Recent content by Chemical X

for the guys out there, linen is the thing here. i highly recommend a store called dan john, in the major cities. italian made quality men’s stuff at reasonable to me prices. got some great linen shirts with tropical prints for €29 each. they have some awesome swim trunks that feel like silk...

crazy *** weekend. hit lucca as part of the summer music series and we saw nile rodgers and chic, don’t freak out. the crowd stood the entire show, 1.5 hours. then went to pisa for a tacqueria, oh and the tower. i say that because pisa is a dump and dumpster fire. the city is poor, it’s...

so, with my wife still working, we have a BCBS plan with High Dedictible in the states. here, we are in the national system as of 1/1, we paid an annual fee based on income and we are now fully covered for just about everything in the system. if we decide to go private, outside the system for...

not finishing last is an accomplishment for me i think….

i know there are festivals and the like in the states but, i’ve come to see that here, almost everyday, is a town sagra. they all have different themes. if you come to visit, search for local sagras and i highly recommend you go. just remember, the italians are night owls, so getting...

vegetables continue to rock and we basically have lettuce to feed numerous rabbits. i am having especially good fortune with my peppers, i’ve harvested; jalapeño, rossa etna, lungo piccante and am waiting for hot cherry and calabrian chilis to ripen. another scale story for me; being in...

Do you ship overseas? Who’s on the cover, Gates?

thinking……i’ll be state side december, is that too long a wait for me to send stuffs?

he’s no fanbo zeng……

wait, he bailed to ride another race? what?

looks like my scoring typically

so, better to wait for my marginal tax rate to be 12% rather than 24%?

seems like a good day for my dopers….

so, i have an existing Roth IRA. with wife’s income i have to be at a higher rate now, no? theoretically, instead of pulling out x amount and paying taxes on it, you are saying i should convert the portion i want from regular to roth, pay the income taxes now and let that money accumulate free?

but if the account isn’t a Roth, it’s not tax sheltered, or is it? have i been looking at it wrong? no matter when i pull it, i am responsible for taxes, no? or is a simple matter of i am in better shape tax wise to pull it when neither of us are working?