"Scotty" wrote in message
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How about if I put my company name on my saild, can I count that as a
deduction?
The cost of a new sail?

Sure, Scotty. No problem.

But getting the IRS to go along with it is the trick.

Max

Invite them to lunch! I was at a party a few of years ago, mingling,
trolling, whatever. There was a really hot babe that I observed wasn't
getting much attention. This is odd, he thinks... so over I go. She seems
very nice, seems glad that someone is talking to her... and not that I'm a
stranger to foxy women, I will admit to not being the most dashing ... dogs
don't regularly bark and strong men don't weep either, however. Anyway,
we're having a nice conversation, when finally the subject of jobs comes up.
Turns out, she's an IRS auditor. Of course, I was edging away at this
point... my name? Umm... trying to make something up that didn't sound
dorky... then she added that she was involved in Fortune 500 audits... not
small businesses or individs. We continued to have a great time (never dated
in earnest) that evening. At one point, someone came up to me and asked me
if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's hot!, and I mentioned
your name I said. g

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
oups.com...
How about if I put my company name on my saild, can I count that as a
deduction?
The cost of a new sail?

Sure, Scotty. No problem.

But getting the IRS to go along with it is the trick.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote:
At one point, someone came up to me and asked me
if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's hot!, and I mentioned
your name I said. g


I guess the IRS is pretty much universally hated down there. My niece is
an auditor for Revenue Canada, she seems to get dates just fine!
Unfortunately she's unwilling to use her position to help old Unle Marty
out, I got audited last year anyway! (In the end Rev. Can. said
everything was fine and I could stop holding my breath).

Cheers
Marty
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Having been audited myself, I can say that I'm not a big fan. Fortunately,
they backed down, but it wasn't a lot of fun. It was right around the time
of the Unibomber, and I got to the point where I could see his point.

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote:
At one point, someone came up to me and asked me
if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's hot!, and I
mentioned
your name I said. g


I guess the IRS is pretty much universally hated down there. My niece is
an auditor for Revenue Canada, she seems to get dates just fine!
Unfortunately she's unwilling to use her position to help old Unle Marty
out, I got audited last year anyway! (In the end Rev. Can. said
everything was fine and I could stop holding my breath).

Cheers
Marty
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Two weeks ago I got a letter from IRS, they wanted another $1,078
from 2003 returns.
Sheesh!

SV


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Having been audited myself, I can say that I'm not a big fan.
Fortunately,
they backed down, but it wasn't a lot of fun. It was right
around the time
of the Unibomber, and I got to the point where I could see his
point.

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www.sailnow.com

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote:
At one point, someone came up to me and asked me
if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's hot!,
and I
mentioned
your name I said. g


I guess the IRS is pretty much universally hated down there.
My niece is
an auditor for Revenue Canada, she seems to get dates just
fine!
Unfortunately she's unwilling to use her position to help old
Unle Marty
out, I got audited last year anyway! (In the end Rev. Can.
said
everything was fine and I could stop holding my breath).

Cheers
Marty
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sponsor ---------------------
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That's a bummer...

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"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Two weeks ago I got a letter from IRS, they wanted another $1,078
from 2003 returns.
Sheesh!

SV


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Having been audited myself, I can say that I'm not a big fan.
Fortunately,
they backed down, but it wasn't a lot of fun. It was right
around the time
of the Unibomber, and I got to the point where I could see his
point.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
"Capt. JG" wrote:
At one point, someone came up to me and asked me
if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's hot!,
and I
mentioned
your name I said. g


I guess the IRS is pretty much universally hated down there.
My niece is
an auditor for Revenue Canada, she seems to get dates just
fine!
Unfortunately she's unwilling to use her position to help old
Unle Marty
out, I got audited last year anyway! (In the end Rev. Can.
said
everything was fine and I could stop holding my breath).

Cheers
Marty
------------ And now a word from our
sponsor ---------------------
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upgrade to SurgeFTP
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"Martin Baxter" wrote

My niece is
an auditor for Revenue Canada, she seems to get dates just
fine!
fortunately she's willing to use any position .

Oiy!

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Invite them to lunch! I was at a party a few of years ago, mingling,
trolling, whatever. There was a really hot babe that I observed wasn't
getting much attention. This is odd, he thinks... so over I go. She seems
very nice, seems glad that someone is talking to her... and not that I'm a
stranger to foxy women, I will admit to not being the most dashing ...
dogs don't regularly bark and strong men don't weep either, however.
Anyway, we're having a nice conversation, when finally the subject of jobs
comes up. Turns out, she's an IRS auditor. Of course, I was edging away at
this point... my name? Umm... trying to make something up that didn't
sound dorky... then she added that she was involved in Fortune 500
audits... not small businesses or individs. We continued to have a great
time (never dated in earnest) that evening. At one point, someone came up
to me and asked me if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's
hot!, and I mentioned your name I said. g

That's my standard line when chatting with any government official,
especially FBI, BATF, or IRS. I generally become obnoxious, denigrating
government service, and finish with a few well-chosen epithets regarding the
individual's parentage. Then I tell them, " . . . and you can take that to
the bank, or my name isn't Jon Ganz."

Max

Hahahahaaa.... funny, because I do the same thing with your name.

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Invite them to lunch! I was at a party a few of years ago, mingling,
trolling, whatever. There was a really hot babe that I observed wasn't
getting much attention. This is odd, he thinks... so over I go. She seems
very nice, seems glad that someone is talking to her... and not that I'm
a stranger to foxy women, I will admit to not being the most dashing ...
dogs don't regularly bark and strong men don't weep either, however.
Anyway, we're having a nice conversation, when finally the subject of
jobs comes up. Turns out, she's an IRS auditor. Of course, I was edging
away at this point... my name? Umm... trying to make something up that
didn't sound dorky... then she added that she was involved in Fortune 500
audits... not small businesses or individs. We continued to have a great
time (never dated in earnest) that evening. At one point, someone came up
to me and asked me if I *knew* who I was talking with... yeah, so, she's
hot!, and I mentioned your name I said. g

That's my standard line when chatting with any government official,
especially FBI, BATF, or IRS. I generally become obnoxious, denigrating
government service, and finish with a few well-chosen epithets regarding
the individual's parentage. Then I tell them, " . . . and you can take
that to the bank, or my name isn't Jon Ganz."

Max