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Sarah, try reading this article The undercover story: A briefs history of Y fronts - This Britain - UK - The Independent From this I would say that that this is like Hoover and vacuum cleaner - we Brits picked up the design style, "y-fronts", whilst Americans picked up the brand name "Jockey"...

Ok chaps (and chapesses!), 'P's and 'Q's are 'please's and 'thank you's. In my experience not as frequently drilled into the young in the US as they were to my generation in the UK (what an old fogey/old farty I am). Whilst (another Britishism!) this is not supported by Snopes I believe this to...

Are you joking? What threads have you read since October 2009? Where have you posted over 80 times? Can you really afford to retire at 55 and support an FA for the rest of your life? I suggest you post an outline of these "acceptable" plans and the associated fees and I am sure the wiser...

Great responses here, I'm contemplating sharing this with our college age kids. We have done many of the things suggested, one other thing we did was to offer them aptitude testing. It can help them understand what they are good at and what jobs those skills might apply to. It costs a few...

Good for you in keeping up with the contract. Ours was 14 years old - sold on by original installer after a few years. Had forgotten it was rolling 12 months. I can accept a penalty for breaking a recent contract, there are costs to cover, but 14 years? We tried to get them to cover our new...

If so, beware. You may have a large piece of chewing gum under your shoe and not know it. We recently sold (finally!!) our second home in Stepford (sorry Alan, LOL et al.) and completed the transition to the scorpion infested, dry wastes west of the world's live music capital (we don't want...

Al, the dipshits already identify their vehicles by having those plastic covers over their license plate "so the cameras can't see it". The cops seem to ignore them..... Do we need a Foxworthy type list, "you know you're a dipshit if ......."

Is the problem related to population growth and the decline of neighborhoods with local amenities? I think the types of behavior the OP is talking about is more prevalent in cities and less in small towns. When I was young I knew most people I saw on a daily basis, I was known in the shops, in...

Michael, again not helpful and wrong, this thread is about taxation and reporting to the IRS, the different treatment of funds in US and overseas is one of the issues. Your input is extremely irritating in an otherwise very interesting thread. Why don't you recuse yourself and moderate elsewhere.

By the time readers get to this point in the thread they are informed.

This sort of response is not helpful. Readers of the thread will be well aware of the point being made.

Technicality. You are completely ignoring the point.

The point has already been made here that one key difference between US tax administration and other countries is the taxation of US citizens worldwide. Another key difference, and one which creates huge issues with reporting to the IRS, is the calculation of taxable profits and losses within a...

Nun, if you were to return to the UK and renounce US citizenship, would you be able to keep your US investments? I believe a UK citizen cannot use Vanguard (US), for example, though perhaps an existing customer may be able to keep an account by some means. There appear to be several issues here...

This shows you do not understand and have not had to fill out the relevant schedules - many foreign investments are completely alien to the IRS and it is practically impossible to comply with their (naturally) US centric view of products. Their forms do not allow for the correct reporting of...

I think Al is correct. The diagram can be related to the install:- Gas line - marked as "gas" - this helps!! V1&V3 are on the hot line with the curious symbol at the top - physically the hot line has a red washer (clue?) and a pressure release valve on the side with an overflow pipe going...

Absolutely right, you foreigner/heretic/socialist/communist/Brit/...... (delete as appropriate!!!!). Now you will be shot at dawn for daring to criticise the good 'ol US of A. Here come the mods........>:(>:(>:(>:(

Assuming you live in or near Austin, Texas, you could try researching at the Natural Gardener for designs, and buy there, if you want ready made. If you want to do it really cheaply Jardine Foods near Wimberley are selling food grade steel 55 gallon drums for $4 each on Craigslist (you need to...

Are you thinking of a murmur (or murmuration) of starlings?

Read the Deed Restrictions/Covenants for your property. You should have received a copy when you closed. Normally all "improvements" in existence at time of purchase are "grandfathered in" when a property is bought whether previously approved or not. In our HOA the President has to give a...

Try Logitech Squeezebox. I have 2, connected to Linn systems, very satisfied.

Ah ha, how to get me to uncloak (unlurk?) and post again!!! AB is a showman, good tv perhaps but really not so special. AW has presented a philosophy and way of treating ingredients that has changed the way food is sourced and prepared in many restaurants across the US (and in some other...

As Alan is on vacation ..... it is Ornithologist, and he's probably still got his YOC badge like me!!! Alternative is twitcher for a fanatical rare bird chaser And now the cloak goes back on.................

I can't stand the suspense any longer ................ what happenned next?

Both jj and I have received a PM from Luxupurse entitled Fashion update which is just an advert for handbags. What is going on? Is this a new revenue stream? Has the board reached another new low? :rant::rant: