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rjwood_uk · 11-01-2008

lol, not that i know about any of these things your on about...just wanted to let you know where the phrase "daylight robbery" comes from.

back in the "some time" (before vitorian i think) the govournment decided that richer people should pay more taxes, richer people had bigger houses, bigger houses had more windows. so they decided to tax windows. a certain amount per window. hence "daylight robbery"

and also you will notice lots of smaller old building have bricked up windows. this was to save money (people will always find a way around the tax man lol)

just a bit of useless information there.

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rjwood_uk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 95	lol, not that i know about any of these things your on about...just wanted to let you know where the phrase "daylight robbery" comes from. back in the "some time" (before vitorian i think) the govournment decided that richer people should pay more taxes, richer people had bigger houses, bigger houses had more windows. so they decided to tax windows. a certain amount per window. hence "daylight robbery" and also you will notice lots of smaller old building have bricked up windows. this was to save money (people will always find a way around the tax man lol) just a bit of useless information there. __________________ ...One finished model...5 O'Clock in the morning!