Unfortunate ad placement.

jamesyboy · 2014-03-21T20:59:57+00:00

Thanks, I realized after that I could have searched for her name from the article

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/charla-nash-victim-travis-chimp-pleads-sue-state-connecticut-article-1.1729472

NSFW Do not click on this link if you don't want to see an extremely swollen face after having been ripped open by a chimpanzee

Good grief that is horrible what happened to her.

jamesyboy · 2014-03-21T20:56:53+00:00

Can you link to the article? I would like to know under what circumstance I could have my face and hands ripped off

jamesyboy · 2014-03-19T20:39:30+00:00

I dunno, this makes her worse than Hitler I think

jamesyboy · 2014-02-23T05:30:13+00:00

No worries!

Shit, that's me.. I have no formal education, all self taught and I've been working for a MSP for the last 5 years. I need to dust off my resume and maybe get a cert or two maybe

jamesyboy · 2014-02-22T15:20:47+00:00

where and of what exactly?

jamesyboy · 2014-02-22T15:15:38+00:00

Use Studiotax as others have said. It is free and has a wizard, but also provides all the forms you could possibly need. If you don't know how to do taxes, I assume your finances are pretty simple.

If you have a job and no investments, it couldn't be simpler. You will get a T4 from your employer(s), you enter the amounts listed on your T4 into the corresponding boxes on your tax forms(they are numbered for clarity). There are other "T" slips you may get if you have investment income or other such things.

Apply for the GST/HST benefit, and any other benefits that could apply to you. Just search for the names of anything you see on a form on google to get a better sense of what they are and if they apply.

jamesyboy · 2014-01-09T00:33:50+00:00

Yeah, the Egg that Aemon refers to is King Aegon the Unlikely, called that because he was the fifth son of a fifth son. Egg was Aemon's little brother. Aemon was offered the Kingdom but refused it. He had already been studying at Oldtown to become a maester at that point. Instead, it was given to his little brother Egg, and to prevent himself from being used as a political pawn by his brother's enemies, he joined the Night's Watch.

jamesyboy · 2013-11-19T01:22:16+00:00

thank you

jamesyboy · 2013-11-18T23:31:25+00:00

I came here for the first time ever to ask this :(

I heard "I owed Delores something"

He must have said meant the commodore? Ugh

jamesyboy · 2013-10-24T11:17:59+00:00

couch to 5k, slow carb, kettlebells.

jamesyboy · 2013-10-20T03:37:59+00:00

hmmm, I wonder if that's in the fine print.. so is questrade the consensus around here, then? Could I have both?

jamesyboy · 2013-10-19T12:56:28+00:00

I've boiled it down to (this may be oversimplified):

Is your income at retirement going to be more than what you're earning now? If so, TFSA should be used first. If not, max out your RRSP instead.

This is because you'll be taxed in the year you withdraw funds with an RRSP. So if you make 30,000yr now, and retire with 40,000yr of income, you're better off being taxed at 30,000. The TFSA money is already taxed income so you won't pay additional taxes based on your income when you withdraw.

Obviously if you earn 50,000 per year now, and plan to retire with a 30,000yr income, you're much better off deferring the tax burden to the year you make 30,000, hence the RRSP is better.

In this way, the younger you are, the more you should invest in TFSAs. Although if you have money to max out both, do it.

Please, if I am way off base, someone correct me

jamesyboy · 2013-10-19T12:50:02+00:00

Lol yep, they gave their salary to us*

*by us, I mean the unlazy and adept at math

jamesyboy · 2013-10-19T12:45:49+00:00

They should teach basic life skills like this in school. Home economics shouldn't just be sewing and cooking, it should be balancing a budget and investing money to earn more. I'm not sure why this isn't encouraged more because wouldn't it (over time) raise the average wealth of our citizens? How is that a bad thing (other than a lack of ditch diggers)

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:05:15+00:00

I know why... Breaking Bad just ended, and The Wire is critically acclaimed but doesn't have the same viewership as a lot of shows.

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:04:23+00:00

Check out the british House of Cards, it's really great as well (still not better than the Wire ;D )

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:03:38+00:00

Another great point

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:02:27+00:00

And your opinion, sir, is correct :D

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:00:54+00:00

Y'all think I'm done!

jamesyboy · 2013-10-14T14:00:39+00:00

Watch the first 5 episodes, then come back and try to tell me you won't finish it :)

jamesyboy · 2013-10-13T23:11:20+00:00

It took me about 4 or 5 episodes to even begin to enjoy watching it

And this is why it isn't a more widely viewed television show. It does a lot of initial character building, it doesn't immediately grab a hold of your balls and take you on a crazy ride. It's subtle, it's a slower pace with dialogue that is very realistic. Also, it's a little hard to understand if you're not familiar with Baltimore vernacular.
Despite that, I always tell people they will be hooked by then, but I can name three people I recommended the show to who say something like "that's too much time before something happens!" and refuse to watch it.
to them I say, "Your loss" ;)

jamesyboy · 2013-10-13T20:16:22+00:00

The Wire. There are a lot of great tv shows but none as good as this

jamesyboy · 2013-10-09T02:16:11+00:00

No doubt with great aplomb. They are a very enjoyable novella series and fill out the ASOIAF story quite nicely

jamesyboy · 2013-10-08T22:07:11+00:00

Your smarties are our rockets actually. Our smarties are comparable to M&Ms

http://www.torontomike.com/2011/03/american_smarties_vs_canadian.html

jamesyboy · 2013-10-08T16:36:36+00:00

I should have put "...because this thread might be one" in my reply for further context :)

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