You get the last word...

[grandsport]

Husband is another word for best friend.:)

[flash]

Friend is what we all need more of .

[shadowgray396]

Of course I agee we all need more friends

[flash]

Friends are a plenty here.

[grandsport]

Here ia at last word used ofter here.

[shadowgray396]

Here is where I like to spend my free time.

[Ms Grumpy]

Time is a valuable commodity.

[rak1]

Commodity's are bought and sold in the stock market.

[grandsport]

Market is where my wife spends a lot of money.

[Ms Grumpy]

Money is the root of all evil.

[flash]

Evil is not me , I am more of a saint .

[grandsport]

Saint isn't supposed to lie.

[BADCHVL]

Lie is a way of life for some people.

[grandsport]

People,in general are miserable.Waving:p

[shadowgray396]

Miserable is just a state of mind, what you make of life is up to you.

[BADCHVL]

You are Da Man!

[grandsport]

Man,these pretzels are making me thirsty.

[BADCHVL]

Thirsty? Gary how about a Coors?

[grandsport]

Coors before noon is not good.:D

[BADCHVL]

good thing is,it's noon somewhere.

[rak1]

Somewhere down the road I'll find my next project.

[BADCHVL]

Project a positive attitude and you will find one.

[grandsport]

One wonders why I spend so much time on the computer.

[rak1]

One was a song performed by the "Three Dog Night".

[rak1]

Computer(s) are everywhere.

[grandsport]

Everywhere I go in Latrobe,I still cannot find a monkey.

[rak1]

Monkey(s) come in the barrel of monkeys game; can you still get them?

[Rank]

Them are the same monkeys that sneak into the refridgerator in the middle of the night and eat half a berry pie .... at least wifey thinks its them.

[flash]

Them monkeys are gonna get shot.

[Ms Grumpy]

Shot guns are popular to have in your vehicles, in the south.

[grandsport]

South is where I would like to live,and so do monkeys.:p

[Rank]

Monkeys can be taught funny tricks if you spank them alot.

[Rank]

Alot of people have told me to shut up and sit in the corner over this monkey business.

[zombie1969]

Business is slow so lets all have a beer.

[grandsport]

Beer,what an interesting subject!

[Ms Grumpy]

Subject ed today to alot of sun, but no monkeys.

[flash]

Monkeys eat bananas .

[grandsport]

Banannas are hard to grow in my back yard.

[flash]

Yard is a good place to work ,mowing ,weedeating and the like .

[grandsport]

Like my yard? Absolutely!

[Ms Grumpy]

Absolutely, I would love to win the lottery.

[shadowgray396]

Lottery is played by almost everyone. I only play when it gets above 200 million, but one has to play for a chance to win.

[chevguy65]

win or lose, people will continue to play, hoping to win the big purse.

[Rank]

Purse , smurse! I dont play the lottery because everyone would blame my future successes on my winnings and not my natural talent!

[grandsport]

Talent,I have a little. Making people laugh is one.:p

[chevguy65]

Drawn and quartered is what happens when you screw the pooch

[flash]

Pooch ,I think Grandsport has a Pooch or three.

[Ms Grumpy]

Three Dog Night was a group from the 70's.

[grandsport]

70s were a great time to be alive.

[Ms Grumpy]

Alive or dead, that is how the wanted posters read in the old west.

[grandsport]

West is what I need after working outside all day.

[flash]

Day is now Monday, looking toward Thursday morning. (Chevellabration)

[Ms Grumpy]

Morning time ugh.

[grandsport]

Ugh,me sendum up smoke signal instead of post.

[Rank]

Post Reply: "Ugh, how."

[flash]

How now brown cow

[grandsport]

Cow juice is my second favorite beverage.

[rak1]

Beverage can be anything you want it to be.

[flash]

Beverage of choice for me is no alcohol and sugar and caffiene free.

[rak1]

Free to live, and live to be free. All good things should be free and enjoyed.

[grandsport]

Enjoyed describes my Chevelle.

[rak1]

Chevelles are one of the best, but I do enjoy my 2009 Ram Hemi too.

[Ms Grumpy]

Too much rain.

[BADCHVL]

Rain, rain go away. Come back another day.

[Ms Grumpy]

Day after day I look forward to having my Chevelle home, and parked in my garage.

[rak1]

(My) garage is too small; two car garage my butt, it will just barely fit one car....

[Ms Grumpy]

Car is only thing in my one car garage also, would love to have a pole barn.

[grandsport]

Barn door is sometimes closed too late.

[Rank]

Late night television is home to Letterman, Leno and the Poppell Pocket Phisherman.

[Rank]

Phisherman? I meant "fisherman".

[Rank]

F-i-s-h-e-r-m-a-n ..... yeah, fisherman!

[rak1]

Fisherman better like catching fish.

[flash]

Fish smell like fish.

[shadowgray396]

Fish Big Mouth Billy Bass - that sang Don't Worry be Happy

[flash]

Happy Tuesday .

[grandsport]

Tuesday is the day for auction.

[flash]

Auction (auto) would be fun to attend .

[Ms Grumpy]

Attend(s) diapers are used by a lot of seniors.

[rak1]

Seniors are what we'll all be someday; I just depressed myself again.

[rak1]

Again and again I post, but hey at least it's another post count. 610 here I come but I have no chance of catching up to Gary.

[flash]

Gary is the post king.

[grandsport]

King? Grandsport is the king of the castle,when the wife is gone.:p

[flash]

Gone to CB10 is what I will be tommorrow.

[shadowgray396]

Tomorrow will be here and gone in a flash

[BADCHVL]

Flash Gordon was a cool comic book.

[flash]

Books are great to read late at night when I cant sleep.

[flash]

Sleep will be in short supply as of tommorrow morning.

[BADCHVL]

Morning means another day.

[Ms Grumpy]

Day for Fathers is coming up, it is on the 3rd Sunday in June.

[flash]

June is just before July ,July is 2 week vacation trip in 72 Chevelle convertible to Oregon. Leave Oregon toward California and Rt. 66 to New Mexico to I-40 and haul ass back home.

[grandsport]

Home is where my chevelle sits.

[shadowgray396]

Chocalate is what I would like to have right now.

[grandsport]

Now I am getting sleepy.I said sleepy,not dopey.

[shadowgray396]

Dopey-Sneezy-Sleepy-Doc-Happy-Bashful-Grumpy, now we all know who these guys were. They got one lady to clean for them, what a deal. Must of been a guy who wrote that story.

[grandsport]

Story,I can tell a few when working.

[BADCHVL]

Working is what i'm supposed to be doing .

[shadowgray396]

Doing this on my lunch time break to see whats been happing today

[grandsport]

Today,I am busier than a one armed paper hanger.

[Ms Grumpy]

Hanger, isn't that the place that you store airplanes.

[grandsport]

Airplanes,I used to fly one of those!

[Ms Grumpy]

Those were the days.

[grandsport]

Days,yes they were a simpler time.

[Ms Grumpy]

Time, there is never enough.

[shadowgray396]

Enough of the rain, let the sunshine in

[Ms Grumpy]

In thinking of works that began with "in" I thought of the Internal Revenue Service, did you know that the IRS has a colorful and interesting history of war, scandal, politics, corruption, and money. How the IRS came to be, and how it has evolved tell an interesting story.

In July 1862, during the Civil War, President Lincoln and Congress created the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted an income tax to pay war expenses. The position of Commissioner exists today as the head of the Internal Revenue Service.

The Revenue Act of 1862 was passed as an emergency and temporary war-time tax. It copied a relatively new British system of income taxation, instead of trade and property taxation. The first income tax was passed in 1861:

* The initial rate was 3% on income over $800, which exempted most wage-earners.
* In 1862 the rate was 3% on income between $600 and $10,000, and 5% on income over $10,000.
* In 1864 the rate was 5% on income between $600 and $5,000; 7.5% on income $5,000-$10,000; and 10% on income $10,000 and above.

By the end of the war, 10% of Union households had paid some form of income tax, and the Union raised 21% of its war revenue through income taxes.

After the Civil War, Reconstruction, railroads, and transforming the North and South war machines towards peacetime required public funding. However, in 1872, seven years after the war, lawmakers allowed the temporary Civil War income tax to expire. The Panic of 1873 happened a year later.

Income taxes evolved, but eventually in 1894, in the midst of a 30-year post-civil-war depression, the Supreme Court declared the Income Tax of 1894 unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.. The federal government scrambled to raise money.

In 1906, with the election of President Theodore Roosevelt, and later his successor William Howard Taft, the United States saw a populous movement for tax reform. This movement culminated in February 1913 with the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“ "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." ”

This granted Congress the specific power to create a direct income tax. By February 1913, 36 states had ratified the change to the Constitution. It was further ratified by six more states by March. Of the 48 states at the time, 42 ratified. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Utah rejected the amendment; Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida didn't take up the issue.

A copy of the very first IRS 1040 form, dated 1913, can be found at the IRS website showing that only those with incomes of $3,000 or more were instructed to file (the equivalent of about $65,000 in 2010 dollars).

In the first year after ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, no taxes were collected--instead, taxpayers simply completed the form and the IRS checked it for accuracy. The IRS's workload jumped by ten-fold, triggering a massive restructuring. Professional tax collectors began to replace a system of "patronage" appointments. The IRS doubled its staff, but was still processing 1917 returns in 1919.

Currently, only the IRS Commissioner and Chief Counsel are political appointees selected by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.

To this day the agency continues to re-invent itself both organizationally, and technologically.

(I know it is a little long, but what the heck)

[grandsport]

Heck you are long winded.

[shadowgray396]

Winded, I bet she said all that with one breathe

[grandsport]

Breath is always a good thing when you wake up in the morning.

[flash]

Morning is much dreaded as I have to go back to work.

[Ms Grumpy]

Winded, I bet she said all that with one breathe

Work ed on that one long and hard.

[grandsport]

Hard to push a chevelle by yourself.

[Ms Grumpy]

Yourself, thought maybe you would have a little help from Malibu.

[flash]

Malibu is a cool name for your dog.

[Ms Grumpy]

Dog gone it, it's gonna rain today.

[grandsport]

Today I am in a good mood.Waving

[chevguy65]

Mood....past tense of Moo :)

[flash]

Moo ,I hear a lot from the pasture out back.

[flash]

Back from Chevellabration ,it was fun.

[shadowgray396]

Fun is a three letter word.

[grandsport]

Word can be used as a weapon.

[chevguy65]

Weapon of choice is my Samurai.

[grandsport]

Samurai was a piece of crap 4x4 made by Suzuki.

[chevguy65]

Suzuki also made dirt bikes

[grandsport]

Bikes aren't for me,I don't look good in the outfits.:p

[Ms Grumpy]

Outfits that match are acceptable.

[chevguy65]

Acceptable behavior is not one of my best traits.

[Ms Grumpy]

Traits of your personality that people like a lot are loyalty and honesty.

[grandsport]

Honesty is nice.Waving

[flash]

Nice people are on here.

[flash]

Here we go again.

[flash]

Again ,Im going back to work.

[flash]

Work is good this week, the bosses are on vacation. I can actually gets some things done.

[grandsport]

Done is something I have yet to see.

[chevguy65]

See!!!! I see nothing!

[grandsport]

Nothing is a good thing when talking debts.

[flash]

Debts are something I no longer have .(Thank God )

[Ms Grumpy]

Have we all had enough of this damn rain?

[flash]

Rain, none here yet or at CB10.

[flash]

CB10 was great but we would have liked to have seen you all there.

[flash]

There were about 330 Chevelles and El Caminos there.

[flash]

There is no end to this game.

[BADCHVL]

Game? What game? This is a game HOLY MOLY!

[shadowgray396]

Holy Moly were are at page 120 and about ready to break 1200 post on this thread.

[flash]

Thread and needle are something for my wife.

[flash]

Wife is a car nut, especially Chevelles.

[flash]

Chevelles are one of my favorites.

[flash]

Favorite place to be is home.

[flash]

Home is where the Chevelles ,camino, and my other junk is.

[Ms Grumpy]

Is there anything better than a beautiful day, a full tank of gas, and the open road.

[grandsport]

Road kill is not a favorite of mine for dinner.

[shadowgray396]

Dinner was with my daughter tonight who ships out for the Army in a few days.

[grandsport]

Days will be long for Ray.

[flash]

Ray of sunlight is what we need.

[Ms Grumpy]

Need words of assurance Ray, you raised a smart, giving, beautiful young lady, who has chosen a career that will always pull at your heart strings but will also always give you pride.

[flash]

Pride is what I feel for all of our military members.

[Ms Grumpy]

Members of this site have a lot of heart.

[BADCHVL]

Heart is what my wife stole from me so many years ago. God i love that woman.

[flash]

Woman that I married didnt steal my heart as I gave it freely.

[grandsport]

Freely is how my girls spend.

[shadowgray396]

Spend seems to be my middle name these days when it comes to the Chevelle.

[flash]

Chevelle is at home awaiting its next journey.

[BADCHVL]

Journey is a great band.

[flash]

Band of brothers I did not see.

[flash]

See the USA in a Chevrolet.

[flash]

Chevrolet was the manufacturer of many a Chevelle.

[BADCHVL]

"Chevelle" the name says it all.

[grandsport]

All I want is to be happy. :)

[flash]

Happy I am ,so should you be.

[Ms Grumpy]

Be happy, don't worry, oh, that's backwards.

[grandsport]

Backwards is not as good as frontwards.

[Ms Grumpy]

Frontwards or backwards, mom is still mom, and dad is still dad.

[grandsport]

Dad day is Sunday.

[Ms Grumpy]

SUNDAY !, SUNDAY !, SUNDAY !, It was one of those sayings that you always remembered and I loved the guys deep voice.

[grandsport]

Voice I like to hear is Malibu when I come home. :)

[shadowgray396]

Home is always a great place to be. My life long partner is always there to greet me.

[flash]

Me and you Babe.

[grandsport]

Babe was a movie about a pig.

[flash]

Pig ,yum-yum , tasty animals.

[BADCHVL]

Animals,describe the fools on the road this morning.

[grandsport]

Morning is the time I hate most.

[flash]

Most of us are a little bit crazy ,some of us more than others (me) .

[grandsport]

Me not crazy,it's the rest of the world that has a problem.

[shadowgray396]

Problem is something that is for us to solve. Once we figure it out we are on our way to a new adventure.

[flash]

Adventure is next month ,heading to the Oregon Chevelle show .We have never been west of Missouri.

[Ms Grumpy]

Missouri, drove through there in November, did some gambling.

[grandsport]

Gambling is what I do every time I go to the auction.

[Ms Grumpy]

Auction prices, on some classic cars, are unbelievable.

[Ms Grumpy]

Unbelievable, I took the car today and everything was going well, then we heard some lifter noises and had to call for help in the form of a trailer, it sucks.

[flash]

Sucks to have to put your baby on a stretcher and haul her home.

[grandsport]

Home is a place where one resides.

[Ms Grumpy]

Resides, my "baby" has chosen to reside at the shop.

[Chevelle_Nut]

I haven't seen my Chevelle since CB10, it is still in the trailer.

[shadowgray396]

Trailer queen is not what my Chevelle is going to be.

[Ms Grumpy]

Be careful what you wish for.

[flash]

For me, Ill drive mine.

[grandsport]

Mine is happy just being petted.

[flash]

Petted is not what you should do ,drive that thang.

[chevguy65]

Thang is not in the dictionary

[flash]

Dictionany should be changed to include Thang.

[grandsport]

Thang is a Chinese last name.

[flash]

Name that tune.

[grandsport]

Tune is something you cannot do to a fish.

[Ms Grumpy]

Fish was the title of an REO Speedwagon album, "You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish".

[flash]

Fish is something I used to enjoy doing ,not anymore.

[shadowgray396]

anymore it looks like I'm getting slow at posting here.

[grandsport]

Here is the vehicle for you.

[flash]

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink it.

[shadowgray396]

It was a cousin on the Adams Family

[Ms Grumpy]

Family guy is hilarious.

[chevguy65]

Hilarious shows make me laugh

[Ms Grumpy]

Laugh-ter is the best medicine.

[chevguy65]

Medicine goes well with a spoon full of sugar

[grandsport]

Sugar high is what I'm on now after a big bowl of Froot Loops.

[chevguy65]

Loops of fruit....mmmm good cereal

[grandsport]

Cereal killer is what I am.

[flash]

Am I the only one here this morning?

[RICKS70SS]

Morning ya all :)

[shadowgray396]

All in all this is fun

[flash]

Fun is what its all about.

[flash]

About time for someone else to post something?

[grandsport]

Something better than the last words we have been getting are needed.

[grandsport]

Cheater was a TV reality show.

[Ms Grumpy]

Show me the money.

[grandsport]

Money is the root of all evil.:)

[Ms Grumpy]

Evil is the the wicked or immoral part of someone or something.

[shadowgray396]

Something followed me home tonight, I will post some pictures tomorrow

[flash]

Tomorrow is now today .(pictures?)

[chevguy65]

Today is just another term for the present

[flash]

Present and accounted for.

[grandsport]

For is a word used by a gopher.

[flash]

Gopher some milk and bread.

[grandsport]

Bread was a group from the 70s that had some sad songs.

[Rattler]

Songs of the 80's are more my area of expertise.

[grandsport]

Expertise is a word that sounds pretty fancy.

[Ms Grumpy]

Fancy Nancy is familiar to me, growing up it was one of my nicknames.

[grandsport]

Nicknames are cool,mine was Spitz.

[Ms Grumpy]

Spitz, wasn't he an olympic swimmer?

[grandsport]

Swimmer,yes Mark was. And I have been told I could be his twin.:p

[Ms Grumpy]

Twins, like Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[grandsport]

Scvhartzganavator,I'vll ve back.:p

[flash]

Back again ,where was I?

[grandsport]

I is on my beloved front porch with my dog.

[flash]

Dog is a bounty hunter in Hawaii .

[grandsport]

Hawaii is a good place for a lei.

[flash]

Lei is a hard word to start with. Layed on the other hand ..................

[grandsport]

Hand is a useful appendage.

[flash]

Appendage could mean any one of various body parts.

[grandsport]

Parts from various bodies made up Frankenstein.

[chevguy65]

Frankenstein printers are those that are prototype and have not been built or released.

[Ms Grumpy]

Re-leased cars, have to ask an expert in that field, hey Grandsport.