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.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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.
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."
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.
Vortex - Apr 08, 2008 7:24:21 pm PDT #491 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
OTOH, if you go down there, it's taken care of, whereas if you send in the receipt, you have to wait for them to get their shit together. I'm dealing with this with the personal property tax on my car. I was like, hello Virginia, I moved in September! I called them and said why did you send me a bill for a car that is no longer in Virginia, that demands payment by October 07, and is postmarked March 4. I sent you a letter to that effect. They said "oh, yeah, we have your letter, but we need you to send us a copy of your registation" I said "well, why didn't you say that in the first damn place. And when I didn't send in the registration, you didn't tell me that was the problem" Now I have to fax a copy of my new car registration. of course, in DC, your registration is a sticker on your windshield.
Vortex - Apr 08, 2008 7:27:44 pm PDT #492 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Also, the tax is based on them saying I earned over $100,000 every year, for the past three years.
go down there, take copies of your tax returns for the last three years. I can only presume that you would not be dealing with the chemical jackholes if you'd been making that kind of money on a 1099.