Worst things to spend money on
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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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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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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.
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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What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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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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.
That's pretty bad! :(
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$80K worth of AOL stock in the 90s. :(( /ravi
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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...
Me too. :) And you're right about offsetting capital gains. /ravi
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Oh well, they say opposite's attract. :confused: On that subject: Do you dust your mouse often?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
Mouse hygiene is critical and cannot be done enough. You should also enlist the help of someone else to assist - dusting someone else's mouse is fun and informative and leads to general contentment and feeling at one with the universe. It is also a great stress relief.
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What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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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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.
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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Oh well, they say opposite's attract. :confused: On that subject: Do you dust your mouse often?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.