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Re: Tried to get a RS scale! "A restaurant has reserved all 34 of them" - 17 years ago

elmo3 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Back in the early 80s, there was a Subway near > where I went to college. It was owned by an Asian > family. > > If the wife or sons or daughters were making your > sandwich, it took forever--because they carefully, > VERY carefully, measured everything out. 1/0 of a That takes me back to my

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Re: Anyone Watch Flip This House on AETV? - 17 years ago

dmann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I watch all those shows. Honestly it is a sickness Me too. I don't have any urge to flip houses, but I watch all of those types of shows along with all the construction-type shows that have come along over the years. I think watching the ones that really focus on the construction stuff keeps me from really wantin

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Re: OT: I finally had to call the cops on my neighbors across the street. {med-sized rant} - 17 years ago

All of this at 3am and continuing through 4am? Bats and knives and "I'm gonna stab..." kind of stuff? I'd move; but be safe if you don't.

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Re: OT: Family... Can't live with them... Can't live without them... - 17 years ago

But you can find a job far, far away! It's interesting how much more the inlaws like us and vice versa from a distance.

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Re: OT: Flourescent Lightbulb Mercury Clean Up - 17 years ago

Does everybody remember playing with the mercury from broken thermometers when we were little kids? Maybe you've got to be pretty old for that one. We seemed to survive. I'm with Tofer--vacuum and forget. Maybe toss the vacuum bag if you're feeling concerned. However, after I wrote the above and before I posted this, I googled "mercury thermometers" and found this site: and th

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Re: The real reason GWB won the White House - 17 years ago

Refurbvirgin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After Kerry threw in the towel, despite raising > millions promising to "count every vote" and > despite widespread evidence of vote fraud, I'd be > surprised if Soros ever gives anything to > Democraps again. As of last April, he was apparently still spilling the bucks on worthy demo

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Re: A torn-up credit card application - 17 years ago

This helps reduce unwanted cc applications: "You can reduce the number of offers for credit cards, insurance and other financial products that you receive by calling toll-free 888-5-OPTOUT (888-567-8688) to remove your name from marketing lists that the nation's major credit bureaus provide to creditors and insurers."

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Re: what time do you wake up? - 17 years ago

This morning 4am, then dozed until 5am, then watched a Discover channel show about how food is made. I felt very educated at 6am when I got up.

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Re: Best way to clean LPs - 17 years ago

Just don't do what I did many years ago when I washed a bunch of mine off with Sacramento city water. Seriously bad idea...

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Re: flatbed scanner for slide conversion - 17 years ago

I just used Costco for $0.29. They did 200 slides in a day. I'm far from a pro, but I was very satisfied with the results.

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Re: Are you enjoying the Oscars as much as me? - 17 years ago

I watched two reruns--Apprentice and Meet the Press. Betcha' I didn't miss much.

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Re: Murder rates/ crime statistics for Atlanta - 17 years ago

Here's from the feds: Here's the rules that jurisdictions should follow for reporting to the FBI for the Uniform Crime Report:

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Re: OT: Booting intel machine from usb memory stick - 17 years ago

Maybe this will help: For XP folks, this appeared a month ago:

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Re: OT: If you thought Thomas Kinkade paintings were worthless now... - 17 years ago

Hard to feel sorry for people that would invest everything they have in a Kinkade exclusive gallery. Just dumb...

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Re: Working for a University?? - 17 years ago

Bet you'd find overall better benefits/pay at GA Tech or GA State, for non-professor positions. Somewhat less at GA Perimeter College than Emory, but much easier parking! Depending on what you're looking for, you might want to look at CDC, as well.

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Re: "I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!" - 17 years ago

You're gonna have to type with your toes!

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Re: Bush knew about Katrina, but lied anyway - 17 years ago

mick e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HAHAHAHA!!!! > > Are you TRYING to sound like an Onion satire of a > Bushpoligist? If so you are doing a great job. > Great chuckles on that one. Hey, I'm fair and balanced. I'll apologize for anybody!

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Re: Bush knew about Katrina, but lied anyway - 17 years ago

Refurbvirgin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No doubt corruption occurred and funds were > mispent. And yet the levees failed because Bush > cut $70 million from the fund to repair them, and > sent National Guardsmen and equipment (that might > have filled breaches & rescued citizens) to > Iraq. You can't blame Clinton for that. I

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Re: Testing kids for mental illness > $ for Big Pharma - 17 years ago

MacMagus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'Any teachers care to comment? There is no question that ADD/ADHD exists and has a physiological basis. Here's a recent overview (gotta join, so here's the abstract): --------- The Lancet 2005; 366:237-248 DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66915-2 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Joseph Biederman em

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Re: Bush knew about Katrina, but lied anyway - 17 years ago

Refurbvirgin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bush cut $70 million from levee repairs and sent > National Guard troops and highwater vehicles to > Iraq. Had he not done those two things 1.323 > Americans might not have died. Yawn... "In Katrina's wake, Louisiana politicians and other critics have complained about paltry funding for

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Re: Pay down your debts? Get a call from Homeland Security. - 17 years ago

One of my students who is a teller told me last year that they have automatic flags that appear on accounts if you do things out of the ordinary for any significant amount of money. They either go forward or not depending on whether they know the customer. At at certain point, they gotta call the feds. Moral of the story is to, 1. bank at the same branch and smile at your teller, and 2. do t

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Re: T-Mobile subscribers get FREE Hotspot access during the weekends! - 17 years ago

Nearest Tmobile hotspot is 21.97 miles away-oh, well.

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Re: Duncan Heinz or Betty Crocker? - 17 years ago

I heard that Duncan and Betty were doing "you-know-what."

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Re: Tyson or Perdue - 17 years ago

I live near a town that processes chickens. There are regularly escapees. I wonder how many land on a local table. Don't know if it's Tyson, Perdue, or some other.

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Re: Mayo or Miracle Whip? - 17 years ago

Miracle Whip Light in potato salad and macaroni salad. Mayo on tuna salad and hamburgers.

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Re: another rave for the Radioshack USB scale. . . - 17 years ago

At the risk of turning this into FW, there are 2 (as of 3/1) at the RS in Athens, TN. My local guy had one shipped to his store N of Atlanta. Took a day.

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Re: algebra test - 17 years ago

Back to the question of how smart we is... I gotta admit, I changed 1 before I submitted (5.5 squared)--always check your answers before you turn in your exam! You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

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Re: new cell phone & service - 17 years ago

d0e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > anyone with t-moblie getting alot of > roaming charges? We have a national plan, so no roaming charges. Their regional plans give you lots of minutes (i.e. 3000 anytime for $50); national plan is 1000 min (free nights/weekends) for $50 or 1000 anytime for $40. Check out your region and ask how much you travel .

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Re: 4 FREE---> 3. NASA book cover for kids (teacher/parents) - 17 years ago

NASA used to have a room for teachers at the Kennedy Space Center. Show an id, walk in and walk out with beaucoup stuff. I presume it was for political purposes--kids come home saying how cool space is and mom and dad will support that rather expensive program. Don't know if it's still open, but it was very cool.

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Re: Dumped Electrical Goods: A Giant Problem - 17 years ago

I still use my old Macs--two Performa 575's used every day. Gotta be able to turn off 32 bit processing for a critical program.

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