Grumbles from the shop #5: Taxes!

Taxes Schmaxes, go fishing and let the wife worry about them lol.

Whats needed is a new word. Incentivate. As in “I sure need incentivating before i get busy innovating”.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

That’s what I like about you Dennis,

You don’t seem greedy, & you’re enjoying your life to the fullest.

”JUST PIDDLING”

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Looks like you live the life I aspire to :). Someday I’ll get there!

-- Michael R. Harvey - Brewster, NY - RusticElementArt.com - SpaceAware.org - AnConn.com

Life is hell isn’t it! haha
Happy for you!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Hi Dennis;

Why did you tell everyone how tough we have it.

Now everyone’s going to want to stop doing the nine to five thing.

Well, I have a lot more to say about this, but it’s almost 2:30. Time for my nap.

But, now I’ll probably toss and turn for minutes. I hate that!

Well written! Keep up the struggle!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

miles had it dead on i think….but yeah, i agree it’s not what you’re making it’s what you make out of it. I don’t make much right now, but i don’t waste much either…and usually what i do spend it on holds most of its value or I make money off in the end, i guess i should be glad i never put that money in stocks right? just wondering, what are the rest of you guys doing in planning of higher taxes/inflation in upcoming years?

I’ve watched enough Antique Road Show to know my stuffs gonna be more valuable after i’m dead. I’m thinking the government should go ahead and pay me that increased value while i’m alive. Sort of like a reverse mortgage on my after death earnings.`Or they could just pay me not to do woodwork, like they pay farmers not to plant.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

...pay me not to work…that just might work. It sure worked for AIG/CityBank/GM/Congress. I’d have to live with the half million lid on my wages and that would be almost unbearable!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Thanks for the laughter , Dennis : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

lol dennis….sure i disagree with a lot of what’s going on, but if you’re saying that we should cap all “executive” pay why would anyone spend the big bucks on the education needed to reach those levels of income (for the most part)? or should we just ditch the whole college thing, it’s all a scam right? lol you could relate it to woodworking in that the value of your work will most likely be much higher if you were say, one of maloof’s or marks’ apprentices rather than a cabinet maker at home depot which would have made you much more money in the short run, but a lot less in the long haul….is this making sense to anyone other than myself? lol

No I don’t think we need to cap their pay, or bail out their companies. Let them suffer the consequences of their behavior… but you are right to f&^! things up as bad as they did you do need a college degree.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

go fishing dennis. go fishing.

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

Hey Dennis:

Nap is my favorite four-letter word.

Whoops, I means NAPS.

-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."

MAKES ME WANT TO MOVE BACK TO MONTANA AND JUST DO WOOD

-- BIGSKY

I never nap during the day, it messes up my 10 hour overnight sleep. Thats why I need compensation, and disability, wait, I’m already getting that. Maybe like the bird in the cowpie I should keep my tweeter shut.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Live simple, stupid, I love it Dennis! Simple enough to be happy and not stupid enough to get caught in the rat race that everyone tries to convince us we have to participate in. Your buddy is my hero as well! Enjoy your piddling and one day I hope to join your hectic schedule.

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

isn’t it interesting to find out how many “need” things we can live without!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

“Ya taxes suck, so I figure maybe I’ll just quit making so much Damn money. Life is too short!”

True words. I quit my $150,000 a year job a few weeks ago. I am tired of paying taxes and working at a job that gives nothing but $ in return. I’ll be 50 in June and I have that house in the woods with no stress and while I may miss having lots of $$ I wont miss any of the BS. Life is good :) Do what you enjoy, don’t let TV tell you that you have to have all the other things. Friends family and a respect for all, that is all I need/want (and some good food/wine now and again). A job that supports this gov (?), not in my future. I am working to create a big garden now :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Too many people actually believe they’re getting a tax cut. A tax cut is simply slight of hand…”Hey, look over here” while they raise taxes on every business ordinary Americans buy goods and services from. I’m more disgusted with Americans who cant figure this simple scam out than i am with the govt that implements it.

Just think of it as the govt outsourcing taxes to businesses. And all the idiots see is how wonderful it is to have a tax cut.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

reminds me of the time I did income tax returns for a living.
People would be mad because they weren’t getting any money back—“you don’t get back money if you didn’t put any in—and you have to put MORE in during the year that what you needed to. That’s how you get money back”... many people expected free money coming their way.
I was also threatened. A gentleman said to me, “Someone should shoot you for taking people’s money like this.” I just helped you out be filling out your return for you—I don’t write the tax laws…

oh and I can’t forget the time that a gentleman refused to let me do his tax return because I was stupid – why was I stupid? Because I picked up the pencil in my left hand. Yes, left-handed people are too stupid to complete a tax return.

Sorry to get off track… back to woodworking

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Left handed!
That explains a lot….

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

There are a lot of great trout streams in Idaho. Gather up the waders and fly rod and GO. Springtime is happening!

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

I have not fished in 25 years, I think it is time to pick up a rod and spoil a child :)

Me being the child

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Humm…trout, bass, or sturgeon? I might have to make three trips!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com