The tax office publishes a list, annually, of "the effective life of depreciating assets". This allows companies to look up a particular asset and see what the tax office claims to be the effective life.
Today's post is just to let you all know that the effective life of a stuffed crocodile is 20 years.
Friday 16 April 2010
Saturday 10 April 2010
Anonymous
There has certainly been a lot of replies from anonymous. Well there has been seven, in the last two posts, which is a lot in the context of this blog. 100% in fact. I guess I can understand that many of you would prefer that your association with this blog not be known to the wider public. Perhaps I am gaining notoriety? That would be good.
Anyway, anonymous has garnered all thirty-seven chikenz points recently and thirty-seven is one of my favourite numbers. Primarily because thirty-seven times three is 111. So a hearty chikenz-hoorah goes out to anonymous. I do suspect however that this would be two distinct anonymouses. But maybe I'll never know?
Anonymous has also managed to confuse me slightly. Having signed off "your friend T, the rock B." I was left briefly wondering whether 'Toto', the rock band had become a fan. I find this doubtful because I have never been a fan of theirs, although I did have a Japanese friend who once proudly proclaimed that Toto was his favourite band. He followed this up with a disturbingly good a capella rendition of the song 'Africa'.
But I digress.
So assuming that the 'B' is not band, I started to wonder if it might be "biblical". This could possibly make sense if the friend referred to was Paul. I know a couple of Pauls that lurk around this page and the biblical Paul was designated 'the Rock' by our lord and saviour Jesus Christ.
Interesting fact. If you say 'Jesus' backwards, it sounds quite a lot like sausage.
If it was Paul, I then have to decide what the 'T' is all about. Neither of the Pauls have a surname that starts with T and I can't think of what else it could mean. Very annoying.
Any further hints will be gratefully received and may lead to a more restful night's sleep.
Chikenz-points today go to the first person that can point out the pun in paragraph two.
Anyway, anonymous has garnered all thirty-seven chikenz points recently and thirty-seven is one of my favourite numbers. Primarily because thirty-seven times three is 111. So a hearty chikenz-hoorah goes out to anonymous. I do suspect however that this would be two distinct anonymouses. But maybe I'll never know?
Anonymous has also managed to confuse me slightly. Having signed off "your friend T, the rock B." I was left briefly wondering whether 'Toto', the rock band had become a fan. I find this doubtful because I have never been a fan of theirs, although I did have a Japanese friend who once proudly proclaimed that Toto was his favourite band. He followed this up with a disturbingly good a capella rendition of the song 'Africa'.
But I digress.
So assuming that the 'B' is not band, I started to wonder if it might be "biblical". This could possibly make sense if the friend referred to was Paul. I know a couple of Pauls that lurk around this page and the biblical Paul was designated 'the Rock' by our lord and saviour Jesus Christ.
Interesting fact. If you say 'Jesus' backwards, it sounds quite a lot like sausage.
If it was Paul, I then have to decide what the 'T' is all about. Neither of the Pauls have a surname that starts with T and I can't think of what else it could mean. Very annoying.
Any further hints will be gratefully received and may lead to a more restful night's sleep.
Chikenz-points today go to the first person that can point out the pun in paragraph two.
Thursday 8 April 2010
Wikipedia
Recently, I have been spending a disproportionate amount of my time at wikipedia. It's a fascinating place.
I can remember, as a small boy, my parents deciding to buy the Funk & Wagnalls encyclopaedia. It was available, one volume at a time, through various newsagencies. I seem to recall that a new volume was released once a month, but it may have been once a week. All I know is that it seemed to be an eternity between one volume and the next. Each time a new volume arrived, I would appropriate it immediately and retire to a place of seclusion. First I would check for any profanity, as any young boy would, then I would browse through the various entries that might appeal to me. I recall, for example, reading the entry on the Suez Canal and being entranced by the idea that some blokes had carved a channel through a desert in order to connect two oceans. Wonderful stuff.
There were (I think) 25 volumes and we missed the volume "M". Obviously this is the reason why I know so little about mathematics, meercats and Mexico. Wikipedia has allowed me to remedy this problem.
Wiki claims to have over 3 million English language articles now, so it may prove a more lengthy read than the Funk & Wagnalls of my youth. It does however, have the advantage of allowing me to make my own contributions. Most recently, it has allowed me to contribute "third opinions" where other folks have reached an impasse. So far, I have offered third opinions on a map of the Roman Empire that was being used in the "History of Georgia" page, the relevance of certain references in the "Types of Rape" page and an opinion on the relevance of certain categorisations on the "Omakaitse" page.
Omakaitse (as if you didn't know!) was a sort of people's militia that operated in Estonia during WWII. Fascinating.
So today's task is to identify my username in wikipedia. Good luck and let me know how you fare. Seventeen bonus points are on offer for the first correct answer.
I can remember, as a small boy, my parents deciding to buy the Funk & Wagnalls encyclopaedia. It was available, one volume at a time, through various newsagencies. I seem to recall that a new volume was released once a month, but it may have been once a week. All I know is that it seemed to be an eternity between one volume and the next. Each time a new volume arrived, I would appropriate it immediately and retire to a place of seclusion. First I would check for any profanity, as any young boy would, then I would browse through the various entries that might appeal to me. I recall, for example, reading the entry on the Suez Canal and being entranced by the idea that some blokes had carved a channel through a desert in order to connect two oceans. Wonderful stuff.
There were (I think) 25 volumes and we missed the volume "M". Obviously this is the reason why I know so little about mathematics, meercats and Mexico. Wikipedia has allowed me to remedy this problem.
Wiki claims to have over 3 million English language articles now, so it may prove a more lengthy read than the Funk & Wagnalls of my youth. It does however, have the advantage of allowing me to make my own contributions. Most recently, it has allowed me to contribute "third opinions" where other folks have reached an impasse. So far, I have offered third opinions on a map of the Roman Empire that was being used in the "History of Georgia" page, the relevance of certain references in the "Types of Rape" page and an opinion on the relevance of certain categorisations on the "Omakaitse" page.
Omakaitse (as if you didn't know!) was a sort of people's militia that operated in Estonia during WWII. Fascinating.
So today's task is to identify my username in wikipedia. Good luck and let me know how you fare. Seventeen bonus points are on offer for the first correct answer.
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