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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "supply managed", what exactly is that?
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yes, front-line government employees are well known for their willingness to take risks and do things beyond their remit if it can help a "client" (sarcasm alert!). I'm sure you'll be much happier when a civil servant says, "we have to go by what's in the computer" than when it's been said by an...
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    What Films Do You Quote Like "Scripture"?

    Young Frankenstein: Eye-gore and Dr. Frankenstein are robbing a grave, Igor says, "it could be worse. It could be raining." Also from Igor, "What hump?" Ghostbusters: Peter Venkman to Dana Barret, "Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance."
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    Forgotten Celebrities of the Era

    The radio Amos 'n' Andy where these two guys: They couldn't make the move to TV for obvious reasons.
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Looking to Relocate ... Ideas?

    I remember, oh, twenty or thirty years back, a bumper sticker that I saw more than once here in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin. It resembled the Colorado license plate from the period (green background, white mountains). It read, "Don't Californicate Colorado".
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "Bugs" it was.
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I remember what she said when offered the monkey ... "No thanks, I had brains for lunch." That is a really funny line in context.
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A little etymology: The sandwich made with an Italian-style loaf of bread was created as the "submarine sandwich" by the likeness of the long and relatively smaller diameter to the naval craft. Since we can't be bothered with using five syllables where one will do, it got shortened to "sub"...
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Here's a real trivial annoyance, broken shoe laces. Back in the pre-COVID days, I'd be hustling to get out of the house and to my office. When a shoelace broke I was slowed down either by changing shoes or by rummaging through a drawer looking for a new pair. I recently got an ad for Kevlar...
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I call them "a Toyota with a trust fund".
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "If you prefer to walk the extra length off your new jeans rather than hem them, you might be a redneck." -- Jeff Foxworthy At 39 seconds.
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Pity Dustin Hoffman. He got into the chair of a German dentist in a really bad mood:
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Were you drifting over the lane boundary?
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This isn't how I thought about VAT. It was my impression that at every step in the distribution chain, VAT is assessed on the difference between what the buyer paid for something and the price at which the buyer sells it on to the next person in the chain. That difference being the "value...
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Fifty years on and it still resonates: "If you drive a car, I'll tax the street If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet"
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    While I understand the general workings of a VAT, I would like to understand how the value added is computed at the first instance. For example, suppose I operate a coal mine. The value of the coal in the ground is zero. It's only value is potential. No one can use it until it is extracted. So...
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The last time I bought a car it was a smallish Ford SUV. Not only is it easy to get in and out of, it has enough headroom that I don't have to remove my hat to do so. My wife recently bought a hybrid Toyota SUV (RAV4). It seems bigger than mine, but I still have to remove my hat.
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You pay the tax either way, but I find it salutary when the taxes I pay are right in front of my face. Hidden away in VAT, I think you become inured to how much your public servants are dinging you every time you buy something. For those who style themselves as sympathetic to "the people"...

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