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"A consultation with a lawyer doesn't cost much compared to the benefit of having solid answers to your questions. You should treat any answer you get here as something to discuss with the lawyer, not as the final answer..." [
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"You buy insurance to protect yourself from a loss you can't afford. It's usually not worth buying insurance for a loss you can afford.
So the first question is: What can you afford? (i.e. how long a period of unemployment can you afford)..." [
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"Comcast failed to provide you with the service they promised. The reason why the service didn't work is irrelevant. If you feel that you haven't been properly compensated, talk to Comcast, not the neighbours.
The neighbours stole from Comcast, not..." [
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"You can let him know that you're there to support him if he wants to talk about it, but it needs to be his decision to talk about it. If you think you want to give him a talk like the one prefpara wrote, I'd do it in such a way that it didn't require..." [
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"Basically, you agree what the terms of the loan are, and then you write it down. e.g. is there a deadline for full payment or a series of regular payments, what's the interest rate, and anything else you've agreed on.
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"There are any number of methods but the common thing is: you deal with competitive people by not competing. That's the main thing to keep in mind
"Why do you ask?" is the most useful response. It works for any question you find..." [
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"This seems strange. Do you and your boss work at the same location? If your boss has concerns about your arrival and departure times, why isn't s/he the one looking into how to track it? It's the supervisor's job to tell you what needs to be done in..." [
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"It sounds like when you ask how to gracefully tell them, you really want to know how to make sure they don't have a terribly negative reaction. The truth is, you already know how to say it gracefully, and you can't control their reaction. If you tell..." [
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"To "snitch" is to tell just because you want to get her in trouble. To try to prevent a serious problem for your employer is not snitching.
The fact that she didn't catch the "we here at..." was sloppy (did she not even read..." [
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2 months ago
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"Why Chinese is So Damn Hard
I think I might have bookmarked this after it was linked in a post on the blue" [
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2 months ago
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"Point out to the landlords that the plastering is not solving your problem and that you need this situation to stop. Then you might go on to suggest that the woman upstairs also seems to have an ongoing problem that's not being solved and suggest..." [
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2 months ago
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"Don't confuse honesty with lack of tact. Just because something is true doesn't mean that now is a good time to say it." [
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2 months ago
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"I hope I'm wrong, but the timeline sounds like this: you agreed to volunteer, showed up, barfed, and then split without explanation.
The way I read it is this:
At last year's conference the OP attended the conference (presumably as a paying..." [
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2 months ago
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"Don't approach it as a fight. Approach the appropriate person (the supervisor of the person who fired you?) and politely and professionally ask them to reconsider. I'd probably do it with a letter. Briefly explain the circumstances of your illness..." [
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2 months ago
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"Bacteria are not going to become immune to immersion in alcohol or bleach.
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2 months ago
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"The classic Dear Abby advice for responding to inappropriate questions is, "Why do you ask?" This should have the same effect as "You only think that because we're brown, don't you?" without being as explicitly a challenge...." [
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3 months ago
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"Even if all the reasons unions existed were now no longer problems at all, to call the unions irrelevant assumes that the problems wouldn't come back if the unions went away...." [
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3 months ago
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"The first rule of name pronunciation is that the name is pronounced the way that the named says it's pronounced. So if he says that "Favre" is pronounced "Smith" then that's the way it is. All the other explanations only come into..." [
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3 months ago
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"The question is what type of job you want. Has this experience turned you off the field of engineering altogether? Then bail out now. If there's still something you love about the idea of being an engineer, then investigate what jobs there are that..." [
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4 months ago
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"The main advantage of including the shipping cost is that people know what it's going to cost them in total. There's nothing more frustrating than not finding out until you've already entered your address and credit card that it will cost way more..." [
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4 months ago
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"Guarantees are a funny thing. Sellers don't guarantee something because the product does that, but because that's the issue that scares off potential sales. e.g. Remington shavers "shave as close as a blade or your money back." Well, they..." [
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4 months ago
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"The National Film Board of Canada gets many nominations in this category (e.g. two of this year's nominees) and they have a lot of stuff that can be viewed on the web site nfb.ca...." [
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4 months ago
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"Arms/legs asleep is usually caused by a pinched nerve (not loss of circulation) so there's no immediate danger in prolonging it. (Straight Dope link)" [
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4 months ago
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"Tangent: If you peel the bananas starting at the opposite end than is usual (that is, don't start from the stem end and pull down but start at the other end) then the strings will stick to the peel and won't be a problem...." [
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4 months ago
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"As others have said, it is not possible to know with certainty that replacing A with B will lead to better results. The qualities that you attribute to A are harder to find and harder to teach.
If Person B is not amazing enough that you want to..." [
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5 months ago
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"For breakfast: Banana Pancakes.
Mash a banana.
Beat an egg.
Mix them together.
Fry in butter on medium heat.
Makes two.
(Lower heat than normal pancakes. If the heat's too high, the bottom will scorch while the top's still runny)..." [
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5 months ago
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"Can you ask the temp agency if they can get a more concrete response on whether the employer plans to hire you? They have an incentive to make sure it works out (if you get hired, they get a big commission -- if you leave they stop getting their..." [
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5 months ago
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"A bit off the question but perhaps useful information: increased income often does not always mean increased wealth. You become rich by spending significantly less than you earn. Many people with high incomes do not do this...." [
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5 months ago
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"I'd say it means no soliciting of any sort if you're walking in without an appointment. If you have something that will benefit their business at no cost to them, you should be able to get an appointment...." [
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5 months ago
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Excellent, creative (and creativity-inspiring) music for children
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6 months ago
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"I'm sure the under-$5000 rule only applies when the only issue is property loss. The police will come out if someone threatened you with a gun even if you had no property loss...." [
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6 months ago
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"I like Libraries by Candida Hofer.
Here are some of the photos. I'd say this is a safe bet because it's got a theme (the use of the room/building) other than one architectural style, so you're neither getting the "wrong" style nor trying..." [
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7 months ago
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"A recording of yourself saying "Ring" in a deadpan voice.
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7 months ago
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"Another vote for replacing your wiper blades every six months. They just don't work well for much longer than that (in fact, in my experience, even at six months it's a huge improvement when you replace them)...." [
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7 months ago
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"Not a comprehensive book but I find the book with the most "Aha!" moments for Theatre Arts (and possibly screenwriting) is Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays, by David Ball. Despite the dry sounding title, it's the..." [
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7 months ago
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"The gift for someone who "has everything" is something intangible: a service, a trip/outing, event tickets, a subscription, lessons (whether practical or in something crazy), etc., etc...." [
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8 months ago
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"I think the two estimates are just serving different purposes. The body shop is trying to keep the price low to win business, while the insurance adjuster is probably trying to set the upper limit on what it should cost (and is therefore including..." [
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8 months ago
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"99 times out of 100 nothing will go wrong.
I think it's probably closer to 999,999 out of 1,000,000 (or better)
People have been selling things through classified ads for ages. Somehow the internet makes it scary.
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8 months ago
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"We use Biss Environmental. We got a strong recommendation from a friend. I have since had several other conversations where I've mentioned them and someone else said, "Oh we use them too and they're great."
IIRC it's around..." [
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