When a Day of Woes Becomes a Whole Month
A narrator venting about a string of petty misfortunes from parking woes at Delchamps to wardrobe mispairs and a car that won’t cooperate. A rainy day home project ends in disaster as a kitchen cleanup becomes a floodlit mess with drenched plants and horseradish spillover.
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Delchamps
Pratts Oysters and a Tornado Night in the Bay Area
Lenah Miller recounts a chaotic night of cooking sauerkraut with ribs and sausages before a tornado tore through her trailer area. Neighbors Bill and Rita report damage as Tinkie’s deck is toppled and fences fall. She vows to straighten up and fly right.
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Tinkie
Leon
Bill
Rita
EZ 1040EZ Tax Return Makes Filing Fast for Starving Reporter
Vanita Trippe extols the 1040EZ form noting it has 11 questions and simplifies filing for single filers with no dependents. The writer describes finishing a return in under 10 minutes, typing W-2 earnings and skipping complex lines, hoping for a quicker refund.
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Vanita Trippe
Internal Revenue Service
Hassling County Commissioners
Nothing to pay as tax owed shocks starving reporter
A reporter learns after subtracting a $1,000 personal exemption that his tax owed is nothing. He phones the IRS toll free line for confirmation, hears nothing but a puzzled recording about refunds, and contemplates the delay in sending a return while facing creditors.
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IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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