Catherine

Thanks, Dale.

Chill, please. Lots of folks post lots of stuff that isn't useful. Jokes. Responses to jokes. Boasting about our kids. Griping about other members. If we banned people for "no contribution of useful information" there'd be no one left. If you can't stand someone else's presence here, either IGNORE them, or go sulk in a corner on your own. I didn't put up with this kind of nonsense from my girls when they were little, and it's even less appealing from a supposedly mature adult. Don't we all have enough REAL issues to deal with this time of year (any time of year)? So, OldJack and Bees Knees and anyone else with a chip on their shoulder -- get a grip. Please.

I have a student who needs to file an Indiana non-resident return -- which means paper filing. ATX is telling me A) that I need to add an IN-BAR form as the last page of the return, and that the IN-BAR form is not approved for paper filing. Can someone shed some light on this, please? TIA, Catherine

‎"Give me all your money or you're geography!!" "Don't you mean... or you're history?" "Don't try to change the subject!!"

Since the Code V amount is the _difference_ between FMV and what was paid, it essentially brings basis -up to FMV-. Look up the stock price on the date of exercise at one of the historic stock price sites, and use that. Document your sources (copies of the W-2 with Code V amount, screen shot of historic price, any documentation from employer). It's defensible and I think meets the "reasonable" standards.

Moon rise about 6PM on the east coast for Saturday.

I used to make all my own clothes (back when there was no such thing as the "petite" section in the stores). I still do lots of mending and alterations and make things when I can, or help my girls with their projects. I have a few cross-stitch projects floating around, half-done. I knit and crochet but am better at teaching those things than completing projects on my own. I have re-upholstered chairs (including a channel-back wing chair that my grandparents bought in 1926 -- I finished it the day before Gwen was born (and she turned 18 yesterday)). I have a lovely small collection of sewing machines (including a treadle machine). I garden (and can some of what I grow), I bicycle, I play fiddle, in the winter I shoot in a pistol league and in the spring I shoot in a rifle league. Used to do martial arts, too (Wah Lum style kung fu, 15 years) but gave that up a few years ago. And for the last year I've been running a monthly US Constitution study group. I keep myself kinda busy, I guess.

Me, too -- half Italian and half Irish. I tell people "quick temper, holds grudges"! (Well, only the first is true - but it makes folks laugh. And then try to surreptitiously edge away without me noticing.... )

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all -- and Gwen turns 18 years old today!! Catherine

I have to use an IE tab in Firefox or I can't get through. The only thing I use IE for is Windows update stuff. It's got security flaws in it big enough to drive a truck through.

I had a couple pieces of garlic ciabatta with some extra sharp Cabot cheddar cheese, and a cup of tea. It wasn't enough and I really need to get some lunch stuff in here. I'm hungry for dinner already!

Janitor Bob -- you've sure earned your forum moniker today! Hope that "good ole Jeb" pays for the mess he made and goes elsewhere next year. Here -- give him the brick wall to knock some sense into his head!

I see a Constitutional battle brewing founded in Amendments 9 & 10.

Honest. A real, honest-to-goodness turkey. HUGE bird; it circled the house in a lazy meander, looking for munchies at the garden edges. I got a couple of pictures and the kids next door said it chased them. It has now wandered off, but it was a terrific break to a day that has otherwise been crazed, irritating, and not very productive (hence the previous two descriptors). Will post pictures later when I have time. (Maybe in May, at this rate!!)

I posted on the "other" ATX forum and got nothing. I should have looked here first!! I'll have to uninstall Adobe X and go back to version 9-point-something. PLUS change my settings so it doesn't automatically upgrade itself!!

We live but to serve. We serve to live. We serve liver. With onions. One of those --> or something like that, Terry D! :lol:

I found him on a different forum and asked Eric to add him to our list. I could only get a static version -- perhaps he has the magic answer for you! All I can say is that Eric is terrific.

Wikipedia already has an article -- and it's a good one. Wiki Sendai earthquake article So much energy was released that the earth's axis shifted 10" and the north island of Japan moved almost 8'. Yikes!

I had one of those last year -- guy inherited money from his uncle. Got the form with the "X" in the IRA checkbox and had to tell him not under this circumstance. He wasn't happy.

Yes, it's a logarhythmic scale of energy released. It gets very hard to comprehend the energy released by a big quake. This one probably released more energy in just a couple of minutes than all of North America (US, Canada, Mexico) uses in a full year to power our very energy-hungry continent. Some of the video clips are astounding. God help the survivors - a lot of the damaged building will come down in the aftershocks. It's not over for them yet, they've just gotten through Round 1.

Well, Rita, it seems to me you've got three choices with this lady. 1. Laugh 2. Hire her (a good idea) 3. Hit your head against a brick wall. Funniest for the rest of us to watch (with sympathy!), but painful for you.

I am seconding you on that one, Lion!! Prayers for all the folks in Japan, and anyone in the path of tsunamis. Remember, the first wave to hit is usually _not_ the biggest one. (Said with the authority of my earth sciences degree.)

And for those who prefer music to munchies... What Pi sounds like

Well, I like your response, Julie. This guy's W-2 has one and only one state, MA. He went to design reviews and project meetings in other states, possibly even puttered about in a lab or two for a half-day here and there (most likely just got walked/toured through, though). But I used to be an engineer, and I know those meetings. There's no actual _work_ that gets done and frankly no reason they couldn't be held by conference call except to "get to know" the engineers at the other company. Some of the states I checked have filing limits and he'd be under those. Some don't have limits - but those also happen to be the states where he spent the least time. An entire NM non-resident return for ONE one-day meeting? That strikes me as ridiculous. Especially as I do several NM returns every year, and know that if I go through the exercise, he won't owe one nickel there. Thanks, all Catherine

I got a big box of promo materials but no people. Here's hoping I don't get any visits, either.