Subj : Taxes was:Salad [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Aug 10 2025 04:55 pm
Hi Dave,
RH> Basically, what I said. (G) When Steve was in the Army, he changed his
RH> home of record from NC (where we'd lived before he went in) to NY,
RH> where his family lived. Active duty stationed outside the state didn't
RH> have to pay state taxes, income or otherwise but when we were in
RH> Savannah, he got a letter from NY saying he owed so many thousand
RH> dollars in state taxes. He sent them proof he'd been outside of the
RH> state except for less than 30 day periods; they dropped their claim.
RH> Here in NC military retirement pay isn't taxed if you went in before
RH> 1985, which he did.
DD> So, how did you manage to not pay sales tax when you went shopping? Or
DD> did you not worry about it because the hassle wouldn't save you much?
We paid taxes while shopping there. If it was something durable that we
brought back home with us, we kept the reciept. We can take the
difference (if it's a higher tax rate than NC) off of our NC taxes. I
kept reciepts for the 2 trips we made earlier this year, marking with a
highlighter, ones that had durable goods on them. I'll sort them out in
a bit, filing those away for tax time, others will be shredded or
tossed.
DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8
DD> I, OTOH, really like the blue-veined cheeses.Beit bleu, Stilton,
DD> roquefort, Gorgonzola, or whatever.
RH> I don't mind small amounts on a cracker or similar but as a salad
RH> dressing, it's too much bleu for me.
DD> When I was going to church-run school in Faribault, Mn. there was/is a
DD> well known blue cheese maker (Treasure Cave). My mom and I took the
DD> tour when we went up to check out the school. My sophomore year I went
DD> back
DD> and bought s "wheel" of cheese from them in the fall of the year and
DD> made a window box to keep it in. It kept me out of trouble because I
DD> spent all of my "mad money" on Ritz crackers rather than things that
DD> were no-no at that time and place.
Smart kid! (G) I'd have done that with cheddar if I knew I could get
away with it. Was the window box in your bedroom window?
RH> the dressing that was set out (in individual cups with lids) at the
RH> Purple Heart banquet we went to last Saturday.
DD> Yesterday (07 August) was the actual "Purple Heart Day"
RH> I know, George Washington issued the first Purple Hearts on that day.
RH> Since 2009, Wake Forest has had (except for 2020) a banquet to honor
RH> Purple Heart recipients in the area. The first one was held in
RH> November, 2009, in the seminary gymnasium. Nine recipients were honored
RH> then; I think we had 46 this year, including a 104 year old WWII pilot.
RH> Steve's Hebrew professor, retired Marine, was on the PH committee so he
RH> invited us, knowing Steve was retired Army. I think we missed a couple
RH> in the first few years because of travel but have attended most of
RH> them. The guest speaker is always interesting; last year it was Jessica
RH> Lynch. This year's speaker was a suvivor of the SCUD bombing of the
RH> barracks in 1991 that killed 28 (?) members of the PA National Guard.
RH> Our banquet is the first Saturday in August; back in 2021, we had it as
RH> an outdoor event and it rained buckets! Moved back inside in 2023. Our
RH> Legion Auxiliary has a set up of light finger foods for the honorees in
RH> the afternoon, something to tide them over until supper--it's always
RH> interesting to talk to the (mostly) men, a few women, when they come
RH> over to get their food.
DD> Today's Purple Heart originally was "Badge for Military Merit". It
DD> became what we know now as the Purplr Heart in 1932 (George's
DD> bicentennial). My father, who never left the US got a Purple Heart
DD> when he suffered a broken shoulder opening a hanger door at N.A.S.
DD> North Island (Sandy Eggo) to get plances in the air during an alert
DD> caused by the sightiing of a Japanese submarine. He was somewhat
DD> embarrassed by it.
DD> My brother, Phil, has a PH w/clusters from his time in S.E. Asia. And
DD> he is a past commander of American Legion Post 32.I. on the other paw,
DD> am net even eligible to join the Legion since my service fell in a
DD> hole when the only thing going on was the cold war. Korea was done and
DD> the
DD> Dulles brothers had not yet succeeded in getting the mess in Vietnam
DD> up and running. And Fidel had not yet come to power in Cuba.
Got some good news for you--the rules have changed and you can join the
American Legion. Go down to the post you want to join with a copy of
your DD214 and they will gladly take you in. If asked who recruited you,
you can use Steve's name as he verified the change for me. (G) The
Legion is open to all honorably discharged vets but the VFW is only if
you served overseas in wartime conditions; Steve is a member of that,
having served in occupied Berlin and Korea.
DD> Title: Breast Of Chicken Under Bullets
DD> Categories: Poultry, Cheese, Breads
DD> Yield: 2 servings
DD> 1 cn Boned chicken
DD> 1 cn Cheese spread
DD> Salt & pepper
DD> ds Tabasco sauce
DD> White bread
DD> 2 tb Butter, oil or fat
DD> Breast of chicken under glass was never intended for
DD> areas where glass and shrapnel fly. This dish can be
DD> prepared in quick time, using only the Basic C-Ration.
It can be done with an MRE, using the Tabasco Sauce that's included in
the packet. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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