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Tax and wallpaper 12.29.00 : I've been travelling through California as of late, and a major difference between it and Oregon is that there is a sales tax in California. Coming into a state with a sales tax after living in Oregon is a drag, let me tell you. You are all of a sudden faced with the burden of carrying around all of this extra change. To a person who has given up on pennies (and just about on nickels), this is especially annoying. Every time I'm reminded of how much change I have in my pocket, I immediately think of a way to get rid of it. If I happen to be in a big city when I think this way, it is almost as inevitable that a homeless person is within sight. I'm faced with a true test of mettle: I could get rid of the change that I despise so much, or I could keep it all for myself. I usually keep it, but I am still left to consider all the other people walking around who think the same way about the change in their pockets, and I can only conclude that a fair portion of them do choose to get rid of the nuisance. Now, I rarely get that much annoying change when I am in Oregon. If it is true that the amount of change in your pocket increases the likelihood that you will give it to a homeless person, wouldn't it follow that homeless people living in states with a sales tax would fare better than those that live in a state without sales tax? I think it would be interesting to find out if this is true. 12.26.00 : I'd like to see society put wallpaper to a greater use. Just staring at the walls you usually see nothing more than just a solid color or a simple pattern. It would be beneficial if we were to actually put stuff on the wallpaper, things that we could learn from or use in normal life. For example, wouldn't it be convenient to have recipes printed on wallpaper that is used in your kitchen? Think of all that we could learn if we had textbook-type content printed on wallpaper in commonly traveled areas. I can remember all those nights spent at the kitchen sink doing dishes, it would have been a boon if I could have spent all that time tackling heavy ideas like Einstein's theories of relativity or the like. Of course, I already said that the kitchen would be a good place for recipes, but...
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Tax and wallpaper 12.29.00 : I've been travelling through California as of late, and a major difference between it and Oregon is that there is a sales tax in California. Coming into a state with a sales tax after living in Oregon is a drag, let me tell you. You are all of a sudden faced with the burden of carrying around all of this extra change. To a person who has given up on pennies (and just about on nickels), this is especially annoying. Every time I'm reminded of how much change I have in my pocket, I immediately think of a way to get rid of it. If I happen to be in a big city when I think this way, it is almost as inevitable that a homeless person is within sight. I'm faced with a true test of mettle: I could get rid of the change that I despise so much, or I could keep it all for myself. I usually keep it, but I am still left to consider all the other people walking around who think the same way about the change in their pockets, and I can only conclude that a fair portion of them do choose to get rid of the nuisance. Now, I rarely get that much annoying change when I am in Oregon. If it is true that the amount of change in your pocket increases the likelihood that you will give it to a homeless person, wouldn't it follow that homeless people living in states with a sales tax would fare better than those that live in a state without sales tax? I think it would be interesting to find out if this is true. 12.26.00 : I'd like to see society put wallpaper to a greater use. Just staring at the walls you usually see nothing more than just a solid color or a simple pattern. It would be beneficial if we were to actually put stuff on the wallpaper, things that we could learn from or use in normal life. For example, wouldn't it be convenient to have recipes printed on wallpaper that is used in your kitchen? Think of all that we could learn if we had textbook-type content printed on wallpaper in commonly traveled areas. I can remember all those nights spent at the kitchen sink doing dishes, it would have been a boon if I could have spent all that time tackling heavy ideas like Einstein's theories of relativity or the like. Of course, I already said that the kitchen would be a good place for recipes, but...