Does anyone know if the IRS survived the roll-over? I worked on my 99 taxes for about 10 hours last-weekend. I was kinda hoping that it would be unneccessary so that I could work in my garden instead.

-- JoseMiami (caris@prodigy.net), February 03, 2000

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Jose, we STILL have not received our income tax forms for 1999; for the past 30+ years, we always got them right after Christmas. Do you think the IRS is excusing us this year from the annual painful ritual of filing (sort of a new millennium dispensation)?

-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.Net), February 03, 2000.

JoseMiami, I strongly suggest that you file your taxes early or on time and in full this year, maintaining copies of everything. My crystal ball says that *next year* will be that time that lots of us slip through the cracks. My inside sources whisper that the limited resources will be put into enforcement and anyone in the higher income brackets who doesn't seem to be paying his full share will be a potential target (not the hourly workers who are moonlighting) this year. By next year, if glitches continue at their present rate, we'll either have a "flat tax" or some type of band aid deal. There won't be enough agents left free to go looking for cheaters. (And you can bet that the Turn-In-Your-Neighbor bounty will be raised accordingly).

'Nuff said.

-- (almostawake@myhouse.com), February 03, 2000.

My dear Mr. Nuff,

Sir you had to go and do it, didn't you? I surely wish you would leave the vicious little animal alone. You know very well he leaves such a foul order where ever he goes...And now you HAD to, JUST HAD; to RATTLE Y2K Pro's cage again!

Say squirt! Your're an ugly looking little critter and you momma dresses you funny! Now slink back over to that exclusive Debunker's club you vermine set up!

"As for me...I shall finish the Game"!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Shakey (in_a_bunker@forty.feet), February 03, 2000.

Hi, Shakey!

How are things down in the bunker, these days? Chocolate holding out, okay? That's the thing that I didn't store enough of. Sure glad that I've had time to get more.

-- (wideawake@myhouse.com), February 03, 2000.

I filled electronically in mid-January.

Just got my refund check.

A lot faster than last year.

-- all (allswellth@ends.well), February 03, 2000.

Good morning sir

Actually "the Bunker" is about one millon square miles of open West Texas range land (low pop. and no nuclear targets to the west of me for hundreds of miles.) The "bunker" mentality comes from my tech friends / ex working buddies who are killing themselves (litterally) trying to hold the pipe line and refineries togeather. (DD1 is telling the solid facts).

If we can get to April 1st. Then we'll have gotten through the worst (I hope) of it.

But if it did go Nuke! I know where several dandy bukers are out on the range land LOL.

"As for me....I shall finish the Game"!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Shakey (in_a_bunker@foty.feet), February 03, 2000.

Actually, Shakey, I'm a lady, but if gas rationing starts, I'll be rather unladylike if anyone cuts in front of me in line. I'll bet that's a shooting offense in TX.

Stay safe!

-- (wideawake@myhouse.com), February 03, 2000.