Do not use H & R Block for your taxes!

I just received a letter from the IRS claiming that I never filed my 2009 tax forms. Actually I had them done by H&R Block and the woman who did them was rather surly and kept repeating "Boy, do I need a stiff martini right now!" They also charged me about $500 for their services.

I called Block and they've already printed out a copy of the completed forms but insist that I go to their Selden office and pick them up personally. That means a drive of about 23 miles to their year-round facility. I also have to provide a photo ID.

This will all work out but it's causing me stress that I just don't need right now.

Avoid H&R Block. They are scurrilous wretches!

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The one nice thing about making no money is doing your taxes yourself in about 20 minutes for free.

I've used H&R Block for over 10 years now, and I have "complicated" taxes with multiple sources of revenue and multiple avenues of business. They've been terrific for me and gone the extra mile to make sure I get back as much as possible.

But I get it, Dolly. That photo ID request is simply beyond outrageous.

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This is what you get when you file as Carol Channing. Wake up...YOU ARE NOT CAROL CHANNING!!!!!

the woman who did them was rather surly and kept repeating "Boy, do I need a stiff martini right now!"

You should hear what she says about your interviews.

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On the subject of taxes - does anyone here use TurboTax? Is it worthwhile? Can it be used to file late for previous years?

I used Tax Slayer for my 2010 taxes and was happy with the outcome.

As Block charged me about $500 to do the job, you'd think they'd have remembered to hit the "send" button on their computer. Between that and the fact that the woman who did my taxes was a bitch, I think I have every right to be annoyed.

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I get their confirmation emails, too.

And Dolly is assuming this was all H&R Block's fault. It could have been a glitch in the IRS servers that received it, no?

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Excuse me, Dolly Levi lives in Yonkers, NY. She only visits the Harmonia Gardens on weekends.

Thank you very much.

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Which would mean that at the beginning of the show, Dolly has come up from NYC to meet Ermengarde and bring her back to NYC--while Vandergelder is with both of them? If Dolly lived in the city, why couldn't Horace bring Ermengarde down to the Big Apple himself and introduce her to Dolly when they got there?

I think Dolly had lived in NYC--as evidenced in her touching little scene with Mrs. Rose--but had moved up to Yonkers with her husband, who was a merchant like Vandergelder.

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and she stands in the bedroom of her NYC apartment asking Ephram to let her go.

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But the opening scene of the stage version is set in NYC.