It's not just for taxes anymore...

[Prof]

Wes and others have given you good advice. I am a bankruptcy lawyer and would not attempt to advise you over the Internet. There are too many variables. You can see if your local bar association or law school offers a pro bono program with local bankruptcy practitioners. That would be your best bet if your finances are screwed up to a point where resolving the tax claims is not enough.

Good luck.

[wserra]

notyour*itch - are you still around? Please check your PMs.

[notyour*itch]

I realize that this is essentially a "necro" thread; however, I thought you might enjoy the latest antics that I ran across.

First, here is a link to the article regarding the accident that he caused that leads up to him, once again, appealing a court decision: http://www.startribune.com/printarticle/?id=27174639

Here is the link to the Court of Appeals decision: http://www.mncourts.gov/opinions/coa/cu ... 060412.pdf

Also, a great big thank you to wserra...I filed bankruptcy and have obtained much relief.

[Cathulhu]

For whatever my opinion's worth, you rate some positive feedback for having the strength say the hardest words, "I really goofed." and get yourself out of the mess. Sincerely hoping everything is working out for you.

[notyour*itch]

For whatever my opinion's worth, you rate some positive feedback for having the strength say the hardest words, "I really goofed." and get yourself out of the mess. Sincerely hoping everything is working out for you.

Thank you so much! I am really trying to straighten everything around and keep myself "up". It's been difficult to keep my self-esteem. I will always be grateful for googling my ex's name on a whim and finding this site. Now, the next step will be for my fiancé and I to get married...just as soon as I feel comfortable enough for that step again. I think after the 5 year mark MIGHT be okay, which is next year.

[Famspear]

Dear "notyour*itch," best of luck to you.

[webhick]

Now, the next step will be for my fiancé and I to get married...just as soon as I feel comfortable enough for that step again. I think after the 5 year mark MIGHT be okay, which is next year.

I don't know about that. I know a woman that waited twenty years and had two kids by a guy before agreeing to marry him. So...you know, you may want to hold off until you're really sure. Like, "I really don't feel like trading him in for a younger model and spending all that time breaking in a new one" sure.

But congratulations on the improving situation!

[wserra]

I'm very glad to hear that it worked out. Unfortunately, it's far more frequent around here to read about the ones who didn't have the guts to face their situations, bite the bullet and do something about it. We tend to hear about (and from) those who blame the world for what they did to themselves.

Congratulations. You have much to be proud of.

[JamesVincent]

Congratz on getting things turned around. I know very well how hard it is to rebuild a life after someone has destroyed it and I applaud you for sticking it out, its not an easy road. Personally, for me, the mark where Ill be ready to marry again is somewhere in the 50 year range so Id say to be really damn sure before you do it again.

[Gregg]

First, glad it seems to be working out for you, best of luck!

Second, I just have to point out something....

Dal Rondeau, 44, of Isanti, Minn., told officers that he had consumed "several eight balls of cocaine" before he hit a Ford Taurus carrying three people

What is the stupid here?

A) doing several eight balls of cocaine
B) then driving a car
C) telling the police
D) all of the above, plus more not mentioned above

[notyour*itch]

First, glad it seems to be working out for you, best of luck!

Second, I just have to point out something....

Dal Rondeau, 44, of Isanti, Minn., told officers that he had consumed "several eight balls of cocaine" before he hit a Ford Taurus carrying three people

What is the stupid here?

A) doing several eight balls of cocaine
B) then driving a car
C) telling the police
D) all of the above, plus more not mentioned above

First, thank you

Second, it took forever (so it seems now) to really see it, but he has a tendency to say something and then try to backpedal. Usually, the first thing out of his mouth is the closest to the truth (his filter works slightly) and then he regrets it because it will get him "in trouble". He doesn't seem to ever get it...IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, you wouldn't have the problem to begin with.

Can you believe that when I first left him and moved 120 miles away, he called me at work (50 miles away) wondering if I had called the police to report that he had been driving under the influence. To this day, I wonder how I could know have known that he had been. Clairvoyance? I could write a book, quite possibly, on all this stuff...I just wouldn't even know where to begin, however.

[Cathulhu]

CK, you forgot Bob Heinlein's advice--never play poker with a guy named Doc.

[notyour*itch]

And "Don't rollerskate in a buffalo herd"?

[Gregg]

Never fry bacon in the nude

[LPC]

Weirdest advice I ever got: Trying to convince yourself that a bad idea is a good idea, is a bad idea.

[Arthur Rubin]

Weirdest advice I ever got: Trying to convince yourself that a bad idea is a good idea, is a bad idea.

I think there's something recursive in there....

[webhick]

Weirdest advice I ever got: Trying to convince yourself that a bad idea is a good idea, is a bad idea.

I think there's something recursive in there....

Yeah, the only way to stop it now is to divide by zero.

[wserra]

Weirdest advice I ever got: Trying to convince yourself that a bad idea is a good idea, is a bad idea.

I think there's something recursive in there....

Yeah, the only way to stop it now is to divide by zero.

Or trisect the angle, and use the result to derive Euclid's parallel postulate.

[Famspear]

I think there's something recursive in there....

Yeah, the only way to stop it now is to divide by zero.

Or trisect the angle, and use the result to derive Euclid's parallel postulate.

....bearing in mind at all times, of course, that in a plane, the square of the measure of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the measures of the lengths of the two adjacent sides.

Which of course, is not the same as pointing out that the cost of any action or forebearance is the value of the best alternative in the set of mutually exclusive alternatives applicable thereto.



Umm.... what were we talking about???

[Cathulhu]

I think we've gone fractal...