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Ned Stark....53 today -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 12:09 2
- is that Tony's wayward brother? -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 12:14 1
  - well that would be George in the Ultimate Universe....but I meant Lord Ned Stark aka Sean Bean -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 12:15
If I buy a new TiVo from a third party, do I have to sign up for the year plan? - spamlet Apr 17, 12:04 3
- related: I have a lifetime subscription to my tivo...any way to transfer it to a new one? -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 12:12 2
  - They generally don't encourage that. It's their bread and butter. But I believe I've heard of them allowing it during certain windows in the past. - Mop (195 lbs) Apr 17, 12:17 1
    - thanks! -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 12:23
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- #22 -- nm - David Apr 17, 12:04
My only hope re Michael Floyd (since the Niners won't get him) is that he's not Tim Brown'd for me... - Stephen Apr 17, 12:02 1
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*sigh* another one of those First World Problems - don't tell Pixie ;) - MojaveMeg Apr 17, 11:57
98,000 federal employees owe a combined $1 billion in back taxes. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:49 16
- Oddly, 95% of that is Marion Barry. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 17, 12:11 3
  - He's not a federal employee. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 17, 12:16 2
    - knowing him, he could be on the payroll anyway. -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 12:17
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- I wonder what the back taxes are from all other Americans (and how many owe)? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 17, 12:07
- The defense budget is 13 trillion dollars a minute and a single JSF costs 2.2 billion -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:58 7
  - The Medicare budget is Eleventy Kajillion per second!!! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 12:14
  - 2012 defense budget request is up to 1.4 trillion -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:00 4
    - math is hard -- nm - decline Apr 17, 12:01 3
      - ... Was it not clear that my original post was in jest? :) and an F35 is only 200 million -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:02 2
        
        "only"? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 17, 12:03 1
        
        5 planes = total back taxes of 98 thousand federal employees. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:06
  - wha? -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 17, 11:59
- Elected officials should also have to publish their tax deliquency in their local newspaper -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:56
- I can get on board with that idea. -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 11:51
- Colombian hookers are expensive! -- nm - Fed employees Apr 17, 11:50
STIS: Simple tax question - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:40 14
- Nope. profits under $250,000 are exempt. Profits over $250,000 must be used in 2 years -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:42 3
  - Ah. Nice. Mrs.V was keeping all the receipts from the home improvements we've done over the last 5 years... - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:45 1
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  - Unless he didn't live in the home for 2 of the past 5 years or had a sale in the last two years. -- nm - spamlet Apr 17, 11:45
- here -- (link) - znufrii Apr 17, 11:41 7
  - Graci. So it looks like... yes. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:42 6
    - errr... no. (under 250k and I've lived there for 8 years) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:44 5
      - how the hell does anybody get out from a house with money in their pocket these days? 8 years means you got IN on the bubble upswing - zeitgeist Apr 17, 11:48 2
        
        We bought in the fall of 2007, and will almost certainly be profiting if/when we sell later this year. - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:52
        
        15 fixed with a good down payment - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:51
      - Then it would be exempt. -- nm - spamlet Apr 17, 11:45 1
        
        Yes. Thanks ST! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:47
- I suspect that those words have never appeared in the same sentence before -- nm - zork Apr 17, 11:41
- Could you do a 1031 exchange? -- nm - lileve Apr 17, 11:41
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- Notices of Unavailabiity are quite common in my experience. - Stephen Apr 17, 11:37
- Are you sure your assistant didn't submit that motion? -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 11:36 3
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  - ~shakes uncontrollably~ -- nm - Shakey Apr 17, 11:36 1
    - "but you told me you were unavailable to help so I assumed you wanted me to file this motio with the court!" - Beaker Apr 17, 11:39
- one of my attorneys filed that in a case, but the time frame was much shorter - pixitude Apr 17, 11:35
- gotta have time for the Siesta my friend, I put my money on her getting the 3 Weeks -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:33 1
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PFM - that story about Abby counting her piggy bank coins to buy you stickers was the best :) thanks for sharing! -- nm - JenBro Apr 17, 11:23 7
- Also, if she likes stickers, you should use GetGlue. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:31 6
  - Yup. I wish there was a better way to track what stickers are available (for movies) - Stephen Apr 17, 12:05
  - yep. -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 11:58
  - also this can be used to turn any picture into a sticker (or post-it), removable and permanent versions available -- (link) - zork Apr 17, 11:40 3
    - That's clever. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:42 1
      - hmm, apparently it's changed since I bought it. The ones I have leave a gummy surface behind as you roll it but now it leaves little double sided tape - zork Apr 17, 11:48
    - any paper that is -- nm - zork Apr 17, 11:40
So - I stayed up doing my meetings stuff and then promptly over slept this morning - woke at 6:58 - needing to pick up food and be there by 7:30 - JenBro Apr 17, 11:22 2
- we count on you to Keep Doing Great Work! - Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 17, 11:48 1
  - I'm taking one when I get home tonight .... feel absolutely grungy -- nm - JenBro Apr 17, 16:40
tax day poll: are refunds dumb? (should you be floating the government a loan for the other 364 days of the year??) - pixitude Apr 17, 11:17 24
- the worst was my 2nd year when we not only had to pay all of last year's but start with quarterlies.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 11:39
- I love a refund. I know what to budget and when I do my taxes if I get a nice refund it is like gravy -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 11:34
- I've pretty much always overpaid, a few times (like when we bought our house) getting really big refunds. - musubi Apr 17, 11:31
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- I don't understand why the Fed and State can't agree on my tax status. - CrankYanker Apr 17, 11:23 11
  - where's the disagreement? -- nm - pixitude Apr 17, 11:24 10
    - I don't think there should be that much of a discrepancy with the same exemptions, income, and deductions. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 17, 11:26 9
      - sfek, I should either owe both or get a refund from both. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 17, 11:27 8
        
        my experience with California state taxes has been pleasantly surprising - pixitude Apr 17, 11:29 1
        
        heh. ok, change my "surprising" below to "indicative". And then commence the rolling blackouts. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:30
        
        two completely different sets of tax codes. They really are not comparable -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:29 4
        
        I know. I would prefer the same percentage for everyone and for both State and Fed. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 17, 11:30 1
        
        That would undermine the founding principles of your nation. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:31
        
        Especially in California. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:29 1
        
        (The fact that CY is getting so much back from State taxes is surprising) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:30
        
        ooooh. No, never give them a choice like that. You know what they'll choose. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 11:28
- I like the refund but I'd rather have the money in my checks and not in their bank accounts throughout the year, -- nm - King Krusty the Benevolent Apr 17, 11:23 4
  - me too but i can't be bothered to figure out how i would have to adjust my withholdings to make it happen -- nm - pixitude Apr 17, 11:24 3
    - And considering the variation in deductions and income from year to year, I don't know that it would be worth the time in my case. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:33
    - Same here. I deal with it but I'm not happy that I'm giving them more than they have to get from me. -- nm - King Krusty the Benevolent Apr 17, 11:31
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- yes. - znufrii Apr 17, 11:21
- Extremely. But not unwelcome. - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:19
- I *love* getting a refund - it's like a little surprise present :) or forced savings ? what ever ... -- nm - JenBro Apr 17, 11:19
Need a Richard Cheese break? Audio NSFW. -- (link) - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:13 [youtube] 1
- I like his version of Closer to the Heart -- nm - zork Apr 17, 11:23
RIP Dwayne Schintzius (43, cancer) - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:13 3
- "Ivan make basket." :-( Too young. -- nm - King Krusty the Benevolent Apr 17, 11:16
- Very sad. Gay rights activist beaten to death outside Halifax, NS club (by a mental patient on unattended leave) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 17, 11:14 1
  - (oops, this was supposed to be its own thread) -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 11:14
LIR DEEVS - I has question :) about your event last night - link to my first post in case you are around & thanks! - JenBro Apr 17, 11:12 [Backboard] 4
- Mel popped early. - groiny Apr 17, 11:12 3
  - *see's Mel as a bottle of champagne or prosecco* :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 17, 11:14 2
    - you're great for the community. - Mel Profit Apr 17, 11:15 1
      - that's so nice of you - thanks - I was willing to re-link it at the risk of being a pest tho ... heh - JenBro Apr 17, 11:18
The new TiVo is here! The new TiVo is here! -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:11 11
- my 4th Tivo premiere is about to bite the dust. -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 11:15 3
  - That is why I needed a new one. One I bought in 2010 is already in hard drive failure. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:18 2
    - Are the designs/parts just that much worse or is it a heat issue? - spamlet Apr 17, 11:35 1
      - TiVo isn't to blame on this one. I bought a 2 TB drive from DVR Dude on eBay. - David Apr 17, 11:41
- "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" nm - Tivos 1 through 11 Apr 17, 11:14 3
  - The low tech fun is the cat in the box. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:14 2
    - Yeah, my parents' cat getting stuck in a diet coke box and then pretending it was her intention all along is a fond memory. nm - Dignan Apr 17, 11:16 1
      - god cats are dumb -- nm - pixitude Apr 17, 11:17
- Things are going to start happening to you now! -- nm - TWuG Apr 17, 11:13
- how's the frontal lobe interface? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 17, 11:12 1
  - Pain is tolerable! -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:12
JT? Wha? - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:11 4
- he played a great game his first time out. - Jovian Apr 17, 11:12 1
  - That is exactly why I mentioned both. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:25
- He won in rather dominant fashion before he made a serious miscalculation. -- nm - David Apr 17, 11:12 1
  - If we're only basing it on his 1st season, I'll agree. Very good performance. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:14
Gotta root for Bayern Munich today. This is gonna be a good one -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 17, 11:10
Google shuts down gmail for two hours to show its immense power -- (link) - oblique Apr 17, 11:10
conversely, there are at least 6 movies i want to see around the holidays: Hobbit, Gravity, Great Gatsby (3D!), Django Unchained, Les Mis, Bin Laden -- nm - pixitude Apr 17, 11:08
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies. Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say. - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:07
other than seeing Maurice Richard with the Habs old-timers back in the day, seeing Eddie Feigner pitch ranks up there as one of my best sport memories -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 11:06 4
- i think my best might be high school, when we won the city basketball title my sophomore year. it was very Hoosiers -- nm - pixitude Apr 17, 11:11
- Seeing Mattingly hitting a home run in his only playoffs. -- nm - King Krusty the Benevolent Apr 17, 11:11
- watching Pedro pitch in '99 was fun. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 17, 11:10
- I saw Pele play -- nm - zork Apr 17, 11:09
I think we can all agree that one thing that brings us all together is -- (link) - oblique Apr 17, 11:06 22
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  - Oh come on Jack, she could turn you. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 11:19 1
    - "Nobody's *that* gay." -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 11:29
  - You have to let us minority of hetero males on ST have our fun! :) -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 11:17
  - ... to go motorboat her boobs -- nm - JakDaasun Apr 17, 11:17 1
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- all of you guys down in this thread are crazy. In an unprecedented move - I'm claiming her for myself. - Epiphany Apr 17, 11:14 8
  - Pippy for Prezident - zork Apr 17, 11:19 3
    - I can imagine what the SS would be like under her watch - oblique Apr 17, 11:20 2
      - ...and porn - Epiphany Apr 17, 11:22 1
        
        *abolishes term limits* -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 11:23
  - *nudges a few of the ST guys, motions with my eyes to Pippy and Upton...hissing behind my beer* "don't stare..." -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 17, 11:17
  - threesome? -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 11:15 1
    - we got one of each - blonde, brunette, red head -- nm - Epiphany Apr 17, 11:23
  - *pokes her in her mole, shutting her down for the night* nm -- nm - groiny Apr 17, 11:14
- I thought she was hot at first, but that's faded quickly. Similar to Denise Richards. -- nm - Inigo Apr 17, 11:12
- I was a fan until I heard her talk -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 11:10 1
  - yeah, I would not kick her out of bed, but there a a lot more hotter chicks out there - groiny Apr 17, 11:11
- sorry, not a big fan. I'm not saying she's not hot, it's just she's not my type of hot. Bibb's ass? that's my type of hot -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 17, 11:08
- Boobs are overrated. (nm) - diggie si Apr 17, 11:07 2
  - It's true. And especially true in this case. nm - Dignan Apr 17, 11:10 1
    - in.sane. - Epiphany Apr 17, 11:23
Please return all -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 11:03 2
- tray tables and seat backs... -- nm - Ser Vermyn Apr 17, 11:04 1
  - "now do it in French." -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 17, 11:04

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