Quote: Originally Posted by RevEvs RE: bad lookign apps - WINE (on linux at least) allows skins. So maybe soon we can mae a nice OS X skin - make WINE blend in a bit more. …

According to WINE's site, it uses Windows themes.

2006-02-14 11:37:18.047 WineHelper[875] *** NSTask: Task create for path /Applications/Darwine/Wine.bundle failed: 13, "Permission denied". can anyone help me make Darwine work on…

I will soon know for sure. Going to my lawyer to have my taxes figured. Congratulations on you refund. After all it is your money.

Refund, probably 2.5 grand. Great. Need to pay some bills.

My days of getting tax refunds are long gone.

You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest. Congratulations.

Quote: Originally Posted by smacintush You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest. Congratulations. True. However, I would rather get…

i got a little over 3 grand last year :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by smacintush You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest. Congratulations. Don't forget, there is a smarter way…

I got my state return today. Federal return should come in the next couple days. I have very little idea how to schedule my taxes to I come out even. So I always get a refund. …

Quote: Originally Posted by what_the_heck Don't forget, there is a smarter way. Get some exemptions and underpay taxes and borrow from the government. When time comes to pay, p…

Quote: Originally Posted by what_the_heck Refund, probably 2.5 grand. Great. Need to pay some bills. If you get paid 2 times a month... you may not have bills to pay off if…

Quote: Originally Posted by production_coordinator If you get paid 2 times a month... you may not have bills to pay off if your paycheck had the extra $100 you earned in there. …

I got £40 back last week. Do I win? It was from, like, 2002, when I was working as a lifeguard. As I was a student they shouldn't have taxed me, but they did one time and I didn't …

No idea, I won't get my T4 until the end of the month.

i'm getting some back too - going to use it to pay some bills

Quote: Originally Posted by what_the_heck Huh ? What do you know about my bills ? Bills are NOT always proportional to income, ya know ! On a second thought, I guess you misin…

Well you see it's like this... On January 1, 2005 I officially retired from the Air Force. <deleted long winded discussion of how military retirees get shafted (yet again) by …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter <deleted long winded discussion of how military retirees get shafted (yet again) by Congress> heh. didn't you read the part of …

Thanks to Earned income credit, I'm getting back more than I paid. Way more.

I actually am getting a better package than most of the people who enlisted after me. My retired pay is based on my final check, and the plan gives me 2.5% of base pay per year of…

well to keep this completely tax related... ;-) one of the better things they have done wrt military retirement is inclusion of military personnel into the thrift savings plan. …

Excluding my stock sales which I have yet to factor in and misc deductions, I will owe ~$300.

Quote: Originally Posted by smacintush You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest. Congratulations. Yes, but only because a check I wa…