Timewaster's Guide Archive

Yeah, if you want business, it's not good to treat potential customers like crap. A better way is to help them as much as you can and if you can't help them, still be nice. I'm pretty sure my husband told people of his experience every time TAC was brought up. Not good for business.

All I know is my husband had the same experience as E. He was building his own computer and went there to see if they had something and they treated him like crap. He decided to never go back there.

I think that SuperDell is crazy. Who carries around a concealed gun (even with a permit) for no apparent reason, and then starts waving it around? He claims that he was being attacked, but when I heard the story on the news I didn't get that. All I got was that he was crazy and endangering his daughter and all those around him. He says that the media is to blame, but here's an idea: don't be crazy and do crazy things and the media will have nothing to show on the news!

Geez. It seems like it would be easier to just copy the story into Notepad and then add the characters to indicate ital. Wouldn't you think? Doesn't Notepad automatically strip formatting and curly quotes, so you wouldn't have to go through the trouble of removing them yourself?

I wanted to know what happened to the people that took Claire. I mean did they pack up and go to another part of the island? There is only so much island? And why did they have all that baby stuff? I think they have a way to get on and off the island and aren't there all the time (or at least have a way to get supplies). Why did they want Aaron so much, though? What makes him so special?

So weird. I like the mystery though (as long as the end makes things make sense and doesn't seem contrived).

Yeah, well when you used to making $10,000 as a student, it sure feels like it. Plus, when I am making that much I figure my taxes will be a lot more complicated cause we'll likely own a house and what not.

And I didn't say it was "real" money. I said it was "normal amounts" of money. In my mind there is a difference.

On the site that I used, it said if you made under $50,000/year (with a few other stipulations, which I'm not sure what they are) then it was free. But the one I did only let me do my federal taxes free. I paid $9.95 to get my state done free, but I figured with the convenience, and the fact I was getting back over $500, it was worth it. Especially since it was all online and really easy to fill out and submit. No hard copies to send in the mail and no forms to get. It filled it out for you and made it into a PDF when you were done (so you could download them and print them out for your records). Also, you can have your money deposited directly into your bank account so that you don't have to worry about the check being lost in the mail and you get it faster.

Once I'm making normal amounts of money (i.e. over 50,000) I think I'm going to get an accountant to do my taxes. I hear it's only like $100 and I figure if my taxes are really complicated by then, with mortgage interest, investments, etc., it will be easier and worth the money.

Kill your Tivo. Stop paying for cable. go back to dial up internet. Cancel your magazine subscriptions.

I'd add cell phones to this list (or at least cut it down to one cell phone, which is normally the same cost as a land line with unlimited long distance). If you get free high speed internet, totally get Vonage. With taxes it's $27.50/mo and you have unlimited calls anywhere in the US and Canada. That's cheap!

And I totally get the magazine thing, but I'm keeping my Ensign subscription.

So cute! Yea! One day . . .