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  1. Borzak

    TurboTax Halts State Returns

    I have a CPA do mine every year. I have multiple sources of income and being self employed plus timber sales, mineral rights leases etc...just easier. One year I was out of state and went to H&R block. That was a mistake. I wound up sending it back to my CPA to do it. H&R block came up with a...
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    Smartphones

    Be glad they didn't give you a windows phone.... I've had all 3 now. The windows phone is in a class of piece of shit all it's own.
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    Recommend some travel luggage

    My travel companion on business (president of the company) would probably steal it. We're already trying to decide if we should buy guns and keep them at our phoenix office to go shoot or check them on each flight we make out there. He's a competitive IDPA shooter and I'm a huge gun nut as well...
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    Recommend some travel luggage

    None of the samsonite carry ons I looked at had dimensions on them that met any of the airlines posted dimensions I fly and then I saw they don't include the wheels and handles etc...so I'm not sure they would fit in the box they have. We have a samsonite outlet store not far from here which was...
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    Recommend some travel luggage

    Did some looking around yesterday. Pros and cons of a hard side carry on? I have a very nice set of full size luggage I just normally only take a very small carry on so now I just need a carry on.
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    College Football 2014-15

    It used to be OK. LSU used to throw a big party for fans with lots of media there at the casino and cover all the signees all day. Now with the internet no need to attend that and I think it fizzled out.
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    What do you do?

    New job, started a few weeks ago. It's different from the petro chemical industry which had timelines measure in hours/days compared to years. Project coordinator on this to start off, we are supplying all the plate steel to actually make the steel structure. Different. Fabrication just kicked...
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    Recommend some travel luggage

    I have to travel for business now, not often but every few months. Normally in the past when I fly I am there for weeks at a time and that was personal. Now it's just 2-3 days tops on business. Recommend a good carry on bag I can pack just 2-3 days tops of stuff in. No need to carry suits or...
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    Social Attitude Test

    Test is invalid since it didn't have USA as a choice first. Progressivism 52.5 Socialism 6.25 Tenderness 37.5 Your test scores indicate that you are a tough-minded cultural centrist; this is the political profile one might associate with a jaded materialist. It appears that you are...
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    Suge Knight Charged with Murder

    Me either, but I live in a town that's 98.6% white or something similar.
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    Collections question

    All fixed I guess. I have been busy with moving and new job so I haven't reviewed it since the time expired for my dispute. I applied on a rent house and I asked the agent out of curiousity what it came back as and she said they simply use the credit score they get and it was 796. Close...
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    Smartphones

    My windows phone is likely to have a major accident in the very short future. The president of the company mentioned to me that they might switch because the Nokia phones are just too big and he actually carries an Iphone. I don't have the pull (yet) to get that. Everyone else but me is...
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    Investing

    Depending on the income you can have a penalty if you don't withhold enough, especially on 1099's and estimated taxes quartlerly. An issue if you have multiple sources of income with a mix of 1099 and W-2 etc...
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    F1 2014 Season

    I may go to the MotoGP race and see what's up. After 3 weeks I average seeing one Mexican a day at most...and I haven't seen one black person since I got here. I'm sure at the F1 race they are thick. Guy at work said they rented their house for the F1 race and went on vacation. I think he...
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    Home buying thread

    I had very little credit history with a credit score of 805. Out of the 4 or so verification deals they ask normally only one at most would pertain to me. The one that popped up most often was having lived at my parents address 20 years ago or more. Once it was their phone number. The others I...
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    Home buying thread

    If you asked my close friends what I make you would get answers probably close to 3-4x what I actually make because I don't spend it like they do. Plus I don' thave kids which of course is a big money saver, but the friend mentioned above took out a loan weeks after signing on his new house at...
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    Home buying thread

    I've mentioned it in other threads, but a good friend of mine moves nearly every time he gets a promotion/raise. He says "I can qualify for more house now" and then always bitches he's broke all the time and I know he makes pretty well. He has a masters in nursing and is now in administration...
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    Home buying thread

    I was in a hurry to finish up and close. Offers were coming in multiple times a day. This was post Katrina and people were getting insurance payoffs and were buying houses left and right. She wanted to pay with a check and it was drawn on the same bank I use 5 minutes away.
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    Home buying thread

    I'm not a big fan of "comps". I guess that works in areas where all the houses are built at the same exact time in a neighborhood and whoever you are selling to needs a 100% loan. I sold a house and the first people who wanted to buy it offered $40k less because their agent said the comps didn't...
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    Weather

    Nice so far this week between San Antonio and Austin. Back to rain again this weekend tho. Nice timing. At least now I get off at 11am on Fridays so I'm going to go out and play some golf tomorrow afternoon.
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    Home buying thread

    TX and MS. That's what title companies are for. Don't need a real estate agent, which aren't the same as a realtor. Both do the same shit but a realtor just pays dues and an agent can't identiy themselves as a realtor unless they pay.
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    Weather

    When I saw my box of cigars I ordered were going thru NJ I got concerned. Glad it turned out to be nothing. Package made it to DFW so I guess I'm in the clear.
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    NYE and Uber

    I never take a taxi, but I got stuck in Seattle last summer from 9am to 11pm for a flight. I got a taxi and told him to take me to a really good steak house.......you guessed it. Dropped me off at Dennys. Went back to the airport and rented a car and went out to Mt. Ranier for the rest of the...
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    Home buying thread

    I've never used an agent when I bought my two. One thing that pissed me off to no end was when my parents bought a house they moved to a new town in retirement. They used an agent and I went over to help them look. They gave VERY clear instructions on what they wanted. It had to have acreage...
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    Home buying thread

    Single but not married, not young either in my mid 40's now. I own two houses and need one where I actually work and live now. The other two are paid for and aren't going anywhere but I need an actual house to live in. There are homes within 1/4 mile of the new office. Some are nice but I...
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    Home buying thread

    I'm pretty versed in it. I have two homes already. But I thought an agent might shed some light on the market and the locale since I've been in town two weeks. Guess not.
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    Smartphones

    Now have texting. Wasn't my fault or the phone. AT&T screwed up and had texting turned off at the account level for whatever reason.
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    Smartphones

    It has basic settings. I don't know shit about phones or APN, but they have a settings deal for it.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Well I made chicken and sausage jambalya. Now I can feed 1/2 the office for the coming week or myself for the month.
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    Home buying thread

    The joys of house shopping begin again. Apparently the #1 job of a real estate agent now is financing coaching. When you tell them you don't need help in that department they get all bitchy. I talked with two locally and they couldn't get past the entie "how much do you make" crap and they want...
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    Smartphones

    LOL I'm not spending .99. Let the company fix it they can reimburse me for my phone. Just thought I could do a quick something before Monday. I wish I could disable the button to operate the camera. I have 200 pictures taken in the first week from using it while taling on the phone. The...
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    Smartphones

    Trying to locate those now. Hate this phone. Found it but don't know really what I am looking for., it has data connection = on. The only thing I found online was to try texting your own phone number which does nothing as well.
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    Smartphones

    I have a Nokia 930 windows phone and I hate it, but it's free. I can not send or recieve a text. Any ideas? The sms number is right for AT&T. Anything else I should. Been sendint text for a few days wondering why everyone was ignoring them. I can get with the IT guy tuesday since he's out of...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I really don't have anything currently except pots/pans because it's a fully furnished apartment. All my stuff is being moved out here when I buy a house. I could pick up a cheap slow cooker easily enough. That's probably a pretty good idea.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Not sure if this should go in the cooking thread or elsewhere, so neg me if you feel the need. I am temporariy in an apartment for 3 months and I'm looking for meals I can cook in a small kitchen somewhat quickly. Maybe stuff I can eat the next day. It's a nice kitchen but it's not what I am...