Still not nice when your team go down 
Glad your day has been good. Mine was fine till the tumble dryer went in the blink.ð New one coming on Wednesday.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros 
Hug for any night owls
night yogi moonsieee EL Slim
Good morning everyone it looks like we may get some sunny intervals between the showers today.
Enjoy your day everyone 
@slimfern posted:Yes that's right ...
Chinatown...was that with Jack Nicholson?Rosemary's baby was quite scary, but good for a film of it's time....I watched it with my Mum in the mid seventies in my early teens
Yes, Jack Nicholson 
And John Huston in a very powerful portrayal of corruption and evil. Huston was a major film director and an actor and carried on doing both until he died at the age of 81. Clint Eastwood is the modern equivalent.
(I wouldn't consider Woody Allen as an equivalent as although of a similar age, a director and an actor, virtually all of the films where he's acting are films he directed. Also Huston's and Eastwood's work is a more wide ranging than Allen's)
Something for those who have bought apps etc from Apple's App Store since October 2015 to follow:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57062139
Could be quite some time before any decision regarding the claim is made so don't get too excited yet.
@El Loro posted:This is what a countertenor sounds like:
Highest singing voice by men. The above was written by Claudio Monteverdi in 1624.
A countertenor voice sounds natural whereas a falsetto voice (Bee Gees for instance) sounds false.
Not my sort of music but I have to say it really was quite beautiful especially with those lovely old instruments accompanying him
But is that really his own voice El? 
@El Loro posted:Something for those who have bought apps etc from Apple's App Store since October 2015 to follow:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57062139
Could be quite some time before any decision regarding the claim is made so don't get too excited yet.
I have had Apple products for best part of the last 10 years, is my guess and in all that time, as far as I can remember in have purchased one maybe two apps, values probably less than ÂĢ8 in total.
To be honest, if I could I would remove most of the existing apps off my products but unfortunately they are built into the OS as they are with other mobile phones 
@Moonie posted:Not my sort of music but I have to say it really was quite beautiful especially with those lovely old instruments accompanying him
But is that really his own voice El?
His natural singing voice is baritone but he generally sings as a countertenor. So it's not his natural voice but it has a pure tone which makes it countertenor rather than falsetto which doesn't sound natural.
Here's a short clip of him talking (in French) followed by a very brief moment of his baritone voice followed by the singing voice he's better known for:
( the part at the end is "Lascia ch'io pianga" by Handel from his opera Rinaldo)
@El Loro posted:His natural singing voice is baritone but he generally sings as a countertenor. So it's not his natural voice but it has a pure tone which makes it countertenor rather than falsetto which doesn't sound natural.
Here's a short clip of him talking (in French) followed by a very brief moment of his baritone voice followed by the singing voice he's better known for:
( the part at the end is "Lascia ch'io pianga" by Handel from his opera Rinaldo)
Thanks for that El
@Moonie posted:Great news El
Thanks
2 of them were regarding arranging to deal with their tax returns. I was expecting to hear from them around now as they do tend to contact me soon after the 6 April.
The other one is someone who is the treasury of a charity I've been doing the accounts for years. Although he's not a qualified accountant such as myself he does have his own clients. Sometime he rings me with a question about tax returns relating to his clients. It's fair as sometimes I ring him with a question.
He was puzzled about a new question which has been put on the employment section of the tax return:
"Box 8 If this employment income is from inside off-payroll working engagements, put âXâ in the box â read the notes"
and the notes read:
"If you have provided your services through your own limited company, or another type of intermediary, such as:
âĒ a partnership
âĒ a personal service company
âĒ an individual
to a client, who may also be known as:
âĒ the engager
âĒ the hirer
and had income tax and National Insurance deducted from your fee and paid to HMRC, put âXâ in box 8"
His client operates as a limited company and pays him a salary through its payroll from which PAYE and NI is deducted.
He had read the notes as meaning that the box had to be ticked as his company had paid him a salary from which PAYE and NI had been deducted.
I told him that's not the case. Off-payroll working is relatively new. Fred sets up his own company Fred Ltd. Fred Ltd. Fred often does work for a television broadcaster through Fred Ltd. In the past the broadcaster would pay Fred Ltd who would pay Fred a tiny salary and most with a dividend (on which there's no NI arising). HMRC didn't like that and over the years had brought in new tax rules, which were known as IR35. Those rules didn't always work.
So we now have this off-payroll working. The effect is that the broadcaster has to deduct PAYE and NI from the money it pays to Fred Ltd as if it was the individual Fred. That's why this has to go on Fred's tax return. It is complicated.
These rules were brought in a few years ago and applied to all public authorities so government departments, schools, local authorities, parts of the NHS etc. But the rules have been extended (was going to be from 6 April 2020 but was delayed by a year). Now applies to medium and large businesses in the private sector and the equivalent for voluntary organisations.
The definitions of medium and large are those used for company accounts purposes.
It's a major change for anyone who set up their own company with the main purpose of avoiding national insurance. I made a decision some years ago not to have such clients.
If in recent years you've heard about people associated with a certain broadcaster and their tax affairs, this is what has been brought in to stop them as a result.
@El Loro posted:Thanks
2 of them were regarding arranging to deal with their tax returns. I was expecting to hear from them around now as they do tend to contact me soon after the 6 April.The other one is someone who is the treasury of a charity I've been doing the accounts for years. Although he's not a qualified accountant such as myself he does have his own clients. Sometime he rings me with a question about tax returns relating to his clients. It's fair as sometimes I ring him with a question.
He was puzzled about a new question which has been put on the employment section of the tax return:
"Box 8 If this employment income is from inside off-payroll working engagements, put âXâ in the box â read the notes"
and the notes read:
"If you have provided your services through your own limited company, or another type of intermediary, such as:
âĒ a partnership
âĒ a personal service company
âĒ an individual
to a client, who may also be known as:
âĒ the engager
âĒ the hirer
and had income tax and National Insurance deducted from your fee and paid to HMRC, put âXâ in box 8"
His client operates as a limited company and pays him a salary through its payroll from which PAYE and NI is deducted.
He had read the notes as meaning that the box had to be ticked as his company had paid him a salary from which PAYE and NI had been deducted.
I told him that's not the case. Off-payroll working is relatively new. Fred sets up his own company Fred Ltd. Fred Ltd. Fred often does work for a television broadcaster through Fred Ltd. In the past the broadcaster would pay Fred Ltd who would pay Fred a tiny salary and most with a dividend (on which there's no NI arising). HMRC didn't like that and over the years had brought in new tax rules, which were known as IR35. Those rules didn't always work.
So we now have this off-payroll working. The effect is that the broadcaster has to deduct PAYE and NI from the money it pays to Fred Ltd as if it was the individual Fred. That's why this has to go on Fred's tax return. It is complicated.
These rules were brought in a few years ago and applied to all public authorities so government departments, schools, local authorities, parts of the NHS etc. But the rules have been extended (was going to be from 6 April 2020 but was delayed by a year). Now applies to medium and large businesses in the private sector and the equivalent for voluntary organisations.
The definitions of medium and large are those used for company accounts purposes.It's a major change for anyone who set up their own company with the main purpose of avoiding national insurance. I made a decision some years ago not to have such clients.
If in recent years you've heard about people associated with a certain broadcaster and their tax affairs, this is what has been brought in to stop them as a result.
You can say that again El 
Its a good job you know what youâre doing
@El Loro posted:His natural singing voice is baritone but he generally sings as a countertenor. So it's not his natural voice but it has a pure tone which makes it countertenor rather than falsetto which doesn't sound natural.
Here's a short clip of him talking (in French) followed by a very brief moment of his baritone voice followed by the singing voice he's better known for:
( the part at the end is "Lascia ch'io pianga" by Handel from his opera Rinaldo)
gorgeous - thank you EL
night yogi moonsie EL
Good morning everyone it's forecast to be a mixture this morning with some sunny intervals but very wet this afternoon.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
We have sunshine for now. The forecast is, sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime. Just a 30% chance of rain at 11am. Well, thatâs precise 
A high of 15°predicted
Not much to do today. I may venture out for a walk later but not around 11am
Have a great day everyone
I have just been watching an Aussie soccer game I had recorded. Team attacks. A defender, a yard from goal line injured. He rolls himself off the pitch so as not play an attacker onside. When the attack was over, he rolled himself back on again 
The ref wouldnât let the physio on though, so he spent a few seconds pulling his socks up then walked off the pitch
@Moonie posted:I have just been watching an Aussie soccer game I had recorded. Team attacks. A defender, a yard from goal line injured. He rolls himself off the pitch so as not play an attacker onside. When the attack was over, he rolled himself back on again
The ref wouldnât let the physio on though, so he spent a few seconds pulling his socks up then walked off the pitch
Does seem that the ref wasn't convinced that the defender's injury was genuine 
Norman Lloyd, the actor, has died. One of his earliest roles was in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). His demise in that film is one of Hitchcock's famous scenes where he falls from the Statue of Liberty.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-57084522
He was 106. That's not an error.
@El Loro posted:Norman Lloyd, the actor, has died. One of his earliest roles was in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). His demise in that film is one of Hitchcock's famous scenes where he falls from the Statue of Liberty.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-57084522
He was 106. That's not an error.
I heard that on the radio this morning El