I ordered a Mig welder on Tuesday expecting it to be here today. Amazon sent it USPS and did not actually ship it till yesterday. Of course it did not show up today. Hopefully it shows up tomorrow or else I will be calling Amazon to complain.

On the contrary. Amazon delivered a package themselves same day. The driver even called me to confirm my address.

Maybe my good luck is running out.

I do find it moderately cute when employees think that their employer pays for part of their health insurance, or half of their SS tax, or any other individual employee benefits for that matter.

I also find it moderately cute when renters vote for increased property taxes...

Reading all of this actually makes me glad I was so badly injured in the navy. I mean, I will take some severe chronic pain and lasting health problems in exchange for not having to deal with those headaches.
The VA sucks, but I am not confident the private sector is going to be significantly better in the future.

Just wait, it's my opinion that ACA was setup on purpose to fail sending us down the path to a single-payer system.

Yup. Looks like mine went up $10. Deductible went up $500. Now my HRA won't even cover my deductible.

Ugh.

I am an army brat. I have used both the VA and now use private sector. Private sector is a mega shitin better. It might be expensive, but not waiting is well worth it. My dad retired after 20+ years and then moved to bum fuck no where Virginia. The nice thing is since he is so far from an VA hospitals, he can go to any local doctor or hospital which is awesome.

A prime example of me dealing with the VA was having an ingrown toe nail when I was a teenager. It took me 4+ months to get an appointment, then another 3 after that to get scheduled to have it removed. A few years later it came back, called a podiatrist and had to removed within a week.

Ear buds that sound decent under $30-40? I destroy them too quick to justify an expensive set, but Im also an audiophile, and the cheapo tinny sounding drivers kill me. I like the OEM samsungs, but its too hard to find an authentic set, china keeps ripping them off, and you cant tell until you order them and have them in your hands. Samsung wants like $70. Anybody?

Used earbuds? lol wtf?

They have the white, NEW, for $43. I can do that.

Any other opinions?

Well, now you went and ninja-ed on me. I has LG G4, not sure it matters. But really, I wont buy things that have a lower case i in the product name that isn't part of an actual word.

Yeah these are apples. the volume controls wont work.

I didnt see the good price on the other listing but yeah go white if its 43 bucks.

I had another brand but icant think of the name. hmm

wait wait wait, how about blue tooth?

Get the HBS800

https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-HBS-800-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B013RLIY6U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477686873&sr=8-3&keywords=HBS-800

Definitely the HBS-800 is better than anything else I've heard under 200 bucks.

Bluetooth is probably going to be my jam, I always have the conductor break at the jack. Thanks triple

NP man. I use my 800s at the gym, Year and a half still working. At 20 bucks i'll get another pair when they break. I've tried probably 100 pairs of earbuds since i work in a store that gets used electronics. the 800s stand out. Their noise reduction isnt anything fancy but good enough imo.

Non Related. Cat > small human.

Not sure how much of a bitch you are about the "ooh, I'm an audiophile, I can't use cheap headphones" thing, but for $12, I've been using these Sonys for years: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...r_headset.html

Opinion of a guy who works in broadcasting: audiophiles are to audio as pedophiles are to, well...

Double

I said I was an audiophile, not a douchebag. :rofl:

I was hoping you'd comment Joe. My first job was in pro-audio repair/hi-fi sales and engineering, I worked there for about 4 years. I made linear power supplies for recording studios, and fixed crazy peoples music shit. We used to joke and call ourselves "mid-fi", because we didnt listen to our music on chip amps, run 6 db above the point at which everything in the system clipped, but at the same time, we weren't bugger eating weirdos who argued on the polarity of a cable, let alone used pure silver conductors named after greek mythology. I have an EQ in my mid-fi system, which is fed digital content 90% of time, and some of my interconnects arnt even gold plated. :noes:

For $30 and $12, im going to order both of your recommendations.

Pic for attention, my very first power amp build, and still my main steed. Iirc correctly, those output trannys are from 1953ish and are cloth leaded.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...acd6272757.jpg

In local news Some air plane caught fire after pushing right before lift off.

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To the extent the employer pays income taxes they do.

Any benefit paid to the employee by the employer is deductible as a business expense like any other. It reduces the top line income and so taxes are reduced accordingly but the actual "expense" is there.

The 1/2 of the taxes withheld from the employee are a liability to the employer. The 1/2 to be paid by the employer is an expense. That "expense" still needs to be sent to the government when it's due.