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The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
When I was a licensed real estate broker, we were
briefly prohibited from saying "master bedroom".
Also prohibited because someone might be offended,
creating a fair housing law violation...
- "Walk in closet"
- "Great view"
- "Family room"

You use to break real estate?
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
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Those prohibitions lasted only a year.
I wish I'd saved the documentation.
Ya just canna make such stupidity up!
 

Stonetree

Abducted Member
Premium Member
When I was a licensed real estate broker, we were
briefly prohibited from saying "master bedroom".
Also prohibited because someone might be offended,
creating a fair housing law violation...
- "Walk in closet"
- "Great view"
- "Family room"
I remember you: you were the used car salesman that sold me that Edsel!
 

beenherebeforeagain

Rogue Animist
Premium Member
This morning i was following a truck into Sarlat. The tailgate was emblazoned with the company name. Under which was the message

l'un d'une flotte de véhicules hybrides
40% Gasoil - 60% Impôts

In English
One of a fleet of hybrid vehicles.
40% Diesel - 60% Taxes.
What is fuel tax where you live?
It varies across the US of A. There are federal, state, and local taxes of various sorts, including excise and sales taxes.

Article from the US Energy Information Agency...

How much tax do we pay on a gallon of gasoline and on a gallon of diesel fuel?
The taxes and other fees on retail gasoline and diesel fuel, in cents per gallon, as of July 1, 2021

Gasoline Diesel
Federal 18.40 24.40
Average of total state taxes 30.63 32.29
Federal taxes include excises taxes of 18.3 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, and a Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee of 0.1 cents per gallon on both fuels. State taxes include rates of general application including, but not limited to, excise taxes, environmental taxes, special taxes, and inspection fees, but they exclude state taxes based on gross or net receipts. State taxes do not include county and local taxes. This information is for general informational purposes only.

Learn more:
State-by-state fuel taxes—includes federal and state-level taxes on motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation gasoline, and jet fuel
Historical federal and state taxes are available in the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Statistics Series. In the 2019 edition, see tables:

  • 8.2.1. Federal excise tax rates on motor fuels and lubricating oil
  • 8.2.3. State tax rates on motor fuel
  • 8.4.6. State tax rates on motor fuel
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
It varies across the US of A. There are federal, state, and local taxes of various sorts, including excise and sales taxes.

Article from the US Energy Information Agency...

How much tax do we pay on a gallon of gasoline and on a gallon of diesel fuel?
The taxes and other fees on retail gasoline and diesel fuel, in cents per gallon, as of July 1, 2021

Gasoline Diesel
Federal 18.40 24.40
Average of total state taxes 30.63 32.29
Federal taxes include excises taxes of 18.3 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, and a Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee of 0.1 cents per gallon on both fuels. State taxes include rates of general application including, but not limited to, excise taxes, environmental taxes, special taxes, and inspection fees, but they exclude state taxes based on gross or net receipts. State taxes do not include county and local taxes. This information is for general informational purposes only.

Learn more:
State-by-state fuel taxes—includes federal and state-level taxes on motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation gasoline, and jet fuel
Historical federal and state taxes are available in the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Statistics Series. In the 2019 edition, see tables:

  • 8.2.1. Federal excise tax rates on motor fuels and lubricating oil
  • 8.2.3. State tax rates on motor fuel
  • 8.4.6. State tax rates on motor fuel

Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee of 0.1 cents???

America must be a fire waiting to happen

Sorry i asked.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson

Back in my mechanic days, those were around, and I had to work on one....it was a piece of junk...had a strong smell of gasoline in the passenger compartment... leak...found it by removing the back seat. There was a crack in the filler tube, where you insert the gas pump nozzle, it was leaking out of the tube a pooling in the rear quarter panel, which appeared to be rather well designed to be a bucket....it was rather full of gasoline too.... end up telling the owner "You Go somewhere else with this thing"

But that is not why I'm responding...back in my mechanic days I drove a 3/4 GMC, full size 4x4 Pickup, I was on a local heighway doing 60mph, I passed a Yugo, the wind from my truck literally push it out of the lane and into the emergency lane
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Proper gangs is a word whirled contrarily bored on the test buys Kenny and on the yeast buys republican Bongos!?

What the heck are you talking about????

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Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
I'm really disliking one of my coworkers at the moment..... his wife made almond/walnut/chocolate chip biscotti..... and he left them on the table near my desk....and I can't stop eating the dang things......
 
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