I have been a TurboTax user for years, and was bitten by the change in TT offerings. I took advantage of the H&R Block free download for unhappy TT customers and decided to also investigate TaxACT. I am glad I did. I have a Mac, and thus had to use the online version, and found it easy to use. The most irritating part was the failure of TaxACT to read my old tax returns; not a huge deal, just a bit more time consuming. The interview format is slightly different to TT, and took a little getting used to, particularly when filling business expenses; I had to do my own calculations for business usage of home and vehicle. Again, not a big issue, just something to be aware of.

another story on the Orogold Scam!! I was in the London shop last week (Kensington High Street), actually more forced into the shop than wanting to go in there myself. To make a long story short: after having repeatedly said that I do not want to buy any kind of products (prices are just CRAZY), the guy in the shop, the so called shop owner, made me an offer that in the end I accepted: one facial creme for £ 50. He probably must have thought how stupid I am to even believe him, and this is how I feel afterwards too: I came home, and realized that the nice bag and wrapping of the box were just EMPTY. As a customer, you just feel so violated, you can' believe how this can happen.

After I found a snake skin in my pump-house. Put a goodly amount of Snake Away on the bare concrete floor. came back two weeks later found a rattle snake coiled up basking in the sun. It was literally lying on a liberal amount of snake away. Very alert , coiled up to strike as soon as I approached. I was hoping this would work after my brother ( an amateur herpetologist and reptile guy) and a neighbor who is an world renowned snake bite treatment Doctor had both told me that " nothing really works" . They were right