Subj : Re: Taxes
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Aug 12 2025 07:00 am
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
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?
RH> We paid taxes while shopping there. If it was something durable that
RH> we brought back home with us, we kept the reciept. We can take the
RH> difference (if it's a higher tax rate than NC) off of our NC taxes.
RH> I kept reciepts for the 2 trips we made earlier this year, marking
RH> with a highlighter, ones that had durable goods on them. I'll sort
RH> them out in a bit, filing those away for tax time, others will be
RH> shredded or tossed.
I shred all mail addressed to me if not filing it away for archival use.
Even the postsal spam (adverts). If it has my name on it - into the chop-
o-matic. Stuff to "Occupant" or "Current Resident" just gets "round filed"
to become a problem for my trash hauler.
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.
RH> Smart kid! (G) I'd have done that with cheddar if I knew I could get
RH> away with it. Was the window box in your bedroom window?
It was a second floor dormitory room. And involved a wooden orange crate.
So, yeah. It was in my 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.
8<----- NIP ----->8
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 Dulles brothers had not yet succeeded in getting the mess in
DD> Vietnam up and running. And Fidel had not yet come to power in Cuba.
RH> Got some good news for you--the rules have changed and you can join the
RH> American Legion. Go down to the post you want to join with a copy of
RH> your DD214 and they will gladly take you in. If asked who recruited
RH> you, you can use Steve's name as he verified the change for me. (G) The
RH> Legion is open to all honorably discharged vets but the VFW is only if
RH> you served overseas in wartime conditions; Steve is a member of that,
RH> having served in occupied Berlin and Korea.
The problem there being that all of my records were lost in the Jefferson
Barracks on July 12, 1973, when a disastrous fire at the National Personnel
RecordsCenter (NPRC) destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official
Military Personnel Files (OMPF). The records affected: No duplicate
copies ofthese records were ever maintained, nor were microfilm copies
produced.
And my framed discharge and paper copy of my DD214 were lost in *my*
house fire.
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.
RH> It can be done with an MRE, using the Tabasco Sauce that's included in
RH> the packet. (G)
Never had an MRE inflicted on me. But I've sure done my share of
C-Rations. Especially when I was mucking about with the California
State Military Reserve - anall volunteer,unpaid sort-of junior National
Guard.
When we did weekend drills (always in the field) we ate C-Rats and the
guy(raises hand) who remembered to bring the garlic salt was king.
1 cn Fried ham; sliced, w/juices
1 cn Apricots w/juices
1 cn Jam
3 tb Flour
3 tb Butter or oil or fat
1 tb Lemon juice
1 tb Soy sauce
1 ds (generous) Tabasco
Salt & pepper
Melt butter or oil or fat. Add flour and stir until well
blended. Add the jam and cook until melted. Now add the
juices from the ham and the apricots as well as the lemon
juice, soya sauce and Tabasco. Salt and pepper to taste.
Continue cooking until sauce is thick.
Separate the ham slices and cook in this mixture until
hot. In the last five minutes top each ham slice with a
half apricot and keep basting with the sauce for another
five minutes.
Serve hot with white bread.
RECIPE FROM: The Charlie Ration Cookbook
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