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    Canadians: Bagged milk question (serious)

    They used to offer it in my town when you had a milkman who delivered it to your door. The last milkman in town stopped about 10 years ago, and milk bags went away forever :(
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    textbooks?

    Borrow copies from the library on campus, take them to the nearest photocopier, and make copies of whatever parts you'll actually use. I took engineering in school. Probably close to 90% of the things I learned hadn't changed in the last 50 years, and in lots of cases, the 50 year old...
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    Moles or water?

    It might be trails left by voles. A vole looks like a mouse, but the tail's a little shorter. It builds tunnels in the ground (during the summer months). In winter, they will dig their tunnels just above the ground, in the snow, and even throughout a snowbank. As they build tunnels, they eat...
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    eurorail

    I just got back from a European trip a few weeks ago. We didn't use the trains very much, so we didn't bother with a Eurail pass, but... You can find information on the extra fees and reservations on the Eurail website. (www.eurail.com) Depending on which cities and which countries you...
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    Dress Code

    The place I work at (in the petrochemical industry) restricts facial hair for safety reasons. Facial hair can prevent getting a good seal on a respirator, particularly if you've been knocked unconscious by a gas release, and it's a rescuer trying to fit the mask on your face. Also, facial...
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    List the weirdest church sign messages

    Church in Korea This is my favorite church ever. (EDIT: Read the sign carefully)
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    Best War Song / Best War Poem

    Poem - The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When I died they...
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    Why do people hate Walmart

    My problems with Wal-Mart have all been covered already, but the main thing for me hasn't been mentioned. It's not a problem with just Wal-Mart, but with almost every store. The problem is that the store doesn't care about me, or about any customers, but about generating a profit for the...
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    Canadian? Don't think about buying a car in the U.S.

    This is 100% real. It's all over the news up here. Dealerships in the US states that border Canada have been told to not sell new cars to Canadians, or they risk losing their dealership. Not only for cars and trucks, but also snowmobiles and camping trailers. I worked with someone several...
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    Momentary power outages

    Could be an automatic re-closing breaker on the line. Especially on overhead lines, there can be momentary faults (birds, squirrels, wet branches) that cause a fault, then burn up / fall off, and go away. Rather than have a manual-reset breaker that would cause long outages, it automatically...
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    Pimp My Hardhat

    Of course, you do realize that painting your hard hat can weaken it, and is expressly forbidden by every manufacturer I've ever seen. Even most stickers aren't allowed. The solvents that make the paint adhere better can also weaken plastic. Same goes for glue on stickers. If you really want...
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    To all Chemist here: I have a question about Running a METH lab in the house...

    A pot house can ruin the entire place too. The main power feed gets ruined because the meter gets bypassed, the whole house electrical gets modified and ruined. Also, the house gets wrecked from the humidity. Walls full of mold = teh bad. That said, I'd rather live in an old pot house than...
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    Post pics of your place of worship.

    http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/stephenw22/koreamathodist.jpg Notice the spelling?
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    Walmart now requires seeing license to use credit card

    I sign the back of my credit cards "CHECK I.D." in black marker. Only about 1 store out of 10 checks the back of my credit card. When a store doesn't check my ID, I ask them to check the back of the card, and then I tell them how incredibly STUPID they just were.
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    What is your record in using bandwidth in one month?

    120 gigs down, 120 gigs up cable company didn't care about the 120 down, but they told me to keep it under 30 gigs up in the future. so much for 'unlimited' internet. it was all bt at the time
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    The Book of Mormon is FICTION!

    This was fun to read! Keep it up!
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    As far as the scope of the destruction goes, I can understand why the people directly involved can feel that, for them, this is equivalent. I can understand why the mayor of Biloxi would have made a statement like that. Also, for the families who lost family members, pets, etc. - yes, for...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    Then, a correct response to this question would have been "Jaques LaPlante", or whoever decided it; I actually don't know and I wouldn't mind knowing. However, your response detailed "Why it wasn't a bad place for a city", but nothing about "Who thought that it was a good place for a city?" If...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    Perhaps you need to visit your eye doctor, because you missed about 50% of my post. This is what you originally quoted: And this is what I had originally posted: I've highlighted the text you had ignored. If you're going to try to tear me apart, at least quote the entire post, not just...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    My equally young/ignorant friend, you can't possibly have thought that I believed it was originally built that way. Of course I realize that it took time for people to keep building a city in a giant sinking hole. I'm just saying that you were completely missing the point of that post. Go...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    IF? I HAVE had my house flooded, and my posessions ruined. What makes you so ignorant and arrogant that you ASSUME that I haven't experienced anything like a flood? As I've mentioned a couple of times before, insurance will cover the losses. This makes the loss of property completely...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    Every business in the US has (or at least should have) insurance to cover the rebuilding/restoring of business. Same with every homeowner (If you can afford a house, but can't afford insurance, then you're an idiot.) There will be some renters that won't have insurance, and others with...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    How much of the damage in Asia was covered by insurance? How much of the damage in the U.S. is covered by insurance? Just wondering...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    I'd agree with that. I read that the areas damaged worst by the tsunami were ones where they had cleared the land to make better beaches, etc. In less-developed areas, the damage was much less severe, as the trees and natural landscape blocked most of the force. Locally, I equate this to...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    Did you even bother to read any of my previous posts? I guess I should clarify, for people who may not follow my thinking: True, everyone is porentially in the path of some kind of natural disaster. To a certain extent, people in Asia should have been more prepared for something like that...
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    Germaphobes UNITE!

    I wash my hands regularly, using soap and water. I sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' in my head to let me know how long to keep scrubbing my hands for. Lysol spray for the KB and mouse, weekly at work and monthly at home. Travel packs of hand wipes for using in the car after I've gone...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    So it wasn't dangerous as a cat 3 or cat 4? As soon as I hear about ANY kind of thunderstorm warning for my area, I'm on the weather band, listening for the most current forecast. People need to take more responsibility here for staying informed on what is going on around them. A radio costs...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    IMO, the deaths caused by the tsunami were tragic because it was a sudden and huge loss of life, who had no idea that this would be happening. This kind of event had never happened there before. (at least from what I remember hearing) The deaths from the hurricane aren't tragic, they're...
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    are K&N air filters really worth it?

    Independent Air Filter Study This was done for a Duramax Diesel forum. It sounds pretty professional.
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    If it were an earthquake, I'd agree that it could be the equivalent of a tsunami. Maybe even if it were a tornado or volcano. But, how many days in advance did people know about the hurricane? Shelters were set up, and anyone who couldn't make it on their own got help from rescuers...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    I think that the destruction was bad and all, but I mean, come on! What genius thought that it was a good place for a city? A city below sea level? A system of levies and pumps to keep the city dry? For a city that is on the gulf coast? This almost seems too idiotic to be true. If I...
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    'This is out tsunami' (CBC News article) ... The storm inflicted catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast as it slammed into Louisiana, and then swept across Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida. Although an unofficial death toll hovered around 55 on Tuesday morning, officials in...
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    YACT: Any experienced Electronic Engineers in the house???

    So you'll be using buttons as switches for a simple up/down counter? As far as microcontrollers go, if you've never used one before, there are a few decent options. The easiest would probably be a "BASIC Stamp". They're programmable in BASIC, have a few I/O points, and are pretty easy to...
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    I have a mouse in my house!

    Mouse Master Multi-Catch Trap We use these in our farm vehicles. Wind it up and it will catch 10-15 mice. NOTE: When the mice are caught, they are alive, so if you want to let them live, check the trap often. Hungry mice will fight and eat each other if they are left in there for too...
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    Question for Canadians

    I conducted a blind taste-test this last winter of 6 different white cheddar macaroni varieties. There were 4 of us doing the testing. First place went to IGA (Sobey's) with their generic 'Our Compliments' brand. 3 of 4 votes for 1st place went to it. 'President's Choice' was 2nd or 3rd...
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    any place of attraction around calgary, canada??

    you can check out the olympic park on the west side of town (I think you can even ride down the bobsled track). there's the calgary tower downtown (plain old space needle-type deal). also, there's fort calgary (i think that's what it's called. it's a restored fort, with people in character...
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    I managed to suffer through Kill Bill.

    A lot of the camera work reminded me of old kung fu movies I've seen. It was neat to see a western-made kung fu flick that uses eastern-style cinematography. From what I've heard, it was a bit of a tribute to the genre.
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    Why does Fedora Linux take so many disk (iso)

    What percentage of generic consumers use all of the "*FAR* more powerful" features of commercial software? 5%? 10%? If you want specific, powerful features, then you can usually find them in commercial software. Even though linux isn't good for gaming, the # of people who use their PCs for...
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    Why does Fedora Linux take so many disk (iso)

    Linux disks have lots more on them than you will probably install. The last time I installed linux on a computer, the ISOs had all kinds of extra utilities that aren't included with any Windows OS. You'd have to spend thousands of $$ to buy the software you can get for free in a linux distro.
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    Engine Freeze Plugs

    Freeze plugs work as the name describes. I have seen engines which have frozen solid over winter due to an incorrect antifreeze/water ratio. Mud gets into the coolant system when the car is operated in very dusty environments, and if the cooling system has an older-style overflow tank (i.e...