Bored to tears

[88vmx12]

I have been here at work for about 14 hrs now. It is the day that you sit and do nothing except surf the net "basically". I am waiting for the X-ray crew to get done with the pipe x-rays here at the job. It looks like I will have about 88.5 hrs in this week . I can't wait to see how much uncle sam wants. :bang head:

G

 

[dmax1]

:surprise:All of it!

 

[PDWeyand]

you make 100.00 extra they gets 50% lol the more you make the more they take. The system is backwards. It is the working joe that gets the screw.

 

[95spfldmax]

I have been here at work for about 14 hrs now. It is the day that you sit and do nothing except surf the net "basically". I am waiting for the X-ray crew to get done with the pipe x-rays here at the job. It looks like I will have about 88.5 hrs in this week . I can't wait to see how much uncle sam wants. :bang head:

G

The upside is it's winter....atleast your not wasting this time when you could be outside riding......:confused2:

 

[VMax-Mike]

You need to quit being so negitive. You are making the money that two people would love to have a chance to make. You need to go at this in a way more possitive way. You dont want to atracted the negitive monkey do you. The possitive monkey like's possitive vmax owner's.

 

[Rusty McNeil]

Don't complain too much brother, look at it this way.

At 88 hours your take home should almost double, probably be about 170% of your normal check, at the end of the year when you file the refund you'll get will have made it double for sure.......

Just feed the monkey!!

you make 100.00 extra they gets 50% lol the more you make the more they take. The system is backwards.

Everyone says that, but look at the facts.

Every paycheck is taxed at a certain bracket calculated by "assuming" that particular paycheck is what you will be earning over the course of a year. i.e. if you get paid every week they multiply that gross by 52 and that's your income for tax bracket assignment for that particular paycheck.

This happens for every paycheck.

Unless you work at that pace all year then your bracket isn't going to change and you'll get it back at the end of the year.

It takes a hell of an income jump to actually put you in a higher bracket at the end of the year when you file.

I worked over 1000 hours o.t. last year, my bracket, with wifes income, was the 35%...

Our "Effective Rate" after deductions was only 17%


On the other hand "the more you make the more they take" is most certainly a true statement. Tax brackets and effective tax rates are most certainly VERY progressive. Which is why saying the rich need to pay more is b.s., they are already paying more as a percentage of thier share of total income in the U.S. than lower income earners, who usually pay less percentage of tax compared to their share of the income........

Effective tax is the true tax you pay based on adjusted gross income and after all credits and deductions, including the IEC, it's a hell of a lot less than the bracket you're in.

Bleeding the rich isn't going to fix this country,

I've never worked for a poor man and neither have any of you.

Here is an eye opener for you

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/story/2012-01-19/romney-tax-rate/52682372/1

 

[KJShover]

I have been here at work for about 14 hrs now. It is the day that you sit and do nothing except surf the net "basically".

I hear you there, Sounds familiar.
The one thing I hated the most was to work a graveyard shift, then sit in court the following day. all day, only to find out the guy plead out, leaving you a couple 3 hours to grab some sleep, shower and change of uniform.

 

[VMike]

Be thankful you have a job to get bored at.

Here's an eye opener:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JY8LKII_MNA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Mike

 

[KJShover]

I've never worked for a poor man and neither have any of you.

Well after the back injury and having to go back to school, I've been self employed. Making money doing CAD work and guitar repairs on the side.
So I work for a poor man :biglaugh:
On the plus side, I'm on the down hill slide of school. I'm finishing up the pre-reqs and will be testing into the program this spring.

 

[Rusty McNeil]

Be thankful you have a job to get bored at.

Here's an eye opener:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JY8LKII_MNA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Mike

That was good, VERY good!

 

[Rusty McNeil]

Well after the back injury and having to go back to school, I've been self employed. Making money doing CAD work and guitar repairs on the side.
So I work for a poor man :biglaugh:
On the plus side, I'm on the down hill slide of school. I'm finishing up the pre-reqs and will be testing into the program this spring.

I admire you more than you will ever know.....unk:

My dad was self employed contractor, had maybe between 0 and 4 guys working for him at various times....Worked his ass off to feed his family and send us to college to have a better life than he did....

The gov't thought we were rich, and taxed accordingly.... trust me, we were poor......after "taking care of business" there was absolutely nothing left, and our lifestyle was no better than the average family.

 

[Diablotin]

Business doesnt always make you rich and make you sleep less... Sometimes i feel things were more simple when employed.
Never easy no matter what your situation is... But we keep moving fwd right? lol

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[KJShover]

I admire you more than you will ever know.....unk:
My dad was self employed contractor, had maybe between 0 and 4 guys working for him at various times....Worked his ass off to feed his family and send us to college to have a better life than he did....

Thank you Rusty.

I try to be what I was raised to be.

I remember my mom working two jobs (a grocery checker, cake baker and decorator at the same store), my dad working his job and then taking on more work (Washington cop then an Alaska state trooper, would cover for other's shifts and do funeral escorts) to make sure me and my 3 siblings didn't go without. Hell on some occasions he and my mom would eat cereal so that we would have a proper hot meal. Gradually he moved up the ladder to commander and mom moved up to be a comptroller for a big outfit. but I never forget what they taught me.

I'm glad of the life lessons, I've learned. One being "one $10/hr job might not cover you but two $10/hr jobs will." Every time I was unemployed growing up there was always a roof or driveway to be shoveled or some work that needs to be done. I just thank God, that I listened when my folks and my grandparents spoke. I'm also thankful that with doing odd jobs, student loans, grants, and scholarships keep my head above water and allow me to go back to school. I thought I would retire a cop, but no one plans an injury. That,s the other thing I'm grateful for is that although I can't fall back on Firefighting or Law Enforcement, I can still work in a profession that helps folks in my community.

I know that my best friend Al, Girlfriend, Mom, and grandparents are looking down at me. Hopefully I can keep a smile on their faces :biglaugh:

My favorite saying, was when I was 10-years-old. my grandfather and I went to a recycling center in Redmond. He was picking up some cool electronics to take back and repair or make things. He said life is too short to not enjoy the little things and its the little things that are generally free.

 

[PDWeyand]

Well my wife in an investment firm for 401k and other retirement funds. She was in charge of payroll for the firm and other things. The firm had some 50 reps. The top 15 or so would only take 4 pay checks a year, one per quarter and 4 bonus checks a year. The reason they would not take any more pay checks, so they would not have to pay any more in taxes for the year. The company was holding so much money in payroll that those 15 or so people could stop working and get a pay check for 50 years or more at that same rate, with out working another day. One of the reps died, he was like 70 and still working, his estate got a finale check for 40 something million. His wife needed nothing their home's where paid for, his children's homes where paid for ( 2 of them worked at the same firm and on the payroll stoppage also), his oldest grandson 18 or so was never going to work had more money that 3 or 4 us would ever earn in our life times. They controlled what they paid in taxes each year and paid in less % wise than you would think. Anything and everything you want or need it was paid for. They did not have to buy anything but food and your normal monthly bills. I am not jealous of them and those like them. It is just sick to have so much money that you do not need to take your pay checks. I would not mind to have that problem myself. It is what it is.

 

[88vmx12]

I wasn't bitching but on one hand I was... LOL I ended up working 89.5 hrs last week then took off Monday to go to that bike auction, only coming home empty handed. I can only say I am glad that I do have a job and feeding the family.

G

 

[Fire-medic]

"KJ," around here at the county recycling drop-offs & bulk waste stations, they won't let you 'repurpose' anything. There is a cottage industry of people cruising the alleys the day or two before bulk pick-up days for homes, hoping to score some stuff to scrap or salvage. There are thieves, too, as I have lost things on my property nowhere near being 'put-out for trash or recycling.' My wife gets furious if I saw something & tried to bring it home. One time a fellow firefighter at his beachside home saw the scrappers going through the alleys. On the truck was a mcy. He asked, "how-much you gonna get for that as scrap?"

The guy told him, "maybe $20."

He gave them my home address and said, "here's $20. drop it at my friend's house." They did. I came home and found an intact, complete Yamaha XS650 twin in my driveway, I was about to call the cops to report a ditched stolen bike when my buddy called to tell me "what's up wid-dat!"

The gas tank was perforated w/rust. I got it running & sold it to some British guys who used to come-around to fill an ISO shipping container every year to send home to make $ selling the bikes they found. Interestingly, the bike actually belonged to a cop who worked at the same municipality as I did. I recall when he bought it new, he used to ride it to work, a small Puerto Rican cop w/a/big Browning .45 hanging off his sam brown belt. He sold it to some guy who never transferred the title, so my co-worker just signed-over the title to me and I filed for a duplicate title/title transfer, and then sold the bike to the British 'breakers.'

 

[KJShover]

"KJ," around here at the county recycling drop-offs & bulk waste stations, they won't let you 'repurpose' anything.

I'm not sure if they do it still in Redmond. That was 34 years ago when my grandfather and I went to the center.

Up here they have transfer stations all over the place. People drop off their garbage and put the recyclables on a covered cement pad. I've put a few things there. 29" tv, Rotisserie, Lawn Mower. I've never seen anything I'd want. but every weekend the people come out by the 100's going from station to station.
A guy I used to work with got himself a 17' canoe, that was in awesome shape.

Other people get clothes, mattresses and kid stuff. All of which I wouldn't touch. Who knows where that stuffs been. :confused2: