Comments on: Another One http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 11:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MikeinAppalachia http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10048 MikeinAppalachia Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:05:40 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/#comment-10048 Tax was one of the reasons he moved to Sri Lanka. Tax was one of the reasons he moved to Sri Lanka.

]]> By: Jim Winfield http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10043 Jim Winfield Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:33:20 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/#comment-10043 He touched on it again in one of the 2001 episodes (it might have been a deleted chapter). On the way to saturn the crew have to negotiate with the taxman over exactly how long they've been away from the tax base. He touched on it again in one of the 2001 episodes (it might have been a deleted chapter). On the way to saturn the crew have to negotiate with the taxman over exactly how long they’ve been away from the tax base.

]]> By: David Gillies http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10042 David Gillies Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:32:16 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/#comment-10042 Bearing in mind the utter tomfoolery the man publishes on his site the other 364 days a year, how can you be sure he's joking? I mean, my reaction to a normal Richard Murphy piece is to boggle in incredulity that someone who (we assume) manages to dress and feed himself, can have written something so silly. Bearing in mind the utter tomfoolery the man publishes on his site the other 364 days a year, how can you be sure he’s joking? I mean, my reaction to a normal Richard Murphy piece is to boggle in incredulity that someone who (we assume) manages to dress and feed himself, can have written something so silly.

]]> By: Robert Hale http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10037 Robert Hale Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:43:13 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/#comment-10037 That story was by the great Sir Arthur C Clarke, who died just a few days ago. I can't remember the name, but it's one pf a series of shorts he wrote about colonising the moon during the 50s (I think). Robert Hale That story was by the great Sir Arthur C Clarke, who died just a few days ago.
I can’t remember the name, but it’s one pf a series of shorts he wrote about colonising the moon during the 50s (I think).

Robert Hale

]]> By: knirirr http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10033 knirirr Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:56:19 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/01/another-one/#comment-10033 I remember reading a rather old science fiction tale of a race to the moon by the major powers of the day (Britain amongst them). One point that was made is that the crew contrived to stay on the moon long enough to avoid paying tax on some of their earnings. I remember reading a rather old science fiction tale of a race to the moon by the major powers of the day (Britain amongst them). One point that was made is that the crew contrived to stay on the moon long enough to avoid paying tax on some of their earnings.

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