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Recent content by TBRS1

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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Is your name "Mr. Whipple"?
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Does anybody know that secret chord, you know - the one David played, that pleased the Lord?
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    It's always worth remembering that what humans call "instinct" in animals is the same as what...

    It's always worth remembering that what humans call "instinct" in animals is the same as what humans call "feelings" in other humans.
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Is it easier to be cool at 40°F or 80°F?
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    What kind of cruise ship would allow such behavior?
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    Any 'Potter fans? (mostly books)

    I was teaching high school and I also had two young children (of an appropriate age) when the books came out. I enjoyed them - they are well written - and that gave me an appropriate way to relate to young people. It was nice. However, we have groups of people here who regarded the books as...
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    Maybe. Depends on whether one goes to or lives in the wilderness.
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Wouldn't the context be that there are ducks flying about bumping into rubber babies?
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    I've noticed in news reports that the misplaced people are inevitably described as "experienced hikers." I suspect (as others have suggested) that there is a very big difference in what "experienced" can mean. An experienced trail hiker is very differently experienced than is an experienced...
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    My automobile GPS is Looney tunes. I drive down state fairly (too fairly) often. GPS always wants me to go weird places. I did what it told me, once. I drove down dirt roads for nearly an hour, and finally ended up at the highway I would otherwise have arrived at 40 minutes earlier.
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    An important lesson for the intrepid explorer.

    Never trust a phone, unless you know more than the phone does. In addition to funky maps, there are a couple other apps that are deadly. One category that I know about for sure are "identify this fungus" apps. The apps that identify plants and flowers work quite well, so a person might imagine...
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Should I get a set of highly rated rubber baby buggy bumpers to be safe?
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    Yeah, same guy. I figure best chance of getting a discount is to go back to the same people -...

    Yeah, same guy. I figure best chance of getting a discount is to go back to the same people - have used them in the past, generally reliable, sometimes stuff happens, though.
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Does it have a chapter on avoiding shopping carts in the parking lot?
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    It's Saturday morning. Furnace not working again. Just had a guy out yesterday to fix it. I...

    It's Saturday morning. Furnace not working again. Just had a guy out yesterday to fix it. I imagine now I'll have to pay emergency rates for repair.
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