Sometimes the tax just gets built into the "advertised" price... NB>especially at fast food places... :)
I've seen that sort of tax added to hotel bills various places...
Well, of course... paying taxes is more important than just about NB>anything else, it would seem.... ;0
Here, the state doesn't charge tax on clothing, but the counties do... NB>there's often a week or two county-tax-free for back to school... :)
The tax-free also applies to fabric that one would use to make said NB>clothes, too... :)
Now, many of the fancy restaurants are automatically adding in a tip
tax (18%), before you get served...no matter whether your
waiter/waitress was efficient or not. I've made it a point to visit
those type of places only ONCE.
I'd have a closer look at the legitamacy of that tip tax.
Apparently, folks weren't tipping the servers (who got paid next to nothing anyway).
I don't care for the idea of all tips going into a community pot.
Then, those who busted their butts off in their job get the same as
the slackers.
Sometimes the tax just gets built into the "advertised" price... especially at fast food places... :)
I've seen that sort of tax added to hotel bills various places...
Now, many of the fancy restaurants are automatically adding in a tip tax (18%), before you get served
Well, of course... paying taxes is more important than just about
anything else, it would seem.... ;0
Wasn't the income tax declared unconstitutional at one time??
# OLX 1.53 # Why give the airport weather?? No one lives there.
Some hotels & restaurants around Niagra Falls were charging what they called a tax.
Apparently, folks weren't tipping the servers (who got paid next to nothing anyway). But, to me, if the server does good work, they deserve it. I don't care for the idea of all tips going into a community pot. Then, those who busted their butts off in their job get the same as
the slackers.
And the wait staff are charged taxes on those tips.
-a Wasn't the income tax declared unconstitutional at one time??
In the early and mid '30s income tax was extended to everyone, not just th
super wealthy.
On the evening news after reports and film of this and that flooded street
etc the weatherman, with a straight face, said it hadn't rained at the airpo JM>so officially there was no rain that day.
Also that those who do the hot dirty work in the kitchen aren't tipped and
those are the ones who do all the hard work.
I visited the Falls in the summer of '84, but stayed over night, on my way to Syracuse, in Lewiston. Don't think I spent any money on the American side, though I did on the Canadian (boat ride, etc).
Don't recognise the name. If you're new welcome, glad to have you with us.
And the wait staff are charged taxes on those tips.
Wow.
with us.
I lurk mostly.. ;)
I couldn't remember the details on that...been so long since I looked at history. But, at least I'm not like "Johnny" who asked "Why should I study about The American Revolution?? I know who won"!! <G>
There are videos on You Tube (probably other places as well) of college
students asked questions about things they should know and most have no idea
One question a while ago was who were the Axis and the Allies in WWII.
Most had absolutely no idea.
Sheesh, its not some question about some obscure event hundreds of years a
in an attempt to bring it back to the past and stay on topic. Like its ever JM>stopped us before. :)
students asked questions about things they should know and most haveno idea
To them, MEMORIES is NOT. :P All they live for is the present...and don't even care how we got here.
To most people anything that happened before they were born isn't worth
knowing.
And sometimes history is presented in such a dry, dull, boring fashion wit
just names and dates to be remembered for a test then quickly forgotten.
I say, if we don't remember the past our future is in peril.
Santana, I think, the writer (not the singer) said if we forget our histor
we are doomed to repeat it, or words to that effect.
Sheesh, there are many kids today who don't know who their grandparents we
what they did, where they came from, etc.
Joe (armchair historian in residence)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Joe Mackey on 06-14-18 14:17 <=-
There are videos on You Tube (probably other places as well) of college
students asked questions about things they should know and most have no
idea. One question a while ago was who were the Axis and the Allies in
WWII. Most had absolutely no idea.
Sheesh, its not some question about some obscure event hundreds of years
in an attempt to bring it back to the past and stay on topic. Like its
ever stopped us before. :)
To them, MEMORIES is NOT. :P All they live for is the present...and
don't even care how we got here.
Now, being elderly, with an illness, is one thing...
but these are supposedly young adults. In short, we're doomed.
I'm no history major...but at least I can remember the names of the presidents from 90 years ago to the present. Most people don't even know the name of the current one.
I say, if we don't remember the past our future is in peril.
Or with things like profanity filled rap music, as my late wife, Janice, noted..."if that's music, we're doomed".
Joe (armchair historian in residence)
Shouldn't that be Professor Doctor Joe Mackey, Esquire?? <G>
(that should put me on good terms with the moderator <BG>).
There's some that still learn... so we may be ok after all...
One day I in a dollar store upon check out each customer was told if they
could give the name of a president during a certain time frame they got a JM>dollar off their purchase price.
I told them to go ahead.
Who was president in 1880?
Without hesitation I replied James Garfield.
The clerk had to look it up and said in amazement "that's right! How did
know that?" I said because he the second president to be assassinated, in JM>1881."
Others in line said they had no idea who it was, or who Garfield was.
And people wonder why there's such a lack of respect all around.
-a-a Joe (armchair historian in residence)
-a Shouldn't that be Professor Doctor Joe Mackey, Esquire?? <G>
Herr Professor will be accepted.
-a (that should put me on good terms with the moderator <BG>).
Don't bet on it buster! :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-18-18 08:55 <=-
but these are supposedly young adults. In short, we're doomed.
There's some that still learn... so we may be ok after all...
There seem to be fewer of them every year. ==sigh==
I look at young kids today, covered in tats and piercings, and
wonder what sort of job, if any, they will ever have.
I doubt they think those tats, etc will have a negative effect on
their getting a job, dealing with the public in someway at least.
Maybe somewhere over a FF grill or a call centre...
I know I wouldn't want to deal with someone who thinks they are a
Maori chieftain at a bank, department store, etc.
but these are supposedly young adults. In short, we're doomed.
There's some that still learn... so we may be ok after all...
There seem to be fewer of them every year. ==sigh==
You are sounding like an old fart... (G)
Actually, now that tats and piercings are becoming ever more common, it NB>really is less of a handicap than it used to be... some jobs require the NB>jewelry to be taken out while on the job, but the tattoos don't seem to NB>be a problem any more... most of them can be covered while on the job... NB>maybe a facial tattoo might make a problem, though...
Quoting Joe Mackey to on 06-21-18 07:33 <=-
Nancy wrote --
had one history teacher that made history seem deadly... and then
another one that showed us that history was the current events of yesterday... and connected to the current events of today.... ;)
Good point. It's how material is presented that makes it
interesting or not. One could have someone who knows all about X but
if its presented in a dry, dusty, dull manner listeners will tune them out. Just presenting a series of facts, dates, etc and learn by rote doesn't work.
And I realise everyone has different interests. Some are interested
in history, others in math, some in science, etc. But to have a well rounded education they should know a little bit about a lot of stuff.
Then if they want to learn more they can really learn about what
interests them. A good teacher will say something like "You need to know
X so you understand Y", not "you need to know this for the next test".
When I was in jr/sr high I had to take algebra but I don't remember if
I were told why. At the time I figured I would never need it but there have been times I've had to figure out X,Y and Z for some problem. But, somewhere deep in the recesses of my mind what I was told would ever
so slowly crawl forward to help with whatever I was doing at the time.
What really made history come alive for me, though, was realizing that
some of the major and the not-so-major personages were related to me...
and they lived through those events...
Exactly.
Then talking with family, friends, etc who lived through those days
or whose grandparents, etc did.
Sheesh, there are many kids today who don't know who theirAnd that is just plain a shame... I was fortunate to grow up in a family that enjoyed the family stories of years gone by... and recounted them often... Both sides of my family had researched some of the genealogy,
grandparents were, what they did, where they came from, etc.
that I was able to tap into once my interest was aroused... I was also fortunate to know all my grandparents, and some of my great-grands...
While my parents never dwelt on the past, I was aware of who I was,
where I came from, etc.
I know little or nothing about what my family did (both sides) when
still in Europe. I know my mothers side came from England in the
1660s, and my mother always bragged they were one of the first families
of Virginia (FFV) and I would joke they were probably indentured
servants, which she didn't care to hear. (Maybe I hit a little too
close for comfort). But I have no idea what they did in England.
My fathers side came from Scotland in 1756 and their moving west from Philadelphia landing finally in WV (when VA) in the 1830s, having a
lumber business with a saw mill, etc. What did they do in Scotland?
No clue.
I was born late. My patrimonial grandfather died when I was
very young and only met him once, when a baby (he lived far away) and don't recall any of that. My mothers father died when I was three and
only memory of him is his sitting in the old family living room smoking
a pipe. (Grandmothers on both side were gone when I was born).
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 06-25-18 09:02 <=-
but these are supposedly young adults. In short, we're doomed.
There's some that still learn... so we may be ok after all...
There seem to be fewer of them every year. ==sigh==
You are sounding like an old fart... (G)
Now, I'm sure our esteemed moderator worked hard for that title. <G>
Actually, now that tats and piercings are becoming ever more common,
it really is less of a handicap than it used to be... some jobs
require the jewelry to be taken out while on the job, but the tattoos
don't seem to be a problem any more... most of them can be covered
while on the job... maybe a facial tattoo might make a problem, though...
I've got better things to spend my money on, thank you.
An example of the smaller places that I was particularly thinking about
was a small restaurant
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 11-29-19 05:52 <=-
An example of the smaller places that I was particularly thinking about
was a small restaurant
Restaurants usually operate on a shoe string, unless some big chain.
When I was in the produce business I saw many, many places come and
go. And it didn't matter if some small hole-in-the-wall or some
fancy place. Running a restaurant is for the love of it, not to make
a lot of money.
Exactly.... and one does have to be somewhat savvy to make a go of it,
along with providing good food and service... We regularly eat at a
number of those small restaurants... doing our little part to keep them afloat... :)
I much prefer locally owned places over chains.
Too often a chain will come in and wipe out the mom-and-pop places.
Joe
Very much agreed!
Break the chains!
I much prefer locally owned places over chains.
Too often a chain will come in and wipe out the mom-and-pop places.
I think food in mom-and-pop tastes better than anything from a chain.
Don't recognise you E, welcome to Memories.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-04-19 06:15 <=-
Exactly.... and one does have to be somewhat savvy to make a go of it, along with providing good food and service... We regularly eat at a
number of those small restaurants... doing our little part to keep them afloat... :)
I much prefer locally owned places over chains.
Too often a chain will come in and wipe out the mom-and-pop places.
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