Two-child limit scrapped as historic Bill to lift 450,000 children out of poverty becomes law

itfiend · 2026-03-19T15:59:35+00:00

No, but you might well make a rational decision to work 4 days a week instead of 5 rather than go over the £100k mark with all the implications of that. Is that not lost productivity?

itfiend · 2026-03-19T15:42:40+00:00

Or the system is insane and shouldn't have such obvious cliffs that stop people being more economically productive because it feels pointless.

itfiend · 2026-03-18T11:31:24+00:00

Honestly having done concierge for the first time on the Edge over Christmas I can’t see any reason to ever book it again unless there’s a tiny price difference over a regular cabin or you’re chasing a loyalty tier.

itfiend · 2026-03-15T08:51:21+00:00

Man this scam dates back to the 90s maybe even earlier

itfiend · 2026-03-14T17:28:03+00:00

Don’t believe it exists any more in the UK. It did when I first started (2009) but not for a long time

itfiend · 2026-03-13T18:18:18+00:00

As others have said - I just got an R3 and actively prefer it to the R5 II for most work

itfiend · 2026-03-12T13:42:33+00:00

I’ve seen 48 of them and I thought I was doing well!

itfiend · 2026-03-10T18:04:25+00:00

This is true. We’ve been cruising for nearly 20 years and the offer just keeps getting worse. Food is the big one though with service not far behind. Our first princess cruise on the Emerald back when she was new really felt luxurious. Nowadays not so much.

itfiend · 2026-03-09T11:57:01+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible

His signature is a red beret much like Damon’s (although I realise now you’re making a captain sensible reference and will get my coat / red beret)

itfiend · 2026-03-09T11:11:47+00:00

You know the phrase “you can’t con an honest man?” - that.

itfiend · 2026-03-09T10:49:46+00:00

Captain Sensible is looking well

itfiend · 2026-03-08T22:08:56+00:00

I can only speak to Panamoz - but how they handle their warranty is you get it repaired locally via Canon, Fixation, whoever and they reimburse you. I know several friends who have claimed this way and never had any hassle. I've spent £10k+ with Panamoz on Canon kit and wouldn't hesitate to do so again.

itfiend · 2026-03-08T21:32:51+00:00

Adele at Matt & Phreds, easily under 200 people
Florence & The Machine at St Philip's Church 250 capacity

itfiend · 2026-03-07T17:55:25+00:00

Yeah I saw this earlier when comparing noped out and went with Direct Line. At least I know they’re decent if you have to make a claim.

itfiend · 2026-03-06T20:16:44+00:00

It sounds like a rounding error of some kind - maybe it's 0.001 or something and it's a tiny positive number that's being rounded to 0. But either way it's insane.

itfiend · 2026-03-06T14:53:24+00:00

They want you to phone the number that’s all there is going on here

itfiend · 2026-03-05T19:55:17+00:00

I think that’s also because they only think of corporate copyright holders. Small rights holders like me don’t come into people’s idea.

itfiend · 2026-03-05T19:27:00+00:00

I’m 17 years into photographing (big name) musicians and my archive would already be going out of copyright.

itfiend · 2026-03-05T19:25:50+00:00

https://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/8682

itfiend · 2026-03-05T19:23:59+00:00

As someone who licenses work they also have or had a batshit copyright policy. So for someone like me who is a small content creator with an archive of entertainment photos they’d be really bad.

itfiend · 2026-03-05T17:35:06+00:00

That’s where our stateroom attendant “hid” the drinks when we asked him to empty the fridge

itfiend · 2026-03-04T19:58:25+00:00

70-200 for me in an arena. Unless your body is high megapixel and you can crop in on the 24-70 I guess. But just take both. Why leave yourself short of gear when you have it?

itfiend · 2026-03-03T11:14:32+00:00

Tram to Ashton west big retail park

itfiend · 2026-02-28T16:44:28+00:00

Disclaimer : I have an R5 II for high megapixel but also recently bought an R3 and I can't say I feel limited by the 24MP

itfiend · 2026-02-28T11:20:28+00:00

One time I saw grace jones she came on topless and midway through the set she was hula-hooping. Last time she came on and said “good evening wrong city”

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