From: Will Ford To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: ' ' < Subject: Apr 16th tidbits & quotes Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:42:05 +0000 "The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." - Edward Gibbon Arnold Palmer (yes, THAT Arnold Palmer) set an National Aeronautic Association record in 1976 by circling the globe in a Learjet 36 in 57 hrs, 25 mins, and 42 sec, averaging 400.23 mph. http://www.aviationweek.corn/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:2 fl 6318d-d960-4e49-bc9f- 86f1805f2c7f&plckPostId=Blog%3A2f1 6318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7fPost%3Ac9609a24-1f55-4909- bd88-81c392664e2a • The earliest known tax was implemented in Mesopotamia over 4500 years ago, where people paid in the form of livestock. • The U.S. tax code contains 7,000,000,000 words. • The Bible has well under a million. • The Gettysburg Address has 269 words. • The "easiest" tax form (1040EZ) has 33 pages of instruction. • If you need to pay a babysitter while you are working without pay to a charitable organization, you can probably deduct the cost of the sitter. • The IRS employs 114,000 people; that's twice as many as the CIA and five times more than the FBI. • 60% of taxpayers must hire a professional to get through their own return. EFTA00392273