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"Dee Randall" wrote in news:127i2bmt98qs37
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Geez, Andy, why do you get to live around everything good?


Location, location, location!

Except for Four Corners, (New Mexico?), which ain't your thriving
metropolis), I can be in three other states in under half an hour
(traffic depending) Starting in PA: NJ, DE and MD.

Delaware is fun for shopping with no sales tax!!!

Andy

Is that so? I know there is no tax on groceries and vitamins in PA.
I believe it is CT that there is no sales tax on food, pharmacy and
clothing, where we shop.

I do my Vitamin Shoppe vitamin shopping in PA because of sales tax. In
VA they charge 5% salestax , and then Vit. Shoppe gives you back 5% on
'points' making purchases from their store -- zero savings. More fun to
shop in Paxtonia and have a stop at Borders AND Costo. A nice big shopping
area there.

DE is not a state we drive thru on our trips to CT, because we'd have to go
95. Who wants to do that? Died and gone to Hell!
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone has to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry, I
love to walk. You see such interesting things when you're walking.

In article , Andy q says...
"Dee Randall" wrote in news:127i2bmt98qs37
@corp.supernews.com:

Geez, Andy, why do you get to live around everything good?


Location, location, location!

Except for Four Corners, (New Mexico?), which ain't your thriving
metropolis), I can be in three other states in under half an hour
(traffic depending) Starting in PA: NJ, DE and MD.

Delaware is fun for shopping with no sales tax!!!

Andy

Unless you live in a state like Rhode Island, where they've implemented
a use tax law. http://www.tax.state.ri.us/info/whats.pdf

So if you buy it online or in a state with a lower tax rate (For
instance, MA) you have to kick the whole tax or the difference to RI.

Right now its an honor system and most people I know have long since
forgotten where they purchased things. But we're in that technological
age where online vendors etc. could kick back a report to RI Div Tax.

But the bigger ones like Amazon just build the tax in now.

"T" wrote

But the bigger ones like Amazon just build the tax in now.

If you do business in a particular state, you have to pay tax if you
buy from them. Amazon does have stores in my state. Also, if you
don't pay tax when buying from a catalog/whatever, you're supposed
to report that on your state tax form when you file.

People cross over to Jersey from NY all the time to buy clothing
tax free. I assume they are supposed to report that purchase on their
tax forms. Good luck with that. Harr.

nancy

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"T" wrote

But the bigger ones like Amazon just build the tax in now.

If you do business in a particular state, you have to pay tax if you
buy from them. Amazon does have stores in my state. Also, if you
don't pay tax when buying from a catalog/whatever, you're supposed
to report that on your state tax form when you file.

People cross over to Jersey from NY all the time to buy clothing
tax free. I assume they are supposed to report that purchase on their
tax forms. Good luck with that. Harr.

nancy
Be sure to pay cash?
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone has
to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry, I
love to walk.

You see such interesting things when you're walking.

BE CAREFUL!
Dee Dee

"Dee Randall" wrote

"Nancy Young" wrote

People cross over to Jersey from NY all the time to buy clothing
tax free. I assume they are supposed to report that purchase on their
tax forms. Good luck with that. Harr.

Be sure to pay cash?

I don't even think they could track it with credit cards,
but it's probably not a bad idea. Would be a hell of an
undertaking.

Funny thought, not quite related, though, when I was dating
my ex I stayed at his parent's house in Jersey once in a while,
it was close to where I worked. One Sunday I was in a 7-11
type store, picked up a few things. Among them a pair of
stockings for work the next day. The clerk said, I can't sell these
to you. ??? Uh ... then he said, well, okay, but we're not supposed
to sell clothing on Sunday. Oh for pete's sake.

Those were some old day rules I am glad are gone.

nancy

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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone has
to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry, I
love to walk.

You see such interesting things when you're walking.

BE CAREFUL!
Dee Dee

Oh I am. And I live in a state that has the most ignorant drivers to
boot. But I take to less used streets, etc. when possible.

But here's what you see when walking as opposed to driving. You see the
progress of construction, you see buds on trees, flowers peeking out of
the ground, a duck run over by a car, etc.

"T" wrote in message

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.


My mohter, mother in law and one of my sister in law do not drive.
Actually, it makes the world a safer place.


I
love to walk. You see such interesting things when you're walking.

I work at the same place for 16 years and drive (26 miles) the same route
every day. Last week I dropped my car off at a shop a half mile from work
and walked. I saw things I've been missing for 16 years now. You just
can't take much time to look while driving.

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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short
walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone
has
to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to
warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry,
I
love to walk.

You see such interesting things when you're walking.

BE CAREFUL!
Dee Dee

Oh I am. And I live in a state that has the most ignorant drivers to
boot. But I take to less used streets, etc. when possible.

But here's what you see when walking as opposed to driving. You see the
progress of construction, you see buds on trees, flowers peeking out of
the ground, a duck run over by a car, etc.

Yes, the other day shopping, beside a bird-food store, I was helping the
store person get a duck across the small street to its mate under a shaded
tree -- so funny.
I know what it is to walk in the city, too -- I lived in San Francisco for
years. Much to be seen!
DeeDee

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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short
walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone
has
to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to
warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry,
I
love to walk.

You see such interesting things when you're walking.

BE CAREFUL!
Dee Dee

Oh I am. And I live in a state that has the most ignorant drivers to
boot. But I take to less used streets, etc. when possible.

But here's what you see when walking as opposed to driving. You see the
progress of construction, you see buds on trees, flowers peeking out of
the ground, a duck run over by a car, etc.

Yes, the other day shopping, beside a bird-food store, I was helping the
store person get a duck across the small street to its mate under a shaded
tree -- so funny.
I know what it is to walk in the city, too -- I lived in San Francisco for
years. Much to be seen!
DeeDee

Oh yes, in San Francisco I would imagine the sights were a bit different
from here in Providence but we do see weird crap every now and then.

One that sticks out in my memory is the guy and girl that were going at
it as though they had privacy yet they were visible from the sidewalk.
That party ended once word got out and a crowd gathered. Hinky stuff.

jmcquown wrote:


Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone has to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

My maternal grandmother did not drive. The story is that, some time
before the First World War, her husband attempted to teach her. She had
a collision with the only tree in the main street of the village, and
that was that! Her daughters all drove, though. My mother had a bullnose
Morris in the 1930s, I have a photo to prove it. She got her licence by
taking the policeman concerned for a quick run up Collins Street, which
would be unthinkable today (it's one of central Melbourne's main
thoroughfares).

Christine