Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JohnSweden - Jul 27, 2005 9:32:19 am PDT #3315 of 10002
I can't even.

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.


beth b - Jul 27, 2005 9:32:55 am PDT #3316 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

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

[link]

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)


Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2005 9:34:36 am PDT #3317 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

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.


DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 9:35:09 am PDT #3318 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

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.


-t - Jul 27, 2005 9:38:25 am PDT #3319 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 9:40:34 am PDT #3320 of 10002
What is even happening?

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.


Sparky1 - Jul 27, 2005 9:44:57 am PDT #3321 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

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.


Kathy A - Jul 27, 2005 9:45:17 am PDT #3322 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Washington has a high sales tax, but no state income tax.

That's what my sister told me, but when I looked at the sales receipt from my purchase at the Nordstorm Rack store near Pike Place Market, and saw that the "high sales tax" was only 8%, I scoffed. I pay 8.75% on just about everything except for magazines and newspapers and still have to pay 3% income tax to the state.


Steph L. - Jul 27, 2005 9:45:54 am PDT #3323 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So, bon, how do the tax laws apply to Teppy's primal fear of inheriting her father's debt?

::loves Hec::

Don't think they apply, and then it gets a little out of stuff I know. But AFAIK, what Cindy is saying is right: creditors get a crack at the decedent's assets before you do. If the deceased has no assets, I don't think you become liable for the debt.

::loves bon just a little bit more::


Cashmere - Jul 27, 2005 9:46:27 am PDT #3324 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

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.

I think my head just exploded.