Hey, during the no-tax week, bow-ties were taxable. But ponchos weren't.

And if you got a tuxedo, no tax...except on the tie.

Because it's an incredibly slow day at work, I actually went and read the jockstrap article. And I gotta say, I can understand the decline if they don't actually do anything. On the other hand, not wearing a cup in those particular activities where you're highly likely to get nailed in the tender bits? CRAY-ZEE.

Right. Goolei-snugglies are still the same idea, even if they are house slightly differently.

And I was a catcher for two years, when I really should've had a jock and cup.

Buster Olney was on TV this morning, talking about unfortunate comebackers, and he mentioned some dude from years past who was hit on the inner thigh. Missed his crotch, but Buster reported that years later, that guy would break out in a cold sweat when describing the incident. And that was somebody who did wear a cup (I presume).

On the other channel was footage of Bryce Florie, who in 2000 got his face rearranged by a comebacker. Nothing like watching a guy exhale blood out his nostrils to wake one up in the morning.

And I was a catcher for two years, when I really should've had a jock and cup.

OTOH, you did have the big, honking mitt. That's what it's for, to keep the ball from hitting you.

Big, honking mitt: good. Foul tips, wild pitches, backswings: bad. I vote cups for catchers.

acc'ding to this there are reforms schedual for 2009 - the interesting part is the % of households that would acctualy be taxed

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there have been movements to move the date to sooner than 2009, but those that want it gone would vote for changeing the time line ( acc'ding to this site)

MA is having a two-day "No sales tax" on anything under $2500 (Aug. 13-14).

Doesn't affect clothes since they aren't taxed here anyway.

Big, honking mitt: good. Foul tips, wild pitches, backswings: bad. I vote cups for catchers.

Also, the chest protectors they use in Little League extend down to protect the groin as well.

And if you got a tuxedo, no tax...except on the tie.

Weird. It reminds me of when we had blue laws - you could buy canned food on Sundays, but not a can opener. Paint, but not a paint brush. Weirdness.

MA is having a two-day "No sales tax" on anything under $2500 (Aug. 13-14).

Yeah. I think we're going to try to buy our new dishwasher that weekend. My mother gave us the gift certificate for Christmas, but we haven't had the dosh to pay a plumber to fix some really funky plumbing under the sink.

Originally, the Sales Tax holiday here was slated to be on the Saturday, only. Jewish people organized and complained, because the Saturday date effectively cut Sabbath observant people out of the holiday, and the state actually saw the point of this. This pleases me.

My personal beef with MA sales tax: When I was there shaving cream was not taxed because it was a "necessity." Tampons? Not a necessity, so they were taxed.