Wednesday 29 March 2017

How the Fight Started, Part 4


When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point.



When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

Formadrain Inc. v. The Queen, 2017 CCI 42



At http://gordon-feil-sred.blogspot.ca/2017/03/formadrain-inc-v-queen.html we look at a recent Tax Court victory for SRED claimaints.

Tuesday 28 March 2017

How the Fight Started, Part 3



My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.

I asked her, "Do you know him?"

"Yes", she sighed,

"He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."

"Amazing!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"

And then the fight started...