Random Ramblings

My grandson's parents are talking with the company my son-in-law is working for to go abroad for two years.
Tuesday's never will be the same anymore.
For me it's hard.

That's hard. It will be a wonderful experience for them, but very hard not to see them for all that time.  

Paying them taxes 

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Paying them taxes 

I've got to do that this week....not at all looking forward to it.

We still need to file ours.  I will get it done this week.

I finished recording my next video.  I just need to edit it now.  I am thinking of using a Mission Of One song for the intro and outro.

Though I can't remember the last time I did a tax form, I remember many nights spent filling them out. I feel your pain guys. Our system is very different. Most ordinary folks here don't need to file. Their work submits the income and it all gets done automatically. We then fill out a one-page form listing any private childcare or donations that we made and that's it. If you're in business or have a complicated income, then you need to fill out forms to China, but most folks have pretty simple income from a job and interest from the banks (which also gets submitted automatically). You then get a print out that says, "This is what was calculated. You okay with that?" If yes, then that's that. I guess it's simpler because we have no capital gains tax (though they're debating that now. It'll be awful if they introduce that) and we're much smaller.
When they first started the system, I didn't like that control was being taken from me, but the reality is that the whole thing is transparent so after a couple of years, I decided that it's actually pretty neat.

I'm going to have to get on my taxes this year. In Quebec, we have to fill out a provincial and a federal form. The other provinces, as far as I know, have a unified form.

I've lived at several different addresses over the past year, so it's a challenge to get copies of all of my tax slips. These are the joys of working in a co-op program where you're in and out of school every 4 months to work.

I hope you get deductions for being a student??!!

We had our taxes done by H&R Block since I'm in Pennsylvania, my wife is in Texas and we sold our house in Texas.  So lots of stuff from different places 

Well here we are on day 8, roof still not complete. It's like they put on 2 or 3 shingles then call it a day.

MikeInFla wrote:

Well here we are on day 8, roof still not complete. It's like they put on 2 or 3 shingles then call it a day.

Oh man how frustrating.  Back when I was roofing if we took longer than 5 days to do a roof for a single family residence everyone got really restless and annoyed.

Jen5 wrote:

I hope you get deductions for being a student??!!

I usually get a refund and a solidarity (poorness) credit. This upcoming year may be different, though, as I am working for 8 months.

My wife and I went to a hockey game last night (Hershey Bears vs. Springfield Thunderbirds).  It's been a few years since our last hockey game outing.  It was fun to see live hockey again

I am going to start collecting footage to do my first music video.  I am going to do one for "Walmart Blues".  This should be fun to do!

Jen, how does New Zealand make such good lamb?

Driven wrote:

Jen, how does New Zealand make such good lamb?

We don't have many barns. The sheep are free run in paddocks 365 days a year. They eat grass and all the great plants that grow in the grass like clover and cress. In winter they get fed silage (like fermented hay) and hay when the grass isn't growing as well. Also, the use of HGP (a hormone) is not allowed in NZ sheep so what you're eating is just good old fashioned lamb.
Sheep are big business here. There's over 20 million sheep in this country! That's more than 5 sheep for every person and more than three times as many sheep in the US and Canada combined! So I guess the short answer to your question is "practice."   

Glad you enjoyed your lamb.

I like lamb too.

We are going to have supper and see a movie with my brother's daughter today. She is turning 19.  My brother got her a car (please don't say anything on Facebook for those of you who know him).  We did some maintenance on it like new wiper blades, changing the oil/filter, air filter, and got the dash lights fixed.  It is a 2003 Ford Taurus.  It isn't a bad running car at all.  I think she will be proud as this is her first set of wheels.


While in Cookville, TN, I am going to hit up the Walmart there and shoot more footage for my "Walmart Blues" song.  It is going to be cheesy fun.  If it looks cheesy when I finish the video, then I will have succeeded as that is what I am going for!

Bring on the CHEESE!

alldatndensum wrote:

We are going to have supper and see a movie with my brother's daughter today. She is turning 19.  My brother got her a car (please don't say anything on Facebook for those of you who know him).  We did some maintenance on it like new wiper blades, changing the oil/filter, air filter, and got the dash lights fixed.  It is a 2003 Ford Taurus.  It isn't a bad running car at all.  I think she will be proud as this is her first set of wheels.

I wouldn't spring for a 2003 car up here, but we have tons of road salt and awful roads. I don't think it's so much the case in TN. I have a 2006 car with 190k miles (290k km) on it and the body looks worse every year. I just sank $700 into getting it into working condition. Older cars can seem inexpensive, but they can snap on ya pretty quickly. I hope the Taurus stays good for her

I still have to finish shooting footage for my video of "Walmart Blues".  I still need to do my lip synching, and I still need a few more silly shots.  I also need to reshoot my section where I am trying on sunglasses just to get that right.

How does Wal Mart feel about this? 

Nothing new back home except for several large chemical storage tanks are on fire . . . . just another week in the Houston area 

Black Rider wrote:

How does Wal Mart feel about this? 

Ummmmm........what they don't know won't kill them!

Besides, there is nothing negative in the song about the company.  If anything, it is a usable way to advertise themselves.

And it can't be worse then the people of Wal Mart photos. You should get a stipend from them.