What's annoying you today?

[mockbee]

Some fuckwit in an F150 pickup with no license plate decided he wasn't going to sit in traffic on PCH so to get room between his car and the one in front of him to turn onto the shoulder, he backed right up onto the front of my wife's new car and his bumper crunched her hood back and cracked the windshield and sped off driving on the shoulder. Personal responsibility is a lost grace these days.

That sucks. Could she call CHiPs and just give them a description at the time, or would they even care?

Seeing a lot of this sort of stuff around here as well. Fully equipped, brand new Range Rovers, Land Rovers and Porche SUVs, looks like they start at $100k, gunning it down residential streets, running lights, honking at bicyclists in the bike lane, generally if you imagine an ego bubble and you are encroaching on it, it is unacceptable to them. Pisses me off.

[Pandemonium]

That sucks. Could she call CHiPs and just give them a description at the time, or would they even care?

She should have called 'em right away, it was a clear hit n' run. After it happened as soon as she could, she turned on a side street to check the front and decide whether she should finish driving home or not and no one stopped with her who clearly saw what happened. She did call today as a formality along with our insurance company to start the claim but it sounded like there's nothing the law can do for a minor collision without a plate on the truck and a good description of the driver ("it was a young guy").

[creep]

That sucks. Could she call CHiPs and just give them a description at the time, or would they even care?

She should have called 'em right away, it was a clear hit n' run. After it happened as soon as she could, she turned on a side street to check the front and decide whether she should finish driving home or not and no one stopped with her who clearly saw what happened. She did call today as a formality along with our insurance company to start the claim but it sounded like there's nothing the law can do for a minor collision without a plate on the truck and a good description of the driver ("it was a young guy").

i wonder if you will have issues with the insurance company since it wasn't reported at first and it sounds a little suspicious that someone backed in to her and took off. i'm sure that is the story a lot of people tell when they hit something and don't want the accident to be their fault.

[Hype]

Might be able to tell that from photos of the damage... If you hit something that's on the ground there would be more damage to the bumper/underneath of the car... I think an F150 backing up onto the hood/windshield would look different... but I'm not sure.

[Pandemonium]

Might be able to tell that from photos of the damage... If you hit something that's on the ground there would be more damage to the bumper/underneath of the car... I think an F150 backing up onto the hood/windshield would look different... but I'm not sure.

My wife took some pictures with her iPhone when she pulled over. The truck's rear bumper came in contact with her Prius' hood only an inch or so above the front end of the hood right above the hood latch without touching any other part of the front of her car. It literally pushed the hood back about 2 inches breaking the latch and bending the two pivots or whatever they're called that the hood is connected to the frame pushing the entire hood as one piece back against the metal band just below the windshield and wipers causing it to spiderweb crack. We fortunately have good insurance and had no problem getting it covered and a rental car. It's estimated at $3,500+.

[farrellgirl99]

every year on april fools my friend texts me about some personal experience thats happened to her and its always very plausible and i fall for it every time. in my defense, its always because i forget what day it is and she never makes it that outlandish. i hate this 'holiday'. it just annoys me that people put so much effort into this stupid shit.

[Hype]

every year on april fools my friend texts me about some personal experience thats happened to her and its always very plausible and i fall for it every time. in my defense, its always because i forget what day it is and she never makes it that outlandish. i hate this 'holiday'. it just annoys me that people put so much effort into this stupid shit.

Oh, I totally agree. That's why I'm so jazzed about that new Jane's Addiction double (Dobel?) album with Perry's kids singing vocals. I'm really impressed so far.

[mockbee]

the goddam city offices DPW / DOB.......

promises a decision by Thursday last week, nothing............ Call Friday, oh yeah later today, nothing..........Call Monday, no answer, they are on half day.......Call/email Tuesday, leave message, don't return my call.......Call Wednesday, say decision by end of day, no decision today, guy who makes decision missing in action, "haven't seen him for days, he should be here, huh?............"





I paid them real hard earned money for a decision, they promised a decision by last week.

Well, at least the decision so far is no decision, not denied....

[SR]

900 miles of straight driving. In San Antonio for the night on my way to Miami. Juana....should you see this, go spurs

[Artemis]

The hot water pipe in the unit above mine has a puncture and is dripping to all the units below down to the garage. Plumbers came on Thursday and put a clamp on upstairs but it is still dripping non-stop. It's not the gush it was, but still steadily flowing. The plumbers will be here on Monday to replace the pipe.
The paint on one of my walls is bubbling now.

[mockbee]

900 miles of straight driving. In San Antonio for the night on my way to Miami. Juana....should you see this, go spurs

Texas is the absolute worst for driving. I got caught in an ice storm, and had to drive 600 miles from big bend to austin that day , not fun, and thank god my car didn't end up teetering over a fence or in a tree or just plain upside down spinning in circles like some of the weirder situations we saw in middle of the night.

[SR]

900 miles of straight driving. In San Antonio for the night on my way to Miami. Juana....should you see this, go spurs

Texas is the absolute worst for driving. I got caught in an ice storm, and had to drive 600 miles from big bend to austin that day , not fun, and thank god my car didn't end up teetering over a fence or in a tree or just plain upside down spinning in circles like some of the weirder situations we saw in middle of the night.

Yup, the worst.

[Larry B.]

One of my gf's two dogs is being put down later today. He's a 15 year old Yorkshire, with like 3 teeth and yesterday he jumped off the stairs and broke one of his legs. We're pretty fucking sad.

And she's got another old dog who has cancer and who should be departing from this world in the near future as well.

[clickie]

You Chileans put your dogs down just because they break a bone?

[creep]

the best night in tv has nothing on tonight except for john oliver.

next week:
game of thrones
veep

[Larry B.]

You Chileans put your dogs down just because they break a bone?

It had to do with a lot of factors (age, proneness to infections, unbearable pain, infeasibility of the recovery of the bone, etc.)

However, when a different vet came today to put him down, he was outraged. The diagnosis from last night's vet couldn't have been further from the truth. Apparently, the dog isn't even going to need a cast. He's fine. He was more worried about the dog's teeth. Before the vet came, and early in the morning, me and my gf were a bit confused, because the dog was walking about in the backyard, a bit dozy and with his broken leg retracted, but showing no signs of pain whatsoever.

So it ended up being quite a good Sunday after all.

And you know what? Fuck you, Clickie.

[crater]

Republican Senators Just Voted To Sell Off Your National Forests

http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/rep ... 1696862450

to all Republicans, Tea Party goons and Conservative assholes

[perkana]

The new Dove campaign....#Choosebeautiful

But this helped a bit

Dove Real Beauty Asks Women to Choose Between ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Tiger’
http://reductress.com/post/dove-real-be ... and-tiger/

Dove is continuing its Real Beauty campaign with another moving experiment that shows how insecure the average woman really is, even in the face of certain death.
In a half-dozen malls in cities around the world, Dove took two identical, side-by-side entryways and marked one as “Beautiful” and the other one as, “This Door Has a Giant Fucking Tiger Behind It”. Surprisingly, women in all locations were hesitant to identify themselves as beautiful, despite the fact that the other door did have a real tiger behind it.
“I guess I don’t want people to think I’m full of myself,” screamed Berkeley undergrad Rebecca Green, as the tiger viciously tore off a hunk of flesh from her leg. “I mean, I’m okay, but I wouldn’t say I’m beautiful.”
The video shows women of all shapes, colors, and sizes considering the two signs before ultimately walking through the door marked, “This Door Has a Giant Fucking Tiger Behind It” and then being savagely eaten alive by a hungry big cat. Since it went online Tuesday, the grisly, touching video has nearly one million views.
“We wanted to show just how loath women are to call themselves beautiful,” says Dove spokesperson Linda Weiss. “Also, we had a ton of extra tigers lying around.”
The women who participated in the experiment gave vulnerable on-camera interviews while being eviscerated by one of earth’s most fearsome apex predators.
“I didn’t want to die. I just wanted to go use this gift card,” admits Sao Paolo resident Gisela da Silva, while she desperately tries to wrench her remaining arm from the tiger’s merciless bite, “but I guess us women are just programmed to not love ourselves.”
“When I walked through the door marked, ‘This Door Has a Giant Fucking Tiger Behind It’, I didn’t feel so good afterward,” says Yang Chao, a Shanghai-based art dealer, between bloodcurdling screams. “I wish I didn’t have to be this self-conscious about how I perceive myself.”
Twitter users around the globe are responding enthusiastically to the horrifying footage of real tigers eating real women, sharing the link with the hashtag #ChooseBeautifulNotTiger.
“Good God, won’t somebody help them?” says one comment. “Won’t somebody help these women feel beautiful?”

[nausearockpig]

Can't sleep. It's 3:06 and im about 4 hours away from getting up for work. Rad.

[mockbee]

Can't sleep. It's 3:06 and im about 4 hours away from getting up for work. Rad.

I would suggest surfing the net, listening to some punk music and have the telly on with high volume.


to late now, might as well enjoy it..........


(drive safe though, sleep deprived driving has been linked to 100,000 crashes last year in the US, with +1,500 deaths..... )

[nausearockpig]

Can't sleep. It's 3:06 and im about 4 hours away from getting up for work. Rad.

I would suggest surfing the net, listening to some punk music and have the telly on with high volume.


to late now, might as well enjoy it..........


(drive safe though, sleep deprived driving has been linked to 100,000 crashes last year in the US, with +1,500 deaths..... )

Tried the net, and music.. couldn't watch tv as I woulda woken the missus....

No worries about the driving though, working from home today

I feel like a fucking zombie though...

[mockbee]

Can't sleep. It's 3:06 and im about 4 hours away from getting up for work. Rad.

I would suggest surfing the net, listening to some punk music and have the telly on with high volume.


to late now, might as well enjoy it..........


(drive safe though, sleep deprived driving has been linked to 100,000 crashes last year in the US, with +1,500 deaths..... )

Tried the net, and music.. couldn't watch tv as I woulda woken the missus....

No worries about the driving though, working from home today

I feel like a fucking zombie though...

I've been sleep deprived for the last couple months (4-5 hours sleep/night...I need 8) essentially working two jobs, one real and one dream job, and it's not good, not sustainable. I get irritable really easily, but also super, super excited. It's weird. And I can run 8 miles with no problems, also weird. Just amped up on adrenaline.

I need to employ some better sleep hygiene, but I am having fun.......

[nausearockpig]

far out man... take care of yourself :-)

[mockbee]

Use Tax
Line 95 – Use Tax. This is not a total line.
You may owe use tax if you make purchases from out of state retailers
(for example, purchases made by telephone, over the Internet, by mail, or
in person) where sales or use tax was not paid and you use those items
in California. If you have questions about whether a purchase is taxable,
go to the State Board of Equalization’s website at
boe.ca.gov
, or call their
Customer Service Center at 1.800.400.7115 (TTY) 711 (for hearing and
speech disabilities.)
Some taxpayers are required to report business purchases subject to use tax
directly to the State Board of Equalization. However, they may report certain
personal purchases subject to use tax on the FTB income tax return.
You may not report use tax for business purposes on your income tax return
if you:
•
Have or are required to have a California seller’s permit.
•
Are not required to hold a California seller’s permit, but receive at least
$100,000 in gross receipts.
•
Are otherwise required to be registered with the State Board of
Equalization for sales or use tax purposes.

What the hell is this?!


So by purchasing some crappy figurines in a foreign country that I didn't pay tax on, that passed customs, now I owe taxes on it??? Because the object is in now located in California? I suppose I could go the deduction route, but that's a minefield for getting audited. I don't remember every single item I bought online or out of state without CA tax?..............!

Well, I guess it's a good shake-down, hope they use my $39 wisely.......

[Pandemonium]

What the hell is this?!

So by purchasing some crappy figurines in a foreign country that I didn't pay tax on, that passed customs, now I owe taxes on it??? Because the object is in now located in California? I suppose I could go the deduction route, but that's a minefield for getting audited. I don't remember every single item I bought online or out of state without CA tax?..............!

Well, I guess it's a good shake-down, hope they use my $39 wisely.......

How does the IRS even track this for say, small sub-$100 items besides relying on taxpayers listing the purchase(s) on the tax form? It's like, I bought a few hundred bucks worth of untaxed cds, blu-rays and other sundry crap from sellers in other countries on eBay and Amazon uk, Japan, Germany, etc last year.... what's the incentive to list that on my 1040?