::joins Tep and msbelle on the Bench of Judging::
Make room y'all.
She's a menace. And while I wouldn't wish Social Services on most people, I most heartily wish them on this whackjob. Because with the babies safe and out of the way, the smiting can begin.
I don't care what they call it, I don't consider urine to be a viable drink option unless I'm dying of thirst in a desert where there's no other water.
Matt's been through the desert on a horse with no bladder, pass it on.
"Cause I'm an asshole, and I park in handicapped spaces. While handicapped people make handicapped faces." Oh, and thanks, wench, for keeping the welfare-queen thing alive. Just when I think I'm beginning to get people to see people on disability as halfway worthwhile, Ghetto Angelina shows up. Argggh.
On the plus side, most people don't have a genuine Bond villain as their nemesis. Think of the notoriety you'll gain for your campaign of destruction against Octopussy.
New word of the day: Poka-yoke
The things you learn when you spend the afternoon reading data center operating manuals.
Think of the notoriety you'll gain for your campaign of destruction against Octopussy.
Do not make me snort at the computer like that at work.
Crap. I want to go home, and I don't feel like walking to the train station. Thanks to the CTA bus tracker, I can see the bus I want to take has been just sitting there, miles away, for the last 10 or 15 minutes.
I might have to take some bus that doesn't have an online tracking thingie....
I will note that in Australia, interest on your home mortgage is likewise not tax deductible. We have also had a decade of budget surpluses, and indeed a sustained run of surpluses exceeding projections (selling resources to China's been a decent earner). We have also had a pretty well-regulated financial sector and no bank failures. However, we still had an over-inflated housing market - one of the highest appreciation rates in the world this decade.
All consumer debt interest used to be deductible. That was eliminated in the mid-80s and only the mortgage interest deduction remained. This is one reason home equity loans became so popular, you can use them to buy things instead of credit cards and still deduct the interest.
Is house flipping a thing out there, billytea? I imagine it's not common in cold Canada.
Is house flipping a thing out there, billytea? I imagine it's not common in cold Canada.
I don't think it's a big part of the market. Investment properties, conversely, did become hugely popular. (Interest is deductible on those, being an expense related to generating income.) Not sure where that now stands.