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How much are you expecting unaffordable to cost?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:11 AM on October 9, 2008

You might clarify your research as to whether the specific allergen is actually pectin instead of citrus, per se.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 4:33 PM on August 5, 2008

Edited version, based on this --

-- Appx Time -- Artist -- Scene --
00:13-00:18 - Chen Tianjia - Little girl in red dress
00:19-00:24 - Liu Huan - Man, Pink shirt, black pants, gray hair
00:25-00:30 - Na, Ying - Woman in white ruffly top
00:31-00:36 - Stefanie Sun - Gal in green shirt, off-white scarf-thing with tassles, among children
00:37-00:42 - Sun Yue - Gal in all blue outfit
00:43-00:48 -... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 4:04 AM on July 15, 2008

Posted to this blog post with request for updates/corrections. Many thanks!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 4:38 AM on July 15, 2008

I think a keyword you're missing in your searches is cadence.

Do a search for university cadence mp3 and see what you get. Many university/edu band webpages offer mp3s of their drumline free for the taking. My current favorite is U.Maryland's 1995 version of "Truck" especially because of the rest of the band doing yell-calls, what we used to do in high school a lot with our 250-piece. We never realized how awesome calls were until we went to state marching... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:31 PM on May 12, 2008

There ya go, about 16mb of various uni/edu candences and such. Enjoy, and send me links of good ones you find, too! heh *cranks it*
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:36 PM on May 12, 2008 marked best answer

A bridge could, in a sense, be a different method of "cutting corners," whereas making shortcuts in an already well-laid system could create a greater traffic hassle than having to go all the way around. I wouldn't phrase it in the absolute sense that "bridges prohibit..." but might instead suggest "bridges may prohibit..."

Often doing something the quick way seems tempting and a volley of excuses can be made for doing it in the moment, but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 6:49 PM on May 12, 2008

There is currently a relatively rampant belief among the uneducated in AIDS-infected regions of Africa that having sex with a noninfected youngster (infants included) will cure the infected person, and it is fairly widely held. I visted Kenya in March and the story was heard more than once. It's yet one more reason AIDS is still quite a big problem -- even the kids who don't have it will get it from grossly misinformed adults going after them. Boggles the mind.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 6:30 PM on May 12, 2008

I also had a paper-based debate with a guy I met at a foosball tourney, after he gave me an essay about the supposed "Kenite"/Sons-of-Cain race of people that mirror the biblical race of the Hebrews and walk amidst genuine people. I posted his original essay here and also one of my responses.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 6:43 PM on May 12, 2008

I've never seen that happen, but I usually interpret hazards as "go around me" not "there's a pedestrian." I generally interepret flashing the headlights as aggression -- so if I were crossing and a car flashed brights or whatnot, I'd see that as, "I'm in a hurry, get out of my way please."
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 6:19 PM on May 12, 2008

UbuRoivas: I had not previously been familiar with the terms prescritivist or descriptivist and can conclude that I am, in fact, a descriptivist. I believe that dictionaries are newspapers about how words have been used, not instruction manuals about the limitation of which words may be used, as my prescrivist friend asserts.

Ms.Saint notes, "... you always use "There are" to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 10:08 PM on April 29, 2008

Clyde Mnestra and ncc1701d retort, In your actual example, you say "There's rockets" means "There is (a rocket launcher containing) rockets," which broadens to "There is [something singular but I'm going to only refer to the plural thing associated with it, which is] plural." That's not the same," and, *...doesn't easily imply "it is a rocket launcher containing rockets."

However, given... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:32 AM on April 30, 2008

DevilsAdvocate issues forth, "There's rockets" is nonstandard in formal English (i.e., what prescriptivists would call "incorrect").

So what it seems we've established here is that it boils down to is strictly just a matter of language philosophy, and not actual correct or incorrectness. According to prescriptivism, it's out. According to descriptivism, it's perfectly acceptable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:37 AM on April 30, 2008

It might also be noted that, as someone who studies religious texts to some degree, it is of utmost importance to ascertain about what exactly the writer is trying to communicate, not what the actual words appear to mean regardless of context. For instance, if someone were to lose face over a controversy -- they would not actually find themselves suddenly (or gradually) with no facial features. We must examine, by context and history of the time, what a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:58 AM on April 30, 2008

I presume you mean application saves, rather than applications?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:05 AM on April 30, 2008

Consider asking for an allergy test. An allergy has the possibility of affecting someone in no other obvious than simply mood. A friend's wife has a wheat allergy and she becomes very depressed if she consumes a normal amount of wheat. I have a peanut allergy that annihilates my inhibitions of revealing things normally kept quiet. Something as simple as eliminating a dietary substance may work amazing wonders. Seriously, check into it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:40 PM on April 29, 2008

Create a seller account under half.com (part of eBay) and go as if you were going to sell one of the item you are researching. When the moment comes to set a price, you will be given data in a range of what prices the item has been sold at. In my experience, half.com is the best place to sell (and get accurate prices for) video games of any sort -- because there is no listing fee unlike Amazons $1 minimum for anything, thus insuring there are no $1 jackups to cover it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:28 PM on April 29, 2008

Due to the pain, I got "put under" by an oral surgeon when an extraction was necessary. Can they not put you under for this? That would make the most sense to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:25 PM on April 29, 2008

Does a story titled Allegory necessarily have to be an allegory? Might not a tale similarly titled Nonfiction contain exclusively fiction?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 7:15 PM on April 29, 2008

Find a similarly sized "low tac" bumpersticker, and put the required sticker on top of it, so the combination effectively makes the required one low-tac. Low-tac stickers will pull off easily with little or no residue, but will easily last during weather troubles.

low-tac bumpersticker example.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 2:00 PM on March 11, 2008

I would not be impressed by that email. That would just prove to me that you actually will take my orders without being bold enough to actually put that disgruntled attitude to real action by actively taking a lead. Leaders will lead when there doesn't seem to be any other leadership taking the role, and by your inactivity to actually lead the areas you claim responsibility for, someone else clearly needs to handle it instead. If you want the leadership role in something, don't ask for it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 12:26 AM on March 11, 2008

Win the egg-drop contest.

Get a mason jar, fill it halfway with honey, place egg in the center, fill the remaining portion and close. Fill another larger jar halfway with honey, insert mason jar into center to float, fill remaining of 2nd jar with honey and seal. Get an even larger outer jar, fill halfway with honey, insert middle jar containing floating inner jar containing egg, float it in the center and fill remaining space of outer jar with honey, and seal. And... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 9:40 AM on March 7, 2008

Another instrumental.. theme from th movie 1941?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 6:42 AM on February 1, 2008

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. It's generally about communicating love to one's spouse, but it has a broad range of application, in learning just what makes your happiness/joy meter peg right and hold with excitement, and learning what others interpret as a gesture that excites them just as much. Totally changed my interaction with people, I can pick up on what they seem to be running on fumes looking for to be filled back up with hope and eagerness to live the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 10:47 AM on January 18, 2008

Maintain a minimum payment on all cards except for the card with the most debt. Pay multiples of the minimum on that one card until it is gone. Once it is paid off, continue to pay off the other highest-debt card using the SAME amount you used to pay off the first one PLUS the amount you are now no longer required to pay. Continue for the rest. Example:

Four cards, minimums are $10 each.

On the most-debt card, pay $50, the rest $10 each.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 11:08 AM on December 21, 2007

didn't see anyone had it yet, so thought I'd better -- it's orc, not org =D
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 2:42 PM on December 17, 2007

Wichititty City = Wichita Falls, TX
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 2:37 PM on December 17, 2007

Make it something that has to do with local history, instead of a generic pun of some kind. When you get up to the point of being franchisable later on, you'll have something historical to print on the custom napkins.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 2:30 PM on December 17, 2007

I make around $18k/yr but I am a super-saver, and I consider myself very rich. By "any stretch of the imagination" you are wealthy bordering on obscenity if you're in the high 5-digits. I wonder if what you mean by wealthy equates to "we are not that smart at managing our own money and are paying out the wazoo for poor financial choices."

Even still, I think you need to maintain the upper hand and sever the connection yourself just for a while, to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 2:26 PM on December 17, 2007

Why does everyone go Amazon? At a dollar per listing? Yeah right! half.ebay.com has a listing fee of zilch.

Spend $1k on listing fees for 1k books that might not all sell so well, or zuh-hero for such the identical gamble? Uh..
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:19 PM on December 15, 2007

When your body wants to expel something, you clog up because should it for some reason decide to take the top route instead of the bottom, you won't get stomach acid in your nasal passages. It's a natural blockade in case the invading party decides to go north. It would take too long to clog up after it was suddenly determined that the north route was the actual exit point, so it covers the top just in case.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:10 PM on December 15, 2007

The duration may be a sign that not all of the expectoration-worthy substance is gone, it could be that the de-clog switch is harder to disengage. I say listen closer to the bodily response rather than trying to suppress symptoms immediately. You may need to be clogged up for a really good reason.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:13 PM on December 15, 2007

It is against federal law to use a product against the directions of its packaging. Not only may you potentially harm yourself, you could be prosecutable without a possibility of winning.

Be sure the ingredients say "Cocoa Butter" because often products will stated "with 100% xxxxx" meaning, one of the ingredients they used was 100% pure. As opposed to some tainted variety of Cocoa Butter. For instance something might be... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:14 PM on December 13, 2007

Is there some bizarre limitation from going up there yourself? You apparently had enough time to listen to a recording, just go the frack up there yourself. I'm in Texas and there's a police shortage in my city, so they won't come out for certain things, but you are beyond welcome to come up yourself and file everything and two chickens if you want.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 5:37 AM on December 12, 2007

I am also a former security dispatcher. You might better be advised to say, "I need to report an armed robbery in progress, my address is 123 Four Street." followed by details. Do not hang up unless they tell you to. Even the background noise could be beyond helpful. And don't assume they can get your address just because you called, not every dispatch station has that ability, that's a TV-land assumption.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 5:41 AM on December 12, 2007

It seems to me that crying usually happens in a situation where a predicament becomes too contextualized, or the view becomes so narrow that only the particular situation at hand is what the entire world is about.

Stay big picture. The ocean will still wash up on the shore, the earth will still go around the sun, this isn't a new event. Begin trying to find possible solutions to the future impacts. Getting trapped in a flood is generally sad, but not when you've got... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 11:41 AM on December 11, 2007

I get a lot of use out of cassette tapes still, and you're worried about Blu Ray? Yikes.

Just upgrade your computer to a disc burner of whichever type you need when the moment arrives, and burn your DVDs to whatever format. I never really understood the need for better-than-real-life clarity. It's about the story, not the effects. Try reading a few books =)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 11:32 AM on December 11, 2007

Completely improper assertion of stalking. He's just asking about her a lot. Stalking is like, waiting outside her apartment for her to arrive and taking photos, sending her unwanted gifts all the time despite expressed disapproval, incessantly calling her at work despite company policy for personal calls, and not getting the hint, stuff like that. You have given no hints, nor apparently has she. For all we know, you could actually be the roommate asking the question... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 11:23 AM on December 11, 2007

My suggestions:
1. Get up when she's supposed to. Lying next to you may actually be part of the motivation to stay put. Just get up. As much as you love her, use that same motivation to just get up.
2. If feasible, consider lifting her out of the bed and standing her up (I would not especially advise the sheet-tugging, hip-shoving method) or some other method requiring her to use brute muscle strength or balance as standing would.
3. Consider asking her a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 11:13 AM on December 11, 2007

How do you have a metafilter account without having ever bought anything online? Someone buy it for you, perhaps? =P
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 9:36 PM on December 2, 2007

Being a work doesn't have anything to do with it. It is already a natural break when speaking, which a comma also facilitates. The comma would also make sense if the work were instead some other noun, such as Afghanistan or contrast.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 9:21 PM on December 2, 2007

Instead of asking them for info, ask them for a discount coupon or a free sample to try yourself. Not an uncommon request =)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:05 AM on December 2, 2007 marked best answer

I would advise the trombone (despite being a sax player myself). The trombone is not very heavy (although a bugle would be absurdly lighter) and the thing with brass is that not much air is required at all to make sound, except to make it LOUDER. A trombone has a comfortable enough mouthpiece that it doesn't feel like you're going to dive into your own instrument but yet not so small that it feels like you're trying to breathe through a straw. The smaller brass instruments like a trumpet... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:40 PM on October 10, 2007

Sound reasoning tends to do it for me.

On the experience spectrum, I used to be wicked skeert of the needle, but then I had to start getting allergy shots regularly (and even more regularly later, 3x wk). Allergy injections use micro-needles, so you really can't even feel them most of the time.

On the reasoning spectrum, I decided to try donating blood to the Red Cross (you don't get anything in exchange except the occasional Tshirt or... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:30 PM on October 10, 2007

I'm 6'3", 200lb. I've got a bit of a ab-gut building up but there is nothing to even pinch anywhere else xP I don't really even think at all about weight on any given day.

1-3) I don't have meals, I just eat when the mood strikes, and that happens maybe once or twice a day. By quantity, I'd say I eat about 1.5 meals per day. I usually eat something quick like a frozen personal pizza, and a non-caffeine generic soda. I usually take a daily multivitamin (generic... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 9:30 AM on October 10, 2007

I've always wanted to try a flame job made completely out of multicolored/layered electrical tape.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 10:29 AM on October 9, 2007

There's an old program that I still use that came with the SoundBlaster 16 install CD called Wave Studio. If I needed to, I could uncompress and mp3 to wave, cut/paste a highlightable selection along a soundwave graph, paste it to a new file and add fade-in/out effects, save it and re-encode. I had a brief stint as a musician's site admin and made preview mp3s this way. Or is that just as tedious as you mentioned? heh
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 10:26 AM on October 9, 2007

Read The Five Love Languages, figure out which one you are, figure out which one he is, speak his, and tell him how to speak yours. End of advice =)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 9:11 PM on September 23, 2007

You both get it =DD
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 8:50 PM on September 23, 2007

Check with a local career development/training center that has an automotive department and see whether it can become a student project to repair the dent on a "real word" car. This can typically be done for free, though I have not tried it myself.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quarter Pincher at 4:30 AM on September 22, 2007