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hehe. I'm from Bulgaria and I speak a bit of Dutch. As far as I know, Flemish and Dutch differ in pronunciation and in some expressions. Here in Bulgaria students are taught Standard Dutch, but my teacher stresses the differences between Dutch and Flemish. This discussion reminds me a lot of the one about British and American English. Both British and American English-speaking people have their own typical features, traditions and identity. I think that such a division tries to emphasize the differences in culture and social tradition rather than to produce two separate languages. |
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these definitions of dependants are very confusing. what was straightforward was to have bought an suv and get full deduction for business purposes. but my accountant told me of one case where a dentist had bought a hummer but the deduction was declined because some joker at irs felt that a hummer for a dentist business has no relevance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am sure a successful dentist can haul all the teeth and the root canals he has been digging!!!!!!!!! i went and bought a lexus suv gx470 on dec 31st and claimed full deduction. my lady drives this baby and needless to say she has gotten a little spoilt driving this vehicle. paul, just claim your step daughter as a dependant and you will be fine. hey, check this out. i claim my parents living in toronto, canada, as dependants and irs says you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think i am going to claim my future trip to the hills of himalayas as a business expense- i am taking my team to breathe fresh himalayan air, figure out the new coding system to collect some more loot and have a recruiting seminar in the hills!!!!!!!!!!!!! now how would irs deny such deduction? |
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I'm hoping that someone here will have some ideas to help me deal with my backyard bird problems. I live in an urban area where houses are very close to one another and backyards are practically nonexistent. My neighbors have had a bird feeder in their backyard since we moved here over 3 years ago, attracting what I believe are sparrows, which crap all over our side of the fence. I haven't said anything because I haven't minded them until now, and I appreciate the cardinals that also come to the feeder. Last summer they cut down the large tree under which their feeder used to stand. Pigeons have found the feeder and have begun to hang out on my roof and the power line that runs about a foot behind my backyard. The noise when they fly up from the feeder and land on my roof is unbelievable. Not only am I worried about the things I've read that pigeons can ultimately do to your roof, but I'm also concerned about my 2 year old daughter coming into contact with their debris when we go outside of our house. It is because of my daughter that I've become less tolerant of the bird droppings on my fence and in my flower border. I don't feel that I should have to keep her out of the backyard just to make sure she doesn't come into contact with any of this. So, without asking my neighbors to get rid of their feeder entirely, is there anything I can do? Do owls with bobbing heads or wings that move really scare away pigeons? Would an owl scare away the sparrows and cardinals as well? I don't really want to scare away the small birds, just keep them off of the fence. Should I try putting something like Tanglefoot Bird Repellent on the fence to keep the sparrows off of it? I really want to protect my daughter and my roof and remove the eyesore on my fence without hurting wildlife or creating problems with my neighbors. Thank you for whatever advice anyone can give! |
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well.. I feel it is important to say that I am not the first one making these points (even though I have thought them up on my own.. the thing is that I believe that every thought that has been thought before me has affected me and that the world wouldn't be the same without even the smallest of thoughts from the past.. none of us would be as "enlightened" as we see ourselves without the thoughts of the past. Also, there are extremely few original thoughts, there are just new ways of putting the existing thoughts inot system (not excluding the possibility of new thoughts appearing every once in a while)), but I haven't really made any quotes or references yet, have I? Anyway, I'll make one now. Arthur O. Lovejoy first thought up that stuff about few original thoughts (as far as I am aware, at least), but I had thought of it myself before I read about him. so.. in a way, even though I thougt up these thoughts all by myself, I can't really give myself credit for them. They have been around me all through my childhood, and they have influenced how I think. and.. this also excludes the possibility of having to "fight off" people stating that I'm not saying anything new, which isn't really relevant, but I've had people holding up the entire argument with stuff like that before. |
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yes, but that wasn't something saying that you were a nihilst. it was an example to the same proof meaning two things to two different people (to kind of back up my earlier statement about the religious person and the scientists having different beliefs about what is considered "proof," and that there is enough proof that there exists a god, it just isn't proof from the scientists point of view). anyway, you're probably right; let's end this discussion and get back to the stuff that was being discussed before. |
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Holy copy and paste, Batperson! |
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dzzzee rascal was a goods how |
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US really sucks man. |
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