I finished my Income Tax today and I owe a few hundred dollars. I tried to do an E-filing, but it won't accept my payment without me entering my AGI from last year. I tried to get it from last year's 1040.. however, I can't even read the file from last year. I don't know why yet. Meanwhile, so many people had their last year's form filed by identity thieves, that the IRS says, if you don't know your AGI, just enter the PIN that we gave you if you were scammed. I wasn't, so I have to come up with my AGI if I want to E-File.
I had a cardiac examination today with Dr. Jerome.. he's the guy that saved my life when I had a heart attack 15 years ago. Nice guy. He told me that the stethoscope sounds were "wonderful." He told me that I looked "wonderful." And, of course, the weather was "Winderful."
Our temperamental refrigerator began to produce ice cubes again today. It had quit doing so about a week ago. I had forgotten how horrible life could be without my daily allotment of ice cubes. Now, if I could only coax it into fixing its broken vegetable drawer, I would be very happy. Right now, every time I open the door of the refrigerator, cabbage and lettuce roll out.
Technology Breakthrough
The Week reports that a company in China recently 3D-printed an entire five-story apartment Building! Amazing! I remember (not that long ago) waiting in line for an hour while a newly invented color printer created beautifully colored pictures of orchids, as souvenirs for us computer guys at a special technology conference. We've come a long way, baby doll.
A Policeman's Lot
The Week also reports that British police have become too busy to investigate "run of the mill" burglaries and vandalism. They now tell the victims to investigate the crime themselves. The victims are advised to do all the "footwork" before bothering the Cops with the complaint.
Also, in Britain, if you find an item of lost property, it is up to you to locate the owner, or you could be charged with "theft by finding."
This was extracted by The Week from an article in the Daily Mail. Could it be true? It's hard to believe that a London Bobby would ever be this crass.
By the way, I just received another set of lectures from the Great Courses company. The subject is "forensics." Soon I'll be able to follow along with all of these investigations on TV shows like NCIS.
The Lincoln Dog
Readers Digest wrote about President Abraham Lincoln's love of creatures. Like me, he refused to harm a bug. I like what he said: "An ant's life was to it as sweet as ours to us."
Abe brought lots of creatures with him to the White House: rabbits, goats, ponies, and kittens. However, his beloved dog, Fido, was deemed too big and "skittish" to reside there. But when Fido was in the Springfield train station awaiting Lincoln's casket, the public was impressed and the faithful Fido suddenly became the most famous mutt in America. Since then, many people have named their puppies, FIDO.
Mighty Joe
One of the most amazing men I have heard about was Joe Rollino. Born to Italian immigrants, he chose to be a muscular American. He became a strongman.. lifting 475 pounds with his teeth and 635 pounds with one finger... or so it's said. He lifted weights all of his life until a fateful day when, at the age 103, he was struck by a car and killed.
This reminds me of the elegant 93 year old man who parked cars in a lot near where I drove a cab. Every day he would come to work wearing a neatly pressed suit, with a nicely knotted necktie. A very tall man with the walk of a 19 year old. However, like Mighty Joe, he succumbed to a hit from a car. The driver had honked for him to get out of the way.. but, probably like Mighty Joe, his hearing had gone, and he did not hear the horn.
Sad.
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