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Topher said:
The ankle bracelet gag in Naked Gun. Somebody splain it to me, please.
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Wikipedia says
Frank tells Jane "That's a honey of an ankle bracelet you're wearing," a spoof of a line from the film Double Indemnity.
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And checking IMDB for quotes from Double Indemnity,
Walter Neff: That's a honey of an anklet you're wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson.
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Buuut we're still missing the context.
Feep said:
So, I've never really had a credit card (I have one of those credit/debit/ATM card things from my bank). I'm very opposed to the idea of EVER doing into debt or spending money I don't have for whatever reason, but as I move away from the warm womb of my alma mater, I'm beginning to realize that I need a "credit score". Apparently, I don't have one. Or something.

I just want to make sure that society is in fact forcing me to apply for and regularly use a credit card, and that I have absolutely no say in the matter. Can GAF confirm?
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Basically. Sucks, huh.
 
Feep said:
What do you mean, where does it come from? It's been here since the creation of the planet, when free hydrogen and hydroxide ions combined to form water. Water doesn't generally leave the Earth, and it doesn't generally arrive.

And of course we will. Heck, we technically do now; we could just put a transceiver above ground, wire the signal through the concrete and asphalt, and rebroadcast using another transceiver in the subways. But that's expensive.
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Thanks, those q's have been puzzling me for a while now:D

It's weird and amazing how the water has just "been there" all this time....one more

so does more water get "created" and added to what's already out there in the oceans
 
NightHawk17 said:
Thanks, those q's have been puzzling me for a while now:D

It's weird and amazing how the water has just "been there" all this time....one more

so does more water get "created" and added to what's already out there in the oceans
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The glaciers are melting and we are doomed. DOOMED, I say!
 
NightHawk17 said:
Thanks, those q's have been puzzling me for a while now:D

It's weird and amazing how the water has just "been there" all this time....one more

so does more water get "created" and added to what's already out there in the oceans
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It doesn't get "created", no. The water just changes states.
 
jamesinclair said:
Youve graduated from college and you dont understand how credit works? Wow.

Get a bank credit card (no annual fee) IMMEDIATELY. Use it for stuff that youd buy anyone, like groceries. Pay it off at the end of the week.

Result: Build credit history, and get a weekly interest free loan, and itll cost you NOTHING.

If youre willing to pay an annual fee (or once you build up enough credit history), then you can start enjoying rewards (points, cash back, whatever)


It makes NO financial sense to NOT have and use a credit card.

As long as youre responsible, itll MAKE money for you.

And yes, youll need to to buy a car or house.
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Well, thanks for the advice, but you didn't need to be a dick about it. I'm sorry my electrical engineering major didn't mandate taking a "how credit works" class. And my parents are idiots with stuff like this.
 
I remember someone described to me a martial art once.

They claimed that once you were hit, you can pinch a nerve that would prevent the pain from going into your brain. It was ridiculous. Does anyone know what it's called?
 
Ok seeing as I can't create threads and don't wanna bump an ancient thread here seems the best place to ask this.

I'm going to New York with the wife for 4 days hopefully for our anniversary in March, I have been before but she never has.

What would people say are 'must do's' for a first timer?

Also where in Manhattan can I find the best Pizza and Cheesecake?
 
I don't think this qualifies as a stupid question, but I need to do an essay on the US's healthcare (Why it's bad, how it compares to canada's, what can do do to improve it, etc) and I'm completely clueless on the subject. Can anyone give me the basics of it so I can actually write something out?
 
Ok, this is a stupid question, so don't act surprised when I ask it.

There's this video online of Gina Carano getting a facial. Now, I'm 99% it's not Gina, but it scarily looks like her, so there's hope. It's win-win either way since she's hot.

My question is who is it?

Can't link it, but pm for the link.
 
Generic said:
I don't think this qualifies as a stupid question, but I need to do an essay on the US's healthcare (Why it's bad, how it compares to canada's, what can do do to improve it, etc) and I'm completely clueless on the subject. Can anyone give me the basics of it so I can actually write something out?
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Your school may have access to JSTOR (scholarly journal database of polsci and public policy articles). Search it.

IRPP.org also has lots of articles on Canadian-age. Healthcare is a major part of Canada's public policy mindshare, you're sure to find something there.

Factoids on Canadian Healthcare are best found through the government's website. (gc.ca)

Someone more versed in US politics can steer you in the right direction on US health care.

Depending on the purvue of your essay, I would also suggest not just comparing the US to the Canadian system, but also to the NHS or other European systems. We have a lot to learn from one another.
 
Jeff Albertson said:
Ok seeing as I can't create threads and don't wanna bump an ancient thread here seems the best place to ask this.

I'm going to New York with the wife for 4 days hopefully for our anniversary in March, I have been before but she never has.

What would people say are 'must do's' for a first timer?

Also where in Manhattan can I find the best Pizza and Cheesecake?
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Hm. I think your best approach is to use google to find the best places to go when you're in New York. I'd offer you places to go, but unfortunately I've never been there. However, there's a lot of sites that have lists of best places to go in New York as well as the best places to go out and eat. Look there.
 
Oblivion said:
Okay, how about this.

How do you take a clip (say from youtube) and make it into a gif?
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Download it with a video downloader (There are many for Firefox), convert it to .mpg (Some programs can actually pull youtube videos and convert them), then get a .gif editor that can open (jpeg based mpg) and edit it.
Jeff Albertson said:
Also where in Manhattan can I find the best Pizza and Cheesecake?
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Check Yelp!

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As for me, HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET RID OF DUST.
 
Hazaro said:
Download it with a video downloader (There are many for Firefox), convert it to .mpg (Some programs can actually pull youtube videos and convert them), then get a .gif editor that can open (jpeg based mpg) and edit it.
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My question is actually the same, but I'd like for someone to be a bit more specific
I use VidGif to make gifs, but can someone tell me the actual name of a program that downloads videos from youtube and converts them to mpg? Something reliable?



As for me, HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET RID OF DUST.
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dustbuster.jpg
 
stuburns said:
What do you call a person who uses GAF, a GAFer, GAFfer, something else?
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I used to be a "GAFfer" person because it seemed better by pronunciation. However, the "gaffer is already something else" argument eventually swayed me to use GAFer.
 
I'm writing a story currently. I need a character to get from one sky scraper building to the next. I see around town that there are these tunnels that connects them. Like a bridge or something. What are they called?
 
How does one know the difference between normal hairloss and going bald? Like if there isn't a bald spot...or your unsure off it. Or whatever
 
Did Timberland ever get fat? I'm trying to find the GAF thread of this man playing Golf with quite a bit of chub; almost certain it was Timberland. Trying to settle a bet.
 
kozmo7 said:
Did Timberland ever get fat? I'm trying to find the GAF thread of this man playing Golf with quite a bit of chub; almost certain it was Timberland. Trying to settle a bet.
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k-fed-fat.jpg


It's K-Fed
 
jamesinclair said:
When microwaves reach zero, they start beeping (usually 3 times) but its still on and the food is still spinning.....why? Isnt zero, zero?
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To fan off your hot food a little? IDK, I remember reading somewhere that it was a safety thing.
 
Okay. Don't really see this as thread worthy.

So like, my Father who I didn't see once until I was 17, who never tried to contact me has recently been bugging me to go down and see him. I've seen him a couple of times since the first, no more than 3 and it's at that point I had solidified the notion that I don't need parents, especially not one like him. He claims that he wanted to be in my life, despite living a bus away for most of my life he never once came to see me, or even phoned me and I grew up as the outcast being the "half-child", not fully related to my siblings. Something that obviously pained me as a child, but is a complete non-issue now.

He's manic-depressive, and he's been phoning me constantly for the past week, I'm just ignoring his calls now. He didn't have my number until a month ago because my horrible excuse for a mother decided to share it with him.

The thing is, everyone is treating me as the bad-guy. Saying that he isn't "that bad" and I should go and see him as if I'm the one in the wrong here.

To the question: Am I being out of line?
 
RefigeKru said:
To the question: Am I being out of line?
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No. If you decide to give him another chance fair enough, but no one is in your position so fuck the people complaining about you, they have no idea.
 
RefigeKru said:
Okay. Don't really see this as thread worthy.

So like, my Father who I didn't see once until I was 17, who never tried to contact me has recently been bugging me to go down and see him. I've seen him a couple of times since the first, no more than 3 and it's at that point I had solidified the notion that I don't need parents, especially not one like him. He claims that he wanted to be in my life, despite living a bus away for most of my life he never once came to see me, or even phoned me and I grew up as the outcast being the "half-child", not fully related to my siblings. Something that obviously pained me as a child, but is a complete non-issue now.

He's manic-depressive, and he's been phoning me constantly for the past week, I'm just ignoring his calls now. He didn't have my number until a month ago because my horrible excuse for a mother decided to share it with him.

The thing is, everyone is treating me as the bad-guy. Saying that he isn't "that bad" and I should go and see him as if I'm the one in the wrong here.

To the question: Am I being out of line?
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To hell with him. If you don't want to see him, don't see him. Tell the son of a bitch you'll meet him with a baseball bat if he keeps calling you.
 
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