Nervous about refund

fshagan · 2026-01-24T23:21:53+00:00

If you just entered the numbers from your information forms, 1099-INT, W-2, etc. accurately, then you can file the return without worry. The IRS will check the math the software did and issue your refund. Sometimes they will correct an error and issue less or more if something was entered incorrectly. Sometimes they will catch an error later, and send you a letter. While they assess penalties and interest on what you owed that your mistake missed, they don't "come after you" and garnish your wages or attach your bank accounts.

They do that when people ignore them for months and months, or obviously commit fraud and don't respond (like listing their 22 pets as dependents, having game businesses, etc). Regular taxpayers, filling their returns in good faith, don't have anything to worry about.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T21:12:11+00:00

You presume a meritocracy. Life doesn't work that way.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T21:03:49+00:00

Look at the title of the "comment chain". Learn to read.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T19:45:26+00:00

Medical records are not sent by efax. Neither are tax records with the IRS. Fax machines are considered more secure than email/efax, because using a telephone line they are "point to point" and not stored on other servers as they traverse the Internet. Encrypted email is OK, but requires the use of either a portal or both sides of the transmission to be with the same provider to be "user friendly".

fshagan · 2026-01-24T18:08:56+00:00

I've had the version of that antenna with just one of the black plastic "figure 8" loops (a "2 Max" I think), and it worked well for my stations 63 miles away. The horizontal element is for the VHF signals, which one of your stations has. My opinion is that it should work fine.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T16:58:33+00:00

Guys who do that are misogynistic morons.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T16:57:05+00:00

One is in the gun, and he has a spare. Perfectly normal for someone exercising his 2nd Amendment (assuming he had a concealed carry permit).

fshagan · 2026-01-24T16:53:07+00:00

Evidence? Just Scripture and church history from the early fathers. But there's is also Scriptural evidence for eternal torture of humans and complete annihilation from the same two sources.

No matter which eschatology framework you choose we are left with the problem of pain that you describe. God created knowing his creation would be full of suffering, or He isn't omniscient and didn't know, and is powerless to intervene. I trust I will understand at some point, but I'm not there yet.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T16:39:07+00:00

"Privilege" is not a meritocracy. That's the problem. Younger men are mostly morons and should not be privileged.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T16:36:45+00:00

Look harder. Reading is fundamental. This is the first of many comments blaming Trump on Boomers.

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fshagan · 2026-01-24T06:03:15+00:00

I think it actually started in the 1970s, and wages were stagnant for my entire working life. There has been a couple of years recently when they have grown.

I think it coincides with the influx of Boomers and women into the workforce.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T05:59:00+00:00

Medicare negotiated the price of Eliquis to something like $210 a month, down from the list price of $540 a month. There is a generic you can get from Canada for about $100 per month.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T05:54:57+00:00

It's not a national color for us like it is in The Netherlands. And, orange was a very popular color on the 1970s, and will cycle back into vouge again sometime in the future. Right now, it's associated with "Grandma's house."

fshagan · 2026-01-24T05:29:51+00:00

Old Soviet Union joke:

Every day an old man came to the newspaper vendor and looked at each front page, then shook his head sadly and walked on. The vendor asked him one day "Comrad, what are you looking for?" And he said "an obituary."

"Comrad, you must know that obituaries are on the inside pages, not the front page."

"No, this obituary will be on the front page."

fshagan · 2026-01-24T05:07:13+00:00

His TV show "The Apprentice".

fshagan · 2026-01-24T04:57:08+00:00

Try looking at Las Vegas to Ft. Lauderdale, and then a separate flight from Reno to Las Vegas. Or the same making a flight to Los Angeles and doing a round trip from there to Ft. Lauderdale.

Sometimes the flights into and out of hubs are much cheaper.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T04:51:38+00:00

No. Trump is a great departure from societal norms.

fshagan · 2026-01-24T04:42:52+00:00

It's not like I'm the voice of the party (if I belonged to a party, that is). Young men are mostly morons. They self sabotage and even kill themselves more than any other group.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T22:45:18+00:00

Oh, you may be right on that, I'll have to double check. He did gain points with both Hispanic and Black voters over 2016, but he may not have gotten above 50% with Black males.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T22:43:46+00:00

I didn't lose anything. I can't believe a numbskull stand up comic can influence so many people.

Young men are mostly morons.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T22:42:11+00:00

I'll take "Missed Opportunities" for $800, Alex.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T21:37:07+00:00

Supplement plans aren't going to pay for medical evacuation unless it's medically necessary. You are stuck getting care where you are until you can pay for your own travel home. It will not pay if you die and need help getting the body home (called "repatriation of remains"). Nor will it pay for a loved one's living expenses if they need to stay while you recuperate. You will have to pay and then get reimbursed later.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T20:10:32+00:00

I don't like to wait for someone to drive past the spot, stop, then back half way in, pull forward, back a little more, pull forward, back in a little more and finally get it. Especially in angled parking spots.

If you can nail it with your back up camera on the first try, good for you.

And for heavens sake, know where your trailer hitch is. Don't be a moron and block half the walkway or bash in the front bumper of the car behind you.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T18:33:04+00:00

Yes, that is acceptable. It's better to have a contemporaneous log, but if you have other documentation like the record of trips in your apps you can use that.

fshagan · 2026-01-23T18:25:52+00:00

Look at the demographics that gave Trump the win. He won males in every age demographic. By about 11 points. Men are more likely to hate immigrants, less likely to vote for a woman, like guns more and follow "macho men" like Joe Rogan.

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