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"Understand that by the time people are adults, most have experienced or heard of enough situations in which two people who loved each other turned venomous, spiteful, and scheming in the after-math of a failed marriage.
The problem is not usually..." [
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4 days ago
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"You're awfully combative for someone who's asking for other people to help you do your job for free.
Why don't you just call Intersafe? There are phone numbers listed on their website here. They probably know how their own CC processing works...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KAS
11 days ago
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"If you want to be the kind of person who lies whenever it is personally or financially expedient, then it sounds like a splendid idea.
But, at the very least, don't lie to yourself. If you make a conscious decision to lie, don't pretend like you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by badmoonrising
2 weeks ago
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"This thread is basically full of laypersons trying to convince everyone else that it should be perfectly kosher to ask for, and receive, legal advice over the internet. This is not surprising. Equally unsurprising is the lack of folks with actual..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by The Bellman, The Gooch, jayder
2 weeks ago
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"2nding the suggestions to either use in re or to quit using "re" all together. The purpose of language is communication. If your reader has to pause mid-sentence to figure out what on earth this random pair of letters is doing there, you've..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sondrialiac, drjimmy11, missmagenta
3 weeks ago
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""I don't think that a generic SFW forall W exists, and that people should interpret that statement with caution."
Surely you don't mean this. There's not a SINGLE page on all of the internet that would be SFW? As has been alluded to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last month
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"I think you're over-reacting or, more likely, using this issue as a proxy for larger issues.
Just because your dog is confused by a tiny person doesn't mean that he hates your child. Just because your SO plays rough with the dog doesn't mean that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hecho de la basura, By The Grace of God
Last month
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""I guess the thing that set me off was that the dentist really had no basis whatsoever for concern."
Except, you know, that he's a dentist and has probably seen the consequences of NOT doing what he's recommending. Heck, he might even..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by emyd
Last month
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"double-Nthing the "lawyer" sentiment (honestly, this post doesn't even belong on AskMe, but that's a discussion for a different color MeFi).
"Boy are these people stupid. They actually wrote it down that they did not agree with her..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by thewalrusispaul, DevilsAdvocate, Sk4n
Last month
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"Maybe I'm missing the problem here, but if they normally get along, why not let them sort it out themselves? By always intervening you're keeping the cat from learning a lesson that the dog is not to be bothered with while he's sleeping. That would..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
Last month
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""I am considering consulting a lawyer."
Do that, then do what the lawyer tells you to do." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tyllwin
Last month
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""who hasn't figured things out all the way yet."
Because, of course, you have 'figured it out all the way' and have discovered the One True Way to properly use Twitter, right?
Someone might follow 800 people on twitter out of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
Last month
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""do I even deserve to get the score dropped in the first place?"
I think you know the answer to that question.
Hint: "Then the final came around and I kinda bombed it (for reasons mostly unrelated to my wrist, but that's another..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
Last month
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"IANAL but my first reaction is this... they're married. Many areas of the law do not recognize his-and-hers property during the course of the marriage... so there's actually a question as to whether or not the car is actually hers and not theirs...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jayder
Last month
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"Late to the party, but here goes anyhow...
"one of the crazy things about it is Dollar says they had to tow it back to PDX, but there are at least 2 closer Dollar locations from the site of the accident."
In many jurisdictions, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zippy
Last month
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""I ended up with a ton of junk including a few trojan viruses in a matter of hours."
This sounds highly unlikely. If your OS and any server software you were running was fully patched and hotfixed, the odds that something would worm its..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Viomeda, fishfucker
Last month
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"You were hired at rate X to do a job. Your friend was hired at rate Y to do a job.
Where is the moral dilemma here? You're clearly more experienced/knowledgeable, so even if you were hired to do the exact same thing there'd be a legitimate reason..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinksoftsoap
2 months ago
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"Tell your landlord of the plan. Invite him/her to stop by at any point during that span of days to spot-check, offer any other proof (s)he might want.
Telling your landlord before the fact gives you a little more credibility than just saying..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Capri
2 months ago
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"If you go through with your (ill-advised, imo) plan, you'll want to double check to make sure that the venue has payed the requisite licensing fees to ASCAP/BMI to allow you to play the music yourselves in the first place...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cinemafiend
2 months ago
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""When did our leaders (across the world) get the authority to be able to send others to die from the safety of being somewhere else?"
They've pretty much always had that authority. Even when they chose to go to battle themselves, nothing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
2 months ago
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""Unfortunately, the real answer is likely, 'Your spidey-sense is going to be irrelevant if there's no legal employment-related reason for you to care.'"
Umm... are we forgetting about employment at will? If we're not, then damn near..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Laura_J
2 months ago
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""I cannot get my point across about how people generally do not like to be told what to think."
Does your opponent actually agree with this characterization of evangelism? I highly doubt it.
I'd guess the reason you can't convince..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by drjimmy11
2 months ago
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"Nthing the "keep it" side, unless there was some bargaining that went on, then it's a different story.
For example... if he told you Barney was looking for a job, and you persuaded him to let you refer him to your Company, then I think..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Capri
2 months ago
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""Basically, what should I do to cover my ass?"
Basically, what you should do is hire a lawyer and stop asking strangers on the internet for legal advice...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
2 months ago
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""You don't know that she wants a new car, and you certainly don't know that she wants one as a birthday surprise, and you definitely don't know that she wants one more than she wants something else that costs tens of thousands of dollars...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by the other side, wyzewoman
2 months ago
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"The kicker of Section 871 is the second point: "he meant the words he used as a true threat".
There's obviously a bit of analysis to be done, but you asked a very specific question: "Can you be prosecuted for saying you're going to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
2 months ago
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"Or, do the right thing and tell them to fuck off. This is exactly the kind of crap that cheapens the entire profession.
What "cheapens the entire profession" is people who act like jerks to their clients. I wish I had a dollar for every..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by fishfucker, B(oYo)BIES
2 months ago
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"There's too much talk about this as if it's an autonomous decision by one of the parties, from "Don't invite him" to "You don't have any choice."
Both extremes ignore the fact that you're married, and you should be making..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by catlet
3 months ago
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"I don't really think you have the right to "demand" or "insist" anything here.
If these are good friends, expressing your concerns might accomplish your goals, but many people do not respond well to demands, and since you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stephthegeek
3 months ago
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"There's no wiggle room here. They want you to disclose warnings (etc.) from previous employers, you received one.
Saying "no" is an overt lie, and hiding the warning will make you look 100% guilty if it's ever discovered. The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nakedcodemonkey
3 months ago
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"(IANAL) Registration is not required for Trademark protection. But even if "The Playground" is protectable mark, you'd still have to have been the first one to do it (in the brick-and-mortar world, location also matters... not nearly as..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by fishfucker, anildash, Inspector.Gadget
3 months ago
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"Aside from the statistical missteps noted above, you just can't prove sexism (or gender discrimination, two distinct things) with statistics. It's impossible to do. (and proving facts is not really the aim of the field of statistics, anyway)
What..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Rock Steady, jmnugent
3 months ago
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"Having done web-design/development for more than a decade, it's my opinion that a lot of SEO is snake-oil. There are some good firms and practices out there, but there are far more people who are taking advantage of people who don't realize how much..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
3 months ago
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"As a general rule, if you can't afford to talk to a lawyer about questionable behavior, you can't afford the risk of not talking to one." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
3 months ago
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"Please disregard everything kuujjuarapik has written so far as completely false.
The exact documents you sent may or may not be admissible at trial, but those same documents could be retrieved by the IRS/State tax authorities in a manner that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the christopher hundreds
3 months ago
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"The irony of someone displeased with a smell calling co-workers who don't want to work in sub-freezing temperatures "whiners" is interesting.
You could try to work something out where you leave the windows open for a few hours after..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lizzicide, Leon
4 months ago
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"Caveat: Facebook keeps track of this data. If your former fling works there, they probably have a running list of everyone who looked at their profile.
Other than that, it'd be difficult-to-impossible to do...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by astrochimp
5 months ago
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"First: do not do anything without first contacting an attorney. That includes sending them an email demanding a paper copy of their letter. If the school wants to meet with her, assume this is real.
Second: Many times this type of thing happens..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by herbaliser
5 months ago
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"This isn't stalking. As someone who volunteers with victims of stalking and domestic violence (helping to get them Protective Orders), I can tell you that this situation is not even in the same zip code as stalking. Although I'm probably just..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by blueberry, koakuma, the other side, loiseau
6 months ago
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"There are different definitions of "honest". You could have meant "We need to tell each other about other people as soon as they happen" while he meant "I'm not going to lie to you if you ask me"... both are, in fact,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ClaudiaCenter
7 months ago
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"Also, to add to kidbritish's post: reading the statute is only a start. Do not mistake statutes for the law." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidbritish
7 months ago
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"For the formatting of the cell, you just need to go to the "cell formatting" menu (control+1). The following formula should work:
=((HOUR(C2)*60+MINUTE(C2))-(HOUR(B2)*60+MINUTE(B2)))/60
Where C2 is where you keep "departure..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by theredpen
8 months ago
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"Why something is rude and why people take offense are two different things. Neither requires the other.
I can see two reasons why people take offense at probing questions.
1. They're insecure about the topic being discussed.
2. Circularly,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wfrgms
11 months ago
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"With regards to protecting your picture, it's likely a waste of time.
If, as you say, this can't possibly be web-scraping, then there is (literally) absolutely nothing you can do, from a technical stand point.
If you post a picture on a site,..." [
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11 months ago
