My vote would be for a card or letter and healthy snacks like a good fruit and veggie selection. It's probably not within your reach to make sure the night shifters get their part of the snacks, but try to remember to thank them too! You'll make their day I'm sure :)
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 5:48 PM on March 9, 2008

Another vote for Dave Ramsey. If they can't make it to a Financial Peace University, it's on cd as well. I borrowed the cds from a coworker and I've learned so much.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 6:26 PM on February 19, 2008

My anatomy teacher always recommends getbodysmart.com
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:59 PM on February 6, 2008

When I got my tongue pierced ages ago, I was told to carry around a mixture of half water, half listerine to rinse out my mouth after eating or drinking for the first week. I found that it healed pretty fast. It's now 9 years later, and I still have it, and still love it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 3:35 PM on February 4, 2008

I use http://phonezoo.com
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:07 AM on January 27, 2008

Phonezoo

Sorry, forgot to make it a link
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:08 AM on January 27, 2008

My employer uses a program called Intergy for everything, including the electronic health records. I think it's made by Sage, but I'm not sure. And almost certainly not free.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 3:45 AM on December 31, 2007

Rosie M. Banks - You're not a freak. I'm 27 (been married for 2.5 years) and I've never wanted them for a second. I long for the day that I have enough money to get sterilized.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 3:36 AM on December 21, 2007

I used to work at Subway in college, and if I went to work with my hair still wet, and put it in a ponytail, by the end of the day when I got home and took my hair down, I just wanted to puke.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 6:54 PM on December 13, 2007

If under OS they won't take a Cyl as 0, you can put pl which stands for plano, which means no astigmatism. And like others have said, if you don't have a cyl, you don't have an axis measurement either.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 2:14 PM on December 1, 2007

I use these at work. Similar to the finger cots, but with little nubs to grip the paper better.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 3:33 PM on October 7, 2007

One thing that I would really like to see, as picky as it may sound, is a guacamole option that doesn't include onions. I can't stand onions, and would really like guacamole on my burrito, but can never get that combination.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:54 AM on June 7, 2007

I've made most of my money off the AH by way of ore. My main character is mining/engineering so I watch the prices of ore, and wait until it's at a pretty good price before selling. Now of course, I have to have a bank/mule character hold all of it for me until the price is right.

With engineering, I've made a lot of gold from selling Hi-Explosive bombs because there's a quest at Light's Hope Chapel where you need to turn in 8 of them (along with other stuff). I've also... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:23 AM on May 19, 2006 marked best answer

Our cats prefer the Science Diet wet food, but they only get it on holidays so they don't become addicted and then refuse the dry food.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 8:58 PM on February 7, 2006

My husband and I always sit on the same side of the booth or table. I couldn't imagine it any other way
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:20 PM on February 4, 2006

If there's anything going on at the time, there's the Laguna Seca Raceway which isn't too far away either
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 5:22 AM on January 27, 2006

If she's heavy, she might not be able to groom as well, and that will result in more dandruff. The Omega 3 oils would be great for her. I'd also switch to a premium food. My cats eat Science Diet and their coats are great. One good product you might look into is Mrs Allen's Shed Stop. It helps to cut down on shedding and hairballs as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:41 AM on January 17, 2006

Women who don't want children exist, I'm another one. My husband was ambivalent on the issue until we got together, and now he's firmly childfree as well. You might see if there's a chapter of the group No Kidding in your area. http://nokidding.net/ If you find someone through a dating website, I'd bring up the no children thing pretty fast, just to be sure.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:37 AM on January 17, 2006

I work for a non-emergency vet and we are set up with a business called Pet Rest and they handle all of the cremations. We wrap the bodies in plastic and keep them in a fridge until the company comes down to get them every week.

Check this website out Pet Cemeteries and Crematories it has information for all over the country even.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:10 AM on November 20, 2005

You might want to look into Feliway (link goes to the UK version of the site since the US version seems to be down). It's a product which reproduces certain pacifying properties of cat facial pheromones.

I haven't personally used it, but the feline-only vet I work for recommends it, and several of our clients have had success with it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:36 PM on October 25, 2005

I usually listen to sitar music, especially Ravi Shankar
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:15 PM on October 2, 2005

I agree with soundslikeobiwan about the Lysine. I know this is a little bit of a stretch, but at the vet practice where I work, we treat/manage cats with chronic herpesvirus with Lysine with a high level of success
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:16 AM on September 24, 2005

Have your vet check out the lumps. What look like something like fatty deposits on one animal could be cancer in another
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 3:43 PM on June 13, 2005

I also use the alt-NUMPAD combinations when I have to type in Spanish. After 10 years of writing Spanish papers, I have those combinations down cold!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 5:09 PM on April 18, 2005

I'll be 25 this summer, and I've already got a doctor who is willing to give me a tubal ligation (I'll hopefully be scheduling my surgery for this Spetember), and I absolutely can not wait. I have known my entire life that I never want to have children, and I am very much looking forward to the day that I can never become pregnant.

I am the one getting the surgery because I want to be able to have control over my own body. My fiancé also does not want kids, but if he got... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 8:12 PM on April 7, 2005

Having a necropsy is probably the only way to go. I hope you find out the reason, I would hate to be left wondering if I were in your shoes
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 2:43 PM on February 28, 2005

One person mentioned the rabies possibility - the only way to get a definitive test for rabies is to sever the head and send it to the state vet lab in your state.

I would also advocate getting a second opinion. See if you can find a feline only vet since they are specialists and they would more likely than not know more than a general vet.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:56 PM on February 5, 2005

Age 14 - I watched my mom give birth to my little sister. I decided that I was never doing that, and I've been happily childfree ever since. Getting fixed this year, whoo!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 6:25 AM on February 2, 2005

I just take a screen shot of anything that I want to save like that
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 8:59 PM on January 18, 2005

I'm doing Nano for the 3rd year this year! I can't wait!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 4:20 PM on October 19, 2004

I'm supposed to be getting my insurance book and card back sometime this week. I answered questions that I'd have previous stomach/kidney diagnoses but never had treatment prescribed. Now I'm worried that I'll be denied any coverage at all!

I've never dealt with insurance at all before, how reasonable are my fears??
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 10:18 PM on October 12, 2004

Hurt made me cry like a baby as well. Count me in as another for Runaway Train as well
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 11:55 PM on October 5, 2004

I have never in my life wanted to have children, and I can say with a good deal of confidence, that I will never have them. Luckily my fiancé never cared about having children either, so that makes it a lot easier for both of us!

On the issue of regret I look at it this way - I would rather remain childfree and (possibly) regret it later, than regret the fact that I had children. I'm willing to take the chance with possibly regretting that we never had children!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 11:59 AM on September 22, 2004

I was getting ready for class during my senior year of college, and I was making my daily rounds of websites in the morning when I saw the first mefi thread on the attacks. I believe that thread originally said that the WTC was in Chicago, so I just bypassed it and went and watched the "Gonads and Strife Wheeeee!" video for the frist time and laughed like crazy. Then I came back to mefi, saw the link again, and turned on CNN in horror. I was glued to the tv all day, and worried about... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 7:05 PM on September 11, 2004

I imagine Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese are probably the most useful in the business world. Arabic for the intelligence world as well.

I majored in Spanish in college, partially because I used to live in California and Spanish is so prevalent there. I also took French, and because of this I'm (really close to) fluent in Spanish, passable in French, and I can do a decent job of understanding Portuguese and Italian because of how similar they are.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 2:02 AM on September 6, 2004

I second putting the marinaded meat back into the freezer. I had some free time one day and I made about 10 different marinades up and then froze them with the chicken in them until I was ready for them and that worked out really well for me. Plus it was awfully quick to just thaw in the microwave and then cook, I've even done that on my lunch hour!

I learned not to marinade stuff in pure soy sauce. Maybe that's and obvious thing to everyone else, but it wasn't to me.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 1:55 AM on September 6, 2004

Does your vet not do grooming? I work at a cat only vet, and we do a decent amount of grooming. It might be a little more expensive for your vet office to groom the puppy than a chain (I really have no idea since I don't work with dogs), but if it were my dog, I'd feel better knowing a vet was on site just in case anything happened and the puppy needed medical attention.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 1:47 AM on September 6, 2004

Getting a kitten will most likely help ;P The kitten will annoy the fat cat and chase it all around and wrestle with it. Just make sure to keep the fat one away from the kitten food!

I absolutely would advise a trip to the vet. Ask them about Hills Prescription Diet foods - m/d, r/d, and w/d in particular.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 11:07 PM on August 31, 2004

If your cat really just doesn't want to drink water, you might ask your vet about the possibility of learning to give your cat subcutaneous fluids via lactated ringers to help avoid dehydration. I'm a vet assistant, and we have a few owners who regularily give their cats fluids at home. Just an idea
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:34 PM on August 20, 2004

People close their eyes when they yawn? I totally always keep mine open
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 10:45 PM on July 30, 2004

Glasses prescriptions should be given to you when you leave the optometrist/opthamologist's chair, or at least before you leave the office. Contact prescriptions are a little more tricky, and the rules for them very widely from state to state.

One thing to be careful about when ordering glasses online is that you need measurements such as a PD or pupilary distance (the distance between your pupils so that he prescription is dead center where your pupils are) and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 10:10 AM on June 30, 2004

Vets have to be able to diagnose what is wrong with the animal when the animal can't tell them in words. Human doctors usually can get at least some words out of a patient to help find out what's wrong. Vets have to do more than just check ups, they have to do surgeries, dental scaling and polishing, deliver baby animals, and all sorts of stuff. You don't have one all purpose doctor like this for humans.

Plus vets and their staff have to be on constant guard for bites,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 9:57 AM on June 30, 2004

Developing a cold after vaccines is normal, just like humans sometimes develop a cold afterwards. I'm not sure what could have caused the change in coloring, possibly stress, or just shedding out a lot of winter hair? You might call the vet and see if this is something they might need to see the cats for. It never hurts to double check!
posted to Ask Metafilter by mabelcolby at 10:38 PM on June 2, 2004