Pinewood Derby

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Pinewood Derby

***** Location: North America
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

In towns all across America every spring there is the Pinewood Derby. A fine Cub Scout tradition. Other organizations have similar events involving small wooden cars built by the boy with help from his dad (or, all too often, whomever happens to be around).

Bethel Prescott, USA

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The pinewood derby is a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America. Cub Scouts, with the help of parents, build their own cars from wood, usually from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles. With the popularity of the pinewood derby, other organizations have developed similar events and a small industry has developed to provide tracks, timers, scales and other products. The pinewood derby was selected as part of "America's 100 Best" in 2006 as "a celebrated rite of spring" by Reader's Digest.
Similar Cub Scouting events include the raingutter regatta with boats and the space derby using rubber band powered rockets.
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by his car
a proud boy stands alone -
Pinewood Derby

Bethel Prescott, USA



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***** WKD Festivals and Events of Japan

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Tax season USA

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Tax paying season, income tax

***** Location: Japan, USA
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Humanity

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Income tax has to be declared in February/March in Japan.
In our village, a special service is offered for the farmers to get advise on how to fill out the many papers necessary.

Gabi Greve, Japan




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USA

i wonder why americans have tax season in spring when it would seem appropriate for autumn [harvest] .

Gary Gach

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American tax season being in spring is based on when the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which authorizes the U.S. federal income tax as we know it today, was ratified.

The 16th Amendment was ratified in February, 1913, and so Congress decided that the first income tax would be collected as of March 1, 1914. The date moved was moved to March 15 in 1918, for reasons not readily available on the internet. The date of April 15 was settled on by Congress in 1955, apparently to allow the Internal Revenue Service more time to do its job, and so it remains to this day.

Larry Bole, 2008

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MOST CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE AN INCOME TAX RETURN

THE 16TH ("INCOME TAX") AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS A FRAUD

IF YOU FILE, YOU WAIVE YOUR 5th AMENDMENT RIGHTS

These are the major points expressed in a Remonstrance, that was hand delivered to leaders of the three branches of the federal government on April 13, 2000, by a group of citizen-delegates representing all 50 states. These grievances concern alleged illegal operations of the federal income tax system and the IRS.
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the accountant gives
the papers a tidy tap
: tax season

Gary Gach, USA, 2008

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the tax adviser
flicks his fingers round
the points of complication

Dick Pettit, WHCsenryu, 2008


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tax season -
the old farmer counts
on his fingers

Gabi Greve, Japan, 2008


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tax season:
husband comes home
not in the mood

Ethel Yanova, WHCrussian


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tax day
squashing worms
after rain

Nicole Hyde
WHC workshop, April 2010

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This topic brings a smile to my husband's face and mine ...

tax season
we smile as the trees
turn a fresh green

Ella Wagemakers
Kigo Hotline, April 2010


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rites of spring
fragrant petal lands
on tax form

national haiku day april 17 and tax day coincided this year

- Shared by Charlie Smith -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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***** . Taxes in the Edo Period and their KIGO
nengu, kemi ...


. The North American Saijiki Project .


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