Ask Kitch Anything thread

thank you as always kitch has come throw again!!!!

so to answer your real question iceman....no! you can't drink it! :sillygrin:

Wow your good!! thats just what I was thinking!!! NOT!!! :coolfrown: :coolfrown:

HD in Atlanta has an 800 number that goes directly to an automated attendant that suppliers use and wasn't published. I'm looking for it now.

Kitch - question from the upcoming bride and groom regarding their honeymoon......They where given a time share as a wedding gift and only need to arrange their flight...

Is there a best time of the day and/or week to purchase airline tickets at the lowest rates?

Oooooh! Speaking of airfares, we Yoopers are effectively being held hostage up here by NW Airlines. There are three airlines that serve the airport here. NW flies to Detroit four times a day and to MSP once. The other two airlines only fly to places like Chicago or Milwaukee.

Airfare from here to MSP (for the weekend I tried) was $850. If I wanted to continue on to Grand Forks (where Drummer is going to school) the fare was $1770. Same dates, I could have flown from here to San Francisco and back for $314, so I know they can and do give decent fares, just have to get on a bigger plane at some point, and the places I want to go all involve little puddle-jumpers.

My friend in Seattle can fly to Spokane (almost as far as MQT to MSP) for $58 round trip.

Would there be a best time or day or way to find airfares that might be more affordable? Most times I like to have my car with me, so would choose to drive.

But Drummer has a couple of concerts coming up I might like to fly in for. One on April 15 and another on April 26-27.

So I thought I'd ask Kitch for advice!

It helps - links forwarded - thanks :grin:

gulp!

Do you have any idea where I can find an Eljer toilet tank lid #191697 or 5540 in peach bisque for under $50? OT, does one of your plumber sons have an extra one? The one place online I can find one wants $190!! I can get a whole new stool for that!

I'd call around to salvage yards. There's on off of Maryland on Mississippi (?) and another off Larpenteur somewhere I think.

I love that place! I bought a door and window there last summer. They had faucets and fittings, but didn't see any bath fixtures.

http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3716663343

http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3716591442

Here's two places the tradesmen shop for replacement parts.

cool, thanks. I'll check some of them out when I get time.

Thanks Ice for asking what was in lava lamps. Thanks for posting the answer Kitch. I have quite a few of them around here and always thought it was oil and lard but worked the same way as you posted.

Funny how Ali just asked me what my most prized possession was and told her it was my original Lava Lamp I got the first year they came out. :cool: We all starred at it all night long waiting for the top and bottom to join as one big column. It finally did at about 6:30am and we never cheered harder. :smile:

dear Ask Kitch,

Is there a site that I can go to to see how much and when I will be getting the rebate that everyone is getting from the gov. in may!!

I started mine today for that very reason. Only about 1/4 the way through them so far. :neutral:

I just checked the bank today to see how much $$ I have to pay my taxes. whew -just barely enough to squeek by.

thank you kitch!!!!

Because the IRS will use the Social Security number to determine when checks are mailed, taxpayers may receive their checks at different times than their neighbors or other family members.

I wonder what order they're going in. Initial rounds are May-July.. no idea what that means either... With my luck, I'll have mine just in time for Christmas shopping...

BEFORE I have to pay in to the gov. on the 15th woulda been REEEEAL nice.

< -- is glad he has the govt direct deposit his tax refund :smile:

so we coulda cut out the middleman and I coulda just wrote you the check!

you don't need to let that stop you. i take checks.

as long as they're not made of rubber.

I don't even know if I will qualify for the stimulus check. My "income" from the TAA program I was on don't count as income, even though I have to pay tax on it. They say you have to have at least $3000 in income. We filed jointly. Do they consider our incomes together for the threshold or each seperatly?

Married filing jointly gets a check of $1,200 as I understand it. Your combined income will qualify you as a couple.

I just checked with penny and she checked on the site. You are right OT. I was worried because unemployment is unearned income not earned income. So single people that were unemployed with no "income" and only unemployment benifits get nothing. Pennys dad only got SS so he only gets $300. Seems to me those are the people that should get more.

Yet people with individual income of $75000 get $600 and couples with combined income of $150000 get $1200. I don't think they really need anything from the government.

You know that Penny's father still has to file a return, don't you? He'll only get the $300 if he files, even though ordinarily he wouldn't be required to.

Yea, he can file electronically on the site for free. The site is http://www.fileyourtaxes.com

Ok, good. Just making sure you didn't think he'd automatically get it. And I agree. I think it sucks that people only receiving SS only get $300. It would seem they could use that extra money more than someone making more.

You can file free at Turbo Tax too. Probably similar, but putting it out there.

http://turbotax.intuit.com/

You can't file free at Turbotax. You either pay for the service, then you get to file free - or you use the service for free and pay to file. Either way, it's about $30.

I used TurboTax last night to file my federal, and it was free.

From the email they sent me:

"Congratulations! The IRS has accepted your federal tax return. There's nothing else you need to do."

They charged me thirty bucks. Must like you better than me or something.

Did you file both federal and state? They do charge for state. I do state myself because it's basically copying numbers from federal anyway.

I think its free if your only reason for filing is the stimulus. Thats the way the other site was.

That's not the only reason I file. I have income other than SS and need to do a couple of schedules. I just used the free option from the link I posted.

If your adjusted gross income was $54,000 or less in 2007, you can use Free File to prepare and e-file your taxes online

Hey Kitch - Why does 35W have this semi-permanent bow in the road around a road sign just south of downtown?

I didn't think you would know. I was hoping to find a picture on Live search or G-Maps but no luck. There's this construction road sign in the median by the center barrier around Lake St. in the north bound lane of 35W that has the fog line laid around it. You're going straight then need to curve around this sign for some reason. Most people just keep on driving straight through the fog line and back to the normal path anyway. I was wondering if there was a sink hole or something we couldn't see for the reason why 4 lanes of traffic are diverted for less than a block. It's weird and I think about it every day I pass it. As I'm sure others do as well. I haven't found anything within my construction e-mails as of yet. I might just have to call them.