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    [TAXES]W-2 Withholdings...starting a new job

    Ok, so im starting a new job with a fat salary next week. I am working on this W-2 form and at them moment I show I should have 12 allowances/withholdings from my paycheck. That seems kinda high since I think I have only 3 or 4 at my current job. However, I do get a decent tax refund each year...
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    Any TW parents deal with IEP's?

    We are probably going to end up in a legal battle over changes the school system is trying to force on us that contradict a standing IEP. Anyone deal with these much?
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    [SOAP] I have a confession to make...

    I am afraid of snakes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidiophobia I would love to see SOAP but I don't think I can handle it. Hold me.
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    [POLL] Does TW make you smarter?

    A) Yes, I learn a lot from all the insightful and informational posts. B) No, this place is nothing but a cesspool of ignorance. I feel my IQ dropping on a daily basis. C) Sometimes, except for when it doesn't. D) What? edit: by popular demand E) I'm just here for the porn.
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    [Decisions] I just got a job offer so I of course come to TW for advice.

    Ok... So... I've been at my current job 7 years. It's been old most of that time. The pay is not where it should be, but the bene's are pretty good. This is a dead end job unless someone dies. Cost of living here is really low btw. I make ~$50k salary + yearly bonus. The job is for $38/hr...
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    WTC Movie Review

    I watched this on Saturday night. Luckily, there isn't near as much nick cage workin the new york accent as the previews would suggest. Most of the movie him and the wetback are trapped under the rubble. It was a pretty good movie as a whole. The marine dude was kinda freaky. Maria Bello and...
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    Horoscopes. Today's kinda freaked me out...

    I often pickup this little newsflyer publication at different restraunts around the area. I read most of it an generally only read the horoscopes for a good laugh, never expecting anything to be anywhere close to accurate...however today's kinda freaked me out... Here's the horoscope GEMINI...
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    women make terrible bosses

    i don't have one personally, but one of the managers in the dept is a huge white woman that never had kids and she and her husband are in terrible health. She is the most miserable person ever and does her best to make everyone that works for her and everyone else feel like shit most of the...
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    The NON-UVA Thread, where we...

    ...don't know wtf OCHO means. (at least I don't) ...don't have any new inside jokes ...didn't spend a weekend getting blasted or baked with e-buddies ...didn't drop $$$ for travel, lodging, lan fee, and booze. ...didn't make take any days off of work ...didn't get spit on ...didn't get speeding...
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    Weekend Thread...What R U Doing?

    hanging with kids tonight, tomorrow, company picnic at local AAA baseball game (Memphis Redbirds) sunday, soccer scrimmage u?
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    Happy SysAdmin Day TW!!!

    To our TW admins and all of the other SysAdmins out there... http://www.sysadminday.com/ :cheers:
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    450k people without power in St. Louis

    http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/20/stlouis-storm.html Summer storm leaves 450,000 in St. Louis without power Utility officials in St. Louis, Mo., said Thursday it could take up to three days to restore power knocked out by a fierce summer storm, as a scorching heat wave settled...
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    [Snakes On A Plane] No Pre-Screenings...

    All Google News Articles... http://news.google.com/news?q=%22Snakes+On+A+Plane%22&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/4456 "Though New Line Cinema is working over time to keep Snakes on a Plane always on the minds of moviegoers across the nation, they aren't...
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    [Electricians] Microwave over a sink? Is this to code/safe? [PIC]

    Some ditsy sexretary mentioned something to me like 3 weeks ago how it would be "cool" if the microwave could be moved above the sink so as to free up very limited counter-space in our cramped lil kitchen area on my floor. I immediately mention to her that it probably is against electrical...
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    Huntsville: My vehicle is stranded there with a busted transmission.

    just an FYI... this just sux. local AAMCO is fixing it this week but it's going to cost me some mad jack. I gotta drive back down there (4 hours from Memphis) to pick it up this week or next. Cliffs: - coming home from Chattanooga with wife and kids, transmission all of a sudden totally...
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