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Hmm., that made me just notice that my cursor casts a shadow.
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Six more weeks of winter!
Ah yes. The time-honored tradition that if thelurkinghorror sees his cursors shadow…
That while using such phrases as “studies show” to convince the rest of the plebes you are right, it doesn’t do diddly here.
The word “cite” can be funny and is definitely under-used in real life.
Moderated discussions are fun! So is correct spelling!
That while informed, well supported discussions are amazing, wandering around the Pit can be fun too.
Sometimes the best advice or the wisest words can come from the most unlikely source.
[QUOTE=Nic2004]
And verry popular with the ladies.
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But not with 13 year olds.
[QUOTE=Ghanima]
That I’m not as smart as I thought I was.
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I’ve never thought of myself as smart (Mensa notwithstanding), but hanging around here has shown me that I’m not quite as weird as I thought I was. Or at least not alone in my weirdness.
[QUOTE=Scissorjack]
The tail on your cursor arrow is slightly wonky.
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Wha?! It is! Now I’ll continually be distracted by my wonky cursor. Thanks ever so much.
That lefties as well as righties are all for censorship when THEY’RE the ones being offended. I’m surprised that freedom of speech exists anywhere.
[QUOTE=bouv]
That, while I couldn’t give a flying fuck about germs and toilet spray and that sort of thing, there are apparently lots of people who find those sorts of things so abhorrent that they would never want to step foot inside my house, because i never sanitize anything, leave the seat up when I flush, and keep my toothbrush, comb, etc.. all out in the open.
(Oh, and if I remember right, it really doesn’t matte how well covered up it is. People have done studies and shown that pretty much anything outside a sterile enviroment or just recently treated with antiseptic has fecal choloform bacteria on it. Even whatever it is you’re eating right now! Enjoy that thought. 
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Yep, the SDMB has shown me that vast swathes of the western world seem to be incredibly germophobic. OMG! Bacteria! Weird. But then I am probably equally weird in other ways.
PS: it’s “coliform”
Speaking of arrows, the whole gas-gauge symbol arrow thing was news to me!
Does that make sense?
[QUOTE=Barrels]
Speaking of arrows, the whole gas-gauge symbol arrow thing was news to me!
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Oh, me, too. It was mentioned a few months ago, and I had never realized that arrow was there. Now it’s one of those ‘you can’t not see it’ things.
[QUOTE=Barrels]
Speaking of arrows, the whole gas-gauge symbol arrow thing was news to me!
Does that make sense?
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[QUOTE=BiblioCat]
Oh, me, too. It was mentioned a few months ago, and I had never realized that arrow was there. Now it’s one of those ‘you can’t not see it’ things.
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Please be more vague, you’re in danger of being understood!
/Off to search for gas-gauge symbol arrow thingy
[QUOTE=SailedTheOceanBlue]
Please be more vague, you’re in danger of being understood!
/Off to search for gas-gauge symbol arrow thingy
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On your gas gauge, next to the little gas pump symbol, there’s a little tiny arrow pointing left or right, indicating which side your gas tank opening is on. I had never noticed it before.
[QUOTE=BiblioCat]
Oh, me, too. It was mentioned a few months ago, and I had never realized that arrow was there. Now it’s one of those ‘you can’t not see it’ things.
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Yep. Thing is, I had noticed the arrow was there, but hadn’t made the logical leap to connect it with the side the filler cap is on. I thought it was an arrow pointing at the pump, meaning “go to petrol station before this gauge hits the bottom”. :smack:
[QUOTE=BiblioCat]
On your gas gauge, next to the little gas pump symbol, there’s a little tiny arrow pointing left or right, indicating which side your gas tank opening is on. I had never noticed it before.
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Well, I’ll be damned! That’s neat!
And thank you for explaining, my search for “gas gauge symbol arrow thingy” predictably turned up nothing. 
That Warez is not a city in Mexico.
Would that I were kidding.
[QUOTE=SailedTheOceanBlue]
Well, I’ll be damned! That’s neat!
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That was pretty much my reaction when I realized it was there. 
My car doesn’t have it.
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”]
My car doesn’t have it.
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Easily fixed with a little Tipp-Ex.
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”]
My car doesn’t have it.
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Neither does mine. In fact, I’ve never driven a car that did.
I guess they figured motorists in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Japan were quite capable of working out which side the fuel cap was on by virtue of making note of this sort of thing before they get in the car.
[QUOTE=Colophon]
Easily fixed with a little Tipp-Ex.
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On the dash of my 2001 Corolla? Blasphemy!