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Spring cleaning the "tech box" - you know all those things too useful to throw away like a collection of different length IDE cables,
among the items some very old spare phone batteries... hello, I'm pretty sure that when I bought that one about 10 years ago it didn't have that bulge in it?!?!
sure it was only starting to bulge, but, nah! any batteries or devices with a fixed battery in it: bin time!
My XT keyboard collection safe for another decade or 3. :phew: ... ya never know when... 
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Is the cat why we can't have mice things?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I moust say you have feline for these things.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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A litter more detail would help. And let spray we get better responses.
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I don't know about that. I had a cat live in my Corolla for a while. I am the only person I know of who had a Persian car pet in their vehicle.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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... also really useful if you drop ice cream in the car: a cat to lick it cleaner
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Just accepted a 1099 gig
Been a long time since I've done one of those.
If you are an old hand at this, tell me the really stupid things you've done that really burned you in the past, so that I might get some sort of a warning in advance.
Also eager to read about the smart moves you have made.
Oh, and duh, have any important laws changed which will come into effect on January 1st ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Your thoughts on 1099
It was a rough year in the middle ages.
The First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem, Battle of Ascalon, etc...
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You were middle aged in 1099? 
I knew you were older than me, but I had no idea ...
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Yeah - I don't like to brag but I'm actually immortal. My creator brought me to life / Earth in the Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era.
Now that it's out there... BOW TO YOUR MASTER, PLEBES!!!
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You're a Lizard, and you live in The Hollow Earth? 
I didn't think Our Lizard Masters came near development sites!
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Mike Mullikin wrote: but I'm actually immortal
Mike Mullikin of the clan Mullikin?
Better keep your head about you...
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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So...what did you do to deserve that?
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Mike Mullikin wrote: It was a rough year in the middle ages.
The First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem, Battle of Ascalon, etc...
...and you look back fondly on your time served on all the campaigns.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Keep up with estimated taxes prepayments.
Every now and then the IRS will check and possibly charge a penalty+interest. After ignoring it for several years I finally got hit once - after that I behaved myself.
On the flip side, your travel and expenses are much more easily deducted from your income. Just as an example, you may not have "Transit Checks" for to pay for public transport with pre-tax dollars but you now can use it as a business expense (usually) and there's no cap as there would be with tranist checks. Equipment purchases and stuff, too. Just don't be a pig about it.
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You should be seeking advice from a certified accountant, especially with your legal questions.
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What? When there's millions of us non-accountants and non-specialists to provide imaginative advice?
Where would the fun in that be? Besides, we're free.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Who would have ever thought that the Lounge would also serve as a covert global think tank? 
You might be on to something here. 
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Most of us here could be certified*, so I don't see the problem.
* Under Section 8
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I renewed that certification last week.
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I've been doing 1099 for the last 15 years. I'm too lazy and unorganized to file estimated quarterly taxes, even though the accountant provides the forms every year. Sure, I have to pay a measly penalty, but I get to keep my money until filing time. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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My TARDIS is refusing to go there, because it's such a sh1thole.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Wow, how prophetic! I too have just talked with a client about 1099 work, it has been many years since I did that. I need to dust of my EIN (if I can find it) and make sure the business bank account is still alive.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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