No. I’m probably being obtuse but how so?
The whole notion of a Darwin award is that you die doing something stupid before you’ve had the chance to pass on your stupid genes. If you’ve had kids already, the stupid genes get passed on.
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Aha. I didn’t know that. Makes sense.
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Tour of Acoustic Sounds with Chad Kassem.
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Fascinated by this:
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Pfft, he’s just pieced together various Mr MWS posts from the last few years and managed to put them in sequence.
that, in itself, is no mean feat considering the output from Mr MWS
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Morning all. I’m asking all and sundry but I figured I’d cast my net as wide as possible.
Does anybody understand the tax position with importing stuff from Germany. Or frankly anywhere in the EU. The vendor’s price includes “tax” which I assume is German VAT.
I’m pretty certain that I would be liable for VAT and duty upon import into the UK, but can/does the German vendor deduct German VAT at their end? They look like a pretty professional outfit, not just some geezer in a shed.
Thanks in advance.
Selling goods to customers outside the EU
If you sell goods to customers outside the EU, you do not charge VAT.
Germany Co. should not charge you VAT (if they are VAT registered, and there would normally be VAT on the sale) however you will probably be liable for UK VAT and some sort of “processing fee” from the shipping company
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The vendor has excellent English-speaking and tax-savvy help. Kind of unsurprising given their line of business.
Unfortunately given that they’re second-hand goods this does not mean they’ll deduct 19% when shipping to the UK, German VAT is 0% on second-hand goods.
Bollocks.
My memory on this is hazy but ISTR that strictly speaking the charge HMRC make when goods cross the border isn’t VAT. It’s some sort of duty which is more-or-less equal in value to VAT. If you’re the end user then I guess this doesn’t matter. The amount you pay is more-or-less the same (plus, as you say, the processing fee). But if you’re going to sell the item on then things may be different in terms of reclaiming the ‘VAT’ you’ve paid.
Happy International Left-Handers Day to all who celebrate 
Over the years I’ve noticed that my circle contains a disproportionate number of southpaws - certainly more than the 10% average would suggest. Maybe we give off some kind of unspoken signal as we twist bottle caps the wrong way and struggle with scissors.
Lefty high-fives all 'round.
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…and even the zips on trousers.
I treated myself to a pair of left handed scissors. They were worth it for the look on my wife’s face when she tried to use them.
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Very sinister
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I quite regularly get chomped by the gates at tube and train stations.
It was only recently that the wife pointed out that this is because the pad where you tap your card is on the right, I hold my card in my left, and by the time I’ve withdrawn my hand again and sorted myself out the gate is already closing.
Bastards 
Moonwalk backwards to gate then tap and spin in one move to go through.