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A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by. He Got into the taxi, and said, "Perfect timing. You're just Like Andrew" Cabbie: "Who?" Passenger: "Andrew Sullivan. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like your coming along when I needed a cab, things happen like that to Andrew Sullivan, every single time." Cabbie: "There are always a few clouds over everybody." Passenger: "Not Andrew Sullivan. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy." Cabbie: "Sounds like he was something really special." Passenger: "There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Andrew Sullivan, he could do everything right." Cabbie: "Wow. Some guy then." Passenger: "Yep, and he really knew how to treat a woman. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Andrew Sullivan." Cabbie: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?" Passenger: "Well, I never actually met Andrew. He died. I'm married to his damned widow."

>>I had never seen liberals discussing tax on this forum<< Yeah, we just slunk around out of sight! But there's different aspects to it. Much of our chatter here is technical stuff about filling out the forms and somehow getting paid for it. Then we explore our role in tax policy, for example, whether our due diligence really helps accomplish the legislative purpose behind EIC. Legislative purpose has been mighty foggy of late, and everything looks different in the fog. One thing that has certainly changed recently is the IRS abandoning its good old audits in favor of Automatic Under Reporter and Math Letter blitzes. That might not seem political, but if you think about it computers have really changed the relationship of citizens to the government quite a bit.

Subject: Taking Dad Shopping I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 84). We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colours; green, red, orange and blue. My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the teenager had enough, he sarcastically asked: " What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?" Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response; knowing that he would have a good one. And in classic style he did not bat an eye in his response: "Got stoned once and (rude word for had relations with) a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son"

I have a few clients I'd like to sell. Let me know if you're interested and I'll tell you how much I'm willing to pay you to take them. Then we can negotiate from there.

I would vote if it would allow me to select more than one tax software program. I planned to renew with ATX with the expectation that it will improve over time. AND I also plan to renew the Ultra Tax that I purchased late February when I got so paranoid about ATX. Ultra Tax gave me a decent price with a 3-year lock. I do not have to renew Ultra Tax until November 2013.

Only 29 members votes so far? I thought we would have got at least 100 by now?