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    America's Next Top Model

    You? And I hate my slow internet, got really slow after last nite's big storm.
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    When you learned to program did you write a word processor?

    I don't even remember what languages is was, but we wrote word processors. Do you still do that these days? (old person)
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    Good morning all you lovely people, what a wonderful day

    I'm trying some of that stupid positive thinking. It's not working yet, dammit. Hope it's a great day for you all!
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    That's it, from now on nobody else touches my computer

    Okay, that 3 hours includes cleaning up my desk to dig out the old monitor, and also untangling a forest of cables. I have a teen-age son who's into computers, who is forever upgrading or installing or whatever on our network. I usually let him do stuff like put in a monitor. But he's away...
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    how many different ways are there to spell "poll"?

    poll, of course
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    Anything to do in Atlantic City?

    An elderly relative is going into a long-term care place down there, so I'll get to drive down there every so often and make sure things are okay. Relative is senile, so I don't need to hang out with them. Long as I'm making the 2.5 hr drive, anything interesting to do down there? This...
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    Bad day at work today

    I've got a bad sinus infection and the medication is messing up my stomach. I would've stayed home, but it was an important meeting. Things were going okay until the bad coffee started coming back up - no time to take care of it discreetly. Well, there's one client we don't have any...
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    Motivation to clean out my car!

    Last week I got a drive thru breakfast on the way to an important meeting. I noticed that there was a monopoly thing on the hash browns, checked out what I got, free burger and Boardwalk. I thought to myself, oh, Boardwalk must be the easy one this time because there's no way I ever win...
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    What's your favorite "quick" food that isn't particularly good for you

    I'm eating Chef BoyArDee Mini Ravioli straight from the can, unheated. I also like ramen noodles uncooked with the spice sprinkeled on them, crunchy and very messy. Nothing can beat frozen cheap pizza, unthawed. If you're in a frozen cheap unthawed pizza mood, that is. You?
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    Anyone go to Ocean County College in Toms River?

    Any good, not too expensive restaurant that's open late (midnite-ish) on a Sat. nite that will accommodate around 20 people? We're doing a show there and need a place to eat afterwards - can't really eat before singing, and we work up an appetite. Hey, you never know who's here on...
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    Anybody have a wind-up flashlight for emergencies?

    Are they any good? Worth getting one? What to look for? Recommendations? Thanks.
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    Name a healthy food that you actually like.

    Okay, fruit. Then what? I like salad only when it has blue cheese dressing on it. Eggplant parmesan, but I'm not supposed to have too much fat, and I can't imagine eggplant parmesan without a lot of oil and cheese. Obviously, I went to the dr. who says Eat Healthy - lots of Veggies and...
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    how to eradicate fruit flies?

    Stupid little tiny flying bugs. I usually get a few if I leave fruit sitting around, but then they go away. This time, I have a lot. No fruit. I've been cleaning like crazy but they're still there. Destruction? Help?
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    Grr, how to find a hotel/motel in Vermont that has free hi-speed internet access?

    I'm not having any luck searching google, hotels.com places - figured I'd ask here. I have a business meeting in VT, figured I'd take a few days to relax - nice place, VT - but I need to stay connected to my web businesses. Anyone? Thanks.
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    video games and new drivers

    My 16-yr-old recently got his permit. I notice that driving video games really do affect his driving. He's pretty intense about real car driving, so he doesn't mind the ban on driving games. Any other games that I should ban for a while, driving-wise? And are there any games that might...
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    Good cold movies for hot weather?

    It's too hot outside, so I'm just gonna sit inside and watch cold movies. Humor would be a plus. My 4-yr-old grandson was on a march of the penguins habit for a while, so I'm penguin marched out. Fargo 8 below alaska that hockey movie in alaska but i forget it's name, but the guy got a...
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    What do I look for to find a GOOD credit lawyer, adviser etc?

    I've gotten some really bad advice. I just want to pay off the creditors and start to rebuild my credit. It's not as easy as it sounds. How to find good help? Anyone???
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    would you incorporate using Intuit MyCorporation?

    I make a fair amount of $ on ebay and from my web sites, I'm thinking it's time to incorporate for protection - LLC, unless someone comes up with a good reason for S corp. Intuit's a decent company, I've been using TurboTax for a long time. I just noticed that they have a section that does...
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    Anyone here belong to AARP?

    They do have a heck of a marketing machine. Anybody actually join? Benefits?
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    At what point do you give up?

    You put everything you have into going after that thing you've always wanted. You don't get easy success. You fail. You try again. You fail again. Try again. Etc. Where do you stop? Why? Would you go on until death, or do you consider it "growing up" to face facts and realize that...
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    My 16-year-old just got his driver's permit

    he's 99 per cent a great driver but that other 1 per cent AARRRRRRRRRGHH. How DO parents survive this??
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    are you working today, or are you off?

    I work for myself, so I'm never really off, but my supplemental part-time job is cancelled, they closed so that the boss can take the long weekend. You?
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    what's your best lemonade recipe?

    I can't seem to make perfect lemonade. My recipe: lemons (juice of), sugar, water, ice. It's okay, way better than bottled or instant, but what will it take to make it really really good? Thanks.
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    4th of july: how do you celebrate?

    fireworks & food. you?
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    Car insurance question - discount for drivers' ed class? How much?

    We're in NJ. My son is 16. He didn't take the classroom part of driver's ed in school. In order to take it, he needs to go to a special summer school class that's going to cost about $350, plus transportation, and the cost of not being able to work his part-time job while he's in the class...
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    anyone here ever have neurofeedback?

    It sounds great in the promotional materials. Anyone know anything about it?
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    i wanna die, or something - side effect of new medicine UPDATE: better now

    Yesterday I started a new medication for my back trouble. Muscle relaxant, I forget the name. Today I'm sitting at my computer working, things aren't going well, I'm getting more and more pissed off and after a while I feel like life isn't worth living and I want to throw things and I...
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    selling stuff in Maple Story?

    My teen-age son asked if he could use my pay-pal account because he was selling some things from Maple Story that he has accumulated. I got a paypal reciept that said he had been paid $250. Is this outrageous? Has he ripped off some unsuspecting other player, or do people understand...
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    any way to soundproof while windows are open?

    My apartment is on a busy street, I work at home, and with the good weather, I enjoy keeping my windows open. However, it gets pretty noisy. I KNOW I could close the windows, but is there any way to cut down on noise without cutting down on the delightful breezes and fresh air?
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    What's the best thing you ever took apart?

    I had a busted VCR sitting around, so I took it apart. Figured out which parts could be tweaked, what was hopelessly gone, and played around with it for a while. Sort of got it to work, but it was beyond my ability. (really old machine, and the 4-year-old had been working on it) It was...
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    has anyone here actually bought viagra or vicodin online?

    My back is bothering me again, I take vicodin for that and I don't feel like going to the doctor, waiting around, going through the whole medical thing for the prescription. In case you think I'm hooked on the stuff, or use it inappropriately, my last prescription was 2 years ago for 20 pills...
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    What PDA do you use? Do you like it?

    I used to use my Palm all the time until my life fell apart several years ago. Discovered the joy of low-tech scheduling using little scraps of paper (works better than I would have thought). But, time to rejoin the tech world. What do you use and like? Thanks.
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    POLL: Have you ever walked out of a movie?

    I walked out of Titanic after about 12 hours or so, at least it seemed like that to me You?
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    Movies every teen-aged guy should have seen

    Office Space Star Wars LOTR the Pokemon films (I didn't say they had to be good movies, just ones most guys have seen)
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    QUICK! What digital camera to buy?

    It's to take pix of costumes for inventory for a theater company, they rent them out so will be going on web. Budget as low as possible, under 200 -250 max, I guess. edit: There are about 400 - 800 costume pieces per show, doing one show at a time. Tripod, lighting, cramped spaces...
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    Parents: how did you explain the bunny-easter connection to your kids?

    Easter: Jesus died, came back to life. Bunnies: symbol of spring, or fertility, or at least a great shape for a chocolate treat. explaining this wasn't one of my better parenting moments. How do you do it?
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    Roof leaks, how to fix?

    Apartment is on top floor of otherwise empty commercial building, which will be torn down as soon as the landlord sells it - which could be many years, because it's an old car customizing place and it has toxic stuff all over the place, grease pit, etc. However, it's a really cheap apartment in...
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    Which important papers do you keep?

    It's spring cleaning time. I want to get rid of everything, but I don't want to get carried away. What do I absolutely have to keep? Insurance policies and retirement funds info Tax stuff Birth cert, passport, soc. security stuff This year's bank statements Phone numbers & addresses...
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    What's the fanciest, most fashionable laptop bag? UPDATE . . .

    I just got called to meet some high-up people in a big tech-marketing co. next week. I saw the thread on booq bags recently. What's the fanciest thing I could get - or at least, what would not cause the execs to laugh at me, like when I use my regular $9.99 AR black bag? I'm trying to...
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    If you work at home - what do you listen to all day?

    I usually have the TV on, random channel until it drives me nuts because I actully look at it (see my post last nite on Pets of the Royal Family :Q ). Figured I might be more productive if I turned it off, but I'm going nuts here - now I hear the birdies that nest on the window, traffic...