What did you learn today TIL

[Elizabeth]

I think for the 70% who do not itemize, and who have no income the subject of a W-2 or 1099, that is an excellent suggestion.  Simply swear or affirm that you are in that category, and the IRS sends you a simplified bill, with a refund check if you are entitled to one.

The problem is with the self employed, 1099's that do not reflect net wages (I get a 1099 on every settlement check I receive a fee on... I must itemize who got what from each check.  My fee is typically 40% or less of the total), and people who get paid in cash (laborers and waitstaff).

I own a farm....!!!
"EVERYTHING" gets Itemized ......(Including the horses).
The problem can be keeping the Business related stuff (horse) separate from the personal every day stuff.

Love,
Liz
 

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned my family can't function in any way without me. 

[Lois]

I learnt that the Aboriginals came to Australia in boats some 12000 years ago.  They started their journey from someplace in indo china.  The iconic dingo traveled along with them.
That's one hell of a journey on a raft or primitive boat.

I learned that because of the ice age the seas were not so high then, so they had a nice archipelago to travel along.  But still, the last hop to Australia was pretty impressive.

[RopeFiend]

More like "what were you REMINDED of today?"

People driving grey or silver cars REALLY, REALLY need to understand that the rest of us CAN'T FUCKING WELL SEE THEM in the rain fog tossed up during shitty weather, and they truly need to turn their damned headlights on.

Fully a third of the grey and silver cars I saw today (it rained the whole damned day) were driving with their lights off.

[Levorotatory]

We've had mandatory running lights in Canada for 15 years, so it is odd to see a vehicle without them here.  Our problem is when people forget to turn on their taillights at night because the dash is always illuminated in many modern cars.  I don't know why cars aren't wired so the lights are on whenever the car is on and the parking brake is off

I also don't get the popularity of silver / grey cars.  They are the same color as the road, making them ugly and hard to see.  Whatever happened to real colors for cars- red, green, cyan, blue, black.  Even white, yellow or brown are better than silver / grey.

[_priapism]

I have an AUTO setting on my car, but it has a photo cell, and only activates the headlamps when it is dark.  I prefer to run my headlights whenever I'm in motion, but guess what?  My effing car does not automatically turn my headlights off when I've turned off the engine and left the vehicle.  So at least once every six months, I've left the headlights "on" and have required a jump start.  We can make an autonomous car, but we can't make a headlight that turns itself off?

[MintJulie]

People driving grey or silver cars REALLY, REALLY need to understand that the rest of us CAN'T FUCKING WELL SEE THEM in the rain fog tossed up during shitty weather, and they truly need to turn their damned headlights on.

I agree.   It is really tough with the silver grey cars.   They blend right in.    My BF used to detail cars in his much younger days and has been keeping my car in a very clean condition.   Every 2 weeks he rainX's my windows, even my side windows.   That has helped with visibility and me being able to see these ghost cars coming because the water beads up and slides right off, instead of having a million little water speckles making it harder to look through the glass while turning off of a street onto a main street.

[Sensualtravler]

 

People driving grey or silver cars REALLY, REALLY need to understand that the rest of us CAN'T FUCKING WELL SEE THEM in the rain fog tossed up during shitty weather, and they truly need to turn their damned headlights on.

I agree.   It is really tough with the silver grey cars.   They blend right in.    My BF used to detail cars in his much younger days and has been keeping my car in a very clean condition.   Every 2 weeks he rainX's my windows, even my side windows.   That has helped with visibility and me being able to see these ghost cars coming because the water beads up and slides right off, instead of having a million little water speckles making it harder to look through the glass while turning off of a street onto a main street.

Perhaps their owners think it makes them invisible to cops?  

[Sensualtravler]

We've had mandatory running lights in Canada for 15 years, so it is odd to see a vehicle without them here.  Our problem is when people forget to turn on their taillights at night because the dash is always illuminated in many modern cars.  I don't know why cars aren't wired so the lights are on whenever the car is on and the parking brake is off

I also don't get the popularity of silver / grey cars.  They are the same color as the road, making them ugly and hard to see.  Whatever happened to real colors for cars- red, green, cyan, blue, black.  Even white, yellow or brown are better than silver / grey.

In the US, all newer cars head lights AND running lights turn automatically on whenever the car is started. You can turn the headlights off if you want, but not the running lights.

[_priapism]

We've had mandatory running lights in Canada for 15 years, so it is odd to see a vehicle without them here.  Our problem is when people forget to turn on their taillights at night because the dash is always illuminated in many modern cars.  I don't know why cars aren't wired so the lights are on whenever the car is on and the parking brake is off

I also don't get the popularity of silver / grey cars.  They are the same color as the road, making them ugly and hard to see.  Whatever happened to real colors for cars- red, green, cyan, blue, black.  Even white, yellow or brown are better than silver / grey.

In the US, all newer cars head lights AND running lights turn automatically on whenever the car is started. You can turn the headlights off if you want, but not the running lights.

My running lights are always on, but the headlights have to be manually activated during daylight.  2014 German luxury sedan.  Go figure.

[msslave]

From Mint Julie:  Ham and Two Eggs, in ABCs of Sex

Act in which the testicles are placed in the eye sockets of a sleeping person. The penis is laid over the bridge of the nose. The result looks like a plate of Ham and Eggs

[MintJulie]

From Mint Julie:  Ham and Two Eggs, in ABCs of Sex

Act in which the testicles are placed in the eye sockets of a sleeping person. The penis is laid over the bridge of the nose. The result looks like a plate of Ham and Eggs

I thought it was just another name for the penis and testicles.   Just like "Frank and beans".   I didn't know about the plate presentation with eye sockets and the bridge of the nose.

[IdleBoast]

It is possible to accidentally superglue your tongue to itself.

It's not permanent, and it's certainly not fun, but it's possible.

[MintJulie]

It is possible to accidentally superglue your tongue to itself.

It's not permanent, and it's certainly not fun, but it's possible.

Did you witness this?   Or did you experience it yourself?    This is too funny.

[MintJulie]

I discovered a topic that I never knew existed, though it has been posted in many times since I joined.   I spent the last 20 minutes going through the 11 pages of posts.

The topic is called "Halloweenie! Body Paint & Superhero Pics"

My favorite.......

[JBRG]

Over the weekend I learned that John Denver was an Air Force brat. And that his father held, at the time, several world speed records as a B-58 Hustler pilot. It's amazing what Wikipedia can teach you.

I looked up the B-58 stuff because my investment adviser sent a birthday letter highlighting something related to the number 58. And he chose the B-58.

[_priapism]

Over the weekend I learned that John Denver was an Air Force brat. And that his father held, at the time, several world speed records as a B-58 Hustler pilot. It's amazing what Wikipedia can teach you.

I looked up the B-58 stuff because my investment adviser sent a birthday letter highlighting something related to the number 58. And he chose the B-58.

John Deutschendorf (Denver) was a classmate of my parents, and graduated with them from Arlington Heights High School.  They always spoke well of him.

Denver, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 53 flying his personal experimental canard aircraft in a single-fatality crash.

Wonder how much his father’s exploits pushed him.

[_priapism]

Marital Duels



Trial by combat (or judicial duel, judicial combat) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be right. In essence, it was a judicially sanctioned duel. It remained in use throughout the European Middle Ages, gradually disappearing in the course of the 16th century.

One of the forms of judicial duel was so-called marital duels (or conjugal duels) in which a husband and a wife physically prove their case in domestic disputes. In an effort to even the field, husbands were ordered to fight while confined to a shallow pit with one arm tied to his body.  The wife was allowed three rocks to be placed in a sling like cloth.

[IdleBoast]

It is possible to accidentally superglue your tongue to itself.

It's not permanent, and it's certainly not fun, but it's possible.

Did you witness this?   Or did you experience it yourself?    This is too funny.

I did it to myself - I was making a batch of badges to sell ("pins" for our colonial cousins). Superglue works by reacting with traces of water that are usually found on the surfaces of almost all substances, but when you're gluing stainless steel to wood, the wood soaks up the glue before it gets a chance to react with the water on the metal.

Solution: lick the the steel pin before dropping it onto the drop of glue soaking into the wood. Works well.

Unfortunately, I had dropped the bottle of glue, and it had sprinkled droplets of glue all over the pile of yet-to-be used pins.

I picked one up, didn't think to check it for the presence of glue, and hilarity ensued.

Well, the rest of the family found it amusing, but I had a lisp for hours...

[ChirpingGirl]

I can hold my pee for about 9 hours. But it's not worth it at all.