Husband sent me this pic that he found on the site formerly known as Twitter. I'm impressed that they either found sock yarn/#10 thread in dayglo yellow, or that they used basic cotton thread and found dayglo yellow fabric dye.
And here I sit with a laser pointer in my lap. Crazy cat lady by day, cyberpunk by night.
Surprisingly, yes. The holy grail of magnet fishing enthusiasts are weapons (that are then usually turned over to police).
I haven't tried metal detecting, but we went magnet fishing once. Caught lots of fish hooks and one mostly rusted but still intact shock absorber.
Dad let me watch Poltergeist when I was 6 and Mom let me watch The Shining when I was 7. I was also 7 when the Thriller video came out, and I think that scared me more.
They already have our email addresses and our mobile numbers. They should be sending us calendar invites, not some scrap of cardstock I'm gonna lose. My therapist has a system that sends text reminders. Why is my doctor not up to speed.
The tightest end dump pile is still a fat line.
This is an amusing sentence out of context.
Maybe it wanted to turn around. Busch Gardens is just 40 miles back.
A very excellent point. I should have realized.
He might not have been fully up to speed yet. This sign is just past a weigh station (I've driven this stretch many, many times), and VDOT said he had just gone through the station. Though that doesn't answer why the bed was up. Could have bumped the switch?
:::Edit to strike through this nonsense:::I am leaning toward the other explanation of drive shaft breaking and pole vaulting the trailer into the sign.
If that's the case, why did they arrest the driver on reckless driving? Sounds like pure accident. Even if it was negligent maintenance, that's not the driver's fault, that's on the trailer owner. Right? (IANACDL 😄)
To someone with ADHD, this is like telling them to just pull ya'self up by yer bootstraps. 🙃
...The semi was headed west when its raised bed slammed into the overhead sign near mile marker 200 as it approached the I-64/I-295 split.
Virginia State Police said the crash happened shortly after 9:30 a.m.
"The cab continued on and then stopped, obviously, because it had separated from the bed of the tractor-trailer," Matt Demlein, a spokesperson for Virginia State Police, said. "We're still investigating as to what led up to it actually hitting the sign. It was empty at the time."
Troopers do not know why the bed was raised or how long it was up before the crash. But officials said the truck had stopped at a weigh station about a mile earlier, which is equipped with cameras...
I am an accountant. This comment is for discussion only and not to be used as tax advice. Consult your tax advisor for your specific situation.
Ebay reports income if you sell over $20,000 [edit: earned in 1 calendar year], and then once you're on their 1099 list, you don't come off it even if you sell less. The actual IRS 1099 reporting threshold is just $600 per year. Ebay is appealing to the IRS to try to limit their reporting burden. They will eventually have to report all sellers that exceed $600, but they keep getting that pushed back.
FB also issues 1099s now for sellers. I am not sure what their made up threshold is, but Marketplace has asked me for my tax info. I just took my things down and told it that I hadn't sold them through Marketplace. And I just noticed what linearchaos suggested... list the item as 'ask for price'. That may cut down on potential customers though. I know I scroll past items that want me to ask for price.
Do not worry if you sell enough to be issued a 1099. As mentioned before, you can subtract the cost you paid for the items, all ebay and paypal fees, and even shipping costs if you don't charge separately for it, likely resulting in an overall loss. So no tax likely. Tax is only calculated on net income. If you start flipping obscure items of value from thrift stores, then you might get into taxable net income territory.
Finally, to your question on does it count against your unemployment benefits. Likely. However, Ebay/FB don't report their 1099 vendors until mid- to late- January 2025 for annual 2024 payments. The reporting deadline is Jan 31. So you don't have to worry about it until then, and again only if you exceed their made up thresholds for sales.