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I am amazed at how quickly Eric manages to fix even minor glitches once we mention them. We are so fortunate to have him running this board for us! Kudos, Eric!

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​Another suggestion was make sure screen resolution was not too low. That was not my problem. I hear ya on the eyes thing. I look back at reports I did six years ago, and I can't even see them now. Who knew?? (Well, everybody, but I didn't believe them.) Thank God for 12 point font. OK, 14.

Desktop & laptop are in my offices. The iPad travels around the house. I'm on my front porch as I'm typing this. That's why I read most of my forums on the tablet.

Hey Doug--thanks for the encouragement. After the first denial we resubmitted with THREE doctors certifying she was disabled. They summarily rejected it again. That occurred as we were in the midst of moving (a massive ordeal, given her condition). After we got settled in we called and they admitted that they did not even consider the doctors' affadavits. And they informed us that we had exhausted our appeals and the deadline for filing had passed. We gave up. A couple months ago we discovered that was not true so we engaged a new attorney and began the process again. Update on the pricing issue. I sent out a price increase notice to all my accounting clients and got one response--essentially 'we're delighted with your service and happy to pay the higher fee.' The rest apparently just yawned and went back to sleep.The bottom line--no fall out whatsoever (he says with a goofy little grin plastered all over his face). I plan to send a newsletter to all my tax clients in the next month or so alerting them to the new schema. I hope I get the same results!

And that's why I combed my hair......Do I look OK?

Sad but true, many government employees do seem to think it is OK to lie to those who call with questions, if that saves them some work, and especially if it helps them avoid having their mistake exposed.

Always good to have a reminder. Signs of Stroke

I'm already fairly productive at that time...

Just think about all of that lost productivity while you're on the toilet.

My computer does the same wonky script thing on certain websites, like the EDD page where I input the quarterly wage reports. I'll try checking my font size too, since I probably increased it due to old eyes.

i can't imagine being productive without a tablet. Desktops have their place and so do laptops. I use a windows desktop and a Mac for my laptop. But my iPad mini with a Bluetooth keyboard frees me from the constraints of both those devices. Just as Joan says, the tablet provided freedom you just can't get in any other way with any efficiency.

A government watchdog says the IRS issued $5.6 billion in potentially bogus education tax credits in a single year. A new report by the agency's inspector general says the credits were issued to more than 3.6 million taxpayers in 2012. Most of the credits went to students even though the IRS never received a tuition statement from the school. Some students attended schools that weren't eligible for federal funding while others didn't take enough classes to qualify for the tax break. The IRS said officials have taken steps to better police education credits, including changes in 2012 that reduced the number of bogus claims by $4.5 billion. The IRS said Congress could help by simplifying the education tax credits and by giving the IRS more tools to validate student eligibility.

I think people are becoming way too addicted to their smartphones, mindlessly treating them as a tool that can handle absolutely everything. With all the apps available, they probably can--but does anyone ever think if they SHOULD do everything with it? It's a little gadget...you can lose it, leave it at the restaurant, have it stolen off your desk. I would never put any financial or sensitive data into my phone for this reason. And if huge, presumably very secure systems (Anthem, anyone?) can be hacked, think what crooks can do with the wireless transmission of your data, or what they will find if they steal your phone and have at it. Sure you can disable the phone, but only after you realize it's gone...an hour or two is twice the time they need to copy the memory. And just think of the inconvenience of trying to enter your tax return info into a tiny screen. The IRS even has an app for tax prep--wonder how popular it is. Eventually people are going to have to wake up about the dangers of smartphones. It will take some major hacks and some major damage, but we all know it's coming. Just like the future of the internet. I foresee that the internet as we know it is going to be a very different thing in the not too distant future. It is too insecure, too many places are collecting details of our personal lives from it, spyware and malware are threatening us even in the safe havens of our homes. Forgive me if I pass on giving my tax info to Sam's Club.

I'm back, I could not remember which gmail account I used back in 2008

It's very hard, sometimes, to protect them. Even if this gentleman was living with family -- if you really want to get out, you get out. My sympathies to the driver; that will be a nasty memory to live with. And to the family of the eld himself; they probably feel guilt as well as the loss of a family member.

​Ok, you may be giving us way to much credit...