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Managed to rope the wife in for this too btw... she'll need to leave at 2pm tho, is that ok?

Can you give me a bit more info mate? What's expected of me... will I need to be made up as a zombie? Should I wear anything in particular? Is this some sort of real zombie trap and I wont realise until my face has been eaten by someone with radox bath salt breath?

Haha I should change my avatar to this!

Migth be up for this... where's it at?

Haha well whilst it is up to me what route I take, I just follow the sat nav which is set to 'quickest route' so really I don't have much of an option as to what route I take... not unless I spend ages planning each route and do away with the sat nav which in turn means I'll get even less work done during the day, or would have to sacrific my Toontastic hours during the day which I'm not prepared to do Anyway it's been sorted and I'm getting the full amount and it's been agreed that there will be no arguments about it from now on... viva la resistance!

Yeah I have... once an actual dwarf came up to me in town when I was pissed and asked if I had a light for his cigarette. I told him he shouldn't smoke as it'd stump his growth.

Fuck me that's the most true thing I've ever seen on here lol. It's the exact reason I had to get rid of my bedside alarm clock as would just make not being able to get to sleep even worse

What are the chances of him having contracted Zombie?

Best one I saw was this minging woman come in to the 'surgery' and say that she had a problem with piles. Doctor Jesson or what ever he's called got her fat arse out, spread her arse cheeks and said "No they are anal warts, you contract them through sex" So not only did this woman get her minging fat arse out on telly but millions of people knew she loved it up the hoop - classic!

You sound perfect for the company I work for... should I pass across your CV?

Haha touche!

Whilst I agree that there needs to be some system in place to avoid people taking the piss they also need to recognise that when you're covering 400 miles + a month that they need to be flexible for those who will inadvertently end up racking up extra miles which is inevitable when covering so much distance. I am happy for them to have a system like that in place, but they really need to be able to recognise when someone is genuingly claiming for more than the minimum mileage. Anyway they've backed down and seen the light, but only because I kicked up a fuss about it and also fair play to my boss who also backed me up on the issue which I think helped

Haha no comment

Yeah 45p a mile. Well it's costing me £20 because that's what I am entitled to based on the miles I've covered. I get what you're saying that you make more money on the expenses than it costs you to travel that distance, but when you factor in the cost of your car knackering out a good 5 years earlier than it would have due to using it for business then you're not really quids in. My car's done 50,000 miles now and I'll have to replace it in a few years... I wouldn't have to do that if I weren't using it for my works benefit... so yeah I'll argue over £20 as i'd much rather not use my car at all and if I have to then I'll expect the correct amount of re-imbursment based on the actual miles carried out in my work duties. Maybe it's a principle thing at the end of the day over money, but they've backed down anyway so I'm getting the cash

Just had a little read on the internet and found the HRMC document relating to work travel and came across this golden nugget: Choice of route 5.11 To qualify for relief, a journey does not have to be made by the shortest route if another route is more appropriate – for example, using the M25 to go round London rather than driving through the middle. Similarly, a business journey will still qualify for relief if the employee makes a short detour for a meal. Just sent them an e-mail with this paragraph so will see what they come back with

I know what you are saying but £150 over a year for example is the difference between them paying for my servicing and a new tyre, or me paying for it out of my own money. I don't have £150 spare so am not willing to just write it off

I could but then it tries to take me through fields and silly little country lanes that you can only drive 20 miles an hour on instead of 70 on the motorway

It's more to do with going the quickest way... for instance Blyth and back is 10 miles extra that way, plus sometimes you get to the location but it's an extra mile driving round the estate or area looking for the actual building, or just missing your turn off on the motorway and having to do a few miles detour. All adds up

£20 is £20 at the end of the day mate... had to put 2 new tires on the car last month, pay for an MOT and new brake disks... so overall I'll argue till I'm blue in the face over £20

The problem with asking them what the shortest route is that they'd just tell me to put it in google and work it out myself... however I have no sense of direction so would have to use my sat nav anyway and would end up probably still taking the quickest, not the shortest route. I work in the public sector but not sure if that makes any difference with regards the rules on mileage?

I have to do a fair bit of driving round the north east for my job and as such incur plenty of mileage costs. Every month I submit my mileage claims and 5 weeks later (which is a joke!) I get the cash paid alongside my pay. However when I checked this month I was nearly £20 down on what I had expected... so I contacted finance and they said that it's company policy to only pay out for what is the shortest route google can find. As I use my sat nav and also common sense I don't always end up going the google maps shortest route (for instance I work on Scotswood Road, so if I have to get to Blyth it's much quicker to go up Scotswood Road to the roundabout by B&Q and up the motorway, rather than go through the West End of Newcastle or Via the Haymarket... however it's about 5 miles longer). Anyway I explained to them I use my sat nav for all journeys and write down the exact mileage between each journey based on the mileometer of whatever it's called on my car... so I know I'm submitting the EXACT mileage I have carried out in the course of my work duties. They are refusing to budge and this is going to cause me loads of problems as £20 a month could quite easily add up to £100 - £150 a year (some months I do less travelling). Do I have a leg to stand on with regards to this? I'm thinking of refusing to use my car until they pay up the money I'm owed but not sure legally if I can really do that? Also are they in the wrong legally for refusing to pay my actual costs incurred and only the shortest route according to google?

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Ok last chance if anyone wants this before I stick it on eBay for substantially more? Will be going on over the weekend so let me know today or tomorrow at the latest if you want it

Haha both really good but for completely different reasons Also I've noticed you've posted a few non black and white pics recently... are you feeling ok?