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Recent content by Shevek

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    What are your opinions on alcohol? (Questions)

    I never got a taste for coffee, but in an emergency, I can use it to replace a night's sleep. I once asked my friends, all sitting around with cups, if I should start, and got an instant chorus of "Noooo!"
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    What are your opinions on alcohol? (Questions)

    My parents were social drinkers. I never noticed any intoxication, However, alcoholics were not unknown in the family, so an introduction to alcohol was one of the few things they did carefully and well. They let me taste beer around age 8, and I just found it bitter and strange - definitely...
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    Lack of bone and muscular development

    I don't understand JAMA, but I'm 75, 6' 1"' 170#' and my wrists are under 2" wide. It is hard to find work gloves that fit, and I've always had to modify my watch bands. However, J.E. Gordon points out that while large hands have advantages in some odd situations, such a gripping basketballs...
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    Ways of cooling down an apartment without AC.

    Ahh, here's a clearer description of the problem with doing things like using ice from a refrigerator, or just leaving the door open. Unless you are somehow cooling the condenser coils on the back with outside air, as you would with an air conditioner, the amount of heat that comes off the back...
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    Is it normal to have friends younger than you? Even up to ages from 10 to 20 years younger.

    My youngest long-term friend is now 4/5 my age, but a new one is about half my age. Pretty high mortality in my age group, so I'm looking for younger friends with little success. Many people are worried about the environment, but nobody wants to learn from someone who has decades of experience...
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    Buying things you don’t need

    I bought a wheel balancing service for a wheel that won't be used until it is repaired and balanced again because I hadn't thought things through. However, I just avoided buying 95 screws I'll probably never need by adjusting the length of five others with washers I have in plentiful supply.
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    If smoking is not allowed in NYC parks why do they still allow it.

    It's the cost of enforcement, and the lack of glory for doing it. A non-smoking area would be more likely to get respect. Overall, I'd rather smell the smoke than be surrounded by addicts in withdrawal.
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    Bleach splash

    No.
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    Favorite Shape?

    Ellipse, because I can draw any of them with paper, two pins, a loop of thread, and a pen. Other conic sections are preferred where appropriate. Gaudi's cathedrals have lots of them. I like bridges that are both elegant structurally, and aesthetically pleasing - arches and suspension bridges...
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    Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair

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    Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair

    The outdoors also has dogs, and raccoons, and other critters that might get through a low screen, if that is a concern. There are old plywood boats - longevity is a function of coating and care. In many cases the "best material" is the one you have on hand that fits easily, or the one you are...
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    Ways of cooling down an apartment without AC.

    A lot depends on your humidity. The higher it is, the less you can be helped by evaporation of sweat or cooling water. Lots of good suggestions here. I'd recommend not just drapes, but reflective ones, at least on the side toward the window, preferably that mirrored bubble-wrap. That will...
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    Share good puns and jokes.

    Leave the wrong key.
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    Obscene resentment based echolalia.

    Maybe try imagining me and a chorus of others chanting "You're a Hero for breaking the cycle!" My ex had been abused by her family, and she was trying hard to recover, but she was completely oblivious about sending her daughter to visit an abuser, and kept taking her frustrations out on...
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    How can they say we lack empathy when I made people tear up talking to them.

    In that example, it is the others with the empathy. Do they make you tear up?
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