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"If you feel your weight makes you unattractive or uncomfortable, try doing something about it. Or, decide not to and just be happy with who you are.
The biggest factor for me in determining whether a woman is attractive is whether she is..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"As for my own advice, view marriage as a 60/40 proposition. Tell this to your spouse with the intent that the view is reciprocated. In other words, always try to put in 60% of the effort and never expect more than 40% from your spouse. If your..." [
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"some non-embarrasing albums:
...anything broadway
We must hang with different kinds of crowds..." [
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2 months ago
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"By the way, height/weight (BMI) is not an appropiate measure to determine how healthy you are. It's very generalistic and doesn't take into account your muscle mass %.
While the second part of this statement is true, a lot of people hide behind it,..." [
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3 months ago
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In my time of dying
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3 months ago
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"OMG a religionist capable of reason! Stop the presses!
What a bunch of ignorant twits the LOLXIAN crowd in this thread is. Especially turgid dahlia. The impression that science and religion are inherently at odds is total bull crap. Lots of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by theiconoclast31, Mister Cheese, Crabby Appleton
4 months ago
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"I still find ebay useful. I would never use it to buy an expensive, popular item where I have other options, but I have great success finding obscure items for not a lot of money, primarily car parts where my local salvage yard has come up empty...." [
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4 months ago
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"You're the most important person in your relationship.
That attitude right there is the kiss of death for any relationship. If your significant other isn't the most important person in the relationship (and he/she doesn't feel similarly toward..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by idiomatika
5 months ago
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"Well, since she was trying to draw attention to an ideal, and most of the world hadn't heard of her previous to this, I think that in death she was more successful in her quest than she ever could have been had she lived.
This is proof of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by konolia, marble
5 months ago
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"This is why we can't have nice lips." [
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5 months ago
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"What a great article that was - nicely structured, with fascinating detours, and a mounting sense of suspense that was gripping. I can't think of what I'd have left out if I'd been the editor.
I would have left out most of the elevator industry..." [
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5 months ago
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"Most tire shops would put new tires on the drive wheels, and put the two best of the tires you already had on the other wheels, rotating them from the drive wheels if necessary.
Not any more they don't...." [
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5 months ago
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"Unprotected promiscuous sex is what cases transmission of the virus.
I think there is a perception (right or wrong) that homosexuals are more promiscuous than heterosexuals. If there is any truth to this at all, a major contributing factor is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by brain cloud, saffry
5 months ago
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"sotonohito, my wife, a 10th-grade history teacher, tells much the same story.
Strangely enough, she seems to get good response out of some of the students that other teachers have the most problems with. She is VERY strict and disciplined, but..." [
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5 months ago
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"Look into A Quaker Book of Wisdom by Robert Lawrence Smith. Yes, it's written by a guy from a specific faith view, but I found the book very interesting myself. You might want to read it yourself first to see if it captures what you are looking for...." [
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6 months ago
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"This is a good thing.
As more and more so-called "Christians" demonstrate that they don't give a damn about the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus's anger at the money-changers, or his command to "judge not, that ye be not judged,..." [
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6 months ago
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"Am I in the right by insisting on staying here
No. Simply no.
You have no legal rights to housing whatsoever in this arrangement. I also suspect that if you bring the RA into it, you will be immediately expelled from the dorm. Think about..." [
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6 months ago
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1977 Penney Catalog
favorited 11 times, recently by shelliebb, not_on_display, longdaysjourney, daravida, lisawin, the_very_hungry_caterpillar, mcrandello, nzero, agregoli, Marla Singer, sageleaf
6 months ago
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"My rule of thumb for buying tools: Always buy the cheapest possible alternative for a tool the first time. If it breaks or you wear it out from use, then buy a nice one, but by then you will have a better understanding of what features are..." [
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7 months ago
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"The Spanish Inquistion.
Don't worry. No one expects the Spanish Inquistion.
Seriously, two bits of advice: 1. Make sure ALL work by the contractor is complete to your satisfaction prior to closing. If it comes down to it, delay closing...." [
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7 months ago
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"AutoZone cannot clear OBDII codes; they only ready them. Also, removing the battery will not clear the codes. I think you will need to go to the dealer, and the overvoltage may have damaged an airbag component. The best-informed second, third and..." [
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7 months ago
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"Yes, I think I've heard that, and probably on NPR.
Consider this: Most programs like that consist of an applicaton process. The fact that there is this screening means that EVERYONE that comes to such a program is motivated to stay in it. The..." [
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7 months ago
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"Is there a window in the house that is close to the area you might want to put the TV in? Mount the TV inside looking out. Putting some anti-reflective coating on the window may help reduce glare...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Good Brain
7 months ago
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"Another reason why three Iraqs doesn't work: Kurdistan, the lands inhabited predominantly by Kurds, overlaps both Iraq and Turkey (due to Turkey being granted land on their eastern frontier at the end of WWI as compensation for Turkish land given to..." [
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7 months ago
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"As soon as you get an interview for another internal position, your boss will know, if your megacorp is at all like mine. If he wants to keep you, he can block you from interviewing (although there will be greater pressure on him, and perhaps even..." [
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7 months ago
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"Read the line backwards- She's always a woman to me, therefore the most she'll do [to you] is throw shadows. In the context of the rest of the song, I think he's saying that she is his woman, although she is flirtatious and a bit of a tease with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Shepherd, Miko
7 months ago
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"I hate to throw this into the mix, but *if* he rejects your advances, accept it and move on without taking it personally. Not every man out there will jump at sex every time he can get it. Some people simply aren't into one night stands...." [
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8 months ago
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"I think it goes back to the day when men typically wore hats as a matter of custom. A guy is leaving a party after a few too many, grabs a lampshade instead of his fedora and BOOM: Comedy Gold!..." [
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8 months ago
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"xammerboy describes someone I know, but he didn't have to work "all day and all night" to get ahead. He worked longish hours (in line with the advice on this thread) but not excessive. By his early 40s he got up to VP level in a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
8 months ago
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""Senator, I served with It's Raining Florence Henderson. I knew It's Raining Florence Henderson. It's Raining Florence Henderson was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no It's Raining Florence Henderson."
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8 months ago
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"I'm sorry I've been lurking since 2001 or thereabouts and I'm only now throwing $5 Matt's way.
posted by penduluum at 7:43 PM on January 28 [+] [!]
That's okay, we knew you'd swing back around. ;-)..." [
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8 months ago
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"I agree with "a dollar in coin form" but... not a dollar coin; that's boring.
Give the kid two quarters, four dimes, 3 nickels and 4 pennies. Next time, change it up a little, but always give a dollar or so. This leaves an air of..." [
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8 months ago
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"Do you have this same problem keeping your eyes on a man's face? I doubt it. Treat her like you would a male colleague.
I've been working on this myself and here's the thing, from a man's point of view: I look into a man's eyes and I feel......." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by BrotherCaine, invisible ink, electric water kettle, mosk
8 months ago
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"I'm looking at all these comments that begin with "I'm late to the thread, but..." and they're halfway up the scroll bar. Kewl.
And no thread like this is complete without mention of Hitler. There...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bugbread
8 months ago
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"But even so, do gay relationships tend to end sooner?
I think that since the general population has not recognized gay marriage in any form whatsoever until very recently, and has in fact largely villified the gay community, it has resulted a..." [
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8 months ago
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"he thinks it doesn't matter - in fact, that love doesn't matter at all - because it's wrong a priori.
I think that's the answer right there: He is not going to change and it is wrong to expect him to do so. Either get used to the idea of being..." [
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8 months ago
