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"Brandon Blatcher:
If you need to delete a contact:
I had to hack it, as I had a contact from years ago who got disabled, and then there's no way to do it.
http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/xfndelete.mefi?to_user=|YOUR NUMBER..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ThePinkSuperhero
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"A similar story, not related, just similar.
I learned to read at maybe 4, (about 1951 or 52). and we used to visit Grandma out of state. Grandma had a lifetime supply of Reader's Digests, stacked in large piles behnd the coal oil stove,which kept..." [
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2 months ago
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"Former butt wipe warmer purchaser here. The patient and his roommate thought it was cool. When the the patient got out of the hospital, I hauled it into the office to find a new home for it, and fights nearly broke out among the currently pregnant...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damn dirty ape
6 months ago
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"An RN of my acquantance once had a lady post surgery on a narcotic drip with a push button, and her family, not wishing to see her suffer, apparently was pushing the button while she was asleep. Uh, too asleep to push her own button. They snowed..." [
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6 months ago
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"Trick Stomach, and a nurse taught me to take the pill (whatever it is) at the beginning of a meal, when you can see the food on the table. Do that and start eating now. Her claim was that it fell to the bottom of your stomach because it was empty..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Arthur Dent
7 months ago
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"Florestore is available OTC but might be behind the counter in your area. The pharmacist told me the doctors like it the best of the available probiotics, possibly because it's 10$ for 10 pills. I thought it started working on the first pill...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Bravely Anonymous
8 months ago
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"Necessities in the woods are different than necessities in the suburbs.
I'll third (or fourth) the plastic maps. You can use it for a placemat and wipe it off, or swat large insects that wander in. Best features: durable and easy to fold one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
9 months ago
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"They always get better when you touch them. Move it around, or attach a long wire to the antenna and run it up the wall, or you could just go completely trailer trash, and hang a big hunk of tin foil on the antenna. (We did this to a small TV in..." [
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10 months ago
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"If you live alone, you can eat over the sink.
(That's not a snark; I ate over the sink for years.)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Anything
Last year
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""Caffeine is present in tea leaves and in coffee to the extent of about 4%. Tea also contains two other alkaloids, theobromine and theophylline. These last two relax the smooth muscles where caffeine stimulates the heart and respiratory systems...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jamjam
Last year
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"All good advice.
If your chest sounds/feels gunky, go for postural drainage, if you have someone to help you. Get the chest lower than the hips, leaning over a chair will work. Have someone hit you with a cupped hand, the shape of the hand..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by needs more cowbell
Last year
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"You might want to have nice romantic touches of some sort planned, to give the lady something to remember fondly. First times have a lot more to do with figuring out whose legs go on the outside and who had their appendix out than actual romance...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by IndigoRain
Last year
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"Don't think of it as a single use appliance sucking up cabinet space, think of it as a fair sized pot with add-on features if you want to use them. It's a great way to do some fast cooking, and you can use tough (therefore low fat) cuts of meat...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vito90
Last year
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"I was suggesting a podiatrist because they can rule out anything serious, and should know what to put under your feet if anything will help. I'm about your age, and mine's from changes in the back as I age. They think. (craniac: It's only one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mecran01
Last year
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"I can vouch for the authenticity of the White Trash Salad. Personally, I thnk anything involving canned kidney beans is automatically W. T. cooking, but that might be farther than you'd want to push it, horrifying-wise.
Perhaps what you want is..." [
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