Some of the patterns are WACKY, but some are really good.
Totally! I love checking the site every day because even if its a pattern I would NEVER use, they're fun to laugh at.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
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Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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ChiKat - Apr 12, 2006 1:43:05 pm PDT #8988 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
ChiKat - Apr 12, 2006 1:45:06 pm PDT #8989 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Can I make it 3 in a row?? (eta: Yes! Yes, I can!)
I have class tonight and I am so over it. I so don't want to go. But, I only have 3 more (including tonight) before finals. Yay!! Almost done with it!!
SuziQ - Apr 12, 2006 1:58:25 pm PDT #8990 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Spent over 3 hours in the doctor's office today to get my iron and see the hemotologist. Gah - shouldn't have been over 90 minutes.
My hemoglobin is just barely inside the normal range again. He wants to continue the IV's to "fill the tank". Ooooooh, fun. My veins have taken to playing hide and seek lately - I think they are smarter than we give them credit.
All in all - I feel much better than I did in January. Buzzing around last Friday would have whipped me beforehand while it barely pinged my radar now.
For anyone with unexplained fatigue - ask your doc to check your iron levels. It has done wonders so far for me.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 1:59:36 pm PDT #8991 of 10001
What is even happening?
In our case of city taxes, we have to pay based on residence--even though DH's job pays into a different municipality which we do not get back. They apply it to our city tax but we do have to pay substantially more.
Do you have city income taxes too Cashmere, or are you talking about property tax? And what is this school tax?
Cindy, I also think that work travel is tax deductible but not commuting expenses--so that sucks.
Right. Not to mention, does he take our brand-new, less economical, more reliable mini-van for the 80 mile daily roundtrip, leaving me cramming three kids into the Toyota, or does he risk driving the more economical Toyota, that's a 1991. Ugh. The move officially happens tomorrow (but he took tomorrow as a vacation day and has Friday off). He found out about it a week ago, which was approximately one month after he had to pack up and move over one row, in his Boston office. Craxy.
A lot of cities have considered things like commuter taxes to solve this problem, maybe Boston was successful?Well, it's not a Boston tax. It's state income tax (and we don't live in the city of Boston, either way), so I don't think so.
It's a big issue, actually, with people earning money in the cities but not contributing to the tax base, and thus any of the infrastructure/services they use, because they go back to their homes in the suburbs or neighboring states.I think Boston handles this other ways (tolls, etc.) but you're right, it is a big issue.
I do hope this works out your way, though, especially since I'm given to understand that there in the Soviet Republic of Taxachusetts (isn't that the neocon line?) you pay some pretty hefty ones.
We've only ever lived here, so you know, you get used to it. I crack up though, because every year, they tax you at the base rate, and then ask if you want to pay the higher rate (that was in effect before one of our recently Republican governors lowered it). Um? No. I don't believe that much in any cause that I can't support in a more direct way (like giving directly to a charity that helps people I'm concerned about, who've lost services).
-t - Apr 12, 2006 2:13:10 pm PDT #8992 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm so glad the treatment's working, Suzi!
Adjustment ~ma for the new commute, Cindy. I hope the tax thing works out in your favor. I know DH's withholding is now CA rather than LA, but I don't know the reasoning behind it.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 2:15:04 pm PDT #8993 of 10001
What is even happening?
Also, my sister lives in Mississippi but worked in Tennessee. She paid Mississippi income tax.
Not that this matters to anyone but me, but I'm just in the mood to post about it. I've just come across information for New Hampshire residents telling them if they live in NH but work in MA, they do pay MA tax. It may be that MA and NH have an agreement (which would largely work to MA's benefit, because way more NH people work in MA, than vice versa, because there are more jobs here) that they only tax the people who make money in their state.
vw bug - Apr 12, 2006 2:25:47 pm PDT #8994 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I decided not to go. I just don't feel like leaving the house today. I managed to shower, do some dishes, and make tomorrow's coffee. I'll try to see that as what I'm able to accomplish today.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 2:29:14 pm PDT #8995 of 10001
What is even happening?
Hey vw, considering how the day started out, that's not so bad.
-t - Apr 12, 2006 2:29:52 pm PDT #8996 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a lot, vw. And don't forget, you will be supporting Emily through her bad day. That counts.
meara - Apr 12, 2006 2:31:50 pm PDT #8997 of 10001
When I moved to Illinois from TN, IL ended up charging me IL state income tax on the income I made in TN before moving. Their "reasoning" was that I hadn't been charged income tax on it, so it was free game to them. I was very displeased.
Damn, now that's just out of line!!
That said, I work in Maryland, live in DC, but have to pay DC income tax (but don't have to pay Maryland's).