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Canadians: Bagged milk question (serious)

They used to offer it in my town when you had a milkman who delivered it to your door. The last milkman in town stopped about 10 years ago, and milk bags went away forever :(
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- Post #20
- Sep 8, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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textbooks?

Borrow copies from the library on campus, take them to the nearest photocopier, and make copies of whatever parts you'll actually use. I took engineering in school. Probably close to 90% of the things I learned hadn't changed in the last 50 years, and in lots of cases, the 50 year old...
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- Post #6
- Aug 24, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Moles or water?

It might be trails left by voles. A vole looks like a mouse, but the tail's a little shorter. It builds tunnels in the ground (during the summer months). In winter, they will dig their tunnels just above the ground, in the snow, and even throughout a snowbank. As they build tunnels, they eat...
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- Post #3
- Mar 20, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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eurorail

I just got back from a European trip a few weeks ago. We didn't use the trains very much, so we didn't bother with a Eurail pass, but... You can find information on the extra fees and reservations on the Eurail website. (www.eurail.com) Depending on which cities and which countries you...
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- Post #4
- Jun 25, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Dress Code

The place I work at (in the petrochemical industry) restricts facial hair for safety reasons. Facial hair can prevent getting a good seal on a respirator, particularly if you've been knocked unconscious by a gas release, and it's a rescuer trying to fit the mask on your face. Also, facial...
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- Post #21
- Oct 28, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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List the weirdest church sign messages

Church in Korea This is my favorite church ever. (EDIT: Read the sign carefully)
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- Post #30
- Aug 11, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Best War Song / Best War Poem

Poem - The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When I died they...
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- Post #42
- Apr 22, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Why do people hate Walmart

My problems with Wal-Mart have all been covered already, but the main thing for me hasn't been mentioned. It's not a problem with just Wal-Mart, but with almost every store. The problem is that the store doesn't care about me, or about any customers, but about generating a profit for the...
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- Post #93
- Dec 22, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Canadian? Don't think about buying a car in the U.S.

This is 100% real. It's all over the news up here. Dealerships in the US states that border Canada have been told to not sell new cars to Canadians, or they risk losing their dealership. Not only for cars and trucks, but also snowmobiles and camping trailers. I worked with someone several...
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- Post #5
- Oct 22, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Momentary power outages

Could be an automatic re-closing breaker on the line. Especially on overhead lines, there can be momentary faults (birds, squirrels, wet branches) that cause a fault, then burn up / fall off, and go away. Rather than have a manual-reset breaker that would cause long outages, it automatically...
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- Post #3
- Aug 17, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Pimp My Hardhat

Of course, you do realize that painting your hard hat can weaken it, and is expressly forbidden by every manufacturer I've ever seen. Even most stickers aren't allowed. The solvents that make the paint adhere better can also weaken plastic. Same goes for glue on stickers. If you really want...
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- Post #4
- May 28, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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To all Chemist here: I have a question about Running a METH lab in the house...

A pot house can ruin the entire place too. The main power feed gets ruined because the meter gets bypassed, the whole house electrical gets modified and ruined. Also, the house gets wrecked from the humidity. Walls full of mold = teh bad. That said, I'd rather live in an old pot house than...
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- Post #17
- Apr 19, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Post pics of your place of worship.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/stephenw22/koreamathodist.jpg Notice the spelling?
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- Post #37
- Apr 7, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Walmart now requires seeing license to use credit card

I sign the back of my credit cards "CHECK I.D." in black marker. Only about 1 store out of 10 checks the back of my credit card. When a store doesn't check my ID, I ask them to check the back of the card, and then I tell them how incredibly STUPID they just were.
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- Post #140
- Oct 20, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What is your record in using bandwidth in one month?

120 gigs down, 120 gigs up cable company didn't care about the 120 down, but they told me to keep it under 30 gigs up in the future. so much for 'unlimited' internet. it was all bt at the time
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- Post #70
- Oct 14, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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