I'm really not a fur person, but... mmmmm....
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Emily - Mar 13, 2008 4:07:45 am PDT #9721 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Toddson - Mar 13, 2008 4:10:30 am PDT #9722 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Possibly the two-parent family is to help everyone survive the toddler years.
My morning got off to quite a start - there was a five-alarm fire a few blocks from me (one person hurt, several hundred displaced from the burned building and others nearby) so the streets around home were closed off. Made the trip in kind of, um, interesting.
Sparky1 - Mar 13, 2008 4:13:03 am PDT #9723 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Hard to say at this point, partly because the tax implications change based on the value of the stock when we actually sell it vs. its value at the point we inherited it.
Also, if it is a specific or residual bequest, I think. (It's been 10 years since I did any Estates & Trusts.) Anyhoo, fingers crossed, Susan!
My commute was kerfucked this morning because of a fire that forced the evacuation of 170 apartments. Conclusion: Police need better training in conducting traffic because the fellow at one corner looked confused.
eta: DC fire xpost!
DCJensen - Mar 13, 2008 4:16:18 am PDT #9724 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Good lord, I thought conducting traffic was one of those cultural things people would pick up from movies and TV when growing up.
Or maybe I focus on these things in shows waaay too much.
Toddson - Mar 13, 2008 4:31:45 am PDT #9725 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
This is DC traffic - large numbers of people, all of whom are IMPORTANT and have IMPORTANT places to go and IMPORTANT things to do, so they shouldn't have to wait. Or stop for lights. Or for traffic. (or, actually, for flaming buildings in their path)
brenda m - Mar 13, 2008 4:45:18 am PDT #9726 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My commute is not (yet) kerfucked because I am still on the couch in my pjs. Should probably do something about that.
Fred Pete - Mar 13, 2008 4:54:52 am PDT #9727 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yay, Susan! I've long forgotten the tax implications, but something to factor in -- if the company pays regular dividends, it may be worth considering whether to accept the regular extra income over the one-time windfall that may be subject to a big tax hit.
brenda m - Mar 13, 2008 5:02:35 am PDT #9728 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh jesus, just got an invite to my 20 year HS reunion. Unpossible!
Ginger - Mar 13, 2008 5:10:45 am PDT #9729 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As I understand it, the cost basis is the worth of the stock the day your relative died. If it's now worth more, you'll pay long-term capital gains on the difference between the cost basis and the current value. Considering that the market is down, you might not have anything to pay, unless the amount of inheritance is high enough to be subject to inheritance taxes. If it is, congratulations!
(Note: Amateur advice. Use with caution.)
Steph L. - Mar 13, 2008 5:15:50 am PDT #9730 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Emeline has decided she does not like pants. She screamed and whined for a half hour this morning about her severe dislike of pants.
Apparently Aunt Jilli has corrupted her....