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    Did you know asbestos is still being used in car brakes?

    Once upon a time, not really all that long ago, brake drums were much more substantial hunks of metal. One could have its ID turned larger by quite a bit, without compromising the drum's overall integrity. Brake shoe re-arcing machines were all over the place. There was almost never any dust...
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    PSA: If you are getting passed in your car on the right side, GET THE FACK OVER!

    I average about 30,000 miles a year on SoCal freeways, mostly in the left lane, with many miles/hours of stop and go traffic. I do mostly whatever it takes to keep the greatest number of people no more pissed off than they already are. About 10 years ago, just for shits and giggles, I made a...
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    At what age did you really started working?

    I have 2 dreams, after all these years, that repeat maybe 1 to 3 times per year. When the family went on a vacation for a week or 2 during the summer, several times I came back to the route and at some point along the way came to a complete standstill wondering were to deliver a paper to next. I...
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    At what age did you really started working?

    From the "uphill . . . both ways . . . barefoot . . . through the snow or on 140 degree F asphalt . . . while chewing 6 rectangles of bubble gum . . . reading the Bazooka Joe mini cartoon strip on the inside of the wrappers . . .", file. Newspaper delivery starting at the local legal age of...
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    Shaving Cream

    A sad story. :(
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    Chairs, and the asses that sit in them?

    Peoples is a hoot. I've done more reading and posting on forums, mostly based on curiousity about behavior, rather then anything specific to that forums general topic trend. Chairs, at work or home, are a not an unusual subject, regardless the online or face-to-face interface. Me, I've sat...
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    what's the last thing you bought at amazon?

    Two in 8-10 ounces, brought back old memories. The campfire kiddies got glasses with tablets already at the bottom, add water, swig, grin. Very few parents even knew of the ancient magic.
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    I screwed things up at work... :( Really pissed a co-worker off)

    Sometimes it is difficult to learn how to get what one wants, using standard methods but without lying. A deal goes bad over the phone, online, or face to face, and it is becoming more standard to see or read about the one who was done wrong, loosing his cool. Similar also, regarding work or...
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    GPS on a plane

    Aircraft use specialized GPS's that gather their information from unique flight-safe signals. All portable units collect the data from a different, non-safe source. To turn a portable GPS on while in flight, causes hazardous emanations to be attracted towards, and then pass throught the...
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    If you could sing like one person

    I bet he got more groupies than Don Knotts. :beer: Wutta studly voice.
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    I am very sick, incredibly disoriented..

    I am an atheist, and have never had any religion, for more years than you have lived. You continue to stroke your keyboard just as it appears you yank yourself. Your pattern posting precludes any further pertinent posturing. Find your rationale, now, that lets you exit with an imagined measure...
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    I am very sick, incredibly disoriented..

    You did not, and have not. Clichéd forum auto-stroking is not the equivalent of rational conversation. You know no more than the substantial limits of your intellect. Stroke yourself, and then wilt.
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    I am very sick, incredibly disoriented..

    The truth is often that "medicine" is not "safer" than biological reality. Yours and others version of "less risk" has frequently and recently become contingent upon chemical warfare. An otherwise moderately healthy body between the ages of 15 and maybe 50, can be induced to reject many mild...
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    I am very sick, incredibly disoriented..

    I, and a fair percentage of others who would rather not be sick or suffer the symptoms of any real or imaginary ailment, firmly believe and have proven by experience that the basic flu/cold/bug condition can be minimized with grossly elevated body temperatures. Regardless the temperature of...
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    Do you take baths?

    In preparation, Fenstermocker first brings up a box of my finest Burgundy from the cellar, and decants some into an acrylic carafe so it can properly breathe for a few minutes. Then he draws my bath and wedges the shellacked bathtub board across the epoxy-coated tub. Next he microwaves a large...
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    Photoshop help

    No real help with your topic, but consider this . . . A standing tradition 'round these here parts is to glue ornament hooks onto the caps of airline miniatures. This makes for a most festive looking tree. It is cleary not a frugal way to supply adult beverages, but denuding the trees becomes...
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    Is gojo the best invention ever?

    An inspection was required on equipment inside a non-heated structure that sat not too far south of the Arctic Circle. Thermals, jeans, insulated Carhartts, plus a clean-suit for good measure. Work was ongoing. Cleaning of large horizontal mating surfaces was being done, in preparation for...
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    How do you guys get your sides straight when shaving?

    Theodolite, story pole, and precision Starrett protractor.
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    What's your preferred method for cooking popcorn?

    Air popper and a large cast iron Dutch oven. Popper is the type with no reservoir, designed to deliver quality quantum popped kernellity to a side container. The chute is extended via aluminum foil to get the popper an extra few inches away from the side of the pan and burner. The Dutch oven on...
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    How much $ do you think this is?

    Five one-gallon jars was just over $1700, for me, once upon a time. Simple math :confused: and a volumetric comparison using your coins, otter give a fair to middlin' result. :D
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    what was the best thing from your childhood that future generations will never get to experience?

    In Southern California, on a saturday afternoon, if you timed it just right and were lucky, Cal Worthington and his dog Spot could be found on channels 2-4-5-7-9-11 and 13, simultaneously. That was one of the finest examples of blanket marketing ever. Cal was and still is one crazy mofo.
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    Flank Steak

    Flank steak was once a very cheap cut of meat. When London Broil became cool, the price began to go up. It was also cheaper and often easier to find than skirt steak, which again caused the price to go up when so many began to use it for fajitas. If you pound a flank steak, not specifically...
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    When I am drunk I sing songs I make from forum posts.

    An only minor hijack, because of the similarities . . . I was able to do research online sometime around 1990. It wasn't until the late 90's that I even looked at any BBS's, forums, or any other 2-way interaction sites. My first interest in reading forums came from meeting a woman who was a...
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    I can remember when..................................

    My dad brought home a selsyn synchronous motor pair from the army surplus store, and rigged them up on a 10(?) foot tether to change tv channels on the rotary tuner. The first commercially available tv remotes changed channels by pressing a large button that propelled a small steel slug into...
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    Plastic Welding

    It is clear that you have a good creative mind, but just to throw some more out here . . . As you know, some plastics will dissolve (to different degrees) with the application of acetone. With that, a very good bond can be created using epoxy, where otherwise purt near impossible. Even...
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    how far have you progressed through the "justice system?"

    Over many years, the risks for a beloved patriot visiting Tijuana have increased and diminished. Some of my schooling was done in San Diego at a time when the Federales were not in a kinder gentler frame of mind. For the hip and cool budget-minded student of that era, huarache sandals and Mexican...
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    When BOA starts running out of ways to add fees....

    Around the time when dirt was coming in to being, which was when I was in first grade, many schools had a banking program. My school used BofA. Each Friday the teacher would collect your little envelope with whatever you had to deposit, and the school had someone who would carry them all down to...
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    Cilantro Poll - like it or not?

    Salsa seems better with cilantro. Albondigas, in soup, just isn't quite right without mint, but a little cilantro can give it a special little kick. It is not exactly traditional, but a ceviche marinade can benefit from a little bit of crushed cilantro, for those who like the flavor.
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    Ageing Rant !!!

    One does what he must to pay the bills and survive with some measure of style. Then you add in the pleasures of playing slap and tickle with a bright-eyed dame, and you're most of the way there. Whether it's a PYT at the office, or a blue haired old broad in the produce section, getting them to...
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    Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants: what's the strongest you've tried?

    I am of the more 'vintage' end of this forum's curve. For reference, I done gots me a edgycashun, and job to match. Over maybe a two year span, I committed to trying just about everything that could be obtained, at minumum risk, that did not require a needle for standard use. In that...
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    This video is fake right?

    Mr. Joggi could climb walls or windows, and even cross the bottom of a pane of glass that was held horizontal. http://photos1.blogger.com/x/b...00/1587/Mr%20Joggi.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/96474858@N00/21273312 How on ghawds green earth could it support its own weight, set the...
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    Where do you draw the line on what to discuss or not to discuss?

    The ever increasing reduction in social skills is most often apparent in those who can frequently be found practicing colorectal deep breathing exercises in private.
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    Stationary Bike (2nd floor)

    Floor construction will greatly effect the potential for resonance. Some floors that have no squeeks generated anywhere from foot traffic, can still easily pick up the vibration from a stationary bike. The weight of the bike will be a relatively unimportant percentage of the total, when you...
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    Does your pet enjoy getting drunk or high?

    At one time, people who transported parrots out of Mexico illegally, got them mildy drunk, which tended to quiet them down for the border crossing. Years ago when I had a parrot, and also tamed and sold locally captured wild ones, it was important to trim the flight feathers and talons to...
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    Contest: guess the picture (finished)

    Using a closeup of a cantaloupe skin, then inverting the colors, gets a very close approximation, but with a strong blue caste. Correcting that to near the color of the original, comes very close, but the pattern is a little bit different. Cantaloupe skins may vary a good amount, so my guess is...
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    So I've been teaching my quaker parrot to talk

    Once upon a time, I lived in an area where multiple flocks of Double Yellow Heads roamed free and bred with reckless and gleeful abandon. These birds can be damn fine talkers. A prolific pecuniary partnership came to pass, for several years. The yard where I lived had a very large walnut...