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Commented on Ten Perfectly Pure Gadgets
As bicycles go, I'd have to go with the Surly Cross-Check bike frame. It's hard to imagine anything better. Steel. Tough, lightweight. Takes a wide variety of tires, from skinny road wheels to fat knobbies. Braze-ons for cantilever brakes. Plenty...
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Maybe some cats are not so good mice catchers, but ours sure are. They brought one to us dead, as if to say, "Hey, this nifty toy just broke. Can you fix it for us?" Ever since they stand guard...
Commented on Mechanical gas-pumps choking on $4/gal gas
I'm not going to put 40 octane gas in my car! Alas, you can't just set it to $2.something and double the price. Laws and all that. The problem with the devalued dollar argument is that Europeans are paying a...
Commented on Coupon queen spends $10/week on family groceries
I wonder how much her family's health care will cost if they are eating food from boxes. They would probably be healthier if they ate the cardboard boxes....
Commented on The Fugs documentary
I saw The Holy Modal Rounders at a bar in Vermont a long time ago. I bought their album and I still have it. 'New Amphetemine Shriek' is my favorite....
Commented on Bicycles, all you need to know
Sheldon Brown rules. I bought my bike from his shop, a Surly Cross-Check. It's scary fast on dirt roads, and pretty nice on the highway, too. I use my beater in town to run errands. Ignore jwz. Stay off the...
Commented on Hiphop/bluegrass mashup: Gangstagrass
Futurama, Mars Day episode....
Commented on House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music
Screw the article, screw the headline. Read the bill itself before drawing any conclusions. It's totally creepy!!! Read it!!! Ob my God!!!...
Commented on Imperial pint glasses declare European conformity
I've seen German half-liter beer glasses with that same little CE mark in the store for a lot less than $7. I think perhaps the Germans are also quite capable of determining the volume of a beer glass to the...
Commented on Mazda destroys 4,703 shiny new cars worth $100 million
Stripping goods damaged in shipment for parts is nothing new. Happens all the time. This is what the 'grey market' is all about. It is well understood by all that these are not OEM parts, that there are potential issues,...
Commented on Mazda destroys 4,703 shiny new cars worth $100 million
In the grocery business, the manufacturers are quite insistent that only undamaged merchandise is seen by the public. They often require (as part of the sales contract) that distributors and retailers set damaged goods aside, and they reimburse in full...
Commented on Shoes are bad for your feet? Vindicating the barefoot set
Bare feet are for bare ground. You need shoes to walk on manufactured surfaces. I love walking barefoot outside in the grass, but I gotta wear shoes on floors or pavement, otherwise my feet hurt....

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hohum commented on Ten Perfectly Pure Gadgets
I don't mean to be a dick, imposing my beliefs... But for those people who already don't want to kill the mice in their house, but are afraid to use the trap-and-release type traps because, as the article says, they come right back to your house... But really, it's just a matter of driving a bit farther away. Drop them off on your way to the office or whatnot. P.S. The mice around here go nuts for soap! We have a hard time luring them into our catch-traps, but they always eat our soap, right off of our sink! I'm...
Littlemissknowitall commented on Coupon queen spends $10/week on family groceries
Wow! A lot of judgment going on over here! 1. Coupon queens save on average $600 a month (or more) for 5 hours of work a week. I'm glad so many of you can afford to blow $600 a month. Many of us can't--or would rather have the $600 for ourselves. I also eat almost all name-brand products. 2. Many, many websites (including my own) put together the deals for you. You don't have to spend so much time if someone else does the footwork! 3. The myth that there are no coupons for healthy foods lives. I regularly buy...
hankypanky commented on Shoes are bad for your feet? Vindicating the barefoot set
Those look a little crazy wouldn't these topless sandals from http://poonzwear.com/ work better? I got a pair and they feel essentially like walking bear foot except after a while they mold to your feet and you've got a bit of cushioning but not enough to make you feel too different from walking bare footed....
Teresa Nielsen Hayden commented on Shoes are bad for your feet? Vindicating the barefoot set
Hanky Panky, I'm coming around to the idea that your link was more appropriate than I initially thought. If you'll re-send it to me, I'll restore it in your comment....
think_about_this commented on Coupon queen spends $10/week on family groceries
Most stores I know will NOT DOUBLE $1.00 coupons. So I have no idea where this person is shopping, but it is NOT at Price Chopper, Wal-Mart's, Stop and Shop or Shop Rite which are in my area. So forget about the $1.00 coupons. The mfg. knows most stores will not double these, some will not even take them. The clerk will say "Oh there is a .99 cent limit". So you get to check out and look like a dope putting back items. Next if you have constant burping, and a slight cough a lot of time... it could...

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