| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Jan 07 01:38PM -0800 On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 23:24:44 -0800, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote: >work fine. One year I persuaded my mom, who always used a CPA, to use >one of the programs. The only difference was that the CPA put some >foreign income in a different place, but the bottom lines were the same. Twice I have paid a professional to do my taxes, because I had some new situation that I was unsure about doing myself. Both times, while going through the professionally prepared returns the next year to see how to do the next year's taxes, I discovered errors - in the government's favor. Since then we just use the current H&R Block software, give it our best shot and hope for the best. The worst that has happened was once we received a proposed ammendment from the gov, paid the proposed additional tax owed plus a small penalty (<$20), and done. Way cheaper than a CPA. Dennis (evil) -- I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 07 02:22PM -0800 On 01/07/2019 01:38 PM, Dennis wrote: > has happened was once we received a proposed ammendment from the gov, > paid the proposed additional tax owed plus a small penalty (<$20), and > done. Way cheaper than a CPA. Definitely. Likewise minor errors. Best Buy has BRBlock Deluxe for $35 (CD) with a $5 gift certificate code. Best price I found. A friend regards his 1040 as his opening bid. -- Cheers, Bev "I don't trust carry-out food. When you find hair in my cooking you don't hafta worry about where it came from!" -- Dinette Set |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 06 10:52AM -0800 On 01/06/2019 07:25 AM, Nyssa wrote: > Nyssa, who also gets tired of hearing the talking heads go on > about using public transit when their IS none in places outside > metro areas And even then it's not convenient for most things, including serious shopping. My city (Pasadena, 250K) is pushing road diets -- removing traffic lanes and replacing them with bicycle lanes and center left-turn lanes. This snarls traffic to NO benefit -- I can count the bicyclists I see per day on my fingers. Metro station is 1/4 mile from my house. The only places I use it for are my doctors (they all regard parking lots as a profit center and are within roughly 1/4 mile of a station), the GOOD auto repair place, and Chinatown a long time ago. The Walmart is roughly a mile from the station, which is way too far to carry anything substantial. And yet... The feds and the state pull financial strings for this shit, and it's a constant fight. Like cockroaches. We got ONE plan dropped with a lot of effort, but another one is cropping up in a different place. And then another... -- Cheers, Bev A man's got to know his limitations. It's a woman's duty to make sure of this. |
| Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com>: Jan 06 02:38PM -0500 The Real Bev wrote: > dropped with a lot > of effort, but another one is cropping up in a different > place. And then another... I feel your pain. Of course you'd NEVER find any of those politicians or "well-meaning" types on public transit! I'd like them to explain to me how someone on a bike or a bus is supposed to haul home a couple of weeks' worth of groceries. Especially when it includes frozen or bulky items. Bike paths? We've got twisty two lane roads with NO shoulders much less sidewalks or a place for a bike and a lot of logging trucks and 18 wheelers to share the road with. And they don't share well. The closest (only) grocery store is 13 miles from my house. Yeah, walking and bikes... Isn't it fun to listen to the people who never do their own shopping and cooking, etc. trying to decide how all of the little people should live their lives? Nyssa, who simply turns off the noise and goes about her business the only way she can...in her truck(s) |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 06 11:47AM -0800 On 01/06/2019 11:38 AM, Nyssa wrote: > the little people should live their lives? > Nyssa, who simply turns off the noise and goes about her > business the only way she can...in her truck(s) I've always combined trips, waited until I had a decent list, etc. We used to bike more than we drove -- which is between 3K and 4K miles/year. Not everyone can do that. We can't any more. The bastards WANT us to get out of our cars and homes with yards and into high-rise apartments and public transport. It's all about global warming and the profits to be made therefrom. If not global warming, something else. Probably involving unions. -- Cheers, Bev "Calling someone an asshole for being rude to a telemarketer is like accusing someone who's shot a burglar in his home of being a poor host." -- W.S.Rowell |
| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Jan 07 01:05PM -0800 On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 15:26:14 -0800, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote: >whale sizes and no normal sizes? >BUT their cheap women's L/XL slippers aren't large enough for my 8.5-9W >feet :-( Lucky you have those turquoise Go-Go boots. Timeless classics. Dennis (evil) -- "There is a fine line between participation and mockery" - Wally |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 07 01:37PM -0800 On 01/07/2019 01:05 PM, Dennis wrote: >>BUT their cheap women's L/XL slippers aren't large enough for my 8.5-9W >>feet :-( > Lucky you have those turquoise Go-Go boots. Timeless classics. Eidetic memory or stalking? Damn! -- Cheers, Bev It's true that Smokey Bear deserves praise for his campaign against forest fires, but nobody ever mentions the park rangers he kills for their hats. |
| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Jan 07 01:39PM -0800 >> > Lemme guess, people just throw them away now instead of washing? >> https://news.google.com/search?q=best%20underwear&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen >This reminds me when I was 15 and living with grandma and all I had was the Sears catalog. So is that when you started just throwing your underwear away? Dennis (evil) -- "There is a fine line between participation and mockery" - Wally |
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