An additional problem is the IRS budget for enforcement is going up, and this will increase the likelihood that you'll get hit with a random audit. Paperwork requirements will also likely increase for many of us...
From the interwebs: "In other words, $100 in 1978 is equivalent in purchasing power to $375.95 in 2017, a difference of $275.95 over 39 year". So that $519 TV was close to $2000 in 2017 dollars.
And yes, I realize this should be in the "Sad but true" thread.
My grandfather had a tv for a while, but it died. A couple of years later he went to buy a new one. The salesman asked what size he had, and my grandfather said he hadn't had one for 2 years. The salesman, great guy that he was, "says why do you want to get one then?" My grandfather thought...
I won the big lottery of marrying an extremely thrifty wife, and having thrifty parents that taught me things I didn't put into action until getting married. We don't eat out much, don't carry debt that cost anywhere close to what our retirement accounts are generating, and are in general...
I just buy everything on my amazon prime card, and get 1% back on everything, 2% or 3% back on other things. I would get 5% back on Amazon purchases, except most of what I buy on Amazon is covered by my 1% back. We've had years where most of Christmas was paid for by the cash back.
But I...
Pretty much what I do. I also don't buy anything on impulse that costs over a fairly small amount (well under a hundred) or so unless (1) its needed for a repair or (2) its part of an ongoing project. Everything else I think about for a month or two. if I still want it, I buy it. I buy a lot...
The wet bulb temperature (this discusses its relationship to hyperthermia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthermia) is the lowest temperature a thermometer in a wet cloth can reach. If the wet bulb temperature is over 95 F, you will be unable to shed heat and will gradually start to...
Pretty much the same experience with my son. Came down during Saturday night, got Tamiflu on Sunday, Fever gone by Tuesday, roaming around on Wednesday.
Pansexual and Polyamorous should be mad for being stuck at the back of the list. This shows a certain insensitivity and privilege on the part of LGGBDTTTIQQA and A.
I'd rather know I'm losing my job before I go $1000 into debt for Christmas stuff I can't afford now than not know and wish I had the thousand for house payments, etc. Always try and keep 6 months salary in liquid funds -- it makes being laid off easier and may even save Christmas for the kids...
And as I kind of said in another thread, why not offer this program to girls as long as you don't hurt the experience for boys? Same-sex troops and same-sex dens or packs does this. And the girls that want to do Girl Scout stuff can do that.
The first time I went to the Boundary Waters...
It should be noted that dens within a pack will not be co-ed, troops will not be co-ed, and chartered organizations, who really own the Cub pack or troop, can decide who they allow in, i.e., they can be narrower than BSA allows, but not broader. There are already lots of packs that unofficially...
And expertise in one area doesn't say anything about your expertise in another. Part of the problem with too many educated people is that they think they are smarter than everyone less educated rather than just better educated in their field. And I have a PhD in a STEM field, and this is...
Yep. When they first came up with the Alternate Minimum Tax it only applied to a few very rich people. By not indexing it to inflation, it affects people make $180K or so -- not poor, but in a place like the northeast or California, not rich either.
I suspect that eventually everyone that...