Happy today because....

[melly]

Happy today... we are home, after our journey to Adelaide for Xmas.. had 2 xmases, one with my partners family, one with mine...works well really. Caught up with friends, ate way too much, had some champagne with my sister,slow danced with her dying husband,( it will be his last xmas), saw my niece, her partner and 2 gorgeous kids ( saw them a year ago, they live in Melbourne) laughed, talked, hugged... But we are home, and it's a nice feeling.After the frenetic lunacy of Adelaide, it's nice to come home to our town.. which is buzzing with tourists, hundreds of them!! Ahh, but they help keep our little place alive!! It's freaking boiling outside ( we are having a few days of 100 degress plus!) but I am sat here, with a juicy ice-block ( don't let it drip on the keyboards!! BbBZzzZZZ PPffTTTT..there goes melly!) air conditioner on ( so cool) my partner snoozing on the lounge, two little dogs snuggled into him....the test cricket is on ( Aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi !) and all is peaceful. And it makes me feel happy....

[robiola]

Hey there, welcome back Melly :smth001

[melly]

Thankyou Robiola, nice to be back... your welcome home made me feel happy, so we're not going off topic here!!

[japanesebaby]

welcome back, melly.

i'm congratulating myself for finally leaving the church today - so from today on, i am an official atheist, i'm not a member of any sort of religious community.
i like that.
(besides, i don't have to pay the silly religious tax from now on. suits me!)

[Lady]

Happy because this year is going to finish in one day...

[dsanchez]

(besides, i don't have to pay the silly religious tax from now on. suits me!)

you pay a tax for belonging to a church? how's that? :S

[silversand]

This is not unusual i think. We have to pay here in Germany also religious tax.
You don't have to pay a religious tax in Peru David? Thanks for your answer in advance. If you don't have to pay it, you are really lucky . I'm also an atheist, but i pay the tax.

[scatcat]

(besides, i don't have to pay the silly religious tax from now on. suits me!)

you pay a tax for belonging to a church? how's that? :S

"you took the words right out of my mouth..." ( meatloaf) 

I'm also an atheist, but i pay the tax.

this I can't understand either?? where does the money go to then??
we have no taxes here... even if you're an athiest!!
happy I don't have to pay a tax... what if I created my own church... do I collect taxes ??? that would be cool!!  8)

[dsanchez]

This is not unusual i think. We have to pay here in Germany also religious tax.
You don't have to pay a religious tax in Peru David? Thanks for your answer in advance. If you don't have to pay it, you are really lucky . I'm also an atheist, but i pay the tax.

90% people is chatolic in Peru and I've never hear about paying taxes. Of course people can donate to the church, but that's not mandatory.

[Steve]

& that's why they are one of the richest institutions in the world.
Remember that the next time they ask for money to repair the roof or buy a new stained glass window.
Thou shalt not steal?
Gimme a break  :roll:

[melly]

A tax?? For belonging to a church?? That's just ridiculous!!! Does the church receive this money, or the government?? wow, I've heard of everything now!!!

Happy our government/churches don't have this...wouldn't affect me at all, (I'm not even christened..the Church Of England refused the person my parents chose as my god-mother as she was a catholic!! So Mum and Dad said "forget it"!!) but there are thousands of people that would be... I shake my head...money grabbing at it's best!! 

[Lady]

Disintegration would be "honored" to pay a tax for belonging to a church...

Ok, I go before he arrives here...

[disintegration]

Disintegration would be "honored" to pay a tax for belonging to a church...

Ok, I go before he arrives here...

Incredible..... 

[silversand]

90% people is chatolic in Peru and I've never hear about paying taxes. Of course people can donate to the church, but that's not mandatory.

Thanks for your answer David



You are all so lucky you don't have to pay the tax for the church. I think the tax is for the state to get more money . The tax is 8 %.

[sues777]

Disintegration would be "honored" to pay a tax for belonging to a church...

Ok, I go before he arrives here...

Happy today because...Lady really made me laugh!!   

Also happy today because I've realised yet again how lucky I am to have the friends I have and to live where I live.  I invited my small group of great friends over for New Years Eve last night.  I live in a gorgeous little rented house in a gorgeous little tree-lined street with a great view of Sydney Harbour from the end of the street.  About 1/2 hour before the 9pm fireworks were due to start, the lovely old lady who lives in the street (she's in her 90s)came to my door and invited us all over to watch the fireworks from her front yard, then made her way to the house next door to invite them along as well.  I was so touched by her generosity as she knew I live alone and so does the lady who lives next door.  It also gave my girlfriend's 6yo step-daughter a chance to watch her first Sydney NYE fireworks from a great spot!!  There's just something sooo special about watching the fireworks with a little person and surrounded by great people!!

Sorry to babble on, but it just made me sooo happy!!