April 17 -- Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

Stan4dSteph · 04-16-2007, 11:35 AM

Tuesday, April 17 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's! Click here to find a shop near you.

I'm planning to go after work and sample a couple of flavors.

Snowflake · 04-16-2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Tuesday, April 17 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's! Click here to find a shop near you.

I'm planning to go after work and sample a couple of flavors.

Aw damn, several close to me in SF, if I were being really bad, I could just hit one after the other, then go home and go into sugar shock and coronary thrombosis from the pure and delicious butterfat in their ice cream.......sigh

Ghoulish Delight · 04-16-2007, 11:56 AM

Good, I'll need it after I finish my taxes.

Alex · 04-16-2007, 12:00 PM

Well, taxes are never a stressor for me (I'm willing to not get every dime back to just use the basic 1040 so it never takes more than 40 minutes or so and most of that is "which pile of paper did I put the W-2s in several months ago").

Has anybody gone to one of these free cone days before? There's one within some reasonable distance of here but I'm not willing to wait in much of a line for free ice cream (same philosophy as the taxes, my time is much more valuable than the $4 an ice cream cone would have cost).

Ghoulish Delight · 04-16-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Well, taxes are never a stressor for me (I'm willing to not get every dime back to just use the basic 1040 so it never takes more than 40 minutes or so and most of that is "which pile of paper did I put the W-2s in several months ago").

Oh, it has nothing to do with stress, I just won't be able to afford anything other than a free cone (there's a reason I'm waiting until the last minute to file...)

Stan4dSteph · 04-16-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Well, taxes are never a stressor for me (I'm willing to not get every dime back to just use the basic 1040 so it never takes more than 40 minutes or so and most of that is "which pile of paper did I put the W-2s in several months ago").

Has anybody gone to one of these free cone days before? There's one within some reasonable distance of here but I'm not willing to wait in much of a line for free ice cream (same philosophy as the taxes, my time is much more valuable than the $4 an ice cream cone would have cost).

It's quite possible that there will be a line. I've been in one, but it moved quickly, especially since there is no delay for people having to pay at the cash register.

You can also have more than one cone, but you will need to go through the line multiple times.

Morrigoon · 04-16-2007, 12:27 PM

GD: Seriously? Even with the house write-off? That sucks!

I don't know how she did it, but my accountant managed to get me refunds from the state and the feds. First time I've had someone else do my taxes, but after last year's debacle left me in tears, I decided I'd shell out for a professional this time.

Crap, that reminds me I owe her a check...

Ghoulish Delight · 04-16-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

GD: Seriously? Even with the house write-off? That sucks!

I don't know how she did it, but my accountant managed to get me refunds from the state and the feds. First time I've had someone else do my taxes, but after last year's debacle left me in tears, I decided I'd shell out for a professional this time.

Crap, that reminds me I owe her a check...

We don't owe a lot, but our witholding's been out of whack for a couple of years, still trying to wrangle that. And we only had 3 months' worth of mortgage payments, so that didn't do a whole lot to offset things this time around.

innerSpaceman · 04-16-2007, 12:46 PM

Yeah, I'll hit up the B&J ... last time the line moved really fast. Otherwise, my time would indeed be worth more than the price of an ice-cream cone.

The bad thing it, my will power to resist ice-creamy goodness crumbles when someone offers it to me for free. Perhaps I will get lucky and there'll be a long line after all.

Alex · 04-16-2007, 01:17 PM

I too waited until the last minute to do taxes because I was certain we'd owe money. Of course, the smart thing would be to do them and then hold the forms if I owed, but that's not the way I roll.

Turns out, of course, that we're getting a sizable refund. The late year return to work had the opposite effect from what I expected.

But it's moot. Just remembered that what I was thinking was a B&J is a B&R, so I won't be getting any ice cream either way.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, taxes are never a stressor for me (I'm willing to not get every dime back to just use the basic 1040 so it never takes more than 40 minutes or so and most of that is "which pile of paper did I put the W-2s in several months ago"). Has anybody gone to one of these free cone days before? There's one within some reasonable distance of here but I'm not willing to wait in much of a line for free ice cream (same philosophy as the taxes, my time is much more valuable than the $4 an ice cream cone would have cost).
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	GD: Seriously? Even with the house write-off? That sucks! I don't know how she did it, but my accountant managed to get me refunds from the state and the feds. First time I've had someone else do my taxes, but after last year's debacle left me in tears, I decided I'd shell out for a professional this time. Crap, that reminds me I owe her a check... __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, I'll hit up the B&J ... last time the line moved really fast. Otherwise, my time would indeed be worth more than the price of an ice-cream cone. The bad thing it, my will power to resist ice-creamy goodness crumbles when someone offers it to me for free. Perhaps I will get lucky and there'll be a long line after all.
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04-16-2007, 01:17 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I too waited until the last minute to do taxes because I was certain we'd owe money. Of course, the smart thing would be to do them and then hold the forms if I owed, but that's not the way I roll. Turns out, of course, that we're getting a sizable refund. The late year return to work had the opposite effect from what I expected. But it's moot. Just remembered that what I was thinking was a B&J is a B&R, so I won't be getting any ice cream either way.
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