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<<You remind me very much of a local man in our town who got caught by a red light camera. He went to court to appeal it on the grounds that the camera was unconstitutional. The municipal judge took a look at the video, and told him to pay the fine. He got so mad that he began a campaign to get the cameras banned. He got the signatures on the petition and he got the issue on the ballot and this week, he got his wish: the RLCs...

This is pretty much all I can do do defend myself. That's because you know you were speeding and the officer caught the right person. Your only option left is to discredit the officer. I think you may have come to the wrong board if you are looking for sympathy and support. PSU

The government has yet to start penalizing you for giving them an interest free loan. Of course if you loan it to them for to long it is gone. The state of California does. Vickifool Reference please. I haven't seen any reference to this on my tax returns. We have been underwithheld for the last few years. California is increasing withholding rates. We also increased withholding this year and didn't make estimated tax payments....

With this being the Christmas season, how about checking with retail outlets for part-time work?

It's not as great as it sounds. Most studies confirm that beyond having your basic needs met comfortably, there's not much extra happiness in extra money or stuff. I'd like to conduct my own study on that theory.

I would bank $2400 yearly in my HSA to cover any deductrible. You can count on that, I don't want to be suprised!! As far as costs, the big ones were the diagnostic tests this year. It is a hard choice, basically, so I pay $2300 more now so that $750 gets you 90% on the major expenses or do I save $2300 now and pay $3600 to get 100% coverage, or do I go in the middle and pay $1000 more now for 80% coverage once I incur $1050 in expenses?...

If you fight it, they will bring what evidence they have to show the judge cause. And you can do so too (I once brought some nifty photos of a "no turn" sign obscured by an overgrown tree). Of course the police report will probably just be a written report not aural or video. It isn't like Perry Mason or anything. If there's a police report, you will probably be found guilty by the judge - unless you can show some...

<Perhaps we should abandon the custom of shaking hands and adopt the Asian custom of bowing. > Good idea! I have heard that hand shaking began to show that the people were not holding a blade in their right hands. Rather obsolete. Also, bowing is polite and doesn't spread infection. Wendy

That depends entirely on the area and what you can get. Around here, working fast-food delivery is good money. In a lot of places, you can't even get that job.

She played the girl who accidentally discovered… Wow, very cool! I've seen the episode, but I sure didn't recognize her with that alien make-up job.