In a message dated Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:29:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, Thomas Yan <tyan at twcny.rr.com> writes: >Gaertk at aol.com writes: > >> No tax on expenditures for "cultural matters". It sounds >> as if you're taxed on what you spend, instead of (in >> addition to?) what you earn. > > Ah, that's something to consider. I did assume that, like > the U.S., there is both sales tax (what you spend) and > income tax (what you earn). But sales tax is collected and reported by the retailer, not the consumer. And I can't picture an artist collecting such a tax. >> [page 127] >> >> No furniture in this room? > > Or something like old Japanese tradition. Oh yeah, I seem to remember [page 71] Tazendra's room having pillows instead of chairs. >> [page 139] >> >> Everlasting Fountain of Prince Westmount? > >Hm. Is this a geyser, like Old Faithful? That could work. >> [page 143] >> >> Illista is Marchioness of the Twicetied Hills > > What the heck does "twicetied" mean? Tied twice? Not sure how you'd apply that to hills... maybe there's two ridges connecting the hills. --KG