Things that p*** you off/bug you/annoy you

[rambunctious]

I knew a high ranking Salvation Army guy who used to give furniture and boxes of food and stuff to his relatives who lived over 350 kms from where he was based, and his relatives were not skint. He would also get their neighbour who was a mechanic to service his car, and would pay him with a video recorder or whatever which had been donated. He was a parasitical, hypocritical f@#king leech who abused the trust put in him.

Yep same thing was happening with the same charity up here.
I have first hand information of a donated car being given to a charity workers relative.
I never give to charities.

 

[hademall]

Father Bob?

No, although I did have dealings with him at one stage in my life.

 

[losh1971]

I knew a lady years ago who worked for a charity and I stand corrected, but I am sure she told me her personal tax was considerably less than normal because she worked for said charity.
Care to elaborate on this situation ?

If you work for a PBI you can salary package around $16k a year. This can go on a credit card/debit card or a Mortgage or a couple of other options depending on what your org allows. So yeah basically $16k tax free. This was set up probably 40 years ago as a way to help community workers get closer to the take home pay a public servant would doing a similar job.

If it goes on your mortgage it has to cover interest only. If it goes on CC you have to show that you have already spent those funds on goods and not taken out as a cash withdrawal.

 

[rambunctious]

If you work for a PBI you can salary package around $16k a year. This can go on a credit card/debit card or a Mortgage or a couple of other options depending on what your org allows. So yeah basically $16k tax free. This was set up probably 40 years ago as a way to help community workers get closer to the take home pay a public servant would doing a similar job.

If it goes on your mortgage it has to cover interest only. If it goes on CC you have to show that you have already spent those funds on goods and not taken out as a cash withdrawal.

Thanks for the reply, good I can still remember stuff like that even though it in no way effects me personally.

 

[Skylarking]

Good luck with that

Yeah as a lemming, I'm just calling out that we are heading towards the cliff.
But I do know nothing will change and we'll all be pushed along in the one direction

 

[shane_3800]

Non religious people, as in leaders/figures who have beards without a moustache.
It's worse then neck bearding, even worse would be a neck beard with no mo and I'll make it even worse, a man bun.
That would be a gaol sentence in my books.

 

[losh1971]

Can't believe the price of thinners now. Cheapest is now $36 on 20% off special. I used to pay $15-$16 for 4L. I placed an order for a 1L at $14, but they couldn't fill my order. Tried to do an order for 4L and the site seems to have partially crashed as I can not login now.

Shear greed is all it is with the price of thinners now.

 

[Immortality]

Fuel prices, most places had discounts on Friday but have now ratcheted prices up well past what they were on Thursday.

Basically I'm looking at ~$3 for 95ron fuel.

 

[losh1971]

We're about $2.26 for 98. Its been close to $3 before. Thankfully we're not seeing those prices ATM.

 

[JRNZER]

All week the news have been saying fuel will be cheap for the long weekend. I put 95 in yesterday it was $2.12. Have seen 91 for $1.95 at a couple of places.
So I guess now $2 is cheap petrol