Oh, I dunno. SKF has made me a fair bit of money on the pivot days. But overall I agree. I'm not holding anything overnight at the moment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:50 PM on July 24, 2008

MOUNTAIN BIKING. THAT IS ALL.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:33 PM on July 24, 2008

How big is their property? We have 50 acres and just had the invisible fence people come and tell us that to wire 22 acres of it was fine.

The limiting factor is the gauge of wire you use (which affects the overall resistance of the loop) so you can probably expand the loop by using a heavier wire.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:45 PM on June 29, 2008

The OP is probably asking about so-called invisible fences. These use a buried or ground-level wire to transmit a radio-frequency signal which is picked up by a receiver attached to the dog's collar. As the dog approaches the wire, the receiver emits a warning sound. If the dog continues, it administers a 'correction' which is painful for the dog.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:32 PM on June 30, 2008

Unfortunately Amontillados and Manzanillas don't do it for me at all... it's that bone dry taste with the heady Flor nose that knocks me out. I've been drinking the Alvear, which is really excellent and an incredible bargain at the LCBO but I will have to ferret out some Tio Pepe. I am a long way from a decent Vintates. Maybe my local LCBO will order though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:40 PM on June 30, 2008

Ignore the miserable old bat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:35 PM on June 30, 2008

In these circumstances I generally send the login and password separately, and both separate from the URL they apply to. It's not massively secure but a lot more secure than just emailing the whole thing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:38 PM on June 28, 2008

Send letters to all their neighbours apologizing for the amount of noise they make during sex.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 2:55 PM on June 26, 2008

Doctor. 60 hours is a lot and the mental consequences can be severe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:34 AM on June 26, 2008

I think one of the points is that the musician is improvising, but singing shows that s/he knows what he's going to play before he plays it, even if only for a split second. This doesn't sound very surprising, except that a lot of rock players use fingering patterns rather than playing a tune in their head, and would be very hard pressed to sing along with what they're playing.

For example, imagine singing an improvised solo, then playing the exact same thing on the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:31 AM on June 26, 2008

Yup, rear mount produces a lot less drag. The main disadvantage of rear mount is when you are driving in wet winter weather and the bikes get covered with road salt. Some people also worry about getting rear ended or the bikes being more easily stolen, but I've always preferred it (although the bikes go in the back of my pickup now).

Endless discussion of this and all bike-rack related questions at the Car & Biker forum over at MTBR.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:58 AM on June 25, 2008

I am not aware of any scam that could be perpetrated by someone possessing your phone number, even if that person possesses a distinct Indian accent.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:00 AM on June 24, 2008

Bizarrely, one of my friends owns rentachicken.com, which is his photo website. There's a link on the front page you can use to email him and ask him if he knows.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:52 AM on June 19, 2008

OK, well, I asked my friend with the rentachicken.com domain about it and he said...

Strange. I've no idea what thats about. The rentachicken domain is purely the result of reading a list of domains registered during the dot com era that had recently expired, combined with being slightly worse for drink at the time.

Sorry for the blind alley...
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:39 PM on June 19, 2008

Well, the climate control is because different foods want to be stored in different humidities and different temperatures. Think about a wine cooler. It stores white wine at 41 degrees or so, red wine at 50 degrees or so. Room temp in an air conditioned house is 68-72 degrees F. Plus many foods will dry out quickly in an air-conditioned home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:26 PM on June 18, 2008

For smaller kitchens I was thinking something the size of a microwave. For bigger kitchens, it could be the size of a fridge.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:27 PM on June 18, 2008

I'm thinking separate compartments that leverage the technology to produce microclimates for different kinds of food. I'd even be open to including CO2 or N2 atmostpheres for the super high end model (eg my buddy has an apple storage facility which is refrigerated and has an N2 atmosphere... the apples will keep basically forever).
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 9:18 PM on June 18, 2008

Healthy relationships are just, better.

They happen. You'll know, because you feeling bad, or the other person feeling bad, will not be a fundamental mode of the relationship. You'll feel good most of the time with that person and they will feel good most of the time with you.

it took me a long while to realize that. When you find a relationship like that, seize it and do not let go.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:06 PM on June 18, 2008

Putting $ in index funds is a good idea. It's simple... open a discount brokerage account, buy the fund, you're done.

HOWEVER the question is which index fund. If you were to put all your $ in a US equities index right now you'd stand a pretty good chance of being wiped out semi-completely if/when the dollar collapses and GD2 (the second great depression) ensues. Not saying it's gonna happen, but many people privately think it may. It's not a great time to be in US... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:47 PM on June 15, 2008

If you want to fire and forget for the next 20 years, an S&P index is (probably) safer than a Latin American fund. If you're willing to change funds once every three months or so, there are vastly better places to have your money. I don't think most Americans have the slightest conception of how much trouble their economy is really in.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:27 PM on June 15, 2008

I don't want to get into a pissing match with Justinian. I just happen to think that 'index fund' doesn't have to mean the S&P 500 and that if you're willing to do some minimal research you may find more interesting places to put your money, especially if you're young. For ETFs, I like what iShares is doing. I think you are on the right track.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 8:06 PM on June 15, 2008

Everyone I know who had a Brompton loved it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:03 PM on June 15, 2008

My last truck (an old 4Runner) wanted premium. I grew to hate paying the extra. My new truck (a Nissan Frontier) takes regular. It's a gas guzzling beast but at least I don't have to watch the premium dials go round.

Shuddering above 45 mph could be a whole bunch of things, including stuck brake calipers heating up a brake rotor which warps as it gets hot. If it was a Toyota, I'd say take it to a dealer. Being as it's a Chevy Cav, I second your idea of buying a new car.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:53 PM on June 15, 2008

On this issue of photographing and keeping photographs of people, this is an increasingly complicated part of Canadian law and you should check with the Privacy Commissioner about where things stand. It's a moving target as to how the law is interpreted but here's a questionnaire for businesses which gives you some idea of the complexities. Personally I'd be extremely wary of photographing people in this way as a retail business (there are some exceptions for, for example, artists who photograph... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:15 AM on June 13, 2008

I'd like to reiterate what others have said: whatever you might think, cops are notoriously bad sources of legal advice. They are often badly taught, and even then it's generally only the law that is specifically applicable to their duties as a police officer. I say that having spent several months, if not years, riding in cop cars with cops of different flavors, and with a deep appreciation for how difficult and shitty it is to be a police officer.

As one high ranking... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 8:10 PM on June 14, 2008

If you're drunk enough, or a young enough, I give you British Bulldog.

Wikipedia has it exactly right: "The game is characterised by its high level of violence and physicality". I still have scars from playing it.

I'm sort of amazed it's never become a big spectator sport. It is astoundingly violent.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:57 PM on June 13, 2008

NB Wikipedia omits the detail I remember most vividly: the bulldogs linking themselves together in a huge chain between you and the other side of the field, through which you are expected to burst.

The violence comes from the fact that the bulldogs have to chant "British Bulldog! One, Two, Three!" while hanging on to you. Needless to say, the temptation is to use Ultimate Fighting Skills to get the buggers off you and make it to the safe area.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 8:03 PM on June 13, 2008

I grew up in a small town in the north of England. My parents (this is the 70s) were terrified of eating anything they weren't used to. Spaghetti, unless out of a tin, was referred to as 'foreign muck'. I remember my mother, in a spasm of novelty, taking us to a Chinese restaurant, where we ordered chicken and chips.

I went through my 20s and 30s experimenting with every possible cuisine. The only thing I've ever encountered that I simply couldn't eat (although I got... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 9:21 PM on June 12, 2008

You are assuming they're the same thing. They're not.

England is country in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom contains England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Great Britain is the island containing England, Wales and Scotland.

The full name of the UK is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'

Which name you use is not a matter of style but of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:13 AM on June 12, 2008

Round here, a chainsaw or a rifle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:27 AM on June 10, 2008

My top picks:

The Train From Kansas City -- the Shangri-Las

The Train From Kansas City -- Neko Case

Then there's...

Fats Domino – Kansas City
Okkervil River – Kansas City
Albert King – Kansas City
Muddy Waters – Kansas City
From Autumn to Ashes – Kansas City 90210
James Brown – Kansas City
Joya Landis – Kansas... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:21 PM on May 29, 2008 marked best answer

Well, paging LanguageHat, obviously. However this is a trivial search in the BNC. The tag for all adjectives is AJ? and for all nouns is NN? (see the list of all tags). Using the 'explore' search for 2-grams and sorting by descending frequency you get:

p
right hon. 2963
roman catholic 645
latin american 515
only other 463
other european 455
social democratic 446
other... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:13 AM on May 29, 2008

You know, a big thing about learning to read is having something that motivates you to want to read. I say this as the father of two kids who both made conspicuous 'breakthroughs' in reading simply because they wanted to be able to read the instructions on the Playstation screen or the Flash games on Mom's computer.

4.5 is very young to be even starting to worry about any of this stuff. Your kid has made some great advances in writing. You shouldn't worry about the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:56 PM on May 25, 2008 marked best answer

All the caveats, but I'm agreeing that milk or Maalox followed by a water flush is probably the way to go.

Anyone who enjoys cooking with hot chilis and has taken a wizz without washing their hands can feel your pain. Only, in a different place.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:26 PM on May 25, 2008

Thanks. I've looked at Hamou's site but I should probably contact him as he seems to read a lot on the subject. I've got BUT HE WAS GOOD TO HIS MOTHER on order but I don't think it has much about Levine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 4:29 AM on May 23, 2008

It's gotta be the 13th Floor Elevators or Quicksilver Messenger Service.

Anyway, you don't mention whether it's 1/4" or 1/2" or 1" or 2" reel to reel and the answer is kind of important. Then there's the format -- 1/4" could be stereo or 4-track. 1/2" could be 8 or (I think) 16 track and so on. The only really hard bit is tracking down someone who has the appropriate machine -- most likely they'll be happy to help. What you're looking for is... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 9:45 PM on May 20, 2008 marked best answer

1/4" is good news. There are lots of those machines around. I'd still have mine if I hadn't had to move country. The recording could be stereo or 4-track. I don't know if this is universally true but the stereo machines I used actually recorded 4 tracks, like on cassette, two on one half of the tape running one way, and two on the other half running the other way. The 4-tracks just recorded all 4 tracks in the same direction.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:19 AM on May 21, 2008

Also, I'm gonna say hold off on telling the band about this stuff until you know what's there. The last thing you need to do is provoke a bandfight, which is what it will most assuredly do.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:20 AM on May 21, 2008

a) I just came in my pants

b) a large part of how good this looks will depend upon the ambient light level in your loft. The lower the better. So a good blackout is essential, especially if you intend to play during the day.

c) a big image demands a big sound system so don't neglect the audio. In fact, great audio may be more important for immersion than great video.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 8:42 PM on May 20, 2008

If they are on the 'sample pages' then they have probably already been mirrored by a hundred different sites. That part of the genie won't go back in the bottle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:52 AM on May 18, 2008

Has she actually expressed any wish for the photos to be taken down?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 10:09 AM on May 20, 2008

Take them to a bank.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 11:00 AM on May 18, 2008

All the time you have ever saved by omitting vowels (writing dashes instead of spaces actually ADDS to the time it takes to write your list) has now been burned by this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:57 AM on May 18, 2008 marked best answer

Give it to your friends!

(I'm just planting my rhubarb now)

What I do is stew it and then freeze it in small batches. Then each morning I defrost some and mix it with oatmeal, brown sugar and milk or yoghurt. Bliss.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 8:57 PM on May 16, 2008

This page on rhubarbinfo.com says that the stalks do not become poisonous after flowering. I've certainly eaten the stalks after flowering with no ill effects.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:45 AM on May 18, 2008

I would definitely replace the Bontrager crankset with the Hollowtech. It's going to be waaay better. Facing is only necessary on new frames. If a crankset has already been installed it's going to be fine. If you meet resistance when installing the outboard bearings you can take it down to the local bike store to get faced, but I'd be amazed if it was necessary.

Re the XTR derailleur, again I'd probably do it. It's going to be nicer shifting than LX stuff of that era.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:24 AM on May 16, 2008 marked best answer

It may make no sense to you but that's actually how mac.com mail works. I confirmed this with an Apple support person. My wife's mac.com mail was not getting sent, either from Mail.app or via the mac.com webmail page. It went to the sent box but never arrived anywhere.

It turns out that mac.com won't send mail that originates from an IP blacklisted by the CBL, whether or not the user is authenticated. It took me a long while and many blind alleys to figure this out... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 7:14 PM on May 13, 2008

My tip for the top is to revise the thing you're least confident about immediately before the exam and go straight to that section when you sit down. You'll often find you completely nail it, which loosens you up for the rest.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:40 AM on May 13, 2008 marked best answer

We'll always have Paris.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 9:52 PM on May 12, 2008 marked best answer

You could also use punchlines to well known jokes:

"The Aristocrats!"

"Twenty bucks, same as in town!"

"A stick!"

"Why the long face?"

"Give me a beer, and a mop?"

"Does this taste funny to you?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 5:36 AM on May 13, 2008