Is that PST and GST?
In the Maritimes they combined it all into the Harmonised Sales Tax, which is just 15%. It used to be like Quebec where, because they are piggybacking one tax on another, it was a little over 15%.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
Sue - Jul 27, 2005 10:18:22 am PDT #3353 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Trudy Booth - Jul 27, 2005 10:18:44 am PDT #3354 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Estate Taxes and Groin Protection. I enjoy the concurrent discussion dynamic.
And I'm about to ask a plumbing question!
Now I'm getting a puddle around the pottie. I cannot see where it comes from or when. I have ruled out the dog. Ever since they "upgrades" in our building's plumbing at least one neighbor has been getting a faucet that runs constantly -- I'm thinking the water pressure is higher now. WTF do I do?
Dana - Jul 27, 2005 10:20:36 am PDT #3355 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
WTF do I do?
Figure out where the leak is coming from? Is it coming from the base of the toilet, where it meets the floor? Is it leaking from somewhere on the tank itself?
DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 10:20:37 am PDT #3356 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Now I'm getting a puddle around the pottie. I cannot see where it comes from or when.
Is it possible it's condensation from the tank? Is the tank wet?
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 10:21:25 am PDT #3357 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tories from his times on the tournament circuit
Is that shot legal in TKD tournaments? We have a fair number of people (male) that complain about groin shots, and think fights would be better without them. And this is even over the liver shot, which they cop to being more painful. And it's even more prevalent among those (male) who come from different arts, where they never had to think about it.
Of course, we also have an instructor who (cheerfully) insisted on absorbing (yeah, sure) multiple groin strikes to drive home the point that they're not a sure thing. But I figure if you're going to kick someone, they're low risk with a decent chance of paying off big.
Hand strikes to the groin are so unexpected (and you can do so much more with the testicular manipulation) that they are a good option, though you give up more getting in there -- which doesn't matter if they're the ones who closed the ground.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 10:22:06 am PDT #3358 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's HST - Harmonized Sales Tax.
I love that. It's so nice.
JohnSweden - Jul 27, 2005 10:22:57 am PDT #3359 of 10002
I can't even.
The couple times I've forgotten my cup, I've ended up regretting it.
I took a vigorous 9-foot fibreglass spear shot to the inner upper thigh one Lilies War a few years ago, and realized it felt weird. As I walked off the field, and my (tired, overheated) brain was doing the math, the nearly-crushed-testicle realization caught up with me. To my best recollection, that's the only time I've been in armour without a cup in fifteen years of fighting. No cups in soccer though, you just get booted in the nuts a lot.
DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 10:23:35 am PDT #3360 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I love that. It's so nice.
It almost sounds like they'll sing you a song while they're taking your money.
DavidS - Jul 27, 2005 10:24:44 am PDT #3361 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It almost sounds like they'll sing you a song while they're taking your money.
We're taking your money
It's really rather fun
There will be a dunning
Until your money's gone
DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 10:26:32 am PDT #3362 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
No cups in soccer though, you just get booted in the nuts a lot.
Yeah, this happened to me a couple of times when I used to practice with my (women's) team. There's nothing more fun than crawling around on the ground in severe pain while being surrounded by women asking "what's the matter?"