The 46th TPBM Random Chat Thread with Sneaux and Fresh Employment Opportunities

You haven't already smoosed him into agreeing and you expect us to do it for you?

thomascanty wrote in post #14220320
I thought you were just going to buy it and let him find out when it arrives...

That is still an option though I pulled that trick with the 5DC.


He did freak when I told him I wanted to get one by the end of the year.

just buy it, will he notice the difference (physically) between the two?

Hi everyone its me again.
Here is some photos I took at Dartmoor Zoo (home of the film/book "We Bought a Zoo")

I love the zooooooooooo

sevillafox wrote in post #14217839
Our grass is so patchy....it has been seeded, watered, and everything like crazy....yet it still fails.

No way, if you did the "and everything" it would be growing fine. You left something out.

Woolburr wrote in post #14217873
I need goats.....my whole development was once a pasture....I have a nice green lawn....but very little grass.

Goats are fun. There is one that lives at the barn with the horses. He is Scooty's goat. Scooty had an injury and was stall bound so they got him a goat for company. Now CB(Cry Baby) just roams free but is never far from Scooty.

Woolburr wrote in post #14218856
Neil....I think you just confirmed Zane's suspicions about your true identity.

Noted.

Becky N wrote in post #14219437
It was 33.7°F just before dawn, just missed freezing, there was frost on the roof and cars, but I didn't see a lot on the grass. I'm going out in a few minutes to uncover everything and will cover again tonight. I'll check the uncovered stuff later today to see how it did.

Cool idea. I would pull the top slats, fill with dirt, then replace the slats. Maybe that is in the directions, so far all I did was look at the picture.

You should be fine on the frost.

I was thinking the same thing as for pulling the slats.

Becky N wrote in post #14219548
It's been too long...

Time to dust off your cameras...

its...

PHOTO CHALLENGE TIME!!!


Shoot something, anything, everyday for the next 3 days and post at least one shot before the end of your day, whatever hours that may be.

Jim you may post yours when you return from your adventure, as I suspect you will be away from internet service.

Fun, maybe, we will see if I get it done. I have a race tomorrow so I will shoot then for sure.

Harm wrote in post #14219623
Well the taxes are in...this year we hired an accountant. We are only $300 worse off... Have we been paying in too much over the past 4 years then?

Probably if nothing has changed. The little one may help with the taxes. You can go back three years and amend.

Skrim17 wrote in post #14219636
I did my taxes and submitted them before realizing that my attorney's fees from my severance agreement were deductible, so we have to amend...

We SO need to amend our tax code.

sevillafox wrote in post #14220316
Hey guys. So, who wants to talk my hubby into letting me buy a 5D3?

Oh yeah, let me at him. "Why does Tiff have to ask permission from you?"

NGH wrote in post #14220893
Hi everyone its me again.

Nice job Nathan. Hope you and your dad are well.

short5 wrote in post #14220994
You can go back three years and amend.

really? good to know!

Harm wrote in post #14221003
really? good to know!

The IRS can go back 7 years

short5 wrote in post #14221097
The IRS can go back 7 years

That is always good to know!

Just thinking about it, I will have been in the US for 5 years later this month. How time flies!

what's wrong with being able to get a break on the lawyer fees? They took 1/3 of my severance, after taxes!

Nice job on the zoo shots Nathan!

Skrim17 wrote in post #14221195
what's wrong with being able to get a break on the lawyer fees? They took 1/3 of my severance, after taxes!

You got screwed by your old employer, no doubt. My issue is the idea of my household has to help pay for it. My first reaction and feeling is that if your old employer did something wrong causing you to sue them then they should be liable for that cost not the rest of the American people. Basically you got fired and the rest of the country had to pay your unemployment then pay your lawyer to get you a better severance. That seems really wrong.

Beyond the fact that it is unfair to the rest of tax payers there is the idea that it is a motivation for people to sue every time they get fired even if it was justifiable. Why not sue if it is a write off and there is nothing to lose, kwim? It also then means that employers are stuck with crappy employees because they know they will get sued if they fire them which means the rest of us who depend on hired services get crap service because the employees know they wont get fired.

It leads to a whole rant about union shops where as you put it yourself "no one EVER gets fired here" and "we get lots of paid days off November is crazy how much we get off". We are becoming a lazy self entitled nation that feels a job is a right not something earned and that employers owe us to pay us and treat us like we are all indispensable employees no matter what we do.

I am not saying you did anything wrong I just think it is one of the many screwy things about our tax code and the sad state of the American work force.

And that sounds like I am picking on you, Crissa, I am not. I know you got done wrong by an employer and there needs to be protections for employees so they are not used by some employers.

woah....a guy goes to sleep for 12 hours and comes back to a photo challenge....thats a good way to way up

short5 wrote in post #14220994
No way, if you did the "and everything" it would be growing fine. You left something out.


Oh yeah, let me at him. "Why does Tiff have to ask permission from you?"

Crummy dirt?

And go for it! Flame on!

Harm wrote in post #14220660
just buy it, will he notice the difference (physically) between the two?

He will when it comes to tax time and I have to fess up.