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DrSunshine posted:Well what about me, I'm an American who chats with his Euro/Canadian online friends so much that I've started using Celsius in my ordinary usage here, even among other Americans. You're what's called a traitor. When the US, Belize, Jamaica alliance comes to power you will be first against the wall.
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I would thrilled if we dropped imperial measurements for metric, but drat it don't touch my dang farenheit
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never trust an elf posted:I would thrilled if we dropped imperial measurements for metric, but drat it don't touch my dang farenheit It should be a requirement that you have to know how to spell Fahrenheit in order to use it or to have an opinion on Celsius vs Fahrenheit at all
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I only uses measures from the Bible, heathens. My car gets around 17,000 cubits per bath.
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majormonotone posted:It should be a requirement that you have to know how to spell Fahrenheit in order to use it Sorry you had to write all those words because I forgot an H
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never trust an elf posted:Sorry you had to write all those words because I forgot an H it's no problem but please don't do it again
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It's Centigrade btw.
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Baronjutter posted:US actually holds the world record for temp at loving 57. Death valley. Sure it's not Antarctica that has the lowest high temp?
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Torrannor posted:Sure it's not Antarctica that has the lowest high temp? Yes it would be the South Pole, where it has never been not freezing.
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computer parts posted:It's Centigrade btw. They should do a scale that runs from 0 at -200C to 100 at 150C and call it Tardigrade.
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Feb 2, 2016 11:44
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HookShot posted:He's talking in celcius. I was talking about winter, not summer. Either way, it's usually above 40, just switch the measurement unit depending upon the season. Does anybody have any new politically loaded maps? I feel like
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Pakled posted:It certainly appears to be a big factor, but it doesn't match up precisely. I've spent my entire working life in the state of Texas and I really don't think I could handle living in a state that had income tax. I'm glad to learn that Washington is still on the table. 
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Feb 2, 2016 11:50
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Randandal posted:I was talking about winter, not summer. Either way, it's usually above 40, just switch the measurement unit depending upon the season.  Politically loaded because of the collapse of the UK, Corsican and Sardinian independence, and Ukrainian Crimea
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Feb 2, 2016 11:53
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Guavanaut posted:Here's a map of tardigrade distribution in Europe. I don't understand what tardigrade is, nor why Corsica or Sardinia would be independent on a map that pre-dates recemt Russian conquests. King Hong Kong posted:I have some skepticism about the accuracy of that map, particularly on the coasts. Compare: DrSunshine posted:Is God holding a giant magnifying glass over that one spot in the Southwest? Bongo Bill posted:It's about the same latitude as Tunisia, and it's very mountainous and far inland. Even the coast is at a location where jet stream effects tend to go around it, for reasons that I don't know enough about meteorology or oceanography to explain.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_cell#Major_impacts_on_precipitation_by_latitude Essentially, the Equator receives the most heating and thus has the largest amount of rising air. The air rises and is pushed away from the Equator either north or south as more air rises below it. Divergence in the upper levels of the atmosphere allows air to continuously rise and form clouds, and thunderstorms and rain. The air that is pushed away from the Equator eventually sinks, typically around 30 degrees latitude. Sinking air causes higher air pressures at the surface, preventing moisture from saturating the air and inhibiting clouds, thunderstorms and rain. So wherever you are, if you're near 30 degrees latitude, you probably won't have much drinking water but you will have lots of sunshine and retired people. Beyond that, around 60 degrees' latitude is a second area of upper level divergence in the atmosphere, this one is driven by moderately warm air rising above extremely cold, dense air moving away from the poles at the level of the surface, and it's the reason that Europe is a miserably cold and rainy place.
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Feb 2, 2016 12:08
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Randandal posted:I don't understand what tardigrade is, nor why Corsica or Sardinia would be independent on a map that pre-dates recemt Russian conquests. And the vacuum of space. 
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Feb 2, 2016 12:13
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Rah! posted:I don't want to know what goes on at the Feral furry convention of Ontario. Is it like, a bunch of homeless furries who convene in an alleyway and fight and gently caress all night while screaming unintelligibly? That seems pretty similar to a normal furry convention though. 
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Feb 2, 2016 15:49
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Randandal posted:I've spent my entire working life in the state of Texas and I really don't think I could handle living in a state that had income tax. I'm glad to learn that Washington is still on the table. From what I've seen the combination of Property + Income + Sales tax is about the same wherever you go, it's just the balance that shifts. So Texas has no income tax, but pretty high sales & property taxes. California has very low property tax, but very high income & sales taxes, etc.
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jerry sandusky's victims
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Feb 3, 2016 01:33
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Is that Sheetz locations?
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fishmech posted:Is that Sheetz locations? Just took a cursory glance at their store finder and either you're correct (which, bravo I guess, how the hell would you guess that?) or there's some really strong correlation to that.
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No Safe Word posted:bravo I guess, how the hell would you guess that? "Search Google for image"
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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No Safe Word posted:Just took a cursory glance at their store finder and either you're correct (which, bravo I guess, how the hell would you guess that?) or there's some really strong correlation to that. It's all over PA, especially Pittsburgh, but almost completely absent from Philadelphia and the immediate area, and none in NJ. And the dot around Blacksburg is exactly where the one I want to when I was down there was.
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Yeah it's Sheetz locations. Went on a Wikiwalk, found that map, thought it would be fun to throw in the thread Also Philadelphia County is missing its border with Bucks County
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Randandal posted:I've spent my entire working life in the state of Texas and I really don't think I could handle living in a state that had income tax. I'm glad to learn that Washington is still on the table. Enjoy your high-rear end sales tax, I guess. Also hope you're not poor otherwise you're getting hosed. 
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Feb 3, 2016 03:22
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Peanut President posted:Enjoy your high-rear end sales tax, I guess. Also hope you're not poor otherwise you're getting hosed. I've always thought that prices ought to be quoted with the sales tax included. If a candy bar is labeled 99 cents, it'll actually cost you $1.07 or whatever. I think it should be labeled as $1.07... or if the store really wants to keep it under a buck, then do so, but take the taxes out of that. It's already like this for gasoline, and it works great. Why not everything?
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Powered Descent posted:I've always thought that prices ought to be quoted with the sales tax included. If a candy bar is labeled 99 cents, it'll actually cost you $1.07 or whatever. I think it should be labeled as $1.07... or if the store really wants to keep it under a buck, then do so, but take the taxes out of that. Because the only place gas prices get advertised is at the individual store. All other products tend to get advertised in campaigns that cross sales tax boundaries. It's way easier to handle things by advertising the regular price and add the tax in stores then to fill your ads up with in state x, y tax except in city Z, etc. You'll notice in countries with taxes included there's generally a uniform tax across the country.
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Powered Descent posted:I've always thought that prices ought to be quoted with the sales tax included. If a candy bar is labeled 99 cents, it'll actually cost you $1.07 or whatever. I think it should be labeled as $1.07... or if the store really wants to keep it under a buck, then do so, but take the taxes out of that. Every once and a while a politician talks about doing that. Then a few hundred business owners complain and the idea gets dropped. 
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Peanut President posted:Enjoy your high-rear end sales tax, I guess. Also hope you're not poor otherwise you're getting hosed. Can we get one of these for property tax so that I can figure out exactly which state's border I'd like to live along? I just can't comprehend filing two income tax payments and 8.25% (most municipalities add a local tax adding up to this amount) sales tax doesn't really seem like that big of a deal to me since I'm accustomed to it. Powered Descent posted:I've always thought that prices ought to be quoted with the sales tax included. If a candy bar is labeled 99 cents, it'll actually cost you $1.07 or whatever. I think it should be labeled as $1.07... or if the store really wants to keep it under a buck, then do so, but take the taxes out of that. Gas stations advertising their prices with a "$0.009" added to them bothers me so very very much. majormonotone posted:Yeah it's Sheetz locations. Went on a Wikiwalk, found that map, thought it would be fun to throw in the thread When I drove to New Jersey a few years ago I discovered that Sheetz are loving amazing, I mean Wawa is cool too and so is QuikChek, and Kum&Go is hilarious, but Sheetz is the loving best. Although, Stripes is great too. Come to Dallas dammit  
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fishmech posted:It's all over PA, especially Pittsburgh, but almost completely absent from Philadelphia and the immediate area, and none in NJ. And the dot around Blacksburg is exactly where the one I want to when I was down there was. The strong sheetz-wawa-dixon line. E: I would actually like to see wawa locations overlaid on that map. Plinkey fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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Randandal posted:Can we get one of these for property tax so that I can figure out exactly which state's border I'd like to live along? I just can't comprehend filing two income tax payments and 8.25% (most municipalities add a local tax adding up to this amount) sales tax doesn't really seem like that big of a deal to me since I'm accustomed to it. Property taxes are more of a county thing. That being said: 
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Powered Descent posted:I've always thought that prices ought to be quoted with the sales tax included. If a candy bar is labeled 99 cents, it'll actually cost you $1.07 or whatever. I think it should be labeled as $1.07... or if the store really wants to keep it under a buck, then do so, but take the taxes out of that. Wait, in the USA it's legal to advertise your products without the sales tax included? Randandal posted:I've spent my entire working life in the state of Texas and I really don't think I could handle living in a state that had income tax. I'm glad to learn that Washington is still on the table. You know that sales taxes massively screw over the poor while income taxes actually make rich people pay their fair share in taxes?
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Torrannor posted:Wait, in the USA it's legal to advertise your products without the sales tax included? Advertising products with sales tax included is basically unheard of. It is pretty much safe to assume that you have to pay sales tax on top of any price you see quoted, unless explicitly marked (or categorized) otherwise.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Advertising products with sales tax included is basically unheard of. It is pretty much safe to assume that you have to pay sales tax on top of any price you see quoted, unless explicitly marked (or categorized) otherwise. Or unless you live in a state that does not have a sales tax
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People referring to a 8% sales tax as high is really weirding me out.
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Andrast posted:People referring to a 8% sales tax as high is really weirding me out. I'm just sitting here paying 25% value added tax  .But then again I'm weirded out by people who have no income tax.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Advertising products with sales tax included is basically unheard of. It is pretty much safe to assume that you have to pay sales tax on top of any price you see quoted, unless explicitly marked (or categorized) otherwise. It's also basically impossible since sometimes even different towns in the same county may have a different tax.
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"Move to New Hampshire!", they said. "Don't pay sales or income tax, it is the land of the free!" Buy a house, "Money money money money"
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Boiled Water posted:I'm just sitting here paying 25% value added tax There's nowhere in the US with 0 income tax, unless you're very broke, since there's federal income tax. There's just a few places without additional state and local income tax. Plinkey posted:The strong sheetz-wawa-dixon line. Not an overlay but:  This is from 2012 though, so it doesn't show how they've now got a bunch of Wawas open in North Jersey again, as well as having a whole bunch more Florida locations than the 2 you see there. Randandal posted:Gas stations advertising their prices with a "$0.009" added to them bothers me so very very much. The 9 mils is the result of a separate federal tax, and no station wants to be the first to just add another mil on to make it whole cents. And for whatever reason, no states have seen it as a good idea to add an extra mil onto their taxes on gas.
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