I want my two dollars...
I bet if you go to Teppy's house and ask real nice....
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2008 6:26:09 pm PDT #481 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2008 6:35:10 pm PDT #482 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I just had some guy call me a dumbass when I didn't respond to his greeting as I walked to my building (he was loitering in the darkened parking lot next to it, and started meandering my way as I headed homeward). No, the dumbass would be the panhandler antagonizing a resident who knows there's a squadcar parked one building over due to the recent fistfights at Happy Fun Dive next door.
In nicer news, spent the evening catching up with one of my best friends, who's in town visiting his folks.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2008 6:43:52 pm PDT #483 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Living in the Haight, I don't think I've gone a single day in 22 years without being panhandled, except the days I've stayed inside with a fever of 102.
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2008 6:46:24 pm PDT #484 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Living in the Haight, I don't think I've gone a single day in 22 years without being panhandled, except the days I've stayed inside with a fever of 102.
Yep.
Favorite Haight panhandle: some punkish-looking kids asked me, "Can we have some money to buy drugs?"
I hardly ever get panhandled in Chicago now....
Allyson - Apr 08, 2008 6:48:47 pm PDT #485 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
A few months back, I paid over 300 bucks in back taxes to the city of LA on a little known law that says if you earn any money on a 1099, you have to file as a business and pay the city taxes on income. There's a creative artist exemption, which I filed for, but "too late" so I had to pay all these fines and back taxes. I got my license and exemption in the mail soon after.
I just got a letter from the city saying I need to pay $2,335.98 for failing to respond...even though I went to City Hall and paid all fees and taxes in person and received a receipt and all the license paperwork.
Now, I have to either pay this, or send a written application for a hearing to explain myself...or, to actually explain the City's incompetence to a judge.
I am already hanging by a thread with the move and the job stress. This? Awful. It's just awful.
Hil R. - Apr 08, 2008 6:49:44 pm PDT #486 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The summer I was in San Luis Obispo, my friend and I were waiting for a bus, and this guys comes up to us and asks, with huge deep breaths at each pause, "Would you marry ... and have children with ... an aging hippie ... from the Woodstock ... era?" We both declined.
-t - Apr 08, 2008 7:06:09 pm PDT #487 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 awful, Allyson! If the world were at all fair you would be able to just mail in a copy of your receipt and be off the hook entirely.
JenP - Apr 08, 2008 7:11:37 pm PDT #488 of 10001
Yeah, "Here's my receipt," really shouldn't require a hearing.
Allyson - Apr 08, 2008 7:22:28 pm PDT #489 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I feel like I need a lawyer. I never feel like I need a lawyer.
Allyson - Apr 08, 2008 7:23:46 pm PDT #490 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Also, the tax is based on them saying I earned over $100,000 every year, for the past three years.