I'm also a bit drunk.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Angus G - Jun 14, 2003 7:29:07 am PDT #5013 of 9843
Roguish Laird
brenda m - Jun 14, 2003 7:30:55 am PDT #5014 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Good for you, Angus.
moonlit - Jun 14, 2003 8:03:11 am PDT #5015 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
insent Angus.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 14, 2003 8:48:13 am PDT #5016 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
There should be vampire puppies
Vampire beagle puppies. ijs
P.M. Marc - Jun 14, 2003 8:54:35 am PDT #5017 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yes. Angus feeling better is good.
Angus feeling better and slightly drunk? Wonderful.
You just have to keep those two states up, you see.
Noumenon - Jun 14, 2003 9:54:18 am PDT #5018 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Nou, I am not strictly speaking a UK resident, but I do have a UK bank account and a Paypal account. Let me know if I can be of any help.
I guess I actually need a UK taxpayer, Fiona. I donate money to a UK NGO called WaterAid, and I wanted to take advantage of this tax rule:
On April 6th 2000 the Inland Revenue introduced a new tax scheme making it easier for charities to reclaim the tax on single and regular donations. This means we can reclaim the tax on any donations you make to WaterAid, increasing the value of your gift by a third at no extra cost to yourself.
I don't get a tax deduction for donating to an unAmerican charity. So I thought maybe I could channel my donation through someone in the UK and increase its value by €280. The PayPal account isn't necessary, I guess. I was just wanting to get a 1% discount by donating with my credit card, but it looks like the cross-border fees PayPal charges would eat up more than that.
So thanks, Fiona, but I guess I need someone who pays UK income tax for this scheme. What's this income tax thing anyway? I thought European countries all used a VAT.
Fiona - Jun 14, 2003 10:10:58 am PDT #5019 of 9843
OK, Nou, sorry I can't help.
What's this income tax thing anyway? I thought European countries all used a VAT.
Is this a joke or are you being serious? Sorry, just trying to be careful. If you're being serious... in Europe, we have all sort of lovely taxes. VAT (currently 16% in Germany), income tax, social insurance, etc. etc. I believe our tax burden is comparable to the US on the whole, though.
The last comment we got about this thread title was that it was offensive.
Angus, I think perhaps you're forgetting who it was that found it offensive....
Glad to hear you're feeling better and drunk!
brenda m - Jun 14, 2003 10:19:43 am PDT #5020 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nope, paying the VAT doesn't get you out of income taxes - the GST in Canada, for instance, replaced the manufacturers tax, so you're now directly paying a tax that in the past you didn't see, though it's cost was built into the price of goods. (In theory, the cost of goods should have come down to reflect the reduced cost to the producer. Probably that did happen in some cases, but I imagine not all.)
Noumenon - Jun 14, 2003 1:06:17 pm PDT #5021 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I think I heard about the VAT in editorials about doing away with the income tax. Then when I was living in Spain for a semester, I saw the VAT stickers, but I didn't see anyone filing tax forms, of course. Boo for taxes. Do UnAmericans have the ritual of the annual refund?
Kassto - Jun 14, 2003 3:26:22 pm PDT #5022 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
OK, so it's about lunchtime in New Zealand and one of my babies is asleep and the other is watching Blue's Clues, and I'm... obsessing about Buffy. About it ending. About my adolescent Spuffy fantasies poofing into dust (that's what I fear anyway). Maybe I shall have to go and live in some hermetically sealed fanfiction bubble.
Is there a cure for this? Maybe the fact that I am going through marital apocalypse is a good enough excuse. All my angst is subliminated into a TV show. Admittedly a deserving TV show.