mounting screws for a little square telephone extension terminal box.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:43 AM on July 16, 2008

there were numerous types of phone terminals, the one i was thinking of was two pieces. the base mounted on the wall with 4 screws, and contained a terminal block with 4 screws, usually marked R(ed), G(reen), B(lack), Y(ellow). feedline came in through the bottom (back) and was affixed to the terminal screws via spade lug under a small washer. the telephone device was hard-wired to the terminal screws, sometimes with spade lugs, sometimes the solid copper was shaped into a hook and fastened... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 3:48 PM on July 16, 2008

The Trail Just Shimmers When I'm Wearing My Peter Limmers
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 11:09 AM on May 14, 2008

Can't is a powerful word.

"won't" or "never has" is as good as "can't".
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:52 AM on March 7, 2008

on the other, there's me that can't conscion a compromise.

you are not mature enough for marriage. in any church.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 12:38 PM on November 6, 2007

But how do I preserve that emotional attachment, or maintain an emotional response to people/things after that initial wave of obsession ends?

you grow up. you consult Websters as to the definition of commitment. love is something you choose to do, not an emotional response you have.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:21 AM on September 1, 2007

not Mother, Jugs and Speed? I'm shocked!
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:28 AM on August 26, 2007

your knowledge of the worldview of second temple jewish peasantry, and Christ in particular, seems rife with anachronism (for example, the idea that Christ was "uneducated") and thus woefully inadequate to serve your inquiry. historian and new testament scholar N.T. Wright has produced a series in three large volumes which will shed much light on these matters for you, i cannot recommend them highly enough: Christian Origins and the Question of God

Vol One:... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:43 AM on June 13, 2007

Holy crap. Did someone really just stick something that could potentially have killed them in their mouth, to answer a question on Ask Mefi?

no. seven volts has no potential to kill you. are people really this ignorant about the technology they worship?
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 2:44 PM on April 11, 2007

if you believe life is empty and meaningless, and this disturbs you, you're *really* going to be disturbed by death. think about it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:34 AM on March 4, 2007

three years ago i was there. i could not see anything positive anywhere. i was filled with despair and numbness. when i was convinced beyond a doubt that it could not get any worse, it did. and then, it got better. today everything is different and i could not have imagined this life back then. i don't know why, and i don't care, the point is: sometimes we go into deep tunnels. if we just keep slogging we come out the other side. it's unimaginably better on the other side... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:42 AM on March 4, 2007

what exactly is meant by "sync" here anyway? do people change the files while he's gone? does "briefcase" then merge their changes with his? if not, why bother with the whole mess at all? if he's just removing the files to work on at home, and then putting them back, he could just drag them to and from his desktop or a folder.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 4:56 PM on October 12, 2006

he's david here. he's chris there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:53 AM on September 30, 2006

she'll turn out to be xteraco's sister.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:55 AM on September 30, 2006

the one without herpes scabs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 5:25 AM on July 15, 2006

read Papillon.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:08 PM on June 27, 2006

if lace sensors are good enough for jeff beck, they're good enough for sourwookie!
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 11:42 AM on May 21, 2006

highly, highly recommended:

mere christianity by c.s. lewis

isbn 0-06-065292-6
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 2:23 PM on May 15, 2006 marked best answer

oops, i didn't see visual mechanic had already suggested the book. consider it doubleplus highly recommended.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 2:27 PM on May 15, 2006

...God's condemnation of unsaved children and unproselytized peoples...

you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the topic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 2:43 PM on May 15, 2006

You're both wrong and right, q. For many Christians, this is spot on. For many others, it's a fundamental misunderstanding. If you follow Brennan Manning's version as presented in The Ragamuffin Gospel, it's about grace. If you follow LaHaye/Jenkins' Left Behind series, it's about condemnation.

my personal feelings are that it is all about grace, and the lehaye "left behinders" are whackjobs. in my humble opinion that whole rapture thing was... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 3:53 PM on May 15, 2006 marked best answer

i forgot gluttony.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 3:55 PM on May 15, 2006

pray. really.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 10:43 AM on December 9, 2005

sex sometimes happens, especially when alcohol is involved.

yeah, bank stickups sometimes happen too. and lying, cheating stealing, murder. they sometimes just happen, especially when alcohol is involved. seems like the only thing that doesn't just "sometimes happen" is responsibility. funny, that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:37 AM on November 22, 2005

have you tried enabling TCP/IP for the connection?
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:36 PM on July 2, 2005

huck finn?
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:18 PM on May 30, 2005

silly kids and your hormones. love isn't something you "fall into". it's something you work hard at. now go hug your spouse and next time you see this other person at work, tell yourself to grow up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:22 AM on May 28, 2005

Does the clay say to the potter,
"What are you making?"
Does your work say,
"He has no hands?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 10:46 AM on May 17, 2005

descartes: "i think not."
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 3:10 PM on May 14, 2005

AMWKE, how do you figure out which house mistakenly got them?

because basically honest people call the store upon discovering the error. basically dishonest people post askme threads on what's essentially a no-brainer for most. i cringe for y'all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:32 PM on May 9, 2005

I guess I could have speakeasy send the mail to a gmail acct, but I am sort of hooked on outlook express.

gmail works fine with outlook express.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:47 PM on May 7, 2005

i can personally attest to the quality of Omaha Steaks which were sent to me by my good friends on IRC. YUM!
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 3:17 PM on February 15, 2005

Penthouse and Hustler.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:38 PM on February 13, 2005

what if i have a script that downloads a song, then deletes it, and repeats this 100,000 times? now what if 100,000 people did this 100,000 times? why, the entire music industry would be bankrupt in no time flat! the lost revenue would be immense! they would literally run out of that song!
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 7:50 PM on February 12, 2005

this is most imortant answer you will receive. it is the only true answer. all other answers will be corrupted by the desires of others to shape you into a surrogate for their own failed pusuits. listen carefully:

this is a perfect world.
listen to music.
read.
build a coffee table.

what money you may need will flow by.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 12:33 PM on January 3, 2005

sneer more, get banned less.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 1:12 PM on December 31, 2004

I have been paying one card with another...
... It's all been used wisely and judiciously.

what seawallrunner said.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 6:20 PM on December 28, 2004

cloth seats and the friction created as you slide in and out can cause fairly large sparks. it's a very bad idea to get in and out of the vehicle while the pump is running.

and what ericb said.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:14 PM on December 17, 2004

wow. i havent heard anyone use the term since the muscle car decade, and then it meant mercury. (1960's west michigan). we old hippies tend toward the more accurate term "hired killer" instead of mercenary.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 12:37 PM on December 17, 2004

virtually every forced air furnace i have ever dealt with filters at the cold air intake.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:29 AM on December 13, 2004

just ignore it. one day he'll graduate, settle down, start a family, and take his rage out on them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 4:39 PM on December 12, 2004

My question is, am I obligated to inform my colleagues?

how do you know they haven't been keeping this from you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 4:00 PM on November 6, 2004

Let your cat walk across the keyboard

at long last, 'XQUZYPHYR' explained!
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:42 PM on October 31, 2004

actually, thats almost correct. the bandspread control on that rig changes the "coarsness" of tuning, it allows you to tune through a band more slowly, i.e.. you cover a smaller amount of the band with the same number of turns of the tuning knob. sort of like a fine tuner. experiment and you'll see how it works.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:38 PM on October 23, 2004

and don't forget to tell her you love her.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 8:56 AM on October 17, 2004

use how?
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 4:06 PM on October 13, 2004

Network Solutions, Gawker Media's lovely provider

i would have expected a modicum of competence out of gawker. everybody with a glimmer of intelligence walked away from netsol last century.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:19 AM on October 12, 2004

and never had that "you just can't understand some things" mystique to them that I know some people have about them.

and use as an excuse to shut their brains off whenever they get near one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 1:17 PM on October 11, 2004

The Case of the Cottingley Fairies
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 12:58 PM on October 11, 2004

your stunning display of praeterition just made my topical ophthalmic vasoconstrictors all tingly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by quonsar at 9:47 PM on October 10, 2004