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An ethical dilemma

Peter Cooper Jr.

Jessi and I are settling into our house well. It’s starting to feel normal to live here. Our driveway got paved yesterday, and it looks nice, although they left a lot of dirt in our front yard.

So now, they naturally would like payment. They’ll take $5,000 if I give them a check, but if I get cash, then it’s only $4,700. This seems a bit… fishy to me. I know that it can’t cost them $300 to process a check. So, there has to be something more going on. My guess is that if they get a check, then they report it on their income taxes. But if they take cash, it just goes into their pockets and they don’t properly report it. (And it’d be much tougher for an IRS audit to establish a paper trail, or something.)

Credit Cards

Peter Cooper Jr.

I am contemplating the possibility of signing up to get a credit card for use in emergencies. Does anyone have any good/bad experiences/advice/suggestions?

Question of the Day: Who owns “our” road?

Peter Cooper Jr.
If you take Berry Corner Rd. from Rte. 169 to my parents’ house, here’s what you see: The road turns to the left up Ayers Rd. (If you didn’t know about it, you would just think that the road curved, not that you changed roads.) Continuing straight goes down an unpaved portion of what is now or formerly still Berry Corner Rd. (Down this road is our house’s driveway.) Turning to the right would go down my parents’ driveway.

So, there’s this unpaved portion of Berry Corner Rd., which goes from my parents’ driveway and through to Sturbridge.

When is a motorcycle not a motorcycle?

Peter Cooper Jr.

A motorcycle is a two-wheeled motorized device used for transporting people.

A Segway is a two-wheeled motorized device used for transporting people.

Why does riding a motorcycle require a license, and riding a Segway not?

What are the legal boundaries between a bike, a motorized bike, a Segway, a motorcycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, and a car?