-Easier at home. Whats to debate?

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Registered: 05-19-2008
-Easier at home. Whats to debate?
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Tue, 07-08-2008 - 9:18pm

I am a teacher off for the summer.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Tue, 07-15-2008 - 11:31pm
You know....I think you and I together could cause a lot of trouble, lol.

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Ducky

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:03am

People who sell fake handbags are breaking the law. People who host parties in their homes to sell fake handbags are helping others commit illegalities.

You also seem to know many people who rent out apartments illegally.

So, why is it so far out to conclude that many of your friends do illegal things?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:15am
To the rest of us, people who rent illegally or sell/buy fakes are sleazebags. You disagree. You consider these people friends, associates and family-minded churchgoers.
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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:35am

Smart move. lol

Well, yeah, right up to the moment the paint can crossed paths with gravity. ;) guess I have my work cut out for me this week and weekend :)

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Kitty

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:42am

We sold our house this year, made a profit, but rolled it over to our new house mortgage and DO NOT have to pay capital gains tax on that. Its because it was our main residency.

I seriously doubt you rolled it over, as that has been a requirement for over a decade now (since May 1997 and the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997). These days, a married couple can sell a home and the first $500,000 of profit is tax free. A single person can take $250,000 tax free from the sale of a home. There's no rollover, or requirement to buy another home of the same price or higher. And the couple may take that tax free profit every 24 months.

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:43am
Not to the point that people have to disclose their personal finances to you.

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Kitty

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:46am

Given the time stamp of my post, I'd barely been awake for an hour, so I was hardly riding to Ducky's rescue. More like I stumbled into the line of fire on my way to the coffee pot.

And since you clearly said, "...I was asking Ducky and anyone if they want to answer..." you seemed to be clearly asking for ANYONE to answer you, not just Ducky. So even in my coffee-deprived stupor, I hardly answered out of turn.

Unless there's some other definition to "and anyone if they want to answer" that would preclude anyone EXCEPT Ducky from answering you.

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Kitty

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:49am

The IRS is really funny about income--they accept as truthful all claims to additional income that opens up new revenues for taxation. They really don't expect you to PROVE you had it; if you say you did, that's good enough for them. It's when you're trying to REDUCE your income (and hence, your taxes) that they get twitchy about proof.

If you want to file that you earned 1 million dollars next year, they will be happy to take your money.

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Kitty

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 3:55am

What's so odd about that? My dad was a carpenter by trade for years, before he went to work for the government in a job that had nothing to do with building homes or custom cabinetry. Before he worked for my maternal grampa building cabinets, he worked with his own dad doing electrical work, plumbing work, heating (and later air conditioning) installs). Dad maintained our cars for decades doing everything but really involved engine work.

He also provided child care to all us kids on evenings and weekends, because that's when my Mom worked and she worked full time. None of those things precluded doing any of the others.

Why is that a surprise to you?

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Kitty

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"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-16-2008 - 5:43am

My favorite uncle started out as a trained carpenter. Then he trained for and got a license as a general contractor. That in turn allowed him to enter the architectural school. He became an architect and designed various buildings, then gave up his practice to become a professional photographer of architecture. That has ended up being his longest career. He will be 80 next year and just published a big book about a famous architect, for which he took all the pictures.

My other uncle trained as a bricklayer and as an architect. Of the two, I think he loves laying bricks the most, but he ended up making his fortune as a furniture designer.

But maybe that sort of thing was not common where RLGL grew up. Then again, I don't think she ever explained what her dad did for a living.

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