Does it sound like it is just about to turn over , like just about to catch or is near flatlined ( all gadgets and doo hickeys?)
How do blind people know where the Braille is? I’ve seen large blocks of Braille on an ATM, or on signs, but how do they find it in the first place?
Why is the underside of my pillow cool?
Why does my cat curl her tail when I pet her back? Why does my cat like to lick my hands and arms so much?
Not that I ever would, but what would happen if I really downshifted, like to second when in fifth?
Why does my car have a button that makes the cruise control operable, and then a button to actually use/ set the cruise control?
Is there any way to make my lousy low-flush toilet better perform its duties (other than tossing it out the window)?
Where can I buy a first-class spittoon?
Whatever became of that long obit of Albany political boss Dan O’Connell that I once found online, but haven’t been able to find since?
What did the BBC do with its Apollo 11 coverage?
You know, I asked the Great Master this very question years ago, before I even joined this board, and I never got a response. I still keep hoping though…
Mine to, annoying extra buttons bug me.
My car also has the additional annoyance of, once you set the cruise speed, it coasts down by about 5 mph before the cruise kicks in, then it slowly accelerates back up to the cruise speed setting. I can’t imagine why that “feature” behavior could be useful. Every other car I’ve driven has the cruise kick in right where you want it.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?
The world will never know.
The name was originally bestowed by Captain William Driver upon a specific flag he owned. The story involves the mutiny on the Bounty and the Civil War. Read it here.
Have you guys read GQ? There is no question too small for that forum. That’s one of the great things about it.
Hit it one solid lick with a 16 ounce hammer, and you’re there.
As a veteran of this manuever, I can tell you it’s not fun. Your engine revs way up, you slow down like you’d stomped on the brakes, and then your instinct for self-presevation (or at least preservation of your wallet) kicks in and you stomp on the clutch. In my case, the whole thing took about a half a second. If anyone else had the guts to stick it out, I’d be interested to know what happens.
IANA person qualified to answer this, but my guess would be, if you can get the fire started, the heat generated by the fire will keep it burning as long as there is sufficient fuel and oxygen.
It makes it just slightly harder to use, lessening the chances of turning it on by accident? Maybe?
eBay, probably.
My question:
In a certain recent movie (even saying which one would be a bit of a spoiler) character A discovers that character B, who A hasn’t seen for quite a while, is dead, because a piece of mail that A sent to B has been returned, and stamped with word “DECEASED.” It’s a fairly shocking moment for A. Is this what the post office does in real life, or would the letter be delivered to his wife/neighbors/relatives so that they could send a letter to A and break the news more gently?
Mine does this too. I think they assume that you petting them is a grooming behavior, and they’re helping you along by moistening your hands.
No, it gets sent to the dead letter office I crack me up sometimes. Actually, in the military post office, it would be collected and returned with the person’s effects. Therefore, the next of kin would get all the undeliverable mail. I’m not sure, but I would think that the post office, knowing the person was dead (how would they know, reading the obits?) would forward the mail to whomever was designated to recieve it.
My question is this: How come musicians are the predominant plane crash victims? Don’t sports teams, especially baseball teams fly as often, if not more than musicians, and if so, how come an entire sports team has never gone down at one time?
Does an unpilled sweater continue to grow larger and larger pills? Is it counterproductive to depill your clothes, or would they continue pilling up at the same rate even without plucking off those unsightly little balls and clumps when they’re still small? Has anybody ever scientifically studied this?
I’ve got another question because someone looking at the tank brought it up again… should I worry that my goldfish are very clean? Goldfish are supposed to be notoriously messy, and these two are the cleanest fish of any species that I’ve ever had.
The water is always crystal clear, and there’s never poop on the gravel or anywhere else. My hope is that the biofilter works really well (I fishless-cycled the tank before buying the fish two years ago) and not that they’re underfed. They look healthy, anyway, and not very thin. So should I worry or not?
A 1970 Marshall University football team plane crash claimed the lives of all 75 people aboard, including 37 players and five coaches. A few members of the squad had not made the fateful trip because of injuries or family obligations, and those athletes formed the nucleus of the next season’s team. At the time, freshmen were not generally eligible to play varsity sports at the NCAA level, but an exception was made as an acknowledgement of the hardship wrought by the tragedy.
TJdude825: I remember my parents sending letters to several friends and relatives of my maternal grandfather in connection with Grandpa’s upcoming birthday celebration. One of the invitations (to a distant cousin) was returned unopened, with the word “Deceased” written in ink (and circled) on the envelope. I don’t know whether the notation was made by a postal employee or the addressee’s next of kin, but I do know that after my father’s sister died a few years later, I wrote “Deceased” on a few envelopes and business reply cards that had been sent to her, then mailed the items back to the originating addresses.
Why do we have special defrosters on the rear window and not on the windscreen?
Re the drinking through a straw thing:
I’ve heard it is a purely psychological phenomenon - you equate drinks with a straw to strong liquor, but drinks you guzzle from the rim to lighter stuff like beer. I’ve also heard advice that if you are hosting a private party/wedding etc withj x amouint of draft beer, you should use smaller glasses because the people will be more satisfied (and therefore ‘drunk’) at ‘how many they’ve had’. No cite, just what I’ve heard from professional caterers.
Postal worker checking in:
Yep, that’s the way it is. It’s one of the hardest parts of my job being part of that cold machinery - I also feel it with unrequited love letters returned marked “REFUSED”. Both “DECEASED” and “REFUSED” along with others, are standard International Postal Union “RTS” advices (my colleagues and I often joke we should use the former on letters to Santa). I guess any close, immediate family would find out by means other than a returned letter, but it still bites when I see one of those in transit. Trouble is, it’s not up to the postal employees to say, “Look, you’d better sit down. I’ve got something to tel you…” Not when there are millions of letters coming through. Doesn’t mean we enjoy it though…