Haymaker's switchel. Sounds kinda weird, but it sure quenches your thirst. I can't get enough of it in the summer. In a half-gallon jar, put a couple of glugs of
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if I caught this sort of minor misquote on a blog post it would not "affect your credibility forever" in my book.
Since you've marked this as a best answer and the mods have not deleted it, I take it this sort of data point is... [
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I agree that you should either go verbatim or use ellipses and brackets. Otherwise, you're seeding a pseudoquote in the internets. And the next person will misquote your pseudoquote (still attributing it to the original author), and the next person... [
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If you're going to be in the area, I'd suggest going to Island Seed & Feed in Goleta and talking to Matt. [
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I agree with msbubbaclees. Thirty minutes is way too long. If you go thirty minutes, they only thing they'll take away from it is, man that was a long fucking speech, unless you're Robin Williams. When they said thirty minutes, I'm pretty sure they... [
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For the record, it's "nought," not "naught." [
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Your client is thinking of a different sentence:
Jane Doe, Oscar-winning actor whose prestigious career spans three decades, is coming to New Jersey...... [
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I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and hazard that you are not from "small town Iowa." Because the thing is, small towns in Iowa, or anywhere else, are not all alike. They have their commonalities, sure, but every small town has a... [
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Mighty Mighty Bosstones, in particular The Impression That I Get.
Robert Palmer, in particular Every Kinda People and Woke Up Laughing. [
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I'm 6'2" with a long torso, and I have about 3" of head clearance in my Scion xB. The back seats are about as easy to get in and out of as the front seats, due to the boxy design. Which many people, admittedly, can't stand.... [
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Lots of good advice in this thread that I would echo, but the thing that has helped me the most is to separate the "drive" question from the "getting things done" question.
"Drive" is something you either have, or... [
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"Yeah, he has a bad leg but that doesn't slow him down much." [
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Partially frozen drumsticks left on counter in 75 degree ambient temperature for an hour and then fully cooked. If this description is correct, then the only way you're in danger is if your immune system is so compromised that you died last year.... [
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Write the thank-you note with a clear conscience. Because unless you are secretly jonesing to proselytize to her about atheism, there is no reason not to.... [
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I do it a 12lb hammer, 4 days a week. (I take Wednesdays off in defiance of the "every weekday" orthopraxy.) I do it
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I think your professor is projecting their own preferences onto your interviewers. Germs are a recognized job hazard at a job fair. Do not be afraid to initiate the shake.... [
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Sideways answer: If you're just building the form to gather information (as opposed to publishing the individual submissions as content), then you will probably be better off just installing the Webform module. Do that, and you'll have your form... [
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a way to build out a large and somewhat complex web of pages
Nowadays, you use a CMS to do that. I would strongly caution you against doing it as a folder hierarchy of HTML files. That is—flatly—obsolete.... [
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Dredges? We don't need no stinking dredges!
But yeah, definitely brown the meat. It adds so much to the finished product and it SMELLS SO DAMN GOOD while you're browning it.
And put a lot of different ingredients in, but not so much of any one... [
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Absolutely seconding Bongo_x about small dogs. People think small living space = small dog. No! Small dogs are frenetic. Big dogs are placid. Yes, they will park themselves underfoot, but it's better than having to keep your wastebaskets up on the... [
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Can't speak to the scars, but you will most definitely have a noticeable mark the next day...or six. [
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No, I will do everything I can to save my own neck.
This is the problem, in a nutshell.
First, your neck is not on the line here, except figuratively. You may get fired, but that won't kill you. If you do get fired, you can rise above... [
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Robert Heinlein: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders,... [
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When you give someone options, and one of them is moving out, it's over. Do him and yourself a favor and get it over with. [
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No, you can't undo the baptism, any more than you can undrink that last cup of coffee. Time -> forward only, and all that stuff.
What can you do? You can take the legalist road and tell your ex what for, or you can think long and hard about how... [
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Unless you want to play "the game" for the rest of your life, don't even start.
If you're wondering where you stand, ask. The worst that can happen is that you'll find out he's not that into you, and it's better to know that sooner... [
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Thank you! No, I did not ingest anything like sufficient quantities, just put my tongue to it. Which allowed me to entertain the notion, as we continued the hike, that it might be hallucinogenic, but alas the placebo effect was not strong enough.... [
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The reason for the somewhat exasperated tone of the responses here is that this is Internet 101. Other people have the same name as you have. They are not your "namesakes," unless they were actually, intentionally named after you. You share... [
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Think about how you define "productive," and hypothesize different definitions. If gazing into space letting the moment wash over you doesn't fit your definition of productivity, think about whether it's possible to have too much... [
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Disengage. You keep prodding him and he keeps responding in the only way he knows. If you want him to react differently, you're going to have to act differently. Yes, it's all on you. Sorry. Life's not fair. (Dark secret of adulthood: The... [
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Not to be harsh, but based on the description you've given, you do not know enough about your stove to operate it safely. You could easily start a chimney fire in your ignorance.
You also don't know what kind of shape your chimney is in. It could... [
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I would totally have eaten that, unless it smelled
distinctly off. But I have a robust immune system. Maybe you aren't so lucky and you shouldn't take chances.... [
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It's a mistake of the first order to ask the Internet for guidance here. There is no canon to be mastered. Read what you love to read, and don't bother with the rest. Listen to what you love to listen to, and don't bother with the rest. Your time on... [
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Thanks for the BabelPad link, XMLicious, that will come in handy. And thanks for the confirmation, artlung, that BBEdit actually doesn't even try to support RTL. I kind of figured that, but it's good to know it's not just user error.
For anyone in... [
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Eyebrows McGee has it, as you've already acknowledged. What makes this tricky in the first place is that there is an ellipsis--an omitted part of the sentence:
"Try not to be as bad as J. and I [were] in the Masters semis last year.... [
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I don't have much to add to what's been said, other than to point out that while 80 is seldom closed in CA, NV, UT, IA and IL, it is frequently closed in WY and NE. You will no doubt recall, from your own trips, seeing the permanent gates at... [
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First off, this is not GrammarFilter. There are other sins a sentences can commit besides ungrammaticality. The only thing wrong with this sentence from the point of view of grammar is that it uses plural pronouns where only singular pronouns are... [
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"A man does not insist on physical beauty in a woman who builds up his morale. After a while he realizes that she is beautiful -- he just hadn't noticed it at first." --Robert Heinlein
Despite all the brainwashing that we males are... [
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That's a very attractive house. The blue, though, is cold. Change it to a warm tan that you pick out of the warmest range in the limestone. It won't "pop" from the curb, but it will be very inviting nonetheless.... [
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Solsbury Hill
Here Comes the Sun
Tune for Jack
Samba Pa Ti
What a Wonderful World
Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Time Is Tight
Sunshine Superman
Little Martha
Jessica
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I forget who said it, but someone once said that life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. And that sums it up pretty well. The more you learn, the less you know.
You have to have an opinion on some things,... [
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