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brewtide
4y ago
Plenty of commonality, but you have to go to their level to achieve it. As they grow older, and as the years progress you get to slowly interject your own interests and hobbies into the shared activities and see what resonates between you a
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Remember that your overall purpose of life is to simply live it. Let go of your inner expectations ('long term goals') and exist. New long term goals will appear in a new direction as they see fit, and if you have interest, work o
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4y ago
If you do not have one, buy a dock! I have a sp6 and 4 , and having the dock makes it quite the device. Speakers, multiple external monitors, keyboard, mouse -- a full desktop setup, I can grab and either stick a keyboard cover on or just u
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4y ago
Absolutely. I tell my kids all the time that one only has so much energy, and that I choose to spend my energy on things I can actually put effort into changing while the things I have basically little or no bearing on are paid some attenti
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4y ago
My work number is a Google voice number, but was my 'real' number before segmentation in hopes of gaining sanity with my phone (sidenote, if anyone is self employed and busy enough to be debating such a plan, do it, no regrets), a
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4y ago
Oh and I was wrong. Its a 4x, 10x, 40x paired with a 10x objective. Camera objective unknown but seems to be around a 40x There is a HUGE jump from the 10 to the 40 when you switch.
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4y ago
It's a Walter 40-cxm-100 model from ... 2005 ish maybe? (Point being , it's all metal, and SOLID) - where I imagine a newer model may be not so metal and solid (or maybe it is?) Regardless, we lucked out and had someone give it to
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4y ago
Our household recently acquired an optical scope. 10x, 40x, 400x with stock eyepiece. With a cellphone adapter, which is about a 40x for the objective (vs 10x actual eyepiece) we hit about 1600x magnification at our kitchen table. Absolutel
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4y ago
I have nothing to add except I fully second this. Perhaps a counter icon indicating 'other posts exist'
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4y ago
Bing is (a) sound of having an idea. Perhaps that idea was DDG. bing.
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4y ago
Yik-Yak vs. the world style. I'm down.
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5y ago
"expectations are the thief of joy".
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5y ago
Just as an example, a BY Audi has it's TCM (transmission) module under the us passengers side floor carpeting. It is in 'a box", but the box is in no way sealed. The metal box that is the TCM as a whole is made of metal, and
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5y ago
It's not impossible to raise children in these conditions. I just turned 40 and have an 8 1/2 and 6 1/2 year old in the living room next to me reading books to each other. There are 2 of them, and one of me. I am 'enslav
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5y ago
Mainer checking in. Wednesday afternoon it was 70F. The next morning it was 5F Friday a snowstorm. Today -2F in AM. We all just dress in endless layers.
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5y ago
s2=255 in the INIT string of modem. Solved! (If I remember correctly).
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5y ago
As a self-employed painter (and a good list of other trades prior to), I'd say that references work both ways -- You, as the client, want the tradesman to have good references, but in my little neck of the woods, everyone knows everyon
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5y ago
"Patriot Act" springs to mind as well.
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5y ago
I once had someone send me a decent sum of money using Zelle, but I had no Zelle account. I tried to set one up, CU not supported. Went the Debit route -- Also, in my case, not supported. After a few phone calls with their customer service
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5y ago
I believe this is by design. If you subscribe to their "premium" model, it lets you print as usual. Honestly, not a terrible way to make money, while offering a free service.
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5y ago
Maine here. Not only do they sand and salt a ton, but I believe it is Calcium-Chloride that they spray down before storms are about to hit. Liquid, onto the roads. You should see cars following 10 ft behind them on the highway when this i
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5y ago
Just to add to your example list, as I house painter, I pay perhaps 50% of what the major paint brands/retailers will charge out on the shelf for most of the products that I buy. I don't have to throw crazy 'volume' at t
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We cull deer populations (etc) so they don't run out of resources but fail to see any connection to our environmental concerns. Not advocating for culling people, but certainly the footprint we have deemed necessary. Endless growth isn
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5y ago
holds true for people, too.
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Completely not that important, but I did this a year or so ago, committed 'the number' to google voice, and handed out my new one to close contacts. It took a bit for people to filter their calls correctly, and I could always answ
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5y ago
Rumor has it back in the day, a relatively strong, well placed magnet would certainly slow the rotation of the metering dial...
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6y ago
Just recently watched a movie last week, 'Fantastic Fungi'. It covers some of this, as well as many other interesting (and beautiful) aspects about Mushrooms/Fungi. Highly, highly suggested. "Fantastic Fungi" (IMDB
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6y ago
"If you don't test, there are no cases". Emu reactions never solve anything.
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7y ago
Oh man! If I recall correctly, Prince of Persia was perhaps this way on the Mac? I have the vaguest memory of some stapled , crinkled, photocopied pages as reference...
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7y ago
I live in Maine. The State way up there in the corner of the states... Search for articles on 'billing issues' from our (largest) power company, Central Maine Power.... (It has been a pretty large deal for almost a few years now;
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