Straight razors 'cos they're simply a better shave. Fountain pens because they force me to slow down. My turntable; there's a whole different sound from vinyl (including the clicks, pops and scratches). My Contax II, Leica IIIc and Rolleiflex cameras. Elegant, manual and the best recording resolution.
Now I look forward to the last half of the 20th century
Except that as gasoline cars are replaced over time by hybrids and electric then Federal gas revenues will fall although states will still require Federal monies to help with the upkeep of the roads. Hence the idea of taxation based on miles driven.
Note that some insurance companies are offering insurance based on a similar idea and that too requires a GPS device be installed.
The trouble is, the UK does not have a written constitution that courts can use to overturn bad law. In a nutshell, whatever law is passed by Parliament, no matter how absurd, draconian or unfair, is the law. And if they have one that says someone is allowed to enter your home and check your TV hook up then in thay may come.
one of my favorites is an early 1950s comedy movie with Jacques Tati -- Mr. Hulot takes a Holiday. There is some dialog but much of it is incomprehensible and lends little to the story. where it's necessary to set up a a visual punch-line it is made obvious.
First, the NY court only said that 100% of his income is taxable and not that his income is taxable at 100%.
Second, when you live in one state & work in another you're obliged to pay tax to the state in which you're employed and, possibly, your domicile state. For example, I live in Connecticut but work in California (insane I know, but there we are). CT taxes at 6%, CA at 9.3%. So I pay 9.3% to CA & nothing to CT. If the rates were reversed I would pay 6% to CA and 3.3% to CT.
next year when I do the annual tax blood-letting, I will owe CT nothing because I've paid more to CA than CT would have gotten. I will have my accountant work out what i would have paid to CT if I had not been commuting & my employer will reimburse the difference (suitably inflated for all those taxes). And the tax preparation work will be a reimbursed expense.
Not nice but reasonably straightforward.
an article questioning the long term viability of free registration to read a newspaper which itself requires free registration may be considered incongruous. Which is a type of irony. As is not using a dictionary.
Even the most organized home user can be overwhelmed by the data they've stored in a matter of months (if not weeks). And what if you need to search for corresponding data in "My Documents", "My Pictures" (God, I hate those condescending names; like being in elementary school) and Outlook Express?
From my experience computer literacy may mean having more directories to search than the supposedly illiterate masses.
It was Lenin. I think the quote was more like "the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we'll hang them".
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Perhaps you'd be better off with stories beginning with "Once upon a time" and concludng with "and they lived happily ever after"!
Alas, the real world doesn't work that way.
well there was a TV commercial in England many years ago (the early 70's I think) which had a full-screen picture of an apple (a Cox's pippin) and a voice over: "Feels good, tastes good. English cox".
Two good catches but you missed the "who's" when it should have been "whose". Yes, the PHBs IT education may have ended at HIPO charts etc. but they at least could spell.
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It's called "being married for more than 10 years".
I hope to die at 69.
Straight razors 'cos they're simply a better shave.
Fountain pens because they force me to slow down.
My turntable; there's a whole different sound from vinyl (including the clicks, pops and scratches).
My Contax II, Leica IIIc and Rolleiflex cameras. Elegant, manual and the best recording resolution.
Now I look forward to the last half of the 20th century
Except that as gasoline cars are replaced over time by hybrids and electric then Federal gas revenues will fall although states will still require Federal monies to help with the upkeep of the roads. Hence the idea of taxation based on miles driven.
Note that some insurance companies are offering insurance based on a similar idea and that too requires a GPS device be installed.
this week's prize of 370m will be shared by 370m winners.
You misspelled 'revolt'
The trouble is, the UK does not have a written constitution that courts can use to overturn bad law. In a nutshell, whatever law is passed by Parliament, no matter how absurd, draconian or unfair, is the law. And if they have one that says someone is allowed to enter your home and check your TV hook up then in thay may come.
for a critique of John Dvorak's columns. "Your column is in front of me. Soon it will be behind me".
one of my favorites is an early 1950s comedy movie with Jacques Tati -- Mr. Hulot takes a Holiday. There is some dialog but much of it is incomprehensible and lends little to the story. where it's necessary to set up a a visual punch-line it is made obvious.
this is obviously based on failed experiments by the airlines.
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First, the NY court only said that 100% of his income is taxable and not that his income is taxable at 100%. Second, when you live in one state & work in another you're obliged to pay tax to the state in which you're employed and, possibly, your domicile state. For example, I live in Connecticut but work in California (insane I know, but there we are). CT taxes at 6%, CA at 9.3%. So I pay 9.3% to CA & nothing to CT. If the rates were reversed I would pay 6% to CA and 3.3% to CT. next year when I do the annual tax blood-letting, I will owe CT nothing because I've paid more to CA than CT would have gotten. I will have my accountant work out what i would have paid to CT if I had not been commuting & my employer will reimburse the difference (suitably inflated for all those taxes). And the tax preparation work will be a reimbursed expense. Not nice but reasonably straightforward.
an article questioning the long term viability of free registration to read a newspaper which itself requires free registration may be considered incongruous. Which is a type of irony. As is not using a dictionary.
If Apple has Sherlock will MS call theirs "Inspector Lestrade"?
Even the most organized home user can be overwhelmed by the data they've stored in a matter of months (if not weeks). And what if you need to search for corresponding data in "My Documents", "My Pictures" (God, I hate those condescending names; like being in elementary school) and Outlook Express? From my experience computer literacy may mean having more directories to search than the supposedly illiterate masses.
"how absurd the folk tale is that more sex occurs in the first year of marriage then in all subsequent years combined"
It is a well-documented dietary fact that a woman's lack of sexual desire is caused by the consumption of wedding cake.
"the second most expensive asset a person's going to get (after a supercomputer),"
I'm guessing you're not married.
It was Lenin. I think the quote was more like "the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we'll hang them".
Perhaps you'd be better off with stories beginning with "Once upon a time" and concludng with "and they lived happily ever after"! Alas, the real world doesn't work that way.
Unless like me you're married longer than 15 years and are middle aged, do you have nothing better to do in bed?
isn't it amazing how many of them get elected or become lawyers?
You won't even feel a little prick.
well there was a TV commercial in England many years ago (the early 70's I think) which had a full-screen picture of an apple (a Cox's pippin) and a voice over:
"Feels good, tastes good. English cox".
Only saw it once.
Two good catches but you missed the "who's" when it should have been "whose".
Yes, the PHBs IT education may have ended at HIPO charts etc. but they at least could spell.