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...cash-strapped consumers are embracing ye olde practice of bartering, often facilitated by that most modern of marketplaces, the Internet. Bartering is way up on Swaptree, Zwaggle and Craigslist, where, for example, a user in Memphis, Tenn., is looking to trade a new pair of boots for a kitchen faucet. But there's a complication to all this happy swapping: the IRS views bartered goods and services as reportable income. The agency has even set up the Bartering Tax Center. So does everyone need to report every little swap? "There are no tax implications for the type of bartering happening...
...slow tempo. “The Light That Failed” possesses progressively louder synthesizer screeches, distorted whispers, and a lack of any true melody, chorus, or lyrics; a repetitive guitar riff, rooted in minor chords, plays over a background sound that calls to mind water dripping from a faucet. Though this subtracts from the track’s overall musicality, these dark motifs balance the upbeat songs which come later, making the album more effective overall...
...been through a kitchen renovation can tell you how truly wretched life can be. And that was if you could find a skilled craftsman to handle a project. In flusher times, it was darn near impossible to hire anyone but a fly-by-nighter to fix a faucet, let alone build a master suite, for under six figures...
...apologize to all the English teachers to whom I have just given aneurysms. But the watching-as-reading analogy is true in more ways than one. Whereas channel-surfing is like turning on a faucet, finding a show online is more like rummaging through a new-and-used bookstore, where House is shelved next to Hill Street Blues. (See the top 10 iPhone applications...
...paying four or five bucks for a bottle of water inside security is just another indignity that flyers would prefer to avoid. The solution? Buy a non-disposable water bottle and fill it courtesy of a friendly server at an airport restaurant, or at a water fountain or bathroom faucet. (Local, state and federal regulators monitor water quality and safety at U.S. airports; however, do not drink the tap water aboard the plane.) Toting your own water bottle also cuts down on waste - according to California's Department of Conservation, a billion plastic bottles end up in landfills each year...