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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
BenRG:
You know, Claire, something tells me that Tai is speaking from experience; bitter experience. For example, as much as she was pretty sure that she went in mellow, she'd feel a lot happier and more secure if she had more than the vaguest memory of actually taking her finals.
Meanwhile, I do think that, if she were thoroughly examined, it would be difficult to find Tai's actually biochemistry under the layers of other stuff she takes. In fact, I don't think that Tai is drug-dependent, I'm starting to wonder if she metabolises the stuff! I mean, have we ever seen her eat?
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Sep 2018, 23:38 ---You know, Claire, something tells me that Tai is speaking from experience; bitter experience. For example, as much as she was pretty sure that she went in mellow, she'd feel a lot happier and more secure if she had more than the vaguest memory of actually taking her finals.
Meanwhile, I do think that, if she were thoroughly examined, it would be difficult to find Tai's actually biochemistry under the layers of other stuff she takes. In fact, I don't think that Tai is drug-dependent, I'm starting to wonder if she metabolises the stuff! I mean, have we ever seen her eat?
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Yes, one of the occasions is https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2259
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 04 Sep 2018, 08:48 ---...so often the employer will get it wrong, and you'll either owe money or be owed money by at least one taxing body.
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"So often" is an understatement. I would be surprised if there were a single American whose W-2 were exactly right. Mah fellow 'mericans, speak up - have any of you ever had withholding that exactly agreed with your return?
Case:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Sep 2018, 23:38 ---In fact, I don't think that Tai is drug-dependent, I'm starting to wonder if she metabolises the stuff! I mean, have we ever seen her eat?
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Oh, she most certainly does! In fact, so does everyone who consumes drugs. That's because 'metabolizing' is an umbrella-term for 'all the chemistry-stuff your body is doing on the sly' ...
--- Quote ---metabolize, verb (mɪtębəlaɪz )
3rd person singular present tense metabolizes , present participle metabolizing , past tense, past participle metabolized
When you metabolize a substance, it is affected by chemical processes in your body so that, for example, it is broken down, absorbed, and used.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/de/worterbuch/englisch/metabolize
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Bodies, eh? :mrgreen:
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 05 Sep 2018, 04:07 ---
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 04 Sep 2018, 08:48 ---...so often the employer will get it wrong, and you'll either owe money or be owed money by at least one taxing body.
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"So often" is an understatement. I would be surprised if there were a single American whose W-2 were exactly right. Mah fellow 'mericans, speak up - have any of you ever had withholding that exactly agreed with your return?
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I’ve had a few come close - back when I was single with no dependents and no deductions for mortgage and the like.
The thing about US taxes is that there are so many variables due to weird deductions that your employer can’t possibly calculate what you will actually owe.
And never mind the years I lived in North Carolina when the state instructed employers to withhold too much in taxes - and then the state was very, very slow to issue refund checks. I think they have stopped this practice but as I don’t live in NC any more I’m not positive.
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