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    junk food tshirts - are there any other similar style shirts?

    I can't seem to find any other shirts that fit as well as these shirts junk food t shirts. I know they are "retro" or "vintage" but what other shirts are out there that fit like these? Junk Food tshirts are like 30-40 bucks... is there anything similar and cheaper? fixed link
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    redoing bathroom

    I live in a small studio apartment, most of which has been redone one way or another (myself, hired help, etc.). I am trying to sell the place, but the bathroom is just falling apart - today the sink started to wobble (it's attached to the tile wall). The bathroom is fairly small, it's about 8...
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    a really vague name that song

    Ok this will be very vague. But here goes. The singer has a British accent and there's a lot of effects (reverb/echo) on their voice. I think there may be gun shots in the song. The chorus is really repetitive and ends with like "dee da day" Sorry for being so vauge but it's killing me lol...
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    Problem with - Washington Mutual any constructive feedback on how to fight this is appreciated.

    I have two checking accounts with Washington Mutual - one I had used to pay bills, the other for my discretionary spending. I had my direct deposit put the amount I needed for bills (all of mine are fixed) into one and the remainder into discretionary. Lets call discretionary spending...
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    Want to start a charity -- sort of -- need help

    I want to start a (?) foundation of sorts where I would donate $50.00 for every sack by Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins) to an already established charity. How would I go about doing this? I'm not doing it for any notoriety, I'm doing this to well ... give back ... Any help?
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    rip apart my short "manifesto" on economics and politics

    EDIT: this all started when I discussed an article (http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11130) written by Ben Stein with a friend of mine, who thought I was ultraconservative... it lead me to writing this letter. So when I reference Stein, I am referencing this article. I will...
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    how's this for a perscription from my doc...

    i have suffered from depression and anxiety my entire life... whatever, it is what it is people have their problems :) when I was a kid I had ADHD, i would run around and beat up other kids (up until I was about 5-6), not sit still, etc. it went away and it has come back and progressively...
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    messed up my macmini --- what do you think

    spare the wise guy stuff... i went to plug in my speakers to my macmini but the 1/8 incher hit the firewire port shorting the whole thing. i plugged it back in , into a different socket, etc. and nothing. anyone ever hear of this ? i opened it up, and nothing smells or looks funny :\
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    MySQL+PHP-> Array

    with code like this, how do i reference the associative array's key?
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    YACell Phone Company Thread - cancelled my TMobile subscription, hit with a 449.00 "contract termination" fee

    So I bought a cell phone through ushopwireless.com (Venicom) and cancelled my contract with TMo because the service was HORRIBLE. I had no idea that I owed Venicom moneys also with the cancellation. Now I get a nasty letter (not even addressed to me (addressed to some lady in florida)...
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    CSS newb

    I want to write a simple CSS file that will give me double spacing in the entire site. I want to have one section "content" 's <p> tag to have single spacing however. Why doesn't this work <p>Hi</p><p>Welcome to the site</p> <div id="content"> <p>anandtech anandtech anandtech anandtech...
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    Blog software...

    1) I want to have it on my .com site (i guess they all do this) 2) I want to have both of my 1" margins for links, seperate from the blog itself 3) I want to be able to add articles by emailing myself Any help :)
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    *UPDATE* Anxiety/Depression issues and work...

    I'm in between switching medication (weening off lexapro, ive worked my way off of it, so im not on anything, going to start effexor tomorrow). I write my boss and say I need to take a personal day today (i wrote the email last night) he writes back pretty quickly "That's fine, but...
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    Need something that will probably take an experienced PHP coder seconds

    PM me your aim name
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    Looking for a web host...

    I'm looking for a webhost that provides roughly 800-1gb and 20gb of transfer per month for a flat fee (~$20 per year), similar to the hostultra miniplan : http://www.hostultra.com/mini.html But an account where I can host several domains from... with that hostultra account the cPanel doesn't...
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    Scrolling LED?

    i was looking at this the other day... pretty cool... http://web.mit.edu/zacka/www/midas.html anyway. for my apartment it would be pretty cool if i could get a scrolling marquee (LED? whatelse?) that would display sports score updates or whatever. Do they sell ones that you can hook up...
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    I'm a Programmer -- but I'm new to web design...

    I know the basics of HTML and I've just learned the nuances of CSS... now that that is out of the way... I was wondering a few things: * Can I use a microsoft access database to create a dynamic website? (ie like a blog, as a new entry is entered to a table, it creates a new blog entry)...
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    teach pastapete capital gains tax.

    Back in August of 2005, I started an investment plan with his company, I winded up purchasing 118 shares of a stock, we'll call it GRL (Gurelli, from that dumb ameritrade commercial) dollar cost averaging to a cost basis of 38.76 per share, the stock is now worth 41.26. I earned approximately...
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    What do you think of my budget

    I'm 23 y/o I earn approx. 2275 per month after taxes. (my tax return this year is 2600, which makes me think that I should be deducting my own taxes, see bottom). Debt free. Right after I graduated I leased a car that costs me 365 a month. I live in suburbs, and didn't forsee myself moving...
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    Alan Greenspan on eBay...

    inspired by the Ebay find of the day: Driving gurus need apply wtf OMGWTFBBQ
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    Meh, Alan Greenspan portrait on ebay

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 OMGWTFBBQ
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    Have you ever sneezed and...

    It's the weirdest thing... If someone would have said this like a month or two ago I'd say you were crazy. But sometimes when I sneeze now, there is an aftershock that gives me sharp pain in the back and shoulders. I spoke to a coworker and they said they have felt the same thing. Has this...
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    Do any other US cities have a mass transportation system as large as NYC's?

    After going to Boston and seeing how bad the T actually is, it got me wondering... do any other cities have an extensive transportation system alike NYC where you can virtually get from anywhere to anywhere edit: anytime(at least in manhattan) via mass transportation, Boston was definately not...
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    just got back from EB to pick up 360

    all the thugs in there be like "pshh yo cah i buy won..." "ya tha shee fo sayl?"
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    Another music question. Trivia, NO GOOGLE!

    What song also recorded by the Righetous Brothers (which was a #4 in the US, and #1 in the UK) is redone for Goodfellas, and who sings the version in the movie? :)
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    LONG SHOT! Song from the 1950's

    Artist: The Chords Song: Life Could Be A Dream :music: Hey nonny ding dong, alang alang alang Boom ba-doh, ba-doo ba-doodle-ay Oh, life could be a dream (sh-boom) If I could take you up in paradise up above (sh-boom) If you would tell me I'm the only one that you love Life could be a...
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    Calling Big NIRVANA fans!

    I'm looking to figure out what show they played verse chorus verse (sappy) extremely grungy, really harshly sang... i'd assume it was from 1989 because I used to have the bootlegged sound clip of it called VCV89.rm or .ram or .ra. This is the only version I had heard where it was sung so...
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    To get my refill at CVS of a perscription...

    Can I just call them up and tell them I'm coming for my refill... I don't believe i still have the perscription, but I have the bottle that says Refill:1 (they have me on their file)
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    1 reply beneath your current threshold.

    when I read slashdot or other message services what does that mean ????
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    Jim Cramer Mad Money auction

    Hope this is not a repost. This Cramer thing is getting out of hand. link
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    Bought an ipod on ebay, problem --

    Long time lurker, just strating to be a poster attn: if your just gunna write back "ur screwed" or "thats what you get for buying on ebay" or similar, then please don't post. :) I bought an (advertised as working) ipod without a charger on ebay from some ebay company, and the company...
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    So my dad just got into teaching...

    My dad just got back into teaching as a semi retirement phase... and he has me thinking. The high school is like 3 blocks from my house, in at 7:30 and hes home by 330... no commute... so much better i currently work in NYC, have to take a trian to a bus, i gotta be up at 6 i get home at 630...
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    college assignment - write a short story

    I have to write a short story for my college class. I was wondering if there was an authors portal or forum on the internet ( i googled.. couldnt find anything ) or some type of theme outlay "boy wants girl boy faces obstacle..." etc like that if you plan on replying with something dumb...
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    Ok just finished a year of work in NYC, move to Houston or anywhere in Texas, Phoenix, ???

    background: I grew up in NYC! I just finished a year of work in the securities industry after obtaining my BS and I currently make $50,000 + bonus,etc. I live at home with parents and I'm 23 years old. I've had enough of NYC... enough of the winters, enough of the expensive sh!t here...