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    Pregnancy Thread

    My wife did the same thing, and I reacted pretty much the same way. Best I could manage to do to avoid my wife freaking out is every night at bedtime I would spend some time feeling her stomach and talking to the baby. Sometimes it was more for my wife's sake than anything but that seemed to be...
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    Pregnancy Thread

    Stool softener and fiber supplement (Metamucil). Other high fiber foods and lots of fluid intake will also help. Not that uncommon for pregnant woman to need those, I believe constipation is common side effect from pregnancy hormones.
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    I'm sad to see Gore go as well but better one year too early than one year too late. I would feel better about the Niners backfield moving forward if Lattimore had worked out. Hyde seemed explosive, but I'm not sure if his pass protection skills are up to snuff or not. Tough to evaluate when...
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    Looks like the Carlos Hyde era is about to begin in SF.
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    It is starting to feel like a Tommy John surgery is just a normal part of a pitchers career.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Yeah, it is comical from a distance. Annoying in person. My wife is also the master of "you always turn everything around to be my fault" in an argument. Well of course I do, we wouldn't be arguing if I didn't think it was your fault! The reality is we rarely do fight and/or have these...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Yeah, I am generally pretty vague as well. If something pissed me off at work it isn't going to help at all to rehash it with my wife whereas the first thing she wants to do when she gets home is give me the long version of every little thing that happened that day. She also has a habit of...
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    Smartphones

    So apparently (at least at first) Google's MVNO will only work on the Nexus 6. Supposedly this is to facilitate in developing seamless switching between cell service and WiFi calling, by limiting the number of participants and number of phones.
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    Home buying thread

    Bought in November of 2009. The market in my area was just starting to slide at that point but was far from rock bottom. My house was about a 330-350k house before the crash, I bought at 295k, the lowest it reached was 230k ~2 years ago (which is thankfully the number they are basing my property...
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    Pregnancy Thread

    Glad to hear everything is okay. Just in case have you read up on the all-natural preeclampsia risk reducers just in case?
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    Yes but he is currently in a Steve Jobs esque exile from it right now.
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    Home buying thread

    Well FHA has changed the rules on MIP multiple times but currently it runs the duration of the loan. But based on quick Googling says if your FHA loan pre dates June 2013 than the MIP goes away at a 78% LTV automatically assuming you've made all your payments. Also, the thing you got from the...
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    Home buying thread

    I mean, I get what you are saying, there is a lot of ground between 15 years and 30 years in which there are perfectly affordable houses and mortgages. But he is right in that a lot of people stretch themselves incredibly thin trying to afford the max house they can at 30 years. Especially...
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    Looks like Peypey is taking a pey-cut to free up some salary cap space. Does this make him as good as Brady again?
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

    Heath Ledger will make a terrible Joker.
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    Parent Thread

    Yeah, my wife is pretty chill for the most part, but she is a nurse. Some hypochondria comes with the territory with that profession in my experience.
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    Parent Thread

    Supposedly if you have dogs (I have two) who have free access to outside around children it will help with allergies and/or asthma as well, so I have that going for me. As far as the carpet I guess it might be a little bit of a dirt issue but what I really think is at play here is she really...
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    Home buying thread

    Problem is when you are a buyer your realtor gets paid more the more money you spend. Of course they aren't going to recommend you double-counter and/or have demands. Seems like a conflict of interest to me but who am I to criticize or question the necessity of the real estate agent industry...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    That is amazing!!!!! You know, because most of the time players just say "oh yeah, I quit" when asked that question and when they don't say that they usually say "no comment." Never has any athlete, when asked if they quit on their team, ever implied or explicitly said they thought the...
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    The Beer Thread

    I just had the Green Tea IPA as well. I hadn't picked it up because I'm not much of a tea fan but the wife wanted some so I split the bomber with her. My other big fear with a beer like this is that the adjunct (in this case the tea) overpowers the rest of the beer. I thought it was really well...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I've always been pretty happy with Lodge stuff. Their regular cast iron is also made in USA which is a plus in my book but unfortunately their enameled stuff is not, they outsource that to China. But I fail to see what the Le Creuset enameled dutch oven does that my Lodge won't other than...
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    Home buying thread

    I just got done doing a refi (dropped from 5.35% to 3.875%) and I could have afforded the 15 year but opted for the 30 year while putting extra towards principle. I don't remember the exact numbers but the 30yr will end up costing me a bit more even with the additional principal payments but I...
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    Parent Thread

    Yeah, I am on the minimalist end of things. A little supervision goes a long ways. However, I'm pretty sure my wife wants me to turn the house into one giant padded room. I will concede that our current entertainment center is a baby death-trap. Completely open so all the components are exposed...
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    The Video Thread

    It is unbelievable to me that when I take my daughter (not old enough for the measles vaccine yet) to the grocery store and I see some kid running around with Mickey Mouse ears on I have to actually be legitimately concerned about them having possibly brought a previously virtually eradicated...
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    Parent Thread

    So nobody warned me about Nesting 2.0-Baby-Proofing. Way more annoying than pregnancy nesting.
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    Do I ask here to get the thread title changed to "The Browns Championship Offseason Thread" or do I need to go to Ask Amod?
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Okay, so first one now a second, what exactly are the bright spots on Ceres? Volcano, aliens, what?
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    R.I.P Leonard Nimoy

    Mr. Nimoy, you may not know it, but you have been and always will be my friend. Enjoy the Undiscovered Country, after I have lived long and prospered maybe we shall meet. Totally watching Wrath of Khan tonight and man that last scene is going to have extra feels.
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    The Documentary Thread

    Watched McConkey twice now, great flick. Not only is it great from a biographical standpoint but also covers the genesis of modern big mountain skiing and the birth of B.A.S.E jumping. Even if you aren't 'in' to those sorts of things or extreme sports in general I think it is still worth the...
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    There is no way that RDJ is announcing he is done with Marvel before A2 comes out. Has to be some sort of extension/resigning.
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    The Beer Thread

    Pliny The Elder was one of the first beers I've had that I felt "lived up to the hype." I had sky-high expectations and it didn't let me down. I am willing to trade for some, would love to try it. Plus I want to harvest their yeast from a can.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Yeah, sounds like she obviously didn't understand the impact in spending the rest of her life with someone with that sort of handicap would have on her, and to me it feels like it goes way beyond just sex. She didn't want to be "that person" who ditches someone she supposedly loves just because...
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    $20mil now won't be as impactful as it has been the last couple of seasons. Cap going up from $133mil to $143mil next year and some are saying as high as $160mil in 2016. Now QB salaries will probably rise with the cap but deals like the one Flacco has won't look nearly as bad. I thought any...
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    It is the way college football does it. Admittedly I don't watch a whole lot of college ball so I don't know what kind of impact the 15 yard rule has on the game but I don't hear people crying for them to change to the current NFL rule.
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    DSLR Camera

    I have used both the Canon 50mm 1.8 as well as the Sigma 50mm 1.4. Given the choice I'd take the Sigma but both take nice sharp shots. Can't beat the Canon on the price but the thing does feel like a toy. Nice thing is since it is so cheap you won't feel terrible if you bust it. One thing...
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    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    I'm in the 'let them challenge anything' school of thought as well. I don't buy their "we don't want the games to be longer" bullshit either. I know I have been far more turned off of the NFL due to the huge impact the refs are having on the games these days than an extra 4 minutes of run-time...
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    DSLR Camera

    I was about to tell you nice find on the body now get some good glass but seems like you have a nice rounded collection. Which lense did your kit come with? Seems like you'd still want a nice walking around lense that can utilize the autofocus. I use the 28-135 on my 50D and it has been a nice...
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    The Beer Thread

    *whoops, stupid double post on my part. Also, I'm sure if I were introduced to the 60/90 at a different time they would have been my favorite beers for a while. I had once declared one of my local breweries IPA's as the pinnacle of the style but have since realized it has an underwhelming hop...
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    The Beer Thread

    How about the 120, anyone had that? I feel like it is one of those 'lifetime achievement' beers that is seems like every beer enthusiasts should drink at least once, but based on my underwhelming experiences with the 60/90's I've never been able to justify the price...
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    Pregnancy Thread

    I did a paternity photo shoot for some friends of mine. Since I had no idea how to do that kind of shoot I started Googling for examples and was way more entertained with the 'awkward pregnancy photos' and was quickly distracted. I did have a lot of fun sending examples to the Mom-to-be asking...