Recent content by CaffeineAndStuff

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    tax rebate (stimulus check)

    what Bush tax cuts?... no tax cuts at all for all those people getting pulled into AMT
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    when putting extra money towards principal on a mortgage, does your monthly payment go down or the term of mortgage?

    If you have an Interest Only loan then it will reamortize automatically and your payment next month will be lower.
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    How the hell are Southwest and JetBlue "low cost" airlines?!

    Toronto -> Madrid = 7520 miles roundtrip. So at $740 = 0.098 $/mile Buffalo -> SFO = 4600 miles roundtrip. at $500 = 0.109 $/mile This is in the same ballpark. with the rise in the cost of fuel get used to paying $500 for a trans-con
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    Doctor Who: New series starts Saturday 6.20pm BBC One

    Sci Fi channel will start this new series on Friday 25th April - so the delay isn't too bad. On Friday 18th they will run the Christmas special Voyage of the Damned.
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    Front load HE washers are the bomb diggity!

    They make these things called laundry baskets. Place in front of washer Put clothes in basket Move in front of dryer and unload
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    Oakland homicides since 2007...Google mapped

    This is a map of murders in Oakland. Alameda and Piedmont are not Oakland hence any murders are not shown. Of course - there aren't many in Alameda and Piedmont but you can't draw that conclusion from the map. Alameda had 2 murders in 2007 - 1 was a 15 yo girl killed on halloween by a bunch...
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    US Cell phones in Japan

    A few AT&T phones work on the 3G networks in Japan. "You'll need a device that operates on 3G technology at 2100 MHz to roam in Japan or South Korea. AT&T now sells several 3G 2100HMz devices, like the NEW Blackjack? II, Treo 750, the AT&T 8525 and the Sierra PC card for travel worldwide...
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    Going to Berns Steakhouse - What cut should I get?

    The wine list at Bern's is insane. People from the parker wine board go there and drop serious cash on the wines. For an example take a look at this thread http://dat.erobertparker.com/b...163194&highlight=berns
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    Easter menus/cooking

    I normally cook rabbit at easter
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    What's a good Toilet?

    Agree - Toto Drake. I used to hate low-flow toilets until I put this one in.
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    Anyone ever go to the eye doctor and hear this?

    Did you get new contact lenses (Night and Day or O2 Optix) within the last 6-12 months? Same happened to me after I got these lenses - according to my eye doctor the increase in oxygen getting to the eye causes it. They said they had seen it quite a lot recently.
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    Places to stay/Things to do in San Francisco

    Do not rent a car in SF. Parking will frustrate you and cost you a fortune. Take BART to Oakland for the A's games Only rent a car for a day if you want to go to Napa/Sonoma or Monterey/Carmel. Then take it back when you return to the city - there are rental places downtown.
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    Oh WOW, did you get this in the mail?

    Can't you look in your passport for the entry/exit stamps? That will tell you the dates you have been out of the US