Goverment plans, its in the news go and have a look for yourself. Sorry to post this in this forum perhaps the moderators can move this over to Off Topic for those who are interested.
We are under so much scrutiny these days living in one of the most heavily observed societies on the globe. We have no end of red tape binding us all and so many different agencies who know all about each and every one of us like it or not.
I am not promoting any polictical party at all as I think they are all involved in politics to line their own pockets, for instance yesterday it was reported that our MPs are only willing to give up their perks if they each get a ÂŁ 40k per annum pay rise !
meanwhile the state rewards those who sit on their backsides while the likes of us have to use our own money, talents, time and brains to run a small business and small businesess make up a huge proportion of tax revenues as well as offering employment to millions to keep these freeloaders and the non indigenous population, there was even a story the other day which was highlighting the fact that there is now a emerging trend for imigrants to falsify there true ages upwards so they can retire early drawing our pension money !!!!!
Its not tripe Martin the country is in a serious state under pressure from short term problems and long term problems yet to become fully evident.
Be not complacent this is a free country as long as you keep your head below the parapit.Re: Travel Database:
Here’s a bit more about this I found,
Travel database and Government spin
17 march 2009——————————————————————————–
Whatever the government tries to tell us, the new travel database has little to do with securing our borders and more to do with controlling and monitoring the activities or each and every British citizen. In fact, with the new telecommunications database, which will monitor every email, text message and mobile phone call, this governments access to our personal data will be akin to a prisoner having a tag fitted, except, it will be on 61m people.
For those that believe the travel database wonât affect them, then think again, as many as 1800 government and private agencies will have access to our personal travel details. Anyone that believes this information will only be used by government agencies with responsibility for border controls is at best naive. Let me give you a couple of examples of what this information could be used for.
If you have children of school age and decide to take them out a week before their school break to save money for your annual holidays, then you should be aware that the travel arrangements will be recorded. The school could then, theoretically at least, access this information and commence proceedings against the parents. Yes, you can argue parents shouldnât do this, but it is worth nothing that as many as one third of all parents do.
Suppose you regularly go abroad for your booze and fags, these journeys will now be recorded, as will your luggage. As a consequence, if the HMRC deem that you go too often they could seize the goods, seize your vehicle, fine you, prosecute, you or all four!
Maybe you earn air miles as a result of your business or work. If you use air miles or some other voucher to pay for a personal flight, then this will be recorded. How long do you think it will be before the HMRC cotton on to this and send you a bill for this âbenefit in kindâ?
Perhaps you are lucky enough to win an incentive from your company which includes overseas travel or, maybe you have been invited by a supplier for a conference or the like. Strictly speaking, you should ascertain whether or not this would be considered a âbenefit in kindâ, if so, you must declare it on your tax return. If you get it wrong, forget to include it on your return or try and get away with it, HMRC will know, because the details of the trip, including the cost and who paid for it will all be recorded. Do you really think they wonât be looking?
Lets say you have saved up for a trip of a lifetime, or perhaps one of your relatives have contributed to the cost, the HMRC will be able to check the cost of the travel arrangements against your earning and if it is above an accepted average, it could trigger an investigation. Granted, it may be perfectly innocent, but the onus will be on you to prove how the trip was funded, this may mean you having to detail your income and outgoings for
decades. If you have a perfect record AND you can prove it, then you have nothing to fear. If, however, a relative, has gifted you money, whether for the trip, or at some other time, unless it is below the annual gift threshold, then the gift could be subject to tax. If you havenât paid the tax, you can also expect, at the very minimum, a fine, but they may also prosecute. So, you still think the travel database wonât affect you?
Remember, these new controls will include monitoring how much you spend whilst you are abroad, so if you normally buy a few gifts, electrical items, DVDâs, clothes etc., and you donât bother declaring them, then think again. Because they will know how much you spent, where and, of course, if you declared these goods when you returned to the UK. How many of the ânothing to hide, nothing to fearâ brigade can claim to have a perfect record I wonder?
So, if you have never carried out any of the above and you donât intend to, you are almost certainly in the minority, therefore it may not affect you.
Unless, of course, there is something that I have missed out and you can be certain, that this Government is well ahead of the game. They have even looked at it as a revenue generating scheme by threatening anyone who does not register their travel details with a fine of up to ÂŁ5,000, as always with this government, it is always stick and no carrot.
For example, this database and UK Border Controls will also start to collect fingerprints, how long before they require other bio-metric data, remember, the Government wanted to include this information on ID Cards, but because there was such an uproar, they are intending to collect it using other means,
in this case, anyone that travels abroad and that is most of us. This Government are just hoping that we are too stupid to notice that they are simply gathering this information via another means. We have seen the government agencies sell our personal data to private companies, one example is the DVLA who have provided parking companies with the name and addresses of vehicle owners, so that they can be hounded for parking fines. How long before they are selling our travel arrangments to airline companies and the like?
Our government consistently lie to us about why they need so much data, constantly harping on about terrorist threats and so on. The reality is, determined terrorists will always be able to get in through our porus borders, they know how to get virgin passport; spying on the travel arrangements of 61m people will NOT prevent terrorists (who may be here anyway) from entering the UK, nor will it stop people being smuggled into the UK. Instead, all it will do is allow the state to terrorise the people of this country. Is this really what you want?
Makes you think ! and so we all should
Re: belling oven xou117 is my customer deluded?
whenever I get a tempreture related issue unless the cause is obvious I always carry out a temreture check to varify the exact tempreture. Like has been said cant be too many things causing these type of problems.
Re: More work than i can handle now!!
Yep ! Up until three weeks ago we were ticking over nicely, last week decent week, this week has taken a nose dive with only 5 calls so far.
Its gone very quiet and even the telephone enquires are far and few between, even Yellow Pages are not ringing us !!! đRe: Hotpoint WD440 Power Module Situation
This seems like an almighty cock up, Connect have been heavily pushing the hardware keys and low end adaptors, Indesit bleating on about simplifying the whole process using inovative smartcard technology and here we are with no information, no support, and evidently no stock, what chance have we got !!!!
Re: Hotpoint WD440 Power Module Situation
So the next question is , how do we define what parts are required to effect this repair ?
I know that there are wiring loom replacements but surely Partfinder shold be the definitive resource so there are no problems sucj as this, they charge enough for it !!!!
Re: Working on a gas cooker
In my area we seem to get a fair few calls to work on duel fuel cookers and sometimes Gas Cookers for things like elements, Door Hinges and the like. We are not Corgi registered so we dont do gas, likewise a lot of the Gas Engineers around these parts will obviously do Gas but are not keen on the electrical side of things. So unless you have multiskilled engineers you have a problem, the problem for us is that should we touch a Gas or Duel Fuel Appliance even for things like Door Hinges or Elements with the likelyhood that things need dismantling to effect the repair, if subsequently something went wrong even though we did not break into the gas side of things we would be the last on the job and would therefore leave ourselves wide open legally which is why we do not take such work on in the first place.
In addition if you normally work on electric only and then work on Gas your PLI would need to know as when you apply for PLI the declaration asks if you work with Gas. Like has been said its a grey area but in the event of a claim being made it could be that you end up with serious consequnces so beware.
Re: Performing Rights Society
Bagman this law is nothing new, its be around years and works just fine.
People will buy the licences and people wil listen to the radio in the workplace just like when fuel is hiked up people moan but still buy it.
The last few years has seen a move away from what I call plastic bands with just voclaists, the move has seen so many new bands back playing real instruments again and making real music, their record sales are up and so is the airplay. Therefore I think that you are mistaken by saying that it will end in demise for all concerned.Thanks for you reply Rolf, nice to have a discussion with you ! Whens your date with the Cheeky Girls ?
Re: Performing Rights Society
Well Rolf I appreciate your point of view but you say you have no choice
Please remember that if you want to listen 24/7 to your radio that you are able to do so, you don’t need a licence for that. The problem starts when you want to play music to others in a public area then you have to pay. So yes you have a choice in the matter and lets not forget by listening to various radio stations you are exposed to a vast range of music and various artists, some of it is dross I have my own pet hates, that said you cannot ignore the fact that by listening to this wide range of music your are introduced to songs and artists that you may never have come across.I still cannot see the comparisons that if you repair something that we should get a fee everytime the machine is switched on ?? For in that process you have worked on something that someone else created
You cannot copyright a repair, an invention of your own yes,Today be happy and enjoy the music that you hear, why not whistle why you work or marvel at having the two Cheeky Girls helping you fix a Haier dishwasher ! đ
Re: Performing Rights Society
As for writing music or jingles people do it because they love doing it.Its like painting or other art forms you should not be guarenteed an income just because you worked at something
Sorry Rolf I cannot see your point of view with this, lets clarify this a minute. The Music Industry is an industry like any other, it produces a product that has a commercial demand. As its commercial there are costs associated in producing the products. Sure People like musicians have to enjoy what they do and that is how a musician starts. Not all musicians are songwriters, many are incidental to getting the product into production. Like any industry or product nothing is guaranteed not even that we as service engineers can earn a living.
Like any invention if you hit on a idea ( sorry about the pun ) and its popular then people want it. Enter money, the more people that want it the more one can make. I cannot see anything wrong with this and not all songwriters and musicians are long haired layabouts strumming geetars waiting to get paid for stringing a few words together.
The Professionals who compose material are not doing it for fun they do it to earn a living, the only difference is that they happen to enjoy their work ! A case of round pegs banged into round holes: đ
Re: Performing Rights Society
The PRS is now making sure that more money gets back to where it should as opposed to how things used to be. I do a fair amount of reading and talking to various people and this seems to actually be the case.
There are always going to be winners and losers in any form of regulation
and its no different to saying I should’nt need to pay for a full years TV licence or Road Fund Licence as I am only using the facility 5 months of the year.Re: Performing Rights Society
The truth is when you enter a supermarket the goods that you may buy already incorporate the running costs of the business including the cheeky girls. There are many intermediate song writers and composers who write music for things like nature films, cartoons, radio jingles etc etc etc. These people make a living, people like Rod Temperton and Quincy Jones who write for the likes of Micheal Jackson ( Soon to make a fortune ) earn millions its a case of proportion Rolf.
Personally I do not mind paying for goods and services I receive as I expect to do so. Just looking at Oldhams website and with the amount of major sponsers, advertisers, ticket prices and elaborate website they are no different to any other league clubs who also have to pay the PRS.
