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Heh. That reminds me, I have 200 shares of a company I used to work for. Not sure exactly what my cost basis is, but the value is now $2.00.
Oh well, if I ever need a loss to offset some gains...
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Me too.  And you're right about offsetting capital gains.
/ravi
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The Sun Newspaper at the beginning of this week.
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It got better today. And yes, I am being completely honest when I say I found it in a bin.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Food, while living with my parents.
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Rob Philpott wrote: January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad.
Exactly. Taxes. Absolutely the worst thing to have to spend money on. Funny thing is, I wouldn't actually mind paying taxes if I felt I had a say in how the money was used.
Marc
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I don't know how bad it is in the US, but here in the UK there's something called self-assessment where you have to try and work out how much you pay. Doing that is actually worse than handing the money over.
Taxation here is very, very complicated. 
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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In the US, if your taxes are at all complicated, you need a tax program. Fortunately, there are some free ones online. For everyday life, if it requires software, it's too complicated.
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Rob Philpott wrote: I don't know how bad it is in the US, but here in the UK there's something called self-assessment where you have to try and work out how much you pay.
Same here, except it's called "estimated taxes", basically required if you're a contractor. The IRS penalizes you if you underestimate your income and/or aren't paid up by the end of Dec.
And a tax accountant is well worth the $350 I pay for the service.
Marc
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You should come to switzerland. People here kept voting against plans to raise the road tax for years!  Unfortunately we still have little say with respect to income tax - but then it is rather low to start with. (IMHO)
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Our family membership in YMCA. For the last 7 years we've used it for like 10 times...top.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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What do you go dressed as? A policeman, a road worker, a cowboy...?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Your health... If you need to spend on that you're probably not doing so well!
And the worst thing about health is that it's priceless. And by that I mean expensive! Luckily I don't spend a whole lot on it 
My blog[ ^]
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Rob Philpott wrote: Root canal fillings
Wow, you got that one right!
Also included in the list of unnecessary surgeries: sebaceous cyst removal.
The pucker of that scar reminds me of why you roll the bills around a finger before you chuck them into the fireplace.
Everytime.
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Ah, that one was about dentistry! Not being a native english speaker, this made me think about the roots filling the canal under my house (also a waste of money - the company dealing with it needed to return three times just to find the root of the problem (pun intended))
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The house I bought in the early 90s. It was a money pit and the neighbors a nightmare (so bad, that three other long timers moved with them as a big factor and on our way out, one said she wanted to for that reason.) Ironically, during my time there I bought and sold the second worse car I've ever owned. And we got a cat that even my kids hated.
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As it was going to be our last time, £5K on two business/first class tickets on a Boeing 787 to Australia. My wife had severe panic attacks in the couple of days leading up to departure, so we couldn't go. We had already been 13 times before so I don't quite know what happened this time. For a variety of reasons, I was unable to claim the loss back. At least I saved the £2K we had put aside for spending money.
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That's pretty bad!
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Back in the noughties, I bought an HP PDA running Windows CE. It seemed like a good idea at the time. After a few weeks, I went back to a notepad and pen.
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just topped 120 kgs.  Right, that's it, time to get fit!
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Better eat something first.
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Its this sodding working from home crap. Its been months now and I hate it. I have never been this lethargic and unfit!
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I think your name is the biggest give-away.
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You should have seen my original...
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When I need to think I walk around.
When I'm working from home I eventually walk into the kitchen.
When in the kitchen I eat something.
Working from home is not good for you.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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