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    New verizon plans - upgrade useless now?

    So I just converted my big family plan with 7 phones to the new Verizon plan structure. I have the same service for everything, and am saving $90ish a month or so. However, it seems like with the new structure, having an upgrade available doesn't do anything for me unless I want a new phone. For...
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    Sanity check? 2004 S600 $16k, XF supercharged $20k

    So I just paid off my Focus ST and have been thinking for awhile now about buying a second car. The Focus is a great DD for me, so the floor has been kind of wide open for consideration. I've considered strictly utilitarian (used midsize 4WD SUV/Truck), hobby (240z/280z to work on), pure fun...
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    "Driving Experiences" aka hot laps in supercars

    Anyone ever done this? I'm going to Vegas in a couple weeks for a work trip and am gonna have some free time one of the days, thinking about going to these guys http://www.exoticsracing.com/ If I do it I'm probably going to do two cars, definitely a GTR and then something else. I really want...
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    What extra credit card to get?

    Cliffs: I'm 24 with a great credit record, only things negatively impacting my credit are number of accounts and average age of accounts. I currently have 10 accounts, average age ~2.5 years I already own a home, and have only a 2 year old car, so I don't see myself buying another home or...
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    Program to test battery life?

    I have a new laptop (yoga 2 pro) and a 2 year old Acer I'd like to compare. I can't do a good comparison using existing charts, because the acer originally came with a HD and win 8, but I put in a SSD and Win7. The yoga is the newer i7, and most reviews I've seen are of the original i5 model, so...
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    Anyone have one of these "tiny" jump starters?

    I've been wanting to buy a jumpstarter for awhile now to keep at home, and then I saw this thing in a Newegg email blast. $110 for a jumpstarter small enough I could fit it in my spare wheel well. Does anyone have firsthand experience with one of these? I was skeptical at first, but this...
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    Big stereo a problem for UPS?

    I just got a new bigger UPS for my main computer, and I currently have my stereo amp running off of it as well, it's a CyberPower CP1350PFCLCD rated for 810 watts. My amp is a NAD C370, and when listening to it around my max volume it uses even more power than I realized. It can spike up to...
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    So this is a little scary... (loose brake caliper)

    ***UPDATED 10-2-15*** So yeah this happened again. Rear driver side this time. Didn't bother to take a picture, I knew what it was before I pulled over. Took it back to the dealer this morning, they said they're swamped and probably won't get to it today. Need to keep it over the weekend...
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    Dealer antics, get them to pay for broken headlight?

    I'll try to do the cliffs to keep it short ----------------------- Brother goes to a chevy dealer an hour away to buy a Mazda CX-7, everything looks to be a great deal, way under book, etc. Listed at 10,980 Everythings cool, he decides to buy and they start paperwork That's when they...
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    New camera for work, mirrorless?

    I need to buy a new camera for my company. We go out to various field locations to take photos of existing equipment and such for use in the office. A few samples are below. This is 99% outdoors, well lit open areas, though there are some areas with a large sunny/shade contrast. Currently we...
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    How does your multi-state business handle communications?

    My company has 4 major offices in as many states, and are trying to improve our communication methods between these offices (which also represent formerly separate companies, recently combined under one company) We are in the engineering/design/consulting/EP+C business, ~250 total employees...
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    What other good financial decisions to make while young?

    Not intending this to be a brag thread, but I've done all the smart financial moves I know of to make while a young person. I'm wondering what else I could start doing now or in the near future that I will be glad I did early many years from now A little background: 23 single Well...
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    Opinions - which Focus ST to buy?

    1) New 13 ST2 - Tangerine Scream (not too bad, but unsure on how much I like) for $24k flat after 2500 rebate from small dealer in my suburb, no tint 2) CPO ST3 with just under 5k miles, Performance Blue (favorite color) with moonroof and full tint from big dealer in town where I work for...
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    How does your employer handle travel expenses?

    History: For about four years prior to our company getting bought by a larger company last year, travel was a flat $175/day per diem for everything, and the standard mileage rate for personal vehicles. All our travel was local in the OK/AR/TX area. Since the buyout, there's been a lot more...
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    So who likes to float "the river"?

    Went on the Illinois Sunday SE of Tulsa, did a 6 mile with 3 rafts and 10 people. I've gone about 5 times now, usually doing a 12 mile float in canoes. Last summer we did the 12 in rafts and it was a horrible idea. We got a late start, rafts are slower than canoes, so they were pulling...
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    Going to Pittsburgh in a couple weeks

    Gonna be there for a week training people in one of our other offices. I'm headed to "The City" for the first time. Their office looks to be downtown (smithfield and seventh), I'll probably be staying nearby without a car (unsure). I'd like to go to the natural history museum. From what I...
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    SSD file server for work?

    Our work file server has 3 or 4 1TB drives in raid 5. We only use about 350-400gb of the array, and while I haven't benchmarked it it feels extraordinarily slow. As in, 30 minutes to copy a 4gb file from the desktop of the server itself to the array Right now, we're on 100mbit lan, we will be...
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    Replacing receiver with amp

    I'm looking to replace my receiver with a proper amp, could use some input What I got now - optical from my computer to Onkyo TX-NR609, running 2x Energy CF-70 towers and an Energy ESW-C10 400w powered sub What I'm aiming for - optical from my computer to Onkyo TX-NR609, line out to (INSERT...
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    Where to look for good Briefcase/laptop bag/whatever for business?

    I've been traveling for work lately more and more, and I really need a better briefcase/bag. I wouldn't mind spending a couple hundred or more on a nice one that I really like, but other than some of the victorinox stuff I don't know who to check out. Anyone know who has nice bags to check...
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    What are you folks up to this weekend?

    I'm charging overtime to put two workstations together for my work. I have three more in order for next weekend too. I have an awesome job AND I get to nerd out building machines for the whole company. Pretty sweet gig What's ATOT up to? Pic related
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    Job title question

    I'll try to keep this short and pertinent Technically I am a drafter. However I also manage/administer the domain/workstations/software purchase+licensing for a 20 person division of a larger company. On those responsibilities I answer to both our divisions manager as well as our main...
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    401K help

    So I find out about 30 minutes ago that in about 2 hours I'll have to decide what to put my money into (ING 401k), and I thought I had another 3 weeks to do research and decide, but now I know almost nothing except that my current IRA has been negative returns since day 1 Cliffs: 22 single...
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    Delicate work situation - how to handle properly?

    Long story short, a coworker has a regular habit of going on extremely bigoted rants using many curse words and the worst slurs. Quite frankly I don't give a fuck about cursing but when he says stuff like... (in regards to the Trayvon Martin case) "we should be killing the all the fucking...
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    Best sleep aid with back pain?

    Shortish story because I don't have the patience for the long one I have pretty major lumbar compression, like elderly man bad. Due to some changes going on at work, I can't get to a doctor until June 1 if not later for either a pain rx or a sleep aid rx. It's gotten bad enough that I can't...
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    Why do you love your job?

    At work, one of many projects I regularly work on is the design of what are called sulfur prilling towers. These towers take molten sulfur, run them through dripping trays into cooling water forming them into pellets, which are separated from the water and the pellets are what is purchased by...
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    So I bought a house yesterday

    Nice little 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 cool for school ranch 30 minutes from work/tulsa center that's just finished a remodel 3 yrs ago Spent yesterday afternoon moving 3 car loads of almost all my important stuff, aka an airbed some clothes and my desk/computer/nice new stereo I got to treat...
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    Need stereo amp recommendations

    So I'm buying a house and want to invest in a good 2.1 setup for my home office. My original plan was to go for 2x Energy RC-10s, an Energy ESW-C10 sub, and an HK-3490 for about $1100. But now, due to a huge sale on Newegg, I can get 2x Energy CF70s and that sub for only $550. Yeah, check out...
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    Big back pain for 6 days now...

    So I'm 21 and in crappy shape. I sit at a desk for 10 hours a day then go home and sit at my computer a few more hours and thats about it. A few weeks ago I started "light" exercise. Just pushups, situps, and body weight squats starting at about 10/day, and getting up to about 25/day the day...
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    Does anyone remember that one dude from high school...

    I think everyone knows that one guy in high school, that you always thought was a pretty cool dude and you wish you two had hung out more? This is what the guy from my class has been up to lately
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    Android General/Droid Razr: Crappy audio after factory reset?

    Title says most of it. I had to do a factory reset, and now the audio output sucks (confirmed w/multiple listening devices). Still listenable, but the vocals are very quiet, mids are muddled, and bass is short and nothing about it sounds quite right. I tried all of the built in android...
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    What should I look for/ask about when viewing a home?

    21 year old first time buyer here. I'm looking at a couple short sales Wednesday, and am afraid I'll miss something important. I've found a lot of helpful information about most of the steps of buying a house, but I haven't really found anything specifically about viewing a home. I think I...
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    Grandparents bringing a cool guest to Christmas

    I can't wait to sit and chat with this guy from my grandmothers e-mail: "We plan to also bring a guest, a 91 year old WWII veteran who says he doesn't have anywhere to go to for a family Christmas. He is interesting to talk to and is an active old gentleman. He moved to Cushing last year...
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    Am I bad for having this reaction?

    So some busted ass ho from my HS class posted this on facebook earlier "So during this holiday season i feel like a failure... i dont know what else to say but sorry kids momma is going to try her best.... i think every young parent goes through this in their time more so for young single...
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    I just *knew* I was forgetting something

    So my mom asked me last night if she could shower at my place before she went out while I was at work. Naturally, I scoped my apartment and hid some of the more "awkward conversation" items. Lube, paper towels at computer, pipe, etc. Swept the floor to make it look decent and took out the trash...
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    It's all starting to make sense now

    Also, Yahoo, stop making me google Joe Jonas because I feel I don't know enough about the guy.
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    Ideas to get my brother to re-think buying new?

    My brother is looking to buy a new car. He's had smart buys in his past, a 2002 protege for $5k that he's put about 90k miles on without much trouble but is slowly dying at about 150k, and a 2000 focus for $7k he got good use out of before it was totaled But now he's gotten himself...
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    Just paid off my car early

    Feels good man It was for $9194 @ 7.69 for a 2006 Ford Fusion, in Jan 09. Paid the last $5884 with 28 payments left on the clock. Should save me about $775 total for about 13% return if I did my maths right Gonna get a new auto ins quote, maybe drop comp, we'll see. Is it cheaper to...
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    Blah, tattoos

    My mom has been hounding my brothers and I for awhile now to pick out images for her next tattoo. She wants us each to pick out a sun image (for her three 'sun's - :\ ) I don't care about this crap. I'm not creative nor do I particularly appreciate the "symbolism" or whatever behind a...
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    How long did your parents divorce take?

    Mine just had their 30th anniversary, and have been trying to get divorced since Jan 07 so nearly 5 years. Long enough that the court they did the inital preceedings with is having them come back and tell them why the hell they aren't divorced yet so they can get it off their docket In...
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    Home buying decisions

    21y/o ~$40k/year, increasing (I've gotten 50% in raises the last 12 months) Flawless yet only 3 year long credit, FICOs at 735/757 Only debt is ~$5500 in a car loan I have $7k in the bank right now, and saving at a pretty decent rate (50 hour weeks likely to the end of the year, plus saving...