The Geeky Brit

Thousands get a tax break on property:

Ok, so the Merced housing market has been spiraling downward, seemingly since my lovely wife and I bought a house in April 2005. But, now people are seemingly happy that some of us have received a letter in the mail from the County Assessors office, telling us that the valuation of our house has gone down and so we get a discount on our next tax bill.

Personally, I would prefer the house to be valued the same as I purchased it for (50k more), rather than saving 500 dollars on my taxes.

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So, here I am sat on the bart on my way to see a high school friend I have not seen in 10 years.

I got a call on tuesday night from “Rees” saying he was in San Francisco. Although we have been keeping in touch (more so recently) it was a surprise to hear he was here in the USA.

After we left school, he signed up for the British army and has served all over, most recently in Afghanistan.So, first off hats off to him for his service.

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This was sent to the Merced Sun Star today:

Letter to the Editor: Someone’s cleaning the air:

Editor: I would just like to thank the MMCAC (Merced/Mariposa County Asthma Coalition) for their very kind words of encouragement. And, God bless them and every one of their beloved associates for what they are doing in Fresno and in Sacramento in the neverending battle to improve our air quality! It has been a very long, lonely struggle for me with folks telling me all my life that my ideas of using something other than fossil fuels to power vehicles would never be more than a futuristic pipe dream.

My lovely wife is the Program Manager for the Merced / Mariposa County Asthma Coalition, and it is nice to hear how the public appreciates her and the coalition’s efforts. On behalf of my wife, I would like to say “Your Welcome”.

Yeah, Yeah, I was a part of the generation that grew up on the adventures of Optimus Prime, BumbleBee and the hatefull Megatron. I loved the transformers. LOVED THEM. I had the Optimus Prime toy, and it was one of my proudest possesions (I must try and find it one day).

Now the movie is out, which my lovely wife and I went to see yesterday.

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