Cut them off, that's not friendship

Was it solid stain?

Instead of paying the IRS an extra $20, participate in your company's retirement plan or open your own IRA account. Pay yourself & reduce your tax liability.

It can work decent with a roller. Good luck with a brush though

Awesome glad to hear I did it right then

Read some of the other comments, e.g. HD sells a Kohler brand faucet that has plastic internals, the valves are plastic, a higher quality store sells the Kohler faucet that looks identical to it but has an all metal construction with a slightly different part number. Lower grade lumber is definitely a thing, as is lower grade paint, and these local stores don’t have the ability to risk their name and reputation on stocking this cheaper stuff.

I’m not sure about the tools, but given that I know Walmart’s Black Friday deals are cheaper quality with different SKU’s it doesn’t surprise me that tool brands would sell cheaper made tools with less warranty to stores that want the lowest price over quality.

I knew I forgot something. That's another one, many of the toilets there have an unglazed trapway which clogs more frequently.

Yes…1000 times, yes!

I kinda feel like thats more an indictment of his shit safety glasses than the tool. Tools fail all the time (at least, drill bits fail) and send shit flying, but the glasses need to be able to stop it.

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It takes time but especially if you are filing your return yourself, you'll learn eventually. Most people it seems don't even care to learn. You asking this question shows you are probably doing more than most just by thinking about it. Keep it up.

you want it to be low or zero. getting money back means that you overpaid throughout the year and gave the government an interest free loan.

coming back low or near zero means that all your withholdings are accurate, and where you want to be.

Adding to OP: Fire extinguishers work by either cooling the source or shutting off the oxygen from the source. Meaning that aiming for the flames won't do anything as those flames will just keep coming as long as Material, Temperature and Oxygen are given.

I think strictly empathy is the answer for a while, show support and don't try to solve their problems. But what do you do when that becomes all that person wants from you?

I have a friend who has been in a rough spot for a decade all they want to do is vent to me, they don't want to solve any of their problems and there is no "give and take" in our relationship. All there is now is them complaining about their life to me and I either respond with empathy and support or "I'm not being a good friend".

If I suggest a solution, they don't want advice If I suggest a resource for them, there's nothing wrong with them, they don't need a _______ (fill in the blank with doctor, therapist, etc) If I put up a boundary to separate myself, "fine, I just won't confide in you any more"

What do you do when you get to the point where you're sick of seeing your friend struggle or it is no longer healthy for you to just be their venting person?

Be careful about this one, in all seriousness. You only need to warm the spoon for a moment. It only takes seconds for a spoon held in a lighter to get hot enough to actually burn you.

For those wondering why: A mosquito bite itches because there is a small amount of poison in it. It takes very little heat to do what's called "denaturing the proteins" which basically means it's just turning the poison into something harmless.

Anything that applies enough heat will do. Run it under hot water. Hot water on a cloth. Heat a spoon in hot water or near a candle or something (be careful with lighters or flames or anything of that nature, it can rapidly get hot enough to burn you).

Wish it was taught in schools. I’m learning

A lot of the other comments do a good job explaining what you intended to ask. I'd like to add some clarification on terminology since many comments are also getting that part wrong.

Tax return - the paperwork you file to determine your final tax liability for the year.

Tax refund - the amount the government pays you back in case of overpayment on taxes withheld/estimated throughout the year.

Tax owed - the amount you pay the government in case of underpayment on taxes withheld/estimated throughout the year.

The LPT I would suggest is taking some time to learn about taxes overall and truly understand how the system works (especially marginal tax brackets so you aren't one of those people who thinks, "I got a raise that pushed me into the next tax bracket so I actually made less money"; that is impossible, that is not how math works; it all works out when you file your return). This is something that could easily be and should be taught to every student in high school.

Ask a friend to move in and pretend to be a new lodger to make payments up.

When they meet get them to tell her he has scabies and not to tell you.

I think they meant something more serious. I went through the same thing and I solved it by opening all the windows in the winter, bought an air horn id sound at randoms times whenever I felt like it. Eating all the food in the refrigerator.

You know, making them uncomfortable.

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I'm a big fan of local Hardware stores. Nowadays, they probably have an affiliation like ACE or True Value, but the local stores have much more flexibility on their inventory and are usually locally owned, whereas big box stores rely more on the home office.

Turn the water off. Act like it's a plumbing issue that you can't afford to fix. Trust me. She will leave

I am a Seeds reviewer for Home Depot since May 2013. I will agree that there have been some products that I gave a 1 star due to poor quality construction/poor programming. But there have also been an equal number of products where the manufacturer went above and beyond what I have observed on previous versions of the same type of product installed by professional contractors.

It's luck and biased opinion quite frequently, and in many cases, just a consumer improperly caring/using the product causing failure. Don't blame your car's construction when you're drunk driving and get injured in a crash.