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"Generally, in a household of three housemates, if one housemate wants to move his girlfriend into his room and therefore add an extra tenant, he has to first seek the consent of the other two housemates. Whether this is contractually required or..." [
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"Is a refund enough? It depends what you want to get from this experience.
Are you entitled to a refund? Yes, and that's what you got. You paid for a cookie, and it was a faulty cookie, so you were out one cookie. So they refunded your money...." [
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"A couple of clarifications to my comment above:
1. I said that H's vote is worth one in three, but to be clear, it's not a "majority rules" situation; for you to move in, the agreement among the three housemates must be unanimous...." [
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"I just came across this recipe for vegetarian tortilla soup, and can't wait to try it." [
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"This MeFi post from 2004 links to Ronson's Guardian article about first being invited to Kubrick's estate to view the boxes.
It's great fun, but my favourite part is that a MeFier contacted G Ryder & Co to find out if it's possible to buy..." [
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2 months ago
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"What sort of leather is it? Is it, for example, a pigmented leather with a poly-urethane surface protectant, or is it a semi-aniline leather with a wax finish? Or is it a fully aniline leather, ie. a very soft, natural, drum-dyed leather without..." [
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4 months ago
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"I saw this exhibition in London last year and it made my head explode with happiness." [
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5 months ago
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"I am pretty sure that if I met jonmc in real life, I'd think him a swell guy, and we'd get on like a house on fire. I agree with him from time to time, and love his appreciation for the zaftig chicks.
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5 months ago
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"Like others above, I find that if I sleep wearing rings I awake less refreshed. I prefer to sleep unencumbered, and keep a decorative bowl on my bedside table to put my rings in overnight. I put my wedding and engagement rings back on as soon as..." [
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6 months ago
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"Sometimes people wink by accident, or as a nervous mannerism. Sometimes they wink in greeting. Or by way of acknowledgement. Or to convey inclusiveness. It's impossible to know what this woman's intentions were, but personally, I wouldn't read..." [
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6 months ago
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"Your roommate has agreed to pay $300 per month for rent, and this is the maximum he is willing to spend on accommodation. If you weren't extending the lease for six months so your new girlfriend can move in, he would just move out when the lease is..." [
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6 months ago
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"This is quite a culturally specific answer. I once saw a train carriage of strangers burst into a rendition of Khe San by Cold Chisel on Melbourne Cup Day (triggered by someone's transistor radio, or somesuch), but that's probably not going to..." [
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8 months ago
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"I think this is the sort of issue that separates people who have worked in retail management, and in particular have owned or run their own businesses, and those who have mainly worked in offices. I currently know a chap who owns his own shop here..." [
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9 months ago
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"Part of the problem here, I'd imagine, is that the "rules" your team are flaunting and that you expected to enforce serve little purpose other than to remind the call centre employees that they are interchangeable, and not permitted to..." [
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10 months ago
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""I AM NOW ENTERING CYBERSPACE."
No, not really. I say, "I'm just gonna check my email. I'll be a couple of minutes". And then no one sees me for the rest of the evening...." [
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"Having read this question and your previous one concerning your boyfriend's son, I urge you to think seriously about how your behaviour and general attitude is affecting the boy's relationship with his father, both now and long-term. Forgive my..." [
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""Survey after survey has linked hormone replacement therapy to cancer, strokes, blood clots and heart disease." For this reason, it's inappropriate for you to suggest your co-worker undergo HRT in order to make your eight daily hours at..." [
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"Stephen King talks about this in his non-fiction book about horror, Danse Macabre:
"I am of the last quarter of the last generation that remembers radio drama as an active force - a dramatic art form with its own set of reality. I was in..." [
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"londongeezer simply could not be more incorrect. You don't need to lose weight to flirt with men, receive admiration and attention, get hit on, kiss a hot man, have amazing sex, fall in love, or get married to the love of your life. As a fat chick..." [
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"Go see a doctor. None of us here should be suggesting you smear stuff on your skin if you've got "severe facial burning". We're not doctors, we can't see your skin complaint from here, and we have no real idea if our suggested lotions are..." [
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"You're right, lots of people have been in your situation. And they've learnt these two things from experience:
a) Don't sleep with crazy people; and
b) When people tell you who they are, listen.
You ignore these rules at your peril. I mean..." [
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"I've never heard of "potstickers", but what you're describing sounds an awful lot like Shanghai Dumplings to me. And lo, I googled for a recipe, and found this one... which also calls them potstickers. Am I on the right track? 'Cause..." [
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"Norman Lindsay's Artful Cats, perhaps? Lindsay was the author of The Magic Pudding, amongst other things. I'm Australian, and had his book of cat drawings as a child; I recall his Fuzz Buzz Looking Affectionately at Toast with great fondness...." [
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"Back in my old internet dating days, I used to say something along the lines of "Incidentally, I'm a big girl, so I'm looking for a guy who either likes that or considers it a non-issue". That came at the end of a really weird, absurd..." [
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"I have a friend who's doing some charity fundraising by phone at the moment (and hating it, I might add; it's the sort of job you take only if you're in dire straits, and I doubt she'll last long there).
The one thing I'll add to this discussion..." [
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"You're probably thinking of Ted's Caving Page, which was posted to the blue a while back." [
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"Warm salad! Toss mushrooms and red onions into a pan, and saute. Blanch some asparagus and green beans using boiling water from an electric kettle. With together in a bowl with diced avocado and throw in baby spinach leaves. Squeeze a lime and..." [
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