[screenman]

This may go a little off line but here goes. The vehicle I use for work does 53 MPG does everybody else get the same figure out of the vehicle they drive whilst we are talking about th eprice of fuel. One of my subcontractors dries and Audi A6 Quatro which returns him 12 mpg and he complains about the fuel he goes through each week. Now if we both earned the same amount and did the same mileage who would keep the most money.

As for writing things down to expenses over here we get tax relief this does not mean the tax man pays for our fuels, resins, etc it just means we do not pay tax on that amount spent, although we still have to earn it. We have many guys who assume that the money they spend is deducted from their tax bill when in fact it is just a percentage. Which depends on how much you earn.

Now I do not mind paying tax I just wish everybody else in the UK did as well.

I am going to sit down now and enjoy a nice pint of beer and think of sunnier climates, hope everything is going well for everybody and that they are not working to hard but still earning a comfortable living.