Fantastic! I am very grateful.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:09 PM on March 8, 2009

She can drop them off with me, or even in my locked mailbox. I don't know where you live, so that should be safe. Jessamyn can vouch for me.

It requires no effort, and I require nothing in return.

john13(at)gmail(.)com
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 9:05 PM on December 27, 2006

My location is apparently not set correctly. I am 3800 N (near California Ave) if that is helpful. Good luck however you want to go. If my location is better, drop me a line.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 4:41 PM on December 28, 2006

I have no clue what your legal obligation is.

There is not a chance in hell I would consider turning him tho, if that helps any.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:38 PM on October 20, 2006

Keeping your girlfriend is not a problem with a solution that anyone here can give you. Her position is so variable that we cannot predict how she is going to react, and no trick we can tell you is going to change what happens next.

You did something, and now she is going to do something. You have to wait and see what that is. Your best hope is that prior to all of this, you were a really decent fella, and someone worthy of giving a second chance after a very personal... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:17 AM on November 22, 2005

It appears I deserve a world of stinging. Could I let it run the OS as it stands now if I put it behind a more modern firewall?
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:54 PM on October 28, 2005

You have convinced me to retire the qube. I thank you for your advice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 2:15 PM on October 28, 2005

I like the idea of repurposing it, but this was really a toe dip into the world of more complex administration. I am not sure how I would control the box without the web interface.

I am thinking I can do what I need to with a Mac mini, which is not what I wanted, but is less likely to gunk up innocent people's e-mail.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 11:34 PM on October 28, 2005

I am not sure how helpful it will be for you, but the Everyone Drunk But Me online strip details the experiences of a young woman who did what you are hoping to do. If not helpful, it is still enjoyable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:17 AM on October 19, 2005

There was a recent smoking thread where someone was hoping to lean the monopoly of socialized medicine and the forced/shared burden into controlling individual people's behavior. I do not favor national healthcare, so I tend to collect and remember instances where it fails, causes death, or removes choice, but that is no real measure of how well it works. I don't want it because I do not want to socialize risk, it is not for me. I held this view when I was freelancing without insurance and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 1:58 PM on February 3, 2005

Ah. One of those "cut of my nose in spite of my face" sorts, eh?

Not so much. I don't like the trade off, and I don't like probable loss of autonomy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 3:34 PM on February 3, 2005

I guess I don't see how you'd lose autonomy, besides paying a tax?
I was referring to the increasingly common idea that when the risk is shared, the public has a right to have some say in what have been traditionally personal decisions. Talking about making smoking illegal, based on the cost of treatment, when people do not have any choice for opting out of that system is a mean Catch-22. It is not hard to imagine that fast food and sodomy are... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 7:54 PM on February 3, 2005

I was thinking of that thread in fact. People are freaking out about it, and I do not expect it to stand. One of the people who thought it was a great idea was one of your countrymen, and frankly I think that sort of thing has a greater chance of getting a toe hold up North.

Don't get upset, you have a system you are happy with, and I am trying to preserve a system that I approve of.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:35 PM on February 3, 2005

These smoking restrictions ar only now coming into vogue in some of the places you mentioned. I would wait a bit before deciding if there is a trend.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 9:11 PM on February 3, 2005

I never wanna die. I would take 10 thousand years (no suicide allowed) if I could get it. I would take it even if it guaranteed a bad back and a sour stomach the whole time. I would take it if I were handed a Monkey paw.

I want to be free of the clock. Assuming everyone was not doing this, it would not take much to own property in the normal timeframe and then build up a bank of savings that would allow you to live a different sort of life than is currently possible for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 3:45 PM on January 19, 2005

Your life will get cheaper as you live longer. You do not need to keep buying things. You can pay off some property in 30 years of working, which leaves you with hundreds of years where you only need to have enough to pay for food and property taxes. Only an idiot would stay on the short life treadmill of consuming and spending. You could work part time and survive. You could leisurely gain valuable skills that could allow you to work even less. You could finally find the real work you were... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 5:04 PM on January 19, 2005

I'd only take immortality if my parents, siblings, and beloved were getting in on it, too.

That is what Spike thought too.
/rimshot
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 6:56 AM on January 20, 2005

Any idea why it is being held? I realize this does not help answer your question, but I am curious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 9:26 AM on January 15, 2005

Myself, I am curious about what the Spanish think of Portugal.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:19 PM on November 23, 2004

Thank you all for the advice. I think Via Voice is out cause I am trying to set this up for 20 editors, interviewing any number of people. I fear it (untrained in 8 directions) would be clean enough to be useful. I still like the idea of replacing our microcassette recorders with iPods, and the wheel control seems like it would do the job fine. I should be able to tweek the jog dial to work with something like the slow down program that wackybrit pointed to?

Thanks again all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:39 AM on July 13, 2004

I have not had that happen to my grill work, but it has happened to the run of copper tubing leading into the house. If I shut off the system until it thaws, it works fine afterwords. Happened twice in 8 years.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:44 AM on February 29, 2004

A HE line of credit is infact a second mortgage on your home, so you should be careful about running it up too high. If you want to get "free" money out of the equity you should consider refinancing. If the interest rates change, you could find yourself with a nasty surprise.

I also have an Equity line of credit, which we use specifically to improve the house. That way the risk of borrowing against the house is paid off with even more equity when we are done... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 6:15 AM on February 21, 2004

Are you replacing the faucet/tap altogether? You could use a recripocating saw on the faucet as close to the basin as you dare and then drill out the bolt if you had to.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:48 PM on January 27, 2004

Or the Dremel which is less sexy (and quick) than the saw, but seems more practical. Plus it is fun. Wear gogles.
^_^
Good luck Anil.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:51 PM on January 27, 2004

Is bleaching the same as Pickling the wood. I have seen that, and thought it pretty. Not something I would want for myself tho.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:36 PM on January 9, 2004

Destination Venus by the Rezillos.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 2:58 PM on January 5, 2004

Would I just install a blank plate over the opening?
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:30 AM on December 30, 2003

near the end of the film, I yelled "Just kiss him and get it over with!" To which just about everyone in the audience started laughing.

This was not phrased as a question, but the answer is "Don't shout things out in the movies anymore".
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 9:23 PM on December 29, 2003

We give our dogs some non-drug chewables that we get from the petstore. It is just a concentration of things that make mammals sleepy. Hops, barley, and tryptophan. Works for us. Also calms them down when we have parties.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:46 AM on December 29, 2003

pathetic.
Ask MetaFilter is as useful as you make it. Please limit comments
to answers or help in finding an answer. Wisecracks don't help people find answers. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:01 AM on December 27, 2003

Of course, sentence fragment is also a sentence fragment, so what do I know.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:07 AM on December 27, 2003

Tandy (Radio Shack) has/had a program in place (I cannot find a link, but I magine you can just call your local). I recently got them to take away a lot of equipment for free. the rub was I think they were losing money on the deal and have begun to charge. I am sure the fee is small enough to be worth paying on a single monitor, and it is nice to do the right thing. Getting yourself a flat screen to replace it is even better cause there is less of the nasty inside of those, and you will lessen... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 11:05 AM on December 26, 2003

It's also important to us to look for "cruelty-free" diamonds, apart from the DeBeers monopoly.

Are those new man made diamonds featured in Wired recently available yet? I bet you could get a giant stone for less, and it would be cooler cause it would be both high tech, and have no cruel history.

My wife is not a fan of gemstones, so we skipped engagement rings entirely and bought our bands on the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:18 AM on December 26, 2003

If you can track down old copies of the zines, I always enjoyed .tiff and the Fringeware Review. You might also enjoy TechTV's Catalog of Tomorrow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 8:49 AM on December 26, 2003

I would beware porting documents that might have platform specific 3rd party Xtensions at work. I cannot think of anything other than PasteboardXT, but it is something to consider if you are running something interesting. It could be that the effect will just disappear, but it could also be a deal breaker.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:08 PM on December 24, 2003

I have been wanting one of these Zero Fog Blasters, maybe he would like it too. Maybe not.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 1:45 PM on December 22, 2003

Most of the self talkers I see seem to be having conversations with invisible people, or are still arguing with some person who is now 3 blocks away. Either way it is disturbing, and triggers alarm in me. I figure if someone cannot keep their mouth shut, they are likely to push you onto the subway tracks, or cut you with something. Keep on your toes, and keep your eyes on them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:52 PM on December 22, 2003

I thank you all very much, this is the kind of information I wanted.

I definitely have lead paint according to a testing kit I got at the hardware store. Local laws have changed regarding the disposal of lead paint, as they do not want to place barriers to removal of hazardous substances. I want to do this in a responsible way, but I also need to be somewhat speedy as well. I like what I am reading.

I also have wood floors I am planning on... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 11:28 AM on December 22, 2003

I forget what garbles WiFi. X-10 cameras, or transmitters that send signals from your cabled TV to your non-cabled TV seem like likely candidates.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 12:55 PM on December 17, 2003

Thing is, we seem to have very old and smaller-than-normal pipes (the house is over 100 years old)

And wise you are to avoid them. My house is about 80, and I can tell that drain cleaners were liberally used. Twice in the last year I have gone to Auger out a drain only to encounter a pipe so thin from chemical encounters that the auger ripped right through it.

I am going to try Mr. Dalek's K-67 for maintenance, but in the face... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:22 AM on December 17, 2003

and I'm wary of dumping aggressive chemicals in there if I don't need to.

That was the operative line I meant to copy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 10:28 AM on December 17, 2003

I am coming up on 2 years since I gave up diet coke. I was downing 18+ cans a day. I quit all at once and switched to nothing but water because I found winding down never lasted long. I craved for about 2 weeks. Then it went away. It came back around 3 months later. The real problem for me was that Diet Coke went with everything for me, and I missed the combination. Water seems like a weak substitute.

I got used to it, and now drink as much water as I did Diet Coke. I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 2:17 PM on December 15, 2003

As I recall Blasto was a PS1 game (tho it would be compatable with the new system) You could try downloading one of these Playstation emulators. Once the game is running on your computer there are (I know there are, but I am blanking on the names right now) several resources you can use to capture any sound running thru your machine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 11:27 AM on December 15, 2003

WireTap allows to record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. This allows to record news from Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the source, so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all supported.

So if you have... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 11:33 AM on December 15, 2003

I love threads like this one. I am also grateful for the info.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 6:41 AM on December 11, 2003

A set-up like this should satisfy anyone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 7:01 AM on December 10, 2003

I really like this green!

I am thinking that repetition is going to become an issue before long (how long between requests for digital camera recommendations) I am assuming that product information sharing is going to become bigger than the current posts reflect. What if posters had to select from 2 popup lists when posting? A category search might help navigate via sidebar general topics. Electronics>Cameras or Home Improvement>Gardening etc. would help people... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 1:39 PM on December 9, 2003

I think it has to be 2 levels to be useful, but I agree with majick.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 2:10 PM on December 9, 2003

I know there is going to a lot of the same questions over and over. I expect there are new digital cameras worth considering every month. Quick navigation will put people together with the information. If the question is asked too often, it will not get answered.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 6:33 AM on December 10, 2003

My Brother joined the Marines 3 years ago, and was promised many specific things I was sure would not come to pass, but I was wrong. He was taught to speak Arabic and Farsi and has all sorts of money lined up for school when he gets out (It was a 5 year enlistment) That said, he was one of the first into Iraq, and is guaranteed a return visit sooner rather than later. He is pretty freaking bitter towards the military at this point and has no intention of signing up again. All the kids from his... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thirteen at 3:38 PM on December 9, 2003