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BoyBlunder posted:Is there a US auto/home insurance recommendation thread? I checked the business/finance subforum, but might've missed it. The insurance thread has sadly fallen to page 2: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3488763
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Rent-A-Cop posted:Why not just build up the latch plates instead? Putting some 1/4" or 1/2" shims behind them sounds like it would solve your problem. I thought it might look funny or catch stray elbows or something, but that seems like it's probably the best/easiest solution.
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May 14, 2015 23:02
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n/m trying something apparently already goon-recommended
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May 14, 2015 23:44
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I need to wash some accumulated seed/bird detritus off of a wooden railing so I can stain it. However, there isn't a spigot within reach with our hose. Do hardware stores rent portable pressure washers? Do they work decently well?
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May 14, 2015 23:49
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hooah posted:I need to wash some accumulated seed/bird detritus off of a wooden railing so I can stain it. However, there isn't a spigot within reach with our hose. Do hardware stores rent portable pressure washers? Do they work decently well? I cleaned a deck once with an electric bucket-fed pressure washer. They are a thing and they're powerful enough to clean a deck. I think the one I bought was like $90 and then I sold it to my mom for 80.
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May 14, 2015 23:58
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A stiff bristle brush and a bucket of soapy water will save you about $100 and for a railing, work just as well. Also, 100' hoses are like $20.
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May 15, 2015 00:04
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photomikey posted:A stiff bristle brush and a bucket of soapy water will save you about $100 and for a railing, work just as well. Derp. For some reason I was fixated on power tools. Time to find/buy a brush!
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May 15, 2015 01:39
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Does anyone here know the lyrics to Prune Slicker? Google is of no help. Music video for Prune Slicker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YoiongdFDw
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May 15, 2015 04:25
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Pogo the Clown posted:You're pretty much out of luck unless you want to use herbicide, they seed prolifically and are tough to kill. Depending on how industrious you're feeling you could split the hill into sections and do it bit by bit over a few years, combining poisoning with mechanical controls (cut the heads off before they seed) to limit the spread. I just spent my whole day off pulling out every one I could see by hand. Fortunately most of them had not seeded yet, so hopefully there at least won't be as much of them this year. If this doesn't work I guess I'm buying a goat. Cakefool posted:Is the slope away from your property? Because I've seen the groundsmen mowing the amphitheatre at my old university with electric flymo mowers on a rope. Slide it down, haul it back up, move along, repeat. It's just outside my property. My property line pretty much ends at the top of the hill right where the slope starts descending. I've never seen a hover mower (at least not a Lowe's/Home Depot). I guess you have to go to a specialty store for them. Are they expensive? More expensive than goat?
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May 15, 2015 05:19
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Jake Snake posted:I just spent my whole day off pulling out every one I could see by hand. Fortunately most of them had not seeded yet, so hopefully there at least won't be as much of them this year. If this doesn't work I guess I'm buying a goat. So much less trouble. SO MUCH.
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May 15, 2015 06:32
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kedo posted:I thought it might look funny or catch stray elbows or something, but that seems like it's probably the best/easiest solution. Shim the hinges instead
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May 15, 2015 06:40
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Jake Snake posted:It's just outside my property. My property line pretty much ends at the top of the hill right where the slope starts descending. I've never seen a hover mower (at least not a Lowe's/Home Depot). I guess you have to go to a specialty store for them. Are they expensive? More expensive than goat? Hovers are the cheapest wheel-less electric mowers that at best sort-of hover because they duct all the air blast down. However I'm in the UK, land of proper voltage so I don't know if you get them in 110v flavour. For God's sake don't buy a goat. Seen goat simulator? It's pretty accurate behavior.
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May 15, 2015 12:30
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Thanatosian posted:For the love of God, don't buy a goat; rent some goats. There's probably a goat rental dude around. Or - OR - buy the goat, then become the goat rental dude.
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May 15, 2015 14:15
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I need to pull about 200 emails from a Hotmail account. I don't know OS or software or anything like that. What's the best way to do it?
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May 15, 2015 15:45
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Jake Snake posted:There's a slope just outside my property line that grows super tall weeds every summer. The county is supposed to take care of it, but their solution is just to mow it twice a year. The weeds quickly grow back, and it’s too steep for me to mow myself. The slope also leads into the street, so I don’t want to use chemical weed killers. You could try a shitload of white vinegar. A hardware store could sell you a sprayer for 10 bucks or so and you can get jugs of vinegar for a couple bucks a gallon. Also, you could completely cover parts of it with cardboard, tarps, or old carpet and then it won't get any sun and die. That usually keeps the stuff away for a while.
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May 15, 2015 17:02
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Thanatosian posted:I need to pull about 200 emails from a Hotmail account. I don't know OS or software or anything like that. What's the best way to do it? Rent a goat.
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May 15, 2015 17:21
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Thanatosian posted:I need to pull about 200 emails from a Hotmail account. I don't know OS or software or anything like that. What's the best way to do it? What do you mean by "pull?" Do you want to download them as .eml files, or as a PDF, or do you want to pull them into another mail client?
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May 15, 2015 17:58
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TheLastManStanding posted:For a basic pee test the results are available the same day. I can't imagine why they wouldn't fire the person immediately if the results came back positive. Where I work they wait until they can get your final check cut.
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May 15, 2015 18:04
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kedo posted:What do you mean by "pull?" Do you want to download them as .eml files, or as a PDF, or do you want to pull them into another mail client? Download, onto a flash drive. I can work out format later, whatever is fastest.
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May 15, 2015 18:55
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Very Strange Things posted:You could try a shitload of white vinegar. A hardware store could sell you a sprayer for 10 bucks or so and you can get jugs of vinegar for a couple bucks a gallon. I've tried vinegaring weeds before and it never seems to work. Putting down a tarp seems pretty reasonable as long as he remembers to take it up before the city mows.
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May 15, 2015 19:20
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Thanatosian posted:Download, onto a flash drive. I can work out format later, whatever is fastest. It's also available for all major OSes. You will need to be able to install it though and of course have the account details.
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May 15, 2015 19:28
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I've only been to the teppanyaki side of a sushi house once, and it was with other people. Is it okay to just go there as a couple, and there aren't any other groups there? Would it be a waste of the chef's time, or less entertaining to us?
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May 15, 2015 21:11
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Golbez posted:I've only been to the teppanyaki side of a sushi house once, and it was with other people. Is it okay to just go there as a couple, and there aren't any other groups there? Would it be a waste of the chef's time, or less entertaining to us? They would probably sit you with another group of people to fill up the space. It can be fun if you're seated with cool strangers.
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May 15, 2015 21:23
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Koivunen posted:They would probably sit you with another group of people to fill up the space. It can be fun if you're seated with cool strangers. Oh, I agree - last time we went we were seated with strangers and it was great fun. I was just curious what happens if we're somehow the only ones there.
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May 15, 2015 21:25
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Golbez posted:Oh, I agree - last time we went we were seated with strangers and it was great fun. I was just curious what happens if we're somehow the only ones there. Most places have a minimum number of people they'll seat. If you're under that, they'll ask you to wait. Depending on the host/hostess you talk to this rule is various degree of firmness and clarity. I had one place that I went to solo to check out for a larger party that asked me to wait just a minute while they prepped the table. I was still waiting 30 minutes later for "the table to be prepped" since no-one else came in during that time. Another place I went was very accommodating and it didn't take much persuasion to get a table to myself after waiting a bit to see if any other customers were going to arrive. You should be able to call ahead and get a straight answer.
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May 15, 2015 21:51
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LLSix posted:Most places have a minimum number of people they'll seat. If you're under that, they'll ask you to wait. Depending on the host/hostess you talk to this rule is various degree of firmness and clarity. I had one place that I went to solo to check out for a larger party that asked me to wait just a minute while they prepped the table. I was still waiting 30 minutes later for "the table to be prepped" since no-one else came in during that time. Another place I went was very accommodating and it didn't take much persuasion to get a table to myself after waiting a bit to see if any other customers were going to arrive. Aha, thanks, just what I was looking to find out.
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May 15, 2015 22:52
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Golbez posted:Oh, I agree - last time we went we were seated with strangers and it was great fun. I was just curious what happens if we're somehow the only ones there. Oh sorry, I misunderstood. The last time we sat with strangers, they did the "squirt sake in your mouth" thing, and a guy managed to get to a count of like 50 before the chef stopped. That's my cool teppanyaki story.
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May 16, 2015 00:22
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I'm currently dealing with a sore throat, my dumb question is: How come when I tug at the skin at my throat it doesn't hurt as much to swallow as when I don't do that?
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May 16, 2015 01:17
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Leal posted:I'm currently dealing with a sore throat, my dumb question is: How come when I tug at the skin at my throat it doesn't hurt as much to swallow as when I don't do that? I'm sitting here trying to replicate your experiment and I think that when I pull on my throat skin there seems to be a significantly lower amount of rubbing of whatever surfaces in my throat. Sore throat is caused by your immune system destroying infected epithelial cells in your throat, which is kind of like having your throat scraped raw. When you swallow you're moving all those raw parts against each other which hurts, so if you can prevent some of the rubbing you might feel less pain. This is mostly speculation.
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May 16, 2015 01:43
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Thanatosian posted:For the love of God, don't buy a goat; rent some goats. There's probably a goat rental dude around. I thought you were joking, but then I looked it up and learned Amazon offers goat rentals (not in my area though). Very Strange Things posted:Also, you could completely cover parts of it with cardboard, tarps, or old carpet and then it won't get any sun and die. That usually keeps the stuff away for a while. LLSix posted:Putting down a tarp seems pretty reasonable as long as he remembers to take it up before the city mows. I'll try this if/when the weeds grow back. The mowers only take care of the weeds if they get too long, so they probably won't mind the tarp or cardboard if it means they don't have to do anything. Fine, I won't buy a goat.
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May 16, 2015 04:42
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Jake Snake posted:Fine, I won't buy a goat. You should totally buy a goat.
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May 16, 2015 04:50
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Does anyone know which comedy album it is where Lewis Black says something to the effect of, "governments aren't large buildings that walk around doing poo poo."?
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May 16, 2015 06:02
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If it helps you narrow it, it isn't the white album or the end of the universe. I've listened to both of those enough that I could do a weak imitation of the entire recording.
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May 16, 2015 06:16
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Are there other words and phrases to express the meaning of "a perfect storm"? It's become somewhat of a cliche but it's hard to find a substitute for it.
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May 16, 2015 06:33
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DNova posted:I'm sitting here trying to replicate your experiment and I think that when I pull on my throat skin there seems to be a significantly lower amount of rubbing of whatever surfaces in my throat. Sore throat is caused by your immune system destroying infected epithelial cells in your throat, which is kind of like having your throat scraped raw. When you swallow you're moving all those raw parts against each other which hurts, so if you can prevent some of the rubbing you might feel less pain. Seems about right, everything rubbing up against each other. Certainly helps me in being able to eat without feeling like I'm in some jigsaw trap.
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May 16, 2015 06:35
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I was doing a crossword today and the answer for "drives crazy" is apparently "anyys". What the gently caress is this bullshit? Google has no idea either. Edit: I guess this one (Chronicle of Higher Education - hah!) is just poo poo: the guy who composed for "Shaft" is apparently Isaac Hay, not Isaac Hayes. Who knew? hooah fucked around with this message at 13:52 on May 16, 2015 |
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May 16, 2015 13:44
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hooah posted:I was doing a crossword today and the answer for "drives crazy" is apparently "anyys". What the gently caress is this bullshit? Google has no idea either. I did this same one yesterday and was confused by it at first. The "y" in those answers means "yes" going across and "no" going down. If you read it that way, it makes sense. The theme was "Waffles, anyone?" meaning waffling between yes and no.
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May 16, 2015 16:18
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Well. That's obtuse.
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I get to drive a moving truck 12 hours from Chicago to Philadelphia on Monday, any long-haul tips for me? I've already downloaded a bunch of podcasts and I have my external battery ready to go. Any advice for my route too? (I-80 to I-76 in)
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C-Euro posted:I get to drive a moving truck 12 hours from Chicago to Philadelphia on Monday, any long-haul tips for me? I've already downloaded a bunch of podcasts and I have my external battery ready to go. Any advice for my route too? (I-80 to I-76 in) Prayer also helps. Edit: No matter who's truck it is thoroughly inspect it before you take it off the lot. Rent-A-Cop fucked around with this message at 20:31 on May 16, 2015 |
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