Thanks for the insight.  I never even realized what you went through. So, since I usually tip a waiter 20%,  are you thinking 30%, 40%, 50% tip?

Bulls make money; bears make money--pigs get slaughtered.

It's time for it to crash--I am really tempted to buy.

I didn't even know you're supposed to tip a delivery guy.  They don't do anything except hand you the pizzas.  It's not like they're refilling my ice tea glass every ten minutes, or recommending a good wine, or even taking my order.  OK, assuming they should be tipped--it certainly should not be the 15% or 20% that a w...more

Actually, I like the tax shown separately so I know how much the government is taking.

Mmmmmm--lasagna, fetuccini alfredo, red wine, stromboli and calzones, red wine, spaghetti bolognese, red wine, tortellini con panna--mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

They don't mention the cost of living in any of these countries, nor other types of taxes some of them have.  In most cases, the basic cost of living wipes out any gains from no income taxes.

Agree that there are more nasty humans than nasty cats.  But that doesn't make cats any less nasty.  We always had cats and dogs around the house--I loved the dogs and wished the cats would just go away.

We had friends who had 4 cats.  We couldn't stand to go into their house because the smell was so bad.  They were proud of how clean they kept their cats and all the special equipment and gadgets and sprays they had to take care of cat poop and pee and eliminate odors, etc.  I think people with several cats are like sm...more