Dumb, really dumb. The city of Brighton, Mich. Is threatening legal action against a local doctor over an unpaid tax bill of $0.51. Dr. Phil Kaanji says he probable left the cents off a tax check he sent to the city, but says it’s absurd that he’s now being bombarded with registered mail warnings that say “FINAL NOTICE.”
Each one that is sent, is costing the city $5.21 in order to notify him. City finance directors said the city has no choice but to pursue any unpaid tax. “No matter how small.” He said, “we can’t ignore it or waive it.” Last time I heard something that was about this stupid was when a city sent a notice to a tree.
When I paid off my credit cards a few years ago, I overpaid each and everyone by like .50 cents or something like that. You would be surprised how many statements that they will send you (at .42 cents each) telling you of your overpayment and how it will be applied to your next statement. I have to admit, I got a perverse charge out of that, for some 8-10 months afterwards.
Do you know how to tell if you are over your limit on the card? When you are standing at Lowe’s and they swipe your card to pay for the items ….. If the lites in the building suddenly dim a little bit … You are over your limit. Remember that.
An Oklahoma home builder has switched to smaller homes, after years of building 6,000 sq. ft. homes he has recently started building smaller 1800 sq ft homes. As American’s continue to cut back on many things, housing is one of them. Lowe’s and Home Depot posting big losses this year. Motorhome sales in the U.S. are predicted to shrink some 305,000 units this year because of the higher cost of fuel. A dealer in Denver that I know says that the market has “gone soft” a more appropriate description might be gushy or flat out vanished.
I am reminded of Ross Perot ….. “Listen for that gigantic sucking sound as the jobs go to Mexico.” …. Whoosh!
If you have some spare space around your place, you might call one of the major airlines, I hear they are looking for tarmac parking space for a lot of airplanes as no one is traveling this year. Spring is over and now we rush headlong into summer, some say the banking crisis is over, having been frozen solid for months, it is now going to magically thaw out.
You remember the bank don’t cha? This is the place that has ten windows and two tellers, that is the bank. A modern day phenomenon that only a banker would be capable of understanding.
(Yeah I know, don’t get me started)
If you are in a meat market in Los Angeles and you poke the turkey to see how tender it is, you are breaking the law. If you meet another guy on the beach and decide to get married, it is perfectly legal ….. go figure. Been a wild and whacky month here in the Great Middle Class Nation.
Shaped and molded into a modern day “Globalization Empire” that was honed with instruments such as outsourcing, off-shoring, firing at will. The Republican and/or Democratic elegy for our vanishing American way of life.
The land of equality or a bankers Utopia, you make the call.
End of the month, mark another “X” on the calendar, one more tired dead soldier put down to rest. The government is giving me my money back this week, (borrowed from China I suppose) hey, I am on a roll.
I got it made in the shade.
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Related: Notice to a tree.
Another excellent commentary as usual. Still not sure where to sign up for your fan club.
RE: the question you asked on my blog about a Typepad account. I think you can only get one if you have a Typepad blog. But I’m not sure.
I’ll be the first one to admit it – for a gal that can produce 12 layer audio from the computer software in her home office, I’m an uber-dummy when it comes to basic blogging. I’m sure one of your smarter readers (like Brother John) can answer your question.
Comment by Kelsi — June 1, 2008 @ 11:38 AM
Your dues are due, didn’t want to mention that. I don’t know what it is all about either, that is why I asked you, no biggy I guess.
Where did you go this weekend? I liked the shot of the dawg, cute little pup.
Brother John can do it … HE’S THE MAN … I can assure you on that, just the other day I was trying to download some pirated russian software from deep in the Ukraine, and he told me that due to a new Bush Administration memo, adopted from the Coal Companies and Haliburton, new copyrighted infringement procedures were now in place, and he was going to have to shoot me!
Lucky for me I was standing real close to my delete button and was able to save myself …… but a couple of my LAME dll’s were shot up like you would not believe.
Aha, to live to fight another day!
On to the Carwash! (insert something appropriate here, I have to go search for my medicine bottle).
DS
Comment by Don Smith — June 2, 2008 @ 5:25 AM
RE: my dues. I’ll pay them as soon as I receive my quarterly dividends from Haliburton and the coal companies.
And yes, Brother John does seem ridiculously smart. With your wit/talent and his tech smarts, you two should be able to take over a cable channel.
And then… RULE THE WORLD!
Comment by Kelsi — June 2, 2008 @ 3:35 PM
[3] What is it they say …… “The check is in the mail.” In our case, it is (Econonomic Stimulus check) but I have not seen mine.
Brother John is a smart dude, and you are right, with my wit/talent (you forgot good looks, a lot of people have told me that the rumors are true … That I am too good looking for my height) we could possibly take over the Oprah Empire which seems to be crumbling right now.
Better a used empire than no empire at all right?
She seems to be losing her midas touch. Her ratings are off a full 7% this year and the circulation of O magazine is down 10% whereas, my page seems to be growing expotentially.
We will have you on when we get it all set up, every show needs a Radio Girl.
No jumpin’ on the couch.
DS
Comment by Don Smith — June 3, 2008 @ 5:02 AM