> George,

 >  GP> Whoops.  There wa something in the air at the church picnic. . . 
LEGS!

 >   It would seem so...never mind the goodies in the picnic basket. 

Oh, get your mind out of the gutter (errm, the 'picnic basket')

 >  GP> I do mine o9nline & get the refund the next day or so; it's alrweady
 >  GP> been spent. By lw we hgave to hve our T slips sent out by end-Feb by
 >  GP> employers (I get most by email, so instant reception--none of that
 >  GP> atavistic snail mail stuff!); my wife does it online Form is
 >  GP> auto-filled with income data; se's just asked to make a donation for
 >  GP> use of the software (we usually give $5-$10 for each for our three
 >  GP> forms (wife, daughter, & me)

 >   Since they extended the US Federal and state (Arkansas) deadline until
 > May 17, I told the tax preparer that there's no rush...but to call me if
 > there were questions, etc.

Logical approach.

 >  GP> Very handy, especially since they re-added the Working Disability Tax
 >  GP> Credit (used to be a refundable $1k; now only $250 *sigh*)

 >   These people saying they can't survive on $250,000+ a year don't have a
 > clue. Even the late Howard Hughes lies in his grave without even a wooden
 > nickel in his hand.

yup, dead is dead!

One billionaire was especially good to others in his life.  Before his death,
an angel told him he could bring ONE suitcase filled with anything to Heaven
with him.

He had his family fill one with gold ingots, & put it beside him on his
deathbed.

At the Pearly Gates, Peter looked up the records to confirm he was allowed
this one valise, & had to look insde to see what was so important to this 
man, photos of family, mementos of a life well-lived?

He opens it, sees the gold, & exclaimed, "PAVEMENT! Why would you bring
pavement?!"

 >  >   And, we know what the love of money is. :P

 >  GP> Evil begins with greed, yup.

 >   I like the joke around tax time, where the guy goes deer hunting...
 > because he can always send the IRS a couple of bucks. 

Oh, don't do that; my boss told me of a neighbour who gave the property
inspctor some venison as a goodwill gift once, from then on in, he HAD to 
give him more & more venison, else get an expensive audit.

 >  GP> I get you. . .  sadly, the practice is now to rebate you first paying
 >  GP> the expenses. (thus the co keeps earning interest no their money
 >  GP> longer)

 >   With my first of two COVID-19 shots today, I postponed the rest of my
 > medical stuff until mid-May...allowing 3 weeks after both shots.

Wise.  One thing at a time for your body to deal with, eh? :) 

 >  GP> If & when you everhave to go to court with an insurance co, include
 >  GP> interest as part of your ask.

 >   I didn't have a ton of pain and suffering, but more inconvenience being
 > without transportation, plus the repair costs.

Glad it worked out to your satisfaction.

 >  >   Sort of the workplace rules where:

 >  > Rule 1: The boss is always right.

 >  > Rule 2: If the boss is wrong, refer to Rule 1.

 >  GP> I long ago decided if Uim ever a boss, that's going on my door.

 >   Remember...boss spelled backwards is double S.O.B. 

I never forget.  Although I'm blessed now with a good boss (the big
boss(owner) anyway)


 >   Well, I got a nice surprise the other day. There was apparently an
 > overpayment to Hospice for my late Mom. The money covered what I paid
 > for repairs on the car...but that's set aside for the colonoscopy,
 > and property tax (personal and real estate costs). The letters I got
 > from the insurance/annuity company after my Mom's death, along with
 > two big checks noted "This is a non-taxable transaction. No Federal
 > Income Tax was withheld (sp?)". As long as my only "tax fees" are the
 > $50 for doing my tax...and the personal property and real estate
 > taxes for my brother and I, I'll be happy.

God provides; nice! Congrats!

 >  GP> Why? You drive at the speed limit & they've increasded "speed of
 >  GP> traffic" by leaving he house late & filling up bladder with a venti
 >  GP> Staryucks coffee or two?

 >   It makes you wonder if they are late for lunch. I did see a bumper
 > sticker that noted "I'm speeding because I have to go poop"...and
 > another one that noted "I'm not speeding...I'm chasing tornadoes".

It's about that frivolous; they CHOSE to leave their house late that day.

I picture myself as a boss:
Me: "You're late again."
Employee: "the bus broke down, then the skytrain(commuter light rail) had
delays."
Me: "I don't pay the transit company to get you here on time.  I pay YOU to 
be here on time. . or do I?"

 >  GP> True story, in Ontario up here:

 >  GP> Basically, if you dispute & the cop shows up in court, you go down, 
no
 >  GP> matter what actually happened.  If the cop is too busy doing REAL
 >  GP> police work to show up, you win.

 >   So even if the speed of traffic is above the speed limit, it's legal.
 > That makes as much sense as tits on a boar hog. If they're not going to
 > enforce speed limits, WHY have them??

Oh it's logical: They're claiming wghatever leads to greates safety.  You can
be hit with "driving dangerously" for not matching flow of traffic.

I knew a guy who came from US, where he was part of the federal group that
made the 55MPH federal(interstates) speed limit. He consulted with our
government to show them how many millions of % they could make with every 
5MPH the speed lmit was artificially lowered.  It always was a cash grab.

 >  GP> So, if a municipality is pushing for more revenue from traffic 
tickets,
 >  GP> showing up is considered important police work.

 >   Several communities have gone to court over this.

To push for cops being allowed to "phone it in"?  Hopefully the first few
people dinged can aford a lawyer good enough to make a good Constitutional
challenge.

 >  GP> But they TRIED, & that itself browns my biscuit!

 >   More like blackens it.

You know it!

 >  GP> No kidding.  Lately I'm seeing news articles of parents, not players,
 >  GP> being kicked out of games for yelling at the ref/ump.  Good!

 >   I still remember the late Billy Martin of the New York Mets, after he
 > got kicked out of the game. He was still kicking and throwing dirt, sand,
 > etc. on to the umpire.

Some fans lkely cheered him as stuickig to hisd guns.  I'd've been
contemptuous of this big baby, obviously too young for the game.

 >  GP> "Lady," he replied, after looking at ownership papers, "I saw your
 >  GP> bumper sticker from our church, with the  fish on it, & I saw the
 >  GP> driver[her] acting as you did, I had to assume this car was stolen!"

 >   I've seen variations of that.

So true, though, eh?

I had a fellow church memeber who was a cop; he told(anonymously) of how he
pulled over another parishioner & gave her a ticket & how she tried the 
tears, saying he should cut her some slack as they're church mates.

He explained how it's  his job to enforce these laws and asked how he was
supposed to "let it go" if her speeding led to others speeding, leading to a
dead kid on the road? She clammed up & aploogized.

 >  GP> jeeze, dude! NEVER put emails ahead of health! Make it a rule!

 >   Usually my colon wakes up a few minutes after I do. :P You can never
 > leave the call of nature to the answering machine; especially considering
 > it calls at the most inopportune time.

Yup, I don't answer Nature's Call; I jump to attention at Nature's Holler!

 >  >   Hallitosis is better than no breath at all. :P

 >  GP> True.

 >   Like the commercial for a new box of baking soda in the icebox to
 > eliminate odors. "Onion Power...Ahhhhh". 

??

 >  > ... Death is nature's way of saying "Howdy."  -Unknown

 >  GP> Death is Nature's way of saying, "You had a good run, but Game Over."

 >   No overtime allowed, either.

Not usually.  I've decided that "Everyone dies some time" but I'm not going 
to bother.

"I'm no afraid of dying.  I just don't want to be there when it happens" --M.
Twain

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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