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Compact dishwashers: are they any good? Which one is best.
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at 8:01 AM on May 23, 2008
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Is fiberglass heating/cooling duct board safe?
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at 5:31 PM on April 9, 2008
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Pathetic Geek Stories is back!
After a hiatus of almost three years we can once again revel in new comic strips detailing people's most humiliating youthful (and inevitably cringe-worthy) moments.
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at 9:17 AM on March 21, 2008
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I'm kicking off a major home renovation and looking for some green innovations I can incorporate without breaking the bank.
This gray water recovery system looks promising.
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at 11:08 PM on March 19, 2008
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Where's the best deal on vinyl, double hung windows in the Southeast including shipping to NW Florida? Standard sizes are fine.
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at 10:36 PM on March 6, 2008
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How are house numbers allotted in Walton County, FL? The fellow at the courthouse said it is determined by distance and has something to do with emergency services. The house right next door to me is 53, but my number is 61. Why isn't it 55? Googling has failed me.
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at 5:24 PM on January 2, 2008
(11 comments)
What dying bay/estuary system am I thinking of?
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at 9:32 AM on October 17, 2007
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National Geographic has a lot of cool webcams.
Pete's Pond in Africa is my favorite. (
previously) It's up and running again for its third season till mid-December, the end of the dry season. Best viewing times are 4-8 PM EST and
12-4 AM EST. Lots of
highlights can be found at youtube, of course.
NG also provides the
Seal Cam from Año Nuevo, California,
Bald Eagle Cam from Maine, the
Kakadu Cam from Australia and and the
Polar Bear Cam from Canada. There are a lot of grizzly bears fishing right now on the
Bear Cam from Alaska, but the
Crane Cam from Nebraska is down right now. To view these cams you have to sit through a short commercial at first, but after that it's all live wildlife goodness.
There are also very
active forums where people share their screencaps and vicarious adventures.
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at 12:30 PM on September 3, 2007
(12 comments)
I'm moving a pre-existing house onto a small lot in NW Florida. The lot is not waterfront. I'm thinking of putting the house 10' up on pilings so I'll have room to park the cars underneath, plus maybe a laundry/storage room. My questions are should I put the house up on poles or build concrete footings and block pilings? Which is best and why? Which is most cost efficient?
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at 12:42 PM on August 4, 2007
(6 comments)
Help me find these non-terry cloth bath towels like the one my SO got in Italy.
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at 12:26 PM on July 5, 2007
(8 comments)
Who does this song I've been hearing on country radio?
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at 1:11 PM on March 17, 2007
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I need a house to move onto my lot in the Florida panhandle (South Walton County). I don't want a modular or mobile home. I want a real house, even if it's a fixer-upper.
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at 2:49 PM on February 22, 2007
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I'm looking for a fun way to exchange gifts other than Dirty Santa.
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at 12:36 PM on December 7, 2006
(23 comments)
Is there a way to exclude a search term at youtube?
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at 1:38 AM on November 18, 2006
(2 comments)
How do I change the Paypal price of an item I am selling on a web site?
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at 12:25 PM on October 1, 2006
(3 comments)
There's a funny short film or ad or viral video from a few years back that takes place in an office. It's in a board room or meeting...
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at 1:04 AM on August 9, 2006
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How do I program the keyless remote to work with my '95 Honda Odyssey van?
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at 9:35 PM on July 25, 2006
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Conspiracy filter: Has anyone ever experienced this strange, suspicious phenomenon on TV before?
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at 11:30 AM on July 6, 2006
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How do I alter this piece of code to make the pop up window close automatically after exactly 37 seconds?
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at 10:36 AM on June 23, 2006
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What's the simplest way to charge someone to download a song from a web site? Can it be done with Paypal?
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at 1:50 PM on May 24, 2006
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There was a site posted at mefi a few years back that cataloged all of Elvis' jumpsuits. It was (obviously) the best site in the whole world. I can't find it now. I found something, but it wasn't it.
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at 11:20 PM on March 26, 2006
(2 comments)
Why is it that some videos won't play for me and I get this instead?
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at 11:41 AM on January 19, 2006
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What's a reasonable price to pay to replace a speed sensor in a 1995 Honda Odyssey van?
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at 4:45 PM on December 7, 2005
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I recently came into possession of a book called
Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast by Gordon R. Willey with a copyright of 1949. I would like to know what it's worth. It is in good condition - not great, but good. Googling allowed me to find a reprint edition from 1973 priced at $85.00, but I can't find the value of an original 1949 copy.
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at 7:20 AM on November 5, 2005
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1995 Honda Odyssey van question
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at 9:43 PM on September 28, 2005
(4 comments)
Does anybody make a portable, personal CD player that doesn't have the annoying beep every time you skip a song or push a button?
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at 11:46 AM on August 16, 2005
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What's it like working at a Super Target? There's one opening here in town. I understand they offer some decent benefits. How's the work environment? Would you recommend it?
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at 12:31 AM on May 23, 2005
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A friend of mine has a little page where he sells books and stuff. He says it used to come up in Google, but no more. Yahoo finds it. It's a free site that came with his internet account, I think. Why did Google lose it? Is it just that Google is blocking these personal sites from this provider, cox.net?
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at 11:32 AM on May 6, 2005
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Giant Mako Shark Video
On Friday
some fishheads in Pensacola, FL, cruising only 300 yards off the beach came up on a 10'
mako shark that happened to be munching on what might have been (before it got munched) a world record
tarpon. The video is almost 8 min. long and there are some good shots of the shark near the boat. It is also rich in loud, NSFW language.
BTW, the mako is the only shark
known to jump when hooked.
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at 3:42 AM on April 24, 2005
(27 comments)
What is the best bass for a camping trip, short of an upright? I have one, but can't haul and house it in the woods. I also have an acoustic/electric guitar style Washburn bass, but it provides no bottom whatsoever.
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at 4:05 PM on March 29, 2005
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I remember back in the 70s seeing a story on TV about an artist who filmed himself punching a timeclock every hour 24/7 for a whole year. At the end of the year he had a short time-lapse film of himself punching a clock 365 times. He had shaved his head at the beginning of the year, so you could see his hair growing over the duration of the film. He described how he had to structure his life in order to be able to do the filming every hour and how his mind began to short circuit from not getting enough REM sleep from sleeping in only hour-long stretches at a time. I'd like to see that film again. Does anybody else remember this story and/or who this guy is?
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at 11:47 AM on February 19, 2005
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Identify this percussion instrument: I just bought a thing that is a 5' tall stick with a pogo spring on the bottom. It has hi-hat cymbals on the top and a tamborine, cowbell, jingle bells and a woodblock attached to it. You thump this thing on the ground while wacking on everything with a drumstick and it makes a racket that will wake the neighbors. What is it?
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at 9:13 PM on February 3, 2005
(14 comments)
Many years ago in junior high, there was a Japanese girl in one of my classes. One day she taught me a couple of examples of what she said was an art in Japan wherein you create representations of things (animals, maybe other things, I don't know) using your hands. It's kind of like origami, but you use your hands instead of paper. I've always thought it was really cool and people get off on it when they see it (some more than others). I have googled with no result. Does anybody know what the name of this is? I have always wanted to know more about it and would like to learn how to make other things besides the frog and the monster.
A few pics of what she taught me that day back in school are here. (Note: in order for the monster to be effective sound effects may be needed.)
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at 10:27 PM on September 23, 2004
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I remember seeing a site a few years ago about a way to actually plan and grow a house using real, live trees planted strategically in the ground. There was a way the limbs were interwoven or something and it was pretty involved. This, obviously, was supposed to be a long-term project. I don't remember many details, except that I thought it was interesting at the time. Recently I've searched, but can't find anything about it. Maybe I'm not using the right search terms or maybe I just dreamed it. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
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at 12:10 AM on August 11, 2004
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Bill Gates proposes an end to free email
If the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail for free, our mailboxes would surely runneth over with more credit-card offers, sweepstakes entries, and supermarket fliers. That's why we get so much junk e-mail: It's essentially free to send. So Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates, among others, is now suggesting that we start buying "stamps" for e-mail.
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at 11:32 AM on March 5, 2004
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New report says Bush planned Iraq War before 9/11
Jan. 10 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush entered office in January 2001 intent on invading Iraq and was in search of a way to go about it.
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at 10:52 AM on January 10, 2004
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