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Evil Banks & Execrable Lobbies
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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2 of interest on the web today:
In which Evil Banks lend money at predatory rates to bind students to a lifetime of debt, and:
Link: http://digg.com/2017/why-the-government-doesnt-do-your-taxes
Wherein TurboTax lobbies the government with millions of dollars to ensure that you (as an American) still have to pay someone to file your taxes.
I'd never thought about it, but doesn't it seem odd that in this age of technology anyone should have to file taxes? I'm guessing there's a similar game afoot in Canada.
dinner with N***
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
- Hits: 1981
A family dinner, Kootenays, outside - my father, mother, younger son and daughter are here, fading sun, outdoors at a long table, ...So is N*** and her daughter, somewhere, taller, but her boyfriend isn't. That would have been awkward. And mom is running the grill at the end of the table, she's cooking the sprouts, the bananas, piling it on my plate but the eggs and the bacon are raw, and I don't want to make a scene, keep giving it back for her to cook, she won't let me near it, I keep getting the same thing back, cooked sprouts, bananas, raw eggs and raw bacon...
I tell the boy to shove down, it's now me on the long end of the table, beside the boy, my father is beside him, N*** is at the head, Mom is busy not-cooking the food and N***'s daughter and my daughter aren't to be seen, and I ask her "Is this how you eat your eggs now, raw?" and she nods quietly yes...I eat my food.
114 Carat Diamond Find
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
- Hits: 1899
Note the price per Carat for the Rough diamonds - bit of a mark-up for something that's usually finished and cut in India.
And a fancy 59.6 Carat pink diamond ring sells for $71 Million at Auction - http://www.livescience.com/58578-pink-star-most-valuable-diamond-sold.html. Now imagine you're proposing and she says "No"...
Wikipedia: Selfie Related Deaths & Injuries
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Sign of the times. Wikipedia now has an ever-growing list of Selfie Related Injuries and Deaths.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
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