Noelene wrote:
..At the time of Federation (1900), taxation absorbed 6 per cent of the
nation's GDP and Tax Freedom Day was January 23. In 2002, Tax Freedom
Day was April 22, so Australians spent an additional three months
working purely to service government expenditure.
I think you should point
Weronika werote:
...Similar problem with tips - if you're *supposed* to give a 15% tip to
all sorts of people (and I just keep learning additions to the list of
tipped workers - I never tipped pizza delivery guys until someone told
me I should a couple of months ago), then why can't they just put
Jacquie Tinch is your sister??? And both of you lacemakers???
Yes, and my mum too, although now she is nearly 90 she doesn't do very
much. They were both members of the Croydon Lacemakers and mum is still a
member and still drives herself to their meetings.
When I first started making lace,
If you don't want to be locked into a subscribed plan because you don't
make
frequent long distance calls, look to see what cheap plan programs exist
for
your area. I dial 101-55-66 before I make long distance calls. The
discounts are enormous AND the charges are added to the normal phone
Weronika werote:
Besides, in restaurants I'd really much rather being able to tip the
cook, whose work quality I
care about, than the waiter...
This made me laugh! My son, who is studying to be a chef, feels the same
way. He would agree that the tip should go to the chef. As he puts it,
how much
In a message dated 6/3/2004 4:01:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think there is a whole education programme that needs to be undertaken
there by nations who tip! You pay people decent wages, you don't rely on
them begging, because that's what it is, really.
I'm not the
You may have heard/read this before. I haven't, and am sending it on.
The Little things
After September 11, one company invited the remaining members of other companies, who
had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers, to share their available office
space. At a morning meeting, the
Joy wrote that an attendant told her it was illegal to reveal what percentage
of petrol price is a tax charge. Well, it isn't illegal in this country and
a morning paper has published a league table countries showing the percentage
of taxation. The US, according to this, has the lowest price
Hi all
Outi, then Joy wrote:
Most of the prize is different taxes.
Here in the states, we have no idea how much of the price of auto fuel is
taxes. A gas-station attendant once told me that it's against the law to
tell us!
Perhaps the attendant was mistaken (where is Ralph Nader!) as I would
G'day Heather,
To give you an idea of relative value, a large Tim Horton's (a Canadian
icon) coffee is CAD$1.55 and a McDonald's Big Mac costs CAD$2.99. Pretty
good deal for the call, eh?
Gosh your Big Macs are cheap I think they;re almost AYS$4,00 here
David in Ballarat
- phone me anytime
A matter of national security
Mark your calendars for this saturday!!!
As you may already know, it is a sin for a Taliban male to see any woman
other than his wife naked, and that he must commit suicide if he does.
So this Saturday at 4 p.m. eastern time all American women are asked to
walk out
Hi weronika`
i'm ready to bet there will be in the summer and the further north they are
the greedier they are too G...
some mosquitoes managed to sting through our trousers and socks in a wood
near Paris and they were huge .. argh!
I remember seeing a film about the artic and there was
Helene,
your comparison of waiters/resses and library staff made me think of
something that happened to my mother. The dustbin men knocked on the door
not long before Christmas, asking for a Christmas bonus - suggesting that if
they did not get one they wouldn't collect the rubbish.
At the time
On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
In the US the pay structure for waiters and
waitresses assumes 15% tipping. In fact, since tips are often in cash
and easily
hidden, I believe the government taxes waiters as though they have
received 15% tips
on all their tables.
When I
On Jun 3, 2004, at 19:58, Weronika Patena wrote:
I think it's nine in Poland...
I've been trying to remember anything on the subject, and can't;
neither seven nor nine seems to ring any bells (Weronika, what's the
Polish phrase you remember?). All I can remember is that a cat always
falls on 4
On Jun 3, 2004, at 8:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
In the US the pay structure for waiters and
waitresses assumes 15% tipping. In fact, since tips are often in cash
and easily
hidden, I believe the government taxes waiters as though they have
received 15% tips
on all their tables.
Everybody gets confused over whether 12:00 is ante meridian or post
meridian.
That's a relief - it's not just me being a confused foreigner... g
Sensible people say that the time one minute after 11:59 AM is twelve
noon, and the time one minute after 11:59 PM is twelve midnight.
Sounds
Tamara, obviously, you don't have many mosquitoes or flies in your part
of the country!! You can't put mosquito screens up with swivel windows. I
know the ones you mean, my parents have them in Provence, and I love
them, but if I had them in Melbourne, we'd be invaded by flies during the
Ouch. Ah well, I'm sure I'll live, and Alaska is just the greatest
place on Earth anyway (and that has absolutely nothing to do with the
fact that it's where my boyfriend comes from g).
Weronika
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 11:15:12PM +0200, dominique wrote:
Hi weronika`
i'm ready to bet there
Fly screens are a necessity here in Oz. Flies are everywhere, all year
round, and as for the mozzies - well in some places the claim to cross them
with sparrows! - and I can believe it, too, as they are huge!
The northern East Coast has an abundance of sand flies, which give nasty
bites, and
A couple in their seventies are having problems remembering things, so
they decide to the go the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them
that they are physically okay, but they might want to start writing
things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets
On Jun 3, 2004, at 23:25, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
Fly screens are a necessity here in Oz. Flies are everywhere, all year
round,
Flies were one's constant companion in Poland, though more in the
village than in Warsaw; it was one of the facts of life, God's will,
what have you... You kept a
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