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hooah posted:Is there any way I can bring my own (empty) water bottle through airport security (departing from US) these days? I'm 99% sure an empty bottle is fine with the TSA.
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Golbez posted:3) Transitions: Anyone with experience with these? It'd probably be cheaper to get one pair of Transitions than glasses + sunglasses, but I have no clue how good they are, if the vision quality is less, how fast they transition, etc. HowStuffWorks says, "An important note about photochromic lenses: because they react to UV light and not to visible light, there are circumstances under which the darkening will not occur. A perfect example of this is in your car." If they aren't going to properly transition in my car, then they're completely worthless. Am I being paranoid? Get contacts. I spent years dealing with glasses because I didn't want to deal with hard contacts and I finally broke down and got some a few years ago. Best decision I ever made. They aren't cheap, but they've saved me a ton of money on sunglasses. It's so nice not having to worry about losing or scratching a pair of $300 prescription sunglasses because now I have 5 pairs of $5 Wal-Mart ones in the glovebox.
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Golbez posted:Tell me about contact lenses, please. I've never considered them - figured I'd be allergic, or it was too much hassle. Is there any reason not to try them out? This may not apply to soft lenses since I've never worn them, but be sure to give it some time. When I first got my hard contacts I could only deal with them for about 4 hours at a time. After a couple weeks I could wear them all day but they were still sort of annoying. Eventually I just totally forgot I was wearing them, to the point that the only way I can tell whether I have them in now is that I'm not blind as poo poo when they're in. It also takes a while to get used to sticking things in your eyes. Took me maybe six months to get really good at it, but now I can put them in or take them out like a pro even when I'm half asleep or completely hammered. It has also had the added bonus of making me a lot less uncomfortable at the eye doctor since my eyes are a lot less sensitive now.
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SnowblindFatal posted:How permanent marker and regular whiteboard marker mix? I'm planning on buying a whiteboard on which I'd draw a grid with a permanent marker and then use a regular marker on it to actually draw stuff that can be easily erased. A friend of mine said that for some reason whiteboard markers may remove permanent marker. Is he right or can my plan succeed? Consider using whiteboard paint. That way you don't even need to worry about marking whiteboard or sticking things to things. You just mask off your grid with some painter's tape and then cover the surface in whiteboard paint. When you're done you should have a bunch of neat little squares of whiteboard with the backing material showing through as the grid. You can also make it whatever size and shape you want.
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SnowblindFatal posted:I like this suggestion the best! I wasn't even aware that whiteboard paints existed. Off to find a whiteboard, some thin tape, whiteboard paint and then spend a few hours building me a sweet grid, hopefully without failing too hard. Luckily it's not that critical if the measurements aren't completely accurate. In the US it's sold as "Rust-Oleum 241140 - Dry Erase" Be sure to follow all the instructions in regards to priming and what kinds of surfaces it works best on. If you really want to have fun, hit your surface with a coat of magnetic primer first and you'll be able to stick pieces to your new playing board with magnets. Remember that paint is going to adhere best to a clean, dry, and rough/abraded surface. So if whatever base material you're using is smooth and shiny hit it with some sandpaper and then clean it up real good before you prime.
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May 3, 2011 03:04
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Secks posted:We broke up in March and I have barely talked to her since. I just received a bill in the mail (her name but under my address) for the ambulance service which comes to $1643.00. She's on the hook for the bill, not you. Don't forward that letter anywhere. Just call up the people who sent it and tell them that person doesn't live at your address. That's it.
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ArbitraryC posted:IS this worth calling the cops over or will I just waste my time? Yes. At most it wastes half an hour of your time filling out the report, and you have a better than zero chance of getting your stuff back if the crackhead involved tries to pawn it.
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May 31, 2011 02:11
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It is generally good policy to get an identifier etched on anything you own worth stealing. A lot of police departments will do it for free, if not it isn't difficult or expensive to do it yourself. The vast majority of legal businesses that deal in second hand goods will actually read the "recently stolen poo poo" report the cops send them and make an effort to turn it in. Mostly because making a few bucks off some old speakers isn't worth the risk of losing their operating license. (Especially if they trade in guns. The ATF will seriously gently caress up their day over stolen goods)
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May 31, 2011 05:24
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b0nes posted:I need to put together a resume for a job i am applying for but my previous employer is being a dick about getting me my work history dates. The job closes next week they are talking about getting me my info in 2-4 weeks. What should I do? I doubt anyone is going to not hire you because you wrote March instead of May for your start date on your resume.
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Jun 9, 2011 22:34
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b0nes posted:Why is so much attention being given to Gabriel Giffords? I understand she is someone important, and the people in her district will care a lot, but people get shot every day. There are thousands out there who have gone through more than she has gone. How about the rest of the victims who got shot? Because most people who get shot are poor and/or black, not photogenic congresswomen with astronaut husbands.
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Jun 22, 2011 13:12
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hooah posted:I'd like to know this, too. I've thought about checking it out, but I'm honestly too boring of a person to actually come up with stuff to build; I need some kind of goal or something. The YogBox mod compilation includes a mod that adds NPC villages with villagers that you can trade with and help build new buildings. It also adds a bunch of other fun crap like airships and an insane kung-fu skeleton that murders you during lightning storms until you become so paranoid you hide in a bunker every time it rains.
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Jul 10, 2011 05:47
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yoohoo posted:I got a parking ticket the other day and as a way to stick it to the man, I want to write something like "sexual services" or something else just as immature and dumb on the check I mail to them. Anybody have any reason why this is not a good idea? You may meet your match in an equally immature city employee who will toss that check in the garbage and then charge you the late payment fee.
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Jul 20, 2011 03:11
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Barnum posted:In many states, you can have your wages garnished for things like missed child support payments. There are some states where they can't do this, so I'm guessing Florida is one of them. Texas is like that as well. You can definitely garnish wages for child support in Florida. I'm also 95% sure the FL DMV will pull his license for missing child support payments if they are made aware of the situation. But honestly the guy sounds like a career deadbeat and if he just works cash jobs and drives without a license there isn't much anyone can do to him.
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Jul 28, 2011 03:00
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JDanielS posted:I was told that poverty is not sufficient reason to separate a child from their mother; is there anything besides drug use and abuse that would then? Any condition that is likely to lead to either neglect or abuse is a strong argument for removal of children from a family situation.
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Aug 23, 2011 05:16
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IuniusBrutus posted:How do I keep someone from moving into my apartment without permission? My roommate (whom is one of my best friends) just let his girlfriend move into without my permission. We are both on the lease, she is not. She has all sorts of issues which make not want her to be anywhere around me. If he won't deal with you on the issue just call your landlord and prepare for a dramabomb.
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Aug 25, 2011 01:17
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Fig Newton posted:How do these military vehicles drive underwater? They have a snorkel, probably behind the cab at about roof-level.
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Doc Faustus posted:This is as much advice as it is a small question, but oh well. Get a couple of box fans for your windows on that side and point them so they blow air out. This only works if you have a window on another side where fresh air can come in though.
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Samurai Sanders posted:I think I got dumber just by reading that, but anyway I figured out how to set the clock manually, the buttons work differently than any clock radio I have ever owned. It still doesn't explain why it was wrong to start with though. Probably because the internet time is set to your timezone's standard and NIST's radio time is set to the exact local time and they happen to differ by 6 minutes.
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Sep 13, 2011 02:00
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Internet Cliche posted:Recently in goon advice threads, I've seen an increase in suggestions to "document" everything, indicating that phone logs and so on will serve as evidence in future escalations. Because most people are not criminal masterminds who will spend months creating fake contact logs that sync up perfectly with real contacts.
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Wagonburner posted:What are the things on top of this building? This is at a park that has 4+ youth football fields, I think this is maybe a groundskeepers building. Probably a storm warning system to clear the fields for lightning. Got me on how they keep it so shiny though.
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Evil Vin posted:Well I don't know. He only back up for the terrorist bomb specialist was they were totally trained by special forces to fight the Russians, so maybe that's where they learned to infiltrate and bomb the place. I'm going to show him the Popular Mechanics article, plus screwloosechange and the 9/11 mysteries viewers guide. Like I would think if it was in an inside job there's no way they'd make it look like a controlled demolition, I'd like to think they'd be smart enough just to blow the poo poo out of everything. You know how you make something look like a controlled demolition? You hire a demolition contractor and he brings in 50 guys, a truckload of explosives, and a some heavy equipment and then spends 6 months gutting the structure, jackhammering through concrete and torching through steel. It isn't the sort of thing you can do without anyone noticing.
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skynix posted:2. What's the cheapest way to get an eye exam and a decent pair of eyeglasses (w/o insurance)? There are like ten different stores in my town, and I can't decide what to go to and the Yelp Reviews have been really sparse other than warning me that places that will give you two pairs of glasses for $70 are a scam. I want a pair of glasses that will actually last a couple of years and that will look decent on me. One idea I had is to get the eye exam someplace cheap (like for instance the Eye Care place in Walmart) and then go "shopping" at a bunch of stores to look at frames and compare prices. Can you do that though? I don't know whether Walmart would release my prescription to anyone else, and I don't want to buy Walmart frames at all. Get your eye exam done wherever it's cheap and ask for your prescription. Then just buy the lenses and frames online. There used to be an SAmart thread for a place that was good and crazy cheap. I'm sure someone with archives can dig it up.
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stubblyhead posted:acetone Do this outside.
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Golbez posted:So where in this effortful post does it explain the meaning behind the terms 'Judge' and 'General' in the term? I know what an Advocate General is but I don't know what a Judge Advocate is. Why are they called this? It says highly experienced ones can serve as judges, but that doesn't explain why the whole corps is called that. For the same reason supply soldiers are Quartermasters despite being neither quarters nor masters. Someone decided that sounded right in the 16th century and it stuck.
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Total War! posted:Why does everyone blame the president for things he has no control over. Its like everyone thinks he's a king or something. "OBAMA WILL FIX THE ECONOMY!" Common sense dictates that he's not so much steering as along for the ride; he has command of the armed forces and the ability to veto bills with which he disagrees. Because it's easier than blaming a bunch of faceless coalitions of shadowy figures.
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WHEEZY KISS A DUDE posted:Is there anyway (preferably a website) where you can look up a Marine's service history based on name and serial number? You can submit a request for records to the national archives, but what they can tell you is pretty limited since you aren't next of kin. I suggest an e-mail to the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Let them know you found someone's tags and service awards in an old chest, and that you'd like to return them to his family. (Which you should IMO)
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Golbez posted:Edit: And a second corollary: I know it's gravity that keeps us down, but how much is contributed by the weight of the atmosphere? That is to say, if there were no atmosphere at all, would I be able to jump any higher? I've never heard that the acceleration caused by gravity (9.8m/s^2) is affected by atmospheric pressure, so we'd still fall back down at the same rate, right? Air pressure doesn't just push you down, it pushes you in every direction at once. Essentially it's all pushing "in" trying to squish you from all sides. But since our bodies are pressurized to the same approximately 1 atmosphere, the net force is zero. Acceleration caused by gravity is always the same (on Earth) but the density of the medium you're falling through certainly does effect the speed at which you fall. Because air is compressible (unlike water) density and pressure increase together. If you fell through a hypothetical atmosphere that constantly increased in density and pressure you'd eventually just stop falling when you hit a point at which you were buoyant in the medium.
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Golbez posted:So what if you had a planet-sized ball of water? I figure a core would form of a solid, hot ice crystal, and the surface would evaporate enough to create its own atmosphere? And/or, its gravity collects gases and creates an atmosphere that way. The outer surface of your giant water ball would boil off until it was all gone or a sufficient atmosphere had built up. If the water ball had enough mass to retain an atmosphere it would eventually reach an equilibrium point.
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EricBauman posted:With regards to the shower radio, I maybe should've said that I really hate screwing around with batteries. And I just want to be able to play whatever from my phone or an mp3 player. In my search I've only found waterproof speakers that you have to build into something (a boat or something like that), so I guess standalone waterproof speakers aren't available in my market (the Netherlands). Try looking for patio or pool speakers. A quick look at Google gets plenty of hits for sets that should be more than waterproof enough for your bathroom. You're probably looking at prices in the $50+ range though.
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Angra Mainyu posted:What happened to the Lasseiz Faire subforum? I feel like it moved off site and I missed all the info... They ironically planned the assassination of the President and Lowtax got a letter from the Secret Service.
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Avocados posted:How did the idea of cooking food catch on for early humans when every other living thing ate stuff raw? Nobody really knows. Cooking is obviously advantageous for a number of reasons. It makes things taste better, makes most edible things easier to eat, renders some inedible things edible, and destroys parasites and microbes as well as a number of toxic compounds found in plants. At some point way back in pre-history someone figured out that heating your food up just works better.
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yoohoo posted:Anybody know a quick and clean way to get rid of an elastic band in the sleeves of one of my jackets, bar simply cutting it with some scissors? Turn the sleeve inside out. Cut a small slit in the fabric over the elastic band, pull the elastic out, cut it, and then pull it out through the slit. Sew up the slit you made. (It'll be on the inside of the sleeve, so you don't have to make it pretty.)
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Mak0rz posted:I have a dumb old Hotmail account that I've been using since like the 8th grade. I really want to get rid of it and replace it with an @live account or something, but the problem is that I have pretty much everything associated with it including a Windows/Xbox Live gaming account, Messenger contacts, Skydrive, and MS Office and god knows what other Live services. Just create your new live account and associate it with your old Hotmail one. When you do that you still have two addresses, but you only have to login to one and you can just flip back and forth between inboxes.
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Golbez posted:We're having an apocalyptic movie night. What do y'all recommend? So far we're collecting everything from Children of Men to Shaun of the Dead.
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Besesoth posted:Hope that helps! I've found these little pot scrapers to be another handy kitchen tool. They're the most useful 5 cents worth of plastic you'll ever spend $5 on.
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b0nes posted:So I haven't heard from her in 2 1/2 weeks. She didn't answer my calls or texts. I am not trying to get in a relationship with her or anything but why would she just break off contact?
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Whack posted:Overall, what's worse for you soda or beer?
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razz posted:This is a typical 5-gallon bucket. Something like this: Rubbermade 10 Gallon Containers and lids?
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2508084 posted:I dont know if goodwill takes stuff like that, but you could donate it shelters or schools, more than likely.
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Hughlander posted:I've been a book collector for 20+ years, hard cover, paperback, out of print, things never printed in the US, etc... I have over 2000 books. Now however, I need room in my house for my family, and with the rise of E-Readers, I'd like to get rid of them. However, I'd like to balance the ease of getting rid of them with any money I can make off of them as well. Unless you have a lot of rare or desirable books you're going to get maybe $2 each if you sell them yourself. Probably considerably less than that if you sell them to a store. Donating them to charity is going to be the easiest way to get rid of them. Nobody is going to buy them in big boxes and selling them all yourself would take a very long time.
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