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I know. All accountant types are/were addicted to office supplies. Just think how excited you get with a free highlighter! You know it's true. But... I'd rather have that 3 grand at the end of the year. Oh, and I love you too! <mwah>

Abby, you know I love you. And I'm just a "mom" organization. But I love file folders, sharpies, labels, sticky notes. I also spent a good chunk on hum dinger presentation folders and it makes me happy. It makes me happy to pull out a file when a client comes in with a question, and I can show them my notes of the phone call we had a month ago that might as well have been with Kim the Young'Un cause they recall ZERO of what we discussed. There's room for all us. Merica. (I'm also not deleting my data files and am not sure how that rumor got started...)

---> And, as a deputy sheriff client once told me, "They steal because they're too lazy to work." <---- Reminds me of an incident a few years ago when someone stole my Ford Crown Vic from a parking lot where I had left it while driving a rental car on a trip. The Crown Vic had about 200K miles on it and the front & rear seats didn't even match. The ignition switch was so worn that you didn't even need the key inserted to start it. They drove it about 8 miles, then abandoned it in an industrial park after kicking in the windshield. I was more amused than upset about it, and I asked the police officer why he thought someone would steal that car when there were so many nice ones sitting around it. He replied "Hey, I never said they were smart."

It's not just paper and toner, it's also file folders, manila folders, sharpies, labels, sticky notes, etc. Our office supplies dropped about 75% or $3k per year by going paperless. Obviously, we're bigger than a 'mom and pop' organization.

An acquaintance of mine lived in the UK for some time and had an ancient Mini Cooper (one of the original, really tiny ones) that was so old it only had three gears left: reverse, first, and third. Second and fourth were toast. No key needed, either - ignition system was also worn out. He left it unlocked and (when not raining) with windows open. It was stolen a number of times; each time he found it abandoned at the side of the road within two blocks of its parking spot. It became almost a game to him, searching for his car.

.........Enjoy

We are in the .92 magnitude for the eclipse this time. My mother and brother had already scheduled vacation for that week, and will be in the .99 band. If my niece goes back to college by then (and I think she plans to) she will be in the 100% range. We all have our glasses, and my husband is talking about dragging out his telescope to use the attachment on that. I really doubt any work gets done that afternoon here, but that is okay. The last solar eclipse I remember is from 1979 (I think).

They won't answer and no voicemail. Seems that the rats have too much cheese...

I did research on this back in junior high school in the early 70's (if memory serves) to make sure of it. Hard to do, back in the days of libraries only! I found out the limitations of the local branch very quickly and had to go to the main branch "downtown" to find out. The main branch had more than two rooms of books...

I will be in TN (Lenoir City to be exact) to video and watch the eclipse. I have NASA approved viewing glasses and filters for my cameras. Any electric welding helmet will be safe. Otherwise, do your homework on any other things you use for viewing.

I'm in No. Ky but will be backpacking in Land Between the Lakes area in far western Ky during the eclipse. Special glasses for our group.

We are supposed to be in the 96-98% zone. We will just stay here to watch, because it will be a nightmare of traffic to get to the closest place for 100%. I just hope that my eclipse glasses get here in the mail.

Possible, but unlikely. Anybody can lift a computer, but you'd need a dolly and a willing workman for locked, heavy file cabinets. As Rita points out, it's a lot of work. And, as a deputy sheriff client once told me, "They steal because they're too lazy to work." Wouldn't that also destroy your storage devices if you keep them in your office or home? Offsite storage by a vendor is an option, but who knows who works there and has full access to your stuff? That "cloud" I hear so much about might work, but unless God's tending to it along with the moon and stars I'm not interested. That happens, so I'll 'fess up. After closing each night we backup two copies of all clients on flash drives and then stash them under a 50 yard blanket of blown loose particles insulation if intruders care to climb up in the uncooled/unheated attic and search. One copy stays there - one later goes to a safe deposit box with prior years' clients. I think they'll be okay there unless Kim the Young'Un pops off that EMP. Well, as a friend of mine once told an electronista, everybody "runs his shop" a different way. I like paper; you and Jack like electrons and it's alright with me. I didn't mean to offend with my above outburst of cussin' and know y'all were just trying to be helpful, so thanks to both of you for that. P. S. I have to disagree about the "ton" of savings; this season cost $90-paper, $200-toner, plus our mom and pop wages are zero. I can live with that.

I'm going to start doing all my paper returns in cursive. They don't teach cursive in school any more, and hardly anybody uses it, so most thieves wouldn't be able to understand the info well enough to steal any identity information anyhow. Now that's REAL security.

The "IRS" called to say it's my final call prior to a lawsuit. I've called them back on my home phone, office phone, and cell. If you have some free time and want to join in on the fun: 657-347-3732 They called Rita Lewis/Stephen Lewis on our home phone 203-227-4795. Enjoy!

Aw, okay; you've got a point and I yield. If it saved $3K, then I'd Just curious, but are there any paper clips in your office? Regards, Pop

Oh, yeah, baby....

I knew they'd go to a new phone number quickly. The two hours or less that that number was live was barely enough to get any call backs, especially from people at work who won't be calling them until this evening. They must make a lot of money in a short time to make it worth it.

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I have an ancient set of welding glasses that belonged to my grandfather that I use to view eclipses. They're great. Full rectangular pane, rather than little squares. But they are heavy to hold up.

Plus, thieves are too lazy to get my files out of the cabinets. It's a lot of work. They're cumbersome. Cursive is a brilliant extra measure to safeguard against that one go getter with a strong back. Nice, John. I love it.

What's that song say, 'What a wonderful world this will be'

A friend of my husband is going to Missouri to take photos; he is an amateur astronomer. We'll see about 63% occlusion here.

Forms-based data entry is much less useful than is commonly exposed. It frequently jumps to a supporting schedule anyhow. So Drake simply has you begin the data entry process where forms-based software ends up. I had very little trouble abandoning forms-based entry when I switched from ATX to Drake 5 years ago. Maybe that's because I had used Microvision before ATX, but in any event it wasn't a difficult transition. Once the user reaches a small degree of software transparency, it becomes very clear that forms based entry is seriously overrated. And the speed & efficiency gains are phenomenal. But that only becomes apparent after the user has invested sufficient time and energy in making the transition.

I'm just doing my part in the interest of security & efficiency.

If you delete client files.... DANGER DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON!! A paper copy will have no functionality if you need to investigate/check/change the return. Our ATX program uses 50GB of HD space for each year. It will NOT ever be streamlined. Deleting client files is setting yourself up for huge problems. We added a second server with 6TB of C: drive space for ATX. At 50GB each year, we have 30 years of storage capacity. Bite the bullet, finish stepping into the 21st century and buy hardware to suit the software you are using.