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Can anyone recommend a good travel agent in Toronto specializing in travel to Australia? (Someone with access to cheap flights is particularly valuable.)
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at 2:07 PM on July 21, 2008
(5 comments)
I'm looking for recommendations for a good tailor around Queen and Spadina in Toronto. Nothing fancy - I just need some dress pants hemmed - but recommendations any places you personally know to be good/not too expensive would be appreciated.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 2:44 PM on May 13, 2008
(5 comments)
TorontoFilter: I've just moved to an apartment on Queen, just west of Spadina. I'll be here for two months - until the end of June - and I'm really excited. What should I do, where should I eat and drink, to make the most of this neighbourhood?
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at 9:09 AM on May 6, 2008
(21 comments)
I have to make a salad for a Passover seder with a lot of people. Can anyone think of a good recipe for a salad that is kosher, filling (I'm thinking maybe nuts or beans), easy to make in large quantities, and delicious? Thanks for your help!
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at 7:23 PM on April 18, 2008
(18 comments)
My girlfriend's grandfather has just died. I would like to send some flowers to her mother and her grandmother, but in this kind of situation I never know what to say on the cards that sounds sincere without being too sentimental.
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at 8:22 PM on March 26, 2008
(11 comments)
Crikey! I'm
going on exchange to Brisbane! I'd like a comprehensive reading list of books about Australian history, politics, culture and nature that will tell me everything I need to know about Australia. Pass the Foster's!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 1:59 PM on March 3, 2008
(43 comments)
I'm going to Cuba for a week at an all-inclusive resort in Varadero, and I'd appreciate practical advice on how to prepare (should I buy pesos or U.S. dollars ahead of time or when I arrive?) and what to see on a day trip to Havana.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 11:05 AM on February 20, 2008
(22 comments)
I'm thinking about going on an exchange program, and am not sure how I should rank my choices. Should I spend January to June in Brisbane, Australia or Amsterdam?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 8:26 AM on February 11, 2008
(16 comments)
Why would a car perform significantly differently in two relatively similar crash tests? For instance, why would a rear passenger in the Honda Accord do better in side crash tests from
the IIHS than
the NHTSA? Is it simply because the NHTSA crash is 7mph faster?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 10:44 AM on January 29, 2008
(4 comments)
How can I find parking in New York from Tuesday to Friday next week? Ideally it would be on Upper West Side Manhattan and not very expensive, but I could park farther afield.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 1:14 PM on December 15, 2007
(15 comments)
Emergency Tech Support: Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac has suddenly become unable to save a document. It says "Too many files are open. Please close a window." Then "Saving the autorecovery file is postponed." Then "Too many files are open. Please close a window." Then "Word has insufficient memory. Would you like to save your document as Rescued Document X?" Nothing works. There's plenty of hard drive space. There are no other open documents. What's going on?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 7:24 PM on December 6, 2007
(27 comments)
I'm looking for two brief historical accounts of the same event or events, to show how history can be distorted. Bonus points if the events relate to European encounters with indigenous peoples in the Americas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 5:36 AM on November 19, 2007
(15 comments)
Could driving with the parking brake on rapidly wear out or destroy the brakes on a car?
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at 7:29 PM on October 19, 2007
(20 comments)
I'm in New York until September 9. What should I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 8:33 AM on August 30, 2007
(19 comments)
Photo Booth won't open because it says my MacBook Pro's camera is in use by another application. It's really not. What can I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 4:07 PM on May 9, 2007
(8 comments)
IsManhattanReallyThatExpensive? Filter: My girlfriend is going on exchange to Fordham Law School next fall. She is thinking of living in residence because of the convenience, but is somewhat stunned by the $6000 they want to charge her for 4 months (food not included). Is this reasonable? If it's not, where should she live?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 12:24 PM on March 14, 2007
(41 comments)
Help! I've just reinstalled Windows XP, and now my computer doesn't recognize that I have a monitor in the Device Manager, which means I can't install drivers, which means my screen in currently in 4-bit colour mode. Which is really not going to sit well with my family if I can't fix it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 3:11 PM on February 21, 2007
(12 comments)
How can I record video streams from RealPlayer and Quicktime on a Mac?
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at 9:08 AM on November 21, 2006
(5 comments)
Dealing with Iran after Rumsfeld.
Seymour Hersh details the ongoing debate over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program. There's something here for everyone to worry about.
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at 12:38 PM on November 19, 2006
(22 comments)
How do I record a radio program from my tuner to an audio file on my MacBook Pro? (Free copy of Wagner's Ring Cycle to anyone who can help me.)
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at 8:59 AM on September 10, 2006
(12 comments)
The Israel Lobby.
Writing the London Review of Books, John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Harvard University's Stephen Walt argue that American foreign policy in the Middle East has been diverted from the national interest by a powerful domestic Jewish lobby:
[T]he thrust of US policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the ‘Israel Lobby’. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that US interests and those of the other country – in this case, Israel – are essentially identical. The article is an edited version of a longer
working paper (pdf). While the authors focus on the potency of the Jewish lobby, including organizations such as
AIPAC and the
Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, they also point to the role of evangelical Christians who believe that Israel's existence is a necessary precondition of the Second Coming, a group whose importance has been remarked upon
elsewhere.
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at 4:23 PM on March 17, 2006
(146 comments)
I'm looking for three or four real-life adventure stories that would entertain and enthrall a twelve year-old boy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dasein
at 6:34 PM on December 15, 2005
(35 comments)
