Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In theory, if someone had a work pension of just £2.24 a week it would appear to all go in tax, but in fact be 2p on work and £2.22 on state, overall less than 1% tax. 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Work pension is not taxed 'harder' than state, but can look like it because all the allowance is applied to the state pension first, then the other pays all the tax. So in you bank account it can look like the state increase is generous and work one pitiful, because it carries all the tax. 100
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In the clip with Rachel Reeves, the questioner's father is 85, so so on the "old" state pension - so if that is his only income, way inside the tax allowance. (will be £9,989, according to BBC) 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 11/05/20265 at age 10, Churchill to Wilson. (1954 vintage, so includes Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home) 020
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 10/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/anameric...open.substack.comThe British Art of PoppingAn American discovers “pop” is not just a drink, a sound, or popcorn doing its job 000
Reposted by Gerard CutlerHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 18/04/2026An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon 4729971
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I went 10 years not addressing my in-laws by name at all, as it felt impertinent to use first names, but odd to say 'Mr' or 'Mrs'. Then the day my first son was born I telephoned from the hospital and said "Hello Eddie, is Gwen there?" - Suddenly it was alright. 170
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Surely, a re-make of "The Producers" : Plan festival, get sponsors (no big acts yet) Announce controversial headline associated with Hitler Flog tickets Oh dear, have to cancel 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Surely it doesn't need to be said that if someone is working exclusively for one company, the only reason they are "self-employed" is for the company to evade tax / NI / pension contributions / employment law. True the worker is complicit, but they have 'Hobson' s choice': take it or no job. 030
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I remember that; going on holiday from Southend airport to drive down through France. The pilots were all ex-RAF chaps, very laid-back; "Everyone ready? off we go then" and passengers and crew would saunter across the tarmac and settle in. Nearly my dad's car as well, but that's a mark 10, his mk 2. 030
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I love these! Aren't the children walking on the wrong side of the lane? The highway code said you should walk on the right to face oncoming traffic. 0100
Reposted by Gerard CutlerHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/03/2026An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?) 1681322420
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 18/02/2026"Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow?" It still blows my mind that this powerful insight into the life of teenage girls, throughout history, was written by a guy - the wonderful Gerry Goffin. 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The article only compares against S&P 500, which did less well than others. If split between S&P, FTSE100 and Dev Europe funds it would have made about 24%. 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Will this also make visible the proceeds of crime transacted in crypto? After all, they got Al Capone on tax evasion. 020
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Wasn't it also to do with Antarctica being 'carved up' in segments matching the countries facing it, which Argentina doesn't because a little bit of Chile curls round, but Falklands and South Georgia do. 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Yeah I heard that, and came searching on here absolutely fuming; if Trump thinks he can appropriate Vonnegut, who would absolutely oppose everything Trump represents... So if Trump did not say "So it goes" , how did BBC come to report it? #BBCWATO 011
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 11/10/2025A BAT? Ok, yes I see it now. But I never would have got the bat. (Thank you Helen, that was great fun) 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 19/09/2025@rialina.com : Much enjoyed ‘Strong Message’; my NHS earwax tale: Grandson was taken to the GP and told had wax but they no longer treat; referred to private clinic, £50. Went 2 days later:- saw the exact same doctor. GP locum on mon, by wed privately doing the job she could have done in a few mins 110
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 17/09/2025British reaction to Trump's visit: bsky.app/profile/mars... 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 10/09/2025two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth... (ok, only trying to counteract the damage TV has done to regional culture) 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Sorry I missed this post yesterday, but I must put in a belated vote for Alan Johnson. Good example of one from 'the lower end of the food chain', but a fabulous read, and deservedly sold very well, as I remember. 110
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Why should the allowance be so high? The Libs in coalition pushed the increase, it was about 10k in today's money before 2010. Large allowance = anomalies, eg taxpayer is better off dying in Sept than March/April. And you can start a 25K job in Oct and pay no tax for 6 months 100
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I wonder which brand of shoe they were subliminally advertising... Seriously; you were made to feel guilty, as a parent, if you didn't have your kids measured on that device and buy Clarkes shoes. Even in tough times, not doing so was as irresponsible as not taking them to the dentist or optician. 030
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I'd have expected James Brown to be a fishmonger.... being the Godfather of sole... 0130
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Indeed, when I married and filled in a tax return it was my role as 'man of the house' to enter my wife's earnings, and savings, which applied even if she earned most of the money. The was no obligation on me to show her what I earned or had invested. 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I remember giving a lift to miss Stoneman, a lively lady in her 70s from the flat below my GF. She wanted to be in Europe to reduce the risk of wars, 'so others don't lose out like me'. She was 'a maiden lady', one of thousands left over by the slaughter of 14/18. 020
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I also loved Upright. Beautiful in that you *thought* you knew what the story would be in the first 5 minutes, but it opened up in ways you didn't expect, and from the inside of a piano to vast open spaces. Then having Missy Higgins sing the song that tied it together at the end, how cool was that? 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 25/03/2025When I first joined a video rental shop, I was disappointed to find that 'Die Hard' was not in fact Welsh Porno. 010
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I look forward all year to this time for the gag-that-no-one-under-60-will-get : 1st docker: "I see the daffodils are out" 2nd docker: "Will that affect us?" 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 05/03/2025If they try to do Trump's visit now, there will be 10,000 Janey Godleys waiting to greet him. C'mon, let's do it! 070
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 01/02/2025You're right, it did come out first. For historians reading this in a hundred years, I think you've a slip of the brain/finger there, it was a 'ten bob bit', being half a quid. And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang. 110
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 01/02/2025In fact, new coins are known by their denomination: 5p, 10p etc. The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?) 300
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The half new pennies were called 'tiddlers'. Other new coins don't seem to have picked up nicknames like the old coins: 'bob', and 'tanner'. 130
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 23/12/2024And particularly 2025 is the first square on the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle since the reign of the previous King Charles. (as reported by, and all credit due to, Oliver Johnson, prof of maths at Bristol, writing in another place) 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Ah, the times when booze was healthy. Sanatogen fortified the over-forties ; Guinness was good for you; and Makeson 'looks good, tastes good, and by golly it does you good'. 010
Reposted by Gerard CutlerWorld of Moose @worldofmoose.bsky.social · 30/11/20242024 Aardvent is here to download It's a gift from us, all we ask is that you: -enjoy it -share the link with friends and get them to do it too -don't sell it, alter it or use any of the images for anything else. -download and use at your own risk M&K xx www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2024-a... 17199149
Reposted by Gerard CutlerRoystoncartoons @roystoncartoons.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Welcome new followers 🙂 112318
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I've long assumed that "this charming gentleman" etc. is a secret code, meaning if they DON'T say that you are an awkward b**tard and should be approached with caution. 080
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Good ol’ St Luke. My grandmother called this time “Luke’s little summer”, the mild weather in autumn when you put the garden to bed. She was a Victorian countrywoman, when saints’ days dictated sowing and harvesting. People then were as intelligent as us and knew as much, just different things. 000
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Just up the road is the Science Museum, which Dad visited frequently and where gained his interest in the new technology of radio. They now exhibit wireless sets by the company he worked for in the 1930s, there’s a good chance he made at least a part of this. 130
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Went to see where my father was brought up in Kensington, a hundred years ago. Grandpa was a chauffeur, trained at Rolls-Royce before WWI. They lived in a flat over the garage, former stables, in the mews. Nan was a kitchen-maid. I’d love to tell her her old home is now worth over 2 million pounds. 110
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 29/03/2024Yes, you beat me to it, "A Town Like Alice" - can't find another one for him though, I was hoping he might have been an extra in 'Spartacus'. 100
Reposted by Gerard CutlerMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 26/03/2024“Man cannot abide a sheet of paper that does not fit in a standard printer” A4ism 2669
Gerard Cutler @sliderule.bsky.social · 14/01/2024I'm more interested in the guy walking in behind who is about to draw a gun and shoot Trump in the back. He's been made by the security man on the right, who will draw and fire first? 000
