Comments on: It seems weird, doesn’t it?

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:00:34 +0000

I got AesopSpouse a tool belt but he lost it.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:42:03 +0000

JFM,

I did a fairly major project on our current home and spent HOURS searching for tools, nails, screws, tape, the glass of water I’d drink to stay hydrated… I kept setting stuff down and couldn’t remember where I had put things. Finally on one of my 1,000 trips to a big box store I bought a $12 tool belt. If I had spent that $12 at the beginning of the project I would have finished in 1/2 the time, but no, I was going to be frugal and not shell out $12.

The Scottish have another saying, “Pennywise and pound foolish.”

By: Texan99

Texan99 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:23:26 +0000

There are tasks that are attractive only when you are prevented from working on them, like a dog who’s all hot to confront another dog through a gate, but backs off as soon as the gate opens. I used to get an uncontrollable urge to deep-clean the bathroom when I was supposed to be studying for finals.

Before the lockdown, my idea of a perfect day was one in which no one could require my presence away from my property. That’s still true, but the low-level anxiety about what’s happening to my country’s economy, and my increasingly unhinged neighbors, overshadows my pleasure in indulging my usual preference for staying quietly at home.

By: JFM

JFM — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:52:31 +0000

My thinking is that it’s the same amount of work whether I file my taxes early or at the last minute. The big difference between early and late is that late carries an anxiety burden.

Likewise, I put away my tools at the conclusion of DIY projects. It’s the same amount of work whether I put away my tools at the end of DIY projects or at the start of new DIY projects. But by putting away my tools at the conclusion of DIY projects, I don’t waste time and mental energy finding and organizing my tools at the start of new DIY projects.

I’ve come to believe my Scottish grandmother’s saying, “Haste makes waste.”

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:28:36 +0000

I’ve done them, but I haven’t filed them, because I owe money. I got my stimulus “check” today, so I don’t think there’s a relationship between having filed 2019 taxes.

By: steve walsh

steve walsh — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:45:31 +0000

Completed and submitted mine, along with the checks, back in late Feb/early Mar, before the COVID-19 CRISIS and extension of the deadline for filing. Having to pay every year I usually wait until the last minute but this year decided there was no reason to wait. And we are selling our home so I feared being distracted and forgetting to file if I didn’t do it right away. I will not be getting a stimulus check, which is good because I don’t need one.

C’est la vie.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:43:14 +0000

done early as possible given my job loss…

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:50:42 +0000

Turbotax filers for years, because we had our own business for a while, and now get rental & mortgage income.
Filed last week, but took a hit because the withholding didn’t cover my SS money, which we started drawing last year.

By: Fractal Rabbit

Fractal Rabbit — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:48:56 +0000

Neo.

Then Casa Conejo it is.

I don’t know much Spanish except for words like Casa and Hasta la vista baby. Where I live and grew up, we all learned French so we could deal with French-Canadian tourists in our high school and summer jobs.

Conejo reminds me of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings where Tolkien’s character refer to rabbits as Coneys. Probably has something to do with French and Spanish being family and French melding with English post 1066.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 01:27:47 +0000

Thanks, MJR. That was clear as mud.