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Tiggum posted:On TV you see families having pancakes for breakfast as like a regular thing (except that they always are in too much of a rush and just run out without eating anything and the mother is very disappointed that they never eat breakfast together as a family any more). Is that actually a common thing in America, to cook pancakes for breakfast all the time? Or does it only happen on TV? I make pancakes sometimes on Saturday or Sunday. I'm not sure how common a weekday hot breakfast is for most American families. I'd bet not very common at all.
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If I buy an item through Amazon Marketplace and it doesn't arrive, what are the odds of me being able to get my money refunded? Assuming the seller didn't use signed delivery or tracking when they sent it. I'm in the UK if it makes a difference.
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Nov 7, 2013 15:00
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Tiggum posted:On TV you see families having pancakes for breakfast as like a regular thing (except that they always are in too much of a rush and just run out without eating anything and the mother is very disappointed that they never eat breakfast together as a family any more). Is that actually a common thing in America, to cook pancakes for breakfast all the time? Or does it only happen on TV? Most families will have large breakfasts together on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Usually a combination of 2-3 of the common breakfast foods: pancakes, waffles, sausage (link or patty)/bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns. Pancakes are probably the most common because of low cost and how easy they are to make (many come in a just-add-water mix) The kids not sitting down to eat is a callback to the "traditional idea of American nuclear family" where mom makes food and cleans, dad works, kids go to school. Mom would get up early to make breakfast for everyone and they don't have the time to sit and eat it. Now that's been turned to sell instant products like pop-tarts, eggo waffles, etc because Mom is now working too and still wants to provide that same idea.
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Nov 7, 2013 15:17
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Namarrgon posted:Are you supposed to give them something? Usually not, although Mr. Squishy is right – sometimes people carol for charity. But some of the groups just do it for the hell of it.
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Nov 7, 2013 15:39
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Not sure if this is the most appropriate place, but here goes. I was once linked to a video that I'm pretty sure originated from something awful. I don't remember most of it unfortunately, because one of the lines in it over-rode everything else in it. The gist of the video is that someone got doxxed and some stranger called them to tell them or something like that. The person who was called asks them something like "who are you" or "why are you calling me", and the guy who called says "Hello, I'm...uh...I'm from the internet." That's it, that's what I remember. That perfect line that I'm probably mis-remembering anyway. Welp, hope this isn't too vague.
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Nov 7, 2013 15:40
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I managed to snag two free Kindle ebooks this morning because of a thread on some gaming forum. It looks like Amazon does this somewhat regularly - anyone know of a place that aggregate this sort of deals? Citadel: The Battle of Kursk: http://www.amazon.com/Citadel-Battle-Kursk-Robin-Cross-ebook/dp/B00FWVEXUU#_ The Old Contemptibles: The British Expeditionary Force, 1914: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Contemptibles-British-Expeditionary-ebook/dp/B00FK372TO
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Nov 7, 2013 15:52
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c0ldfuse posted:Most families will have large breakfasts together on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Usually a combination of 2-3 of the common breakfast foods: pancakes, waffles, sausage (link or patty)/bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns. I usually make pancakes or waffles for everyone when my husband and I stay with my parents. And I'll make other stuff too. Scrambled eggs, bacon, whatever. My husband makes us breakfast every day. Usually I have a fried egg, toast, and half an avocado. Sometimes he'll make a breakfast scramble thing with fried potatoes and peppers, garlic, bacon, etc. Breakfast isn't totally dead! Long live breakfast!
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Nov 7, 2013 20:17
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Will I be able to tolerate Lasik surgery if I hate eye stuff? I can't do eye drops or contacts. Basically I have about two grand I have to use for medical stuff or I lose it, and my eyesight in my left eye is slowly deteriorating.
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Nov 7, 2013 20:20
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Livingtrope posted:Not sure if this is the most appropriate place, but here goes. I believe that was the Adam L. Goldstein thread. More information can be found at Encyclopedia Dramatica, and it looks like the sound clip is linked there.
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Nov 7, 2013 20:22
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Tiggum posted:On TV you see families having pancakes for breakfast as like a regular thing (except that they always are in too much of a rush and just run out without eating anything and the mother is very disappointed that they never eat breakfast together as a family any more). Is that actually a common thing in America, to cook pancakes for breakfast all the time? Or does it only happen on TV? Yes, at least on weekends and holidays. When do you eat pancakes in Australia? poo poo, now I want pancakes. Knightmare posted:Will I be able to tolerate Lasik surgery if I hate eye stuff? I can't do eye drops or contacts. Basically I have about two grand I have to use for medical stuff or I lose it, and my eyesight in my left eye is slowly deteriorating. If you get LASIK, you'll have to do eye drops for some length of time afterwards. (3 to 6 months, says the Internet.) AlbieQuirky fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Nov 7, 2013 21:09
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Schizophrenic Orb posted:I believe that was the Adam L. Goldstein thread. More information can be found at Encyclopedia Dramatica, and it looks like the sound clip is linked there. Unfortunately most of the links there are broken, so I can't really tell. But thanks anyway, I know I was really vague.
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Knightmare posted:Will I be able to tolerate Lasik surgery if I hate eye stuff? I can't do eye drops or contacts. Basically I have about two grand I have to use for medical stuff or I lose it, and my eyesight in my left eye is slowly deteriorating. You have to put in medicated and moisturizing eyedrops for awhile after Lasik. Also, I'm not sure if you are a good candidate if your eyesight is still fluctuating a lot.
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Nov 7, 2013 21:58
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MILTONS COD posted:If I buy an item through Amazon Marketplace and it doesn't arrive, what are the odds of me being able to get my money refunded? Assuming the seller didn't use signed delivery or tracking when they sent it. I'm in the UK if it makes a difference. I once had this problem and got my money back with no issues. Use the instructions on the Amazon website and you should be cool. It's pretty similar to Ebay.
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Nov 8, 2013 00:39
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On the subject of pancakes, do you have pancake day AKA Shrove Tuesday in the US? Or does having (very thick) pancakes for breakfast mean you don't want a whole day dedicated to them?
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Nov 8, 2013 02:36
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I once had this problem and got my money back with no issues. Use the instructions on the Amazon website and you should be cool. It's pretty similar to Ebay. Oh thanks! I was trying to find those details and obviously not clicking in the right places, much obliged.
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Nov 8, 2013 02:43
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AlbieQuirky posted:Yes, at least on weekends and holidays. When do you eat pancakes in Australia? Shrove Tuesday? Or any time, really, but not often. Same with stuff like bacon and eggs. That's not an everyday breakfast, it's something you eat occasionally. Then again, I can only speak for myself.
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Nov 8, 2013 02:44
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Geokinesis posted:On the subject of pancakes, do you have pancake day AKA Shrove Tuesday in the US? We have it in Canada. My grandmother would put coins, a ring, button, etc inside them (apparently that's only a Newfoundland thing?)
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Nov 8, 2013 03:11
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So I was digging through my dead dad's things and I found a 9/11 commemorative coin. The kind that comes with the twin towers that can stand up on the coin. Is this as worthless as I think it is?
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Volume posted:So I was digging through my dead dad's things and I found a 9/11 commemorative coin. The kind that comes with the twin towers that can stand up on the coin. Is this as worthless as I think it is? Depends on what it's made out of. The scrap value is pretty much going to be it.
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Nov 8, 2013 06:14
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Geokinesis posted:On the subject of pancakes, do you have pancake day AKA Shrove Tuesday in the US? Pancake day is the lamest alternative to Mardi Gras imaginable.
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Nov 8, 2013 06:45
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Geokinesis posted:On the subject of pancakes, do you have pancake day AKA Shrove Tuesday in the US? I have a vague notion that such a thing exists, but it's not something I've ever really done myself. There aren't a lot of traditions of eating a specific food on a specific day in the US, at least not nationwide. In the south it's somewhat common to have black eyed peas on New Year's Day and king cake on or around Mardi Gras.
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Nov 8, 2013 08:29
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Is there a name for these rectangular toy things with sand in colourful liquid and some air bubbles? You can turn it over and the sand gets propped up by the air bubbles, the sand seeps through creating nice patterns and stuff. It was marketed as a relaxing/calming aid. Anyone know what I'm talking about? The closest thing I got on google is some kind of sand timer which isn't it 
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Nov 8, 2013 13:35
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Goddamnit, I used to see those all the time at various craft fairs as a kid and I can't for the life of me remember what they're called either. May have been 'sand-paintings', but in Hungarian so that's not particularly useful. Question: Why do micro-USB chargers make that barely perceptible high-pitched hum?
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Nov 8, 2013 13:58
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I couldn't find anything quite like what I'm looking for in D&D, so I'll ask here, although I'm sure it's not really a small question. What concerns make it difficult for homeless to get some sort of job (I know a family can't really live on minimum wage)? Is it transportation? Do most employers require you to have a home address? Something else? Likely a combination of these (and other factors)? I hope this doesn't come off as "Why don't those lazy slobs just get a job?", because I'm genuinely curious as to what makes it so difficult to do so.
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hooah posted:I couldn't find anything quite like what I'm looking for in D&D, so I'll ask here, although I'm sure it's not really a small question. What concerns make it difficult for homeless to get some sort of job (I know a family can't really live on minimum wage)? Is it transportation? Do most employers require you to have a home address? Something else? Likely a combination of these (and other factors)? I hope this doesn't come off as "Why don't those lazy slobs just get a job?", because I'm genuinely curious as to what makes it so difficult to do so. The short answer is mental illness and/or addiction. Long answer is all of the above plus some. This thread would give you a good fleshed out answer: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3559376&pagenumber=3&perpage=40
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Nov 8, 2013 15:04
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It can also be really difficult to get any form of ID if you don't already have any ID, which makes many things difficult.
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Nov 8, 2013 15:45
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There's also a great A/T thread about being homeless. If this hasn't been addressed already (I stopped following it awhile back), you could probably ask there and get some good answers.
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Nov 8, 2013 16:18
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Is there a free program or website out there that will allow me to punch in a beginning address then additional addresses and it'll list which address is closest to furthest? With my job I get a list of stores to do in a day and currently I'm punching in directions from my place to place A, then place B, till I get all the addresses down then I look at the map and see what blips are closest to furthest out. Surely there is a more streamlined way of doing this?
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Nov 8, 2013 18:45
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Leal posted:Is there a free program or website out there that will allow me to punch in a beginning address then additional addresses and it'll list which address is closest to furthest? With my job I get a list of stores to do in a day and currently I'm punching in directions from my place to place A, then place B, till I get all the addresses down then I look at the map and see what blips are closest to furthest out. Surely there is a more streamlined way of doing this? This site is supposed to do it. http://www.gebweb.net/optimap/
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Nov 8, 2013 18:50
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Somaen posted:Is there a name for these rectangular toy things with sand in colourful liquid and some air bubbles? You can turn it over and the sand gets propped up by the air bubbles, the sand seeps through creating nice patterns and stuff. It was marketed as a relaxing/calming aid. Anyone know what I'm talking about? The closest thing I got on google is some kind of sand timer which isn't it Sand picture, falling sand picture, sandscape? There's a bunch listed on amazon like that, but they use real sand and your picture looks like it may be plastic beads. Pogonodon fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Nov 9, 2013 04:27
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Is there a company that makes dress socks that stay up as well as regular white tube socks?
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Nov 9, 2013 04:45
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Somaen posted:Is there a name for these rectangular toy things with sand in colourful liquid and some air bubbles? You can turn it over and the sand gets propped up by the air bubbles, the sand seeps through creating nice patterns and stuff. It was marketed as a relaxing/calming aid. Anyone know what I'm talking about? The closest thing I got on google is some kind of sand timer which isn't it After some googling, I had the best luck finding similar items with the search terms "liquid motion", "liquid timer", "sand timer", "sand picture", "sandscape" and just general "desk toy". I found your specific item as "Times Up Timer". Edit: drat, partially beaten by Pogonodon
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Nov 9, 2013 04:47
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hooah posted:Is there a company that makes dress socks that stay up as well as regular white tube socks? Sock Company. Look for the Champion crew socks in black (which, being the same make as their white socks, stay up just as well as their regular socks). http://www.sockcompany.com/
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Nov 9, 2013 04:49
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Thank you for your help everyone, sandscape desk toy works perfect, I found what I was looking for  
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Nov 9, 2013 08:35
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Is the reason for human hairlessness the warm climate in the southern continents?
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Nov 9, 2013 08:44
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That is a pretty common explanation (hypothesis, really), yes. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny Barnum Brown Shoes fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Nov 9, 2013 08:59
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Leal posted:Is there a free program or website out there that will allow me to punch in a beginning address then additional addresses and it'll list which address is closest to furthest? With my job I get a list of stores to do in a day and currently I'm punching in directions from my place to place A, then place B, till I get all the addresses down then I look at the map and see what blips are closest to furthest out. Surely there is a more streamlined way of doing this? Mapquest has done this for years.
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Is there a term out there for those goofy paper predictors girls made to out of notebook paper to predict future outcomes back in grade school? They show up in the credits for Community, and there was an episode of South Park revolving around the boys trying to steal their future predicting power. But I don't know what to call them. thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 11:36 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Nov 9, 2013 11:31
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So far as I know those are just called fortune tellers or paper fortune tellers. edit: origami fortune tellers?
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thrakkorzog posted:Is there a term out there for those goofy paper predictors girls made to out of notebook paper to predict future outcomes back in grade school? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_fortune_teller They go by a bunch of names. I think I've first learned them as salt cellars because I was into origami before I was into cooties.
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