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The Straight Dope column and related topics.
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Oklohoma - Building Codes?
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In article <knhl6u$rj...@reader1.panix.co m>,
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Made of blocks, not poured slabs. Are the blocks even solid, or are they
breeze blocks?
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-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,... more »
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Money can't buy me love!
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Still, most of us could benefit by thinking more carefully about the tradeoffs we make between time and money.
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-- Karma ; what a concept!... more »
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Disrespect For Public Housing
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In article <3af6dd47-b814-4d62-9648-aad47 667a...@k6g2000yqh.googlegroup s.com>,
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Maybe the passenger's repurposing the air bag to shove his femurs into
his chest.
-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,... more »
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Bright Explosion on the Moon
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In article <ve0lp8t1mdsequdal8cpa5dpi5pvc gv...@4ax.com>,
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Why, the ether of course. For solar system objects, I think you can
reason out the orbital velocity given the radius and masses involved.
Those are reasonably frame-independent.
-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81... more »
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Reusable Grocery Bags
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In article <XnsA1C68779886whowert...@94.7 5.214.39>,
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Does the discount apply if you supply your own single-use bag, or does it
need to be reusable? What I'm thinking is that if the discount is worth
more than the purchase price, you could get your own paper bags.
12" x 7" x 17", no handle, $42 (about 8.4 cents each) in lots of 500:... more »
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Sleeping under canvas
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In article <billvan-46AF8A.15385519052... @news.shawcable.net>,
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Plus sand won't hold tent stakes for crap.
OTOH I went camping once with my parents (or maybe just my father), and
a few times with the Boy Scouts. These days, you'd be hard-pressed to
find wheelchair-friendly outdoorsy experiences with power for bipap... more »
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Some scientific studies are more equal than others
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In article <gohip85lsuk32clliibqbv6f4lp7e ei...@4ax.com>,
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I dunno, I tend to have a brown thumb. (Not THAT kind!)
-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,... more »
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mowing wet lawn
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In article <kn8esg$ce...@speranza.aioe.or g>,
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I suppose that's true, if you don't use the self-propelling feature on
some.
-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,... more »
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Vending Machines
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In article <0bSdnTtcjIVoVQvMnZ2dnUVZ_rWdn ...@giganews.com>,
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My college library has one for things you might get at the school
bookstore -- pads of paper, pens, pencils, calculators, batteries, etc.
You know, anything except actual _books_. And clothing.
I read about a sushi vending machine. It's in California, in some... more »
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food, glorious food, was: Asphalt animosity
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That's a possibility. A substantial one, even.
-- -eben QebWenE...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,
remember that when your appendix bursts next week. -- Weird Al... more »
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