All categories - 31 July 2007

I have been living in Mexico for 2 years and am a bona fide resident of that country. I have been working for a Mexican company since 2006. I paid income taxes to the Mexican government for 2006. I have checked out forms 2555, 2555-EZ, and Publication 54 on the IRS website and they all imply that I should have filed the 2555-EZ justifying my claim for the foreign earned income exclusion. I only made the equivalent of approximately $4,500 in 2006 and my understanding is that I am able to claim an exclusion for US taxes on up to $82,400 for 2006. However, I am confused because Publication 54 also states that I must file a return if my gross income was at least $3,300 if “married filing separately". I'm in the process of filing for my husband's Green Card so all my taxes have to be in order. Would I have to pay a penalty for filing late even if I don’t owe the IRS any back taxes? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

2007-07-31 15:39:20 · 1 answers · asked by Double 709 5 in United States

My hubby and I have a great relationship. Our big issue though is our mother-in-laws. He can't stand my mom and his mom drives me crazy! She's flaky and says things without thinking. She hurts people's feelings (not just mine) and my hubby brushes it off by saying she didn't think first. That excuse gets old. She says the most inappropriate things at inappropriate times. She is coming for a visit soon and I get to do most of the entertaining... Please, some words of wisdom to help me keep my calm during this visit.

2007-07-31 15:38:57 · 13 answers · asked by Keepin_it_Real 3 in Family

I asked this question before and didn't get any answers. My 3 month old has a very red and swollen upper lip since she was about 8 weeks. Her doctor just told me to put vasseline on it. She didn't bother finding out what it is or whats causing it. It looks like she was in the mouth , you know how our lip would swell if we busted it. It has not got any better and its very painful to her. Causes her not to want to eat because it hurts. I made an appoinment with a new doctor for Thursday. Anyone have an idea of what this could be? If it was a cold sore, it should of gone away by now. Please help!! On top of that she has bad gas so she is so miserable.

2007-07-31 15:38:51 · 4 answers · asked by LilStar_Mom_of_3 3 in Newborn & Baby

I did the other day and it was insane. I could hardly move when I got home.

2007-07-31 15:38:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Hell, that's not true! Yeah, maybe... Ah huh, that's true!....
I better shut up.....

2007-07-31 15:38:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-07-31 15:38:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-31 15:38:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

they're not actually written,but how do they appear on the screen?

2007-07-31 15:37:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

I'm planning to stay up for about three-four days straight, as part of a self-organized study on sleep depravity and hallucinations. What, if any, have any of you experienced during sleep depravity...and how long can you go without sleep without getting too crazy?

2007-07-31 15:37:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-07-31 15:37:39 · 6 answers · asked by yOusif17 1 in Cricket

...will it lose all of the credibility it established over the years and go the route of Fox News, Sky News, and the New York Post?

2007-07-31 15:37:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

its not on amazon

2007-07-31 15:37:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Performing Arts

i ate half of a flip flop (long story dont ask) will i be ok?

2007-07-31 15:37:21 · 5 answers · asked by I cant think of a name..... 4 in Other - Food & Drink

She already attempted earlier this year, & she's very depressed & feels like she has nobody. Her family doesn't want anything to do with her. I tried talking to her, & it's not working. She feels like nothing in her life is going to get any better. She's talking about overdosing on pills again. She said that deep in her heart, she doesn't want to do it, but she feels like she is obligated to end her life, based on other people's negative opinions about her.

2007-07-31 15:37:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I swear my 14 year old daughter is going to send me to an early grave. I cant stand the attitude. The smart mouth is what usually gets her in trouble. I caught her trying to sneak out last night. She didnt get very far before caught her. She's grounded for the rest of the week, including the weekend. However, this afternoon when I came home from work, she wasnt there. I found her over in the neighbors garage drinking wine coolers with their 15 year old daughter. I brought her back home and we talked, if you want to call it that, and she said she did it because she needed to relieve the stress of her mother and I always being "up her butt." She wants to go to a party at her friends house next week and since all this happened, I told her no. I'm willing to bet my life that she's planning on going anyway. Anyone with any suggestions? Anyone been through this already with your own teen? Please help.

2007-07-31 15:37:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

Would you want to take a temperament test to discover your dominant classic temperament ?

.....to learn more about your fundamental dispositions, your bright side, your dark side, and some things you need to know in order to make the best of who you are?

They are "The Four Temperaments".

http://www.fisheaters.com/quiz1.html...

Around 500 years before the birth of our Savior, the spirit of science began to be applied to the practice of medicine. Where before the ancients looked to "the gods" to explain the workings of the natural world, Hippocrates (b. ca. 460 B.C.) urged that sine qua non of science: observation.
In the course of the studies that merited his becoming known as "the Father of Medicine".

This theory of bodily humors, called "humorism " or "humoralism" -- holds that each person produces all of these humors, but that the preponderance of one relative to the others -- a condition called "dyscrasia" -- brings on illness.

2007-07-31 15:37:01 · 5 answers · asked by cashelmara 7 in Philosophy

I needed a letter for a Bank in America, so the letter was typed up giving my mother power to act on my behalf. I took it to a lady who is a Judge and a JP here in England she read the letter, asked to see my passport and proof of my address. She then got me to sign the paper in front of her and she witnessed my signature. She gave her name and address at the Court where she is sitting with a phone number if she needed to be contacted. Is this letter legal and does she have the same power as a Notary Public to witness my signature or do we need a stamp on an official letter for American use?

2007-07-31 15:36:55 · 6 answers · asked by Dr Paul D 5 in Law & Ethics

Have you come to your senses realize a black cannot and shall not lead the civilized western world

2007-07-31 15:36:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

indian, japanese, chinese or korean?

2007-07-31 15:36:52 · 16 answers · asked by sk|TTLes™ 6 in Polls & Surveys

I'm planning to stay up for about three-four days straight, as part of a self-organized study on sleep depravity and hallucinations. What, if any, have any of you experienced during sleep depravity...and how long can you go without sleep without getting too crazy?

2007-07-31 15:36:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

The more I learn the more ignorant I'm. Or not?

2007-07-31 15:36:38 · 17 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Philosophy

I am looking forward to investing money in different things. Anybody know how to get small business fianacing?

2007-07-31 15:36:37 · 3 answers · asked by gangsterpistol 4 in Investing

at what age can a chines water dragon eat fuzz pinky's?[1 1/2 week old pinky's]

2007-07-31 15:36:35 · 1 answers · asked by MiiMii 1 in Reptiles

Jesus is quoted many times in the Bible saying that a believer can ask for anything through prayer and receive it. He even goes so far as to say that mountains and trees can be thrown into the sea simply by praying for it. This is clearly a lie, and can be proven to be a lie by any believer.

And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22 NAS)
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 NAB)

2007-07-31 15:36:32 · 25 answers · asked by 飞龙 1 in Religion & Spirituality

For some reason, I just can't smile unless something truly touches my heart to cause me to smile (if that makes any sense). Sometimes I'm just content but I don't smile, people think I'm really sad. I'll admit, I'm not really a happy person, I'm a quite and shy type of person. And when people don't know me at first they think I am the hostile type of person. But later when they get to know me more, they tell me, "I thought you were a mean or hostile person at first, but after I got to know you, I realized you are so nice and innocent". People misintrepret the real me, because I don't smile. I'm really sorry, but I just can't smile when there is nothing to smile about. A lot of people, including teachers tell me to smile or ask me whats wrong. And sometimes when I do occasionally smile for whatever reason, they say to me, its so nice when I smile. So, my question to all of you is, how can I be a more "smiley" person, and what do YOU smile about?

2007-07-31 15:36:10 · 2 answers · asked by AnswerGirl 2 in Psychology

I have one for you....Two peanuts are walking down the street and one's a salted.

2007-07-31 15:35:45 · 17 answers · asked by tedfromwi 2 in Jokes & Riddles

Reagan ruined the US economy, cut and ran from Beruit, and lied about illegally selling arms to Iran. Is my memory bad?

2007-07-31 15:35:43 · 17 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

my best friend gets abused when her father is drunk, what should I do to help?

2007-07-31 15:35:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Friends

Why are there so many posers in this thread?

Atheists. Why do you spend so much time in religion? You don’t believe in it move on. The only logical reason you people spend so much time in here is because you all crave attention and need to feel hated upon because in real life everyone accepts you (well for the most part) You all seem to want to be victimized which is a whole other topic in itself. You spend all your efforts trying to prove that something isn’t there. That’s like saying I know Bigfoot doesn’t exists I haven’t seen him. If that was the case then in my world Australians would be extinct, because the only one I have ever known is dead.

Wiccan/witches/whatever. You all seem to claim that you are peaceful and not judgmental. You people are the single most judgmental people in all of Y!A. You try and teach us all about your way of life and the majority of you do not even know it yourself. True wiccans consider it an insult to be called witches.

2007-07-31 15:35:33 · 33 answers · asked by Scratchy_Joe 4 in Religion & Spirituality