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ITG 🇮🇸
ITG 🇮🇸
6 Jan
9:06am, 6 Jan 2025
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They are my work headphones with microphone that I never use. I was just going to chuck them in the suitcase and forget about them. I could easily have gone 3 months without even opening the headphones case. Not totally mad, but not the best place, either. I probably thought I was hiding them in case house got robbed when I was away.

What is an SSN? Social security number? I don´t think I need that as I am not allowed to earn any money from US sources.
um
um
6 Jan
9:13am, 6 Jan 2025
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Yes, SSN is the Social Security Number. I needed one as although I wasn't earning in US, I was taxed by US on UK income for the time I was there, so had to submit calendars of all trips there.
(which was offset by a deduction in UK tax and some complex calculations / extra payments to ensure I didn't lose out on the double taxing and/or NI stuff. They probably paid Deloittes far more to manage my US and UK taxes than I was earning)
ITG 🇮🇸
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6 Jan
9:41am, 6 Jan 2025
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I am only there for 3 months so should not be liable to US income tax. Can't remember, tbh. Will ask.
Fitz
Fitz
10 Jan
8:30pm, 10 Jan 2025
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I’ve lost count of the number of occasions recently when I have congratulated myself on a job well done in expertly loading the dishwasher… then promptly forgotten to put in a tab and start the bloody thing.
jabberknit
jabberknit
10 Jan
8:37pm, 10 Jan 2025
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Oh yes, @Fitz - and only noticing you didn't set it going when you've emptied half the stuff out and put it away the next morning, so you have to gather it all up and put it back in again?
Diogenes
Diogenes
10 Jan
9:00pm, 10 Jan 2025
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Fitz wrote:I’ve lost count of the number of occasions recently when I have congratulated myself on a job well done in expertly loading the dishwasher… then promptly forgotten to put in a tab and start the bloody thing.


Thanks, Fitz, you just did me a big favour
Diogenes
Diogenes
21 Jan
11:27am, 21 Jan 2025
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After getting out of the shower and getting mostly dry, I went to straighten my hair and found that I hadn't rinsed out the shampoo. I thought it was looking a bit odd.
Garfield
Garfield
21 Jan
11:31am, 21 Jan 2025
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Made water for coffee and put coffee in my mug, only to find it's already half full of cold water...so topped up with boiling water so I didn't scald my mouth.

I take coffee black and usually have to wait for ages for it to cool down enough so I don't burn my mouth!
GordonG
GordonG
21 Jan
11:37am, 21 Jan 2025
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I'm a big fan of "Inside No 9" and am very keen to see the live stage show starting soon in London. Seeing an advert for it over New Year, I was surprised and a little annoyed at myself for not booking tickets months ago. I went online and found that for most evenings there were just one ticket left, and just a standing-only ticket.

So I booked the one ticket.

Yesterday i remembered that last summer I had actually booked two tickets for me and my mate to go see it in March...

[Full marks to the theatre online refund service, which gave me an instant, no-quibble refund]
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
23 Jan
2:25pm, 23 Jan 2025
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Completely forgetting there’s no signal here at my house, I ordered a DAB alarm clock. It’s got gradual light, birdie sounds and even a battery back-up in case of power cuts (we get them here). What a twat!

However, what’s puzzling me is that an old transistor-style DAB radio that I inherited seems to work OK when you pull out its long aerial. Am I missing something?

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This morning I went to charge my kindle and instead found myself trying to charge my coffee mug. It was my third coffee of the day as well, clearly not strong enough!

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I was just drying my hair after a shower, I switched the hairdryer on and suddenly the bedroom was plunged into darkness, the hairdryer wasn't working either. Great, the electrics have just tripped out.

I find a torch, go to the fuse box but nothing has tripped - turns out I pressed the light switch instead of the hairdryer 'on' button.
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