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  1. BrutulTM

    The Dream Thread

    The other night I had the most pathetic sex dream ever. I dreamed that there had been a big evacuation of some sort and for some reason there were hundreds of people in a big parking lot sleeping in their cars and it was winter. There was a prostitute going from car to car and when she got...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Anybody having a superbowl party this year? I think I'm going to do baby back ribs this year. I will probably smoke them in the Big Green Egg the night before, then reheat them in the oven on Sunday. I will also have hot wings using theAlton Brown methodand sliders. I make the sliders...
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    Spartacus

    You don't give yourself enough credit.
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    You need a jingle for the radio or some sort of earworm inducing way of putting out your phone number. There are commercials that I heard on the radio 10 years ago that I can still sing off the top of my head. Dial one eight hundred five eight eight, two three hundred, EMPIRE. I don't...
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    Embedded Programming and Design

    I was just reading about the raspberry pi boards the other day. They should be perfect for what you're doing. What did you figure out for the radio link? Also, are your hardware guys even doing anything if you're just using an off the shelf computer?
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    Spartacus

    This thread is quite retarded.
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    Justified - Season 4 starts Jan 8th

    Good start. Is the black guy the sniper dude from Homeland?
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    One thing that will keep people coming back is to establish a relationship with them and try to get to know people who come in more than once. I am personally terrible at that sort of things which is why I will never be a good salesman or customer service person, but I did have one LFS that I...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I tend to agree, it would be a much worse sign if you were having trouble getting things done and staying motivated at this stage. Just give it a few months and you will have some idea what your cash flow is going to look like and get through your initial fuck ups and you can get into more of a...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Yeah, if someone is determined to be a dumb ass and put oscars in a little tank after you tell them it's stupid then you might as well get a few bucks out of them. I don't see anything wrong with that. I don't know why they would even have a pacu in their store frankly. 99% of their...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    What's your theory on selling meds? I have always felt like if you're a half decent fish keeper and you're buying fish from a good store you should never need any meds, but it sounds like as a fish store operator they might be one of your best moneymakers. When my cousin's fish were dying she...
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    Do you have health insurance?

    They don't only do unnecessary tests out of fear of malpractice, it's also a moneymaker for the clinics. The numbers on your bill are also not necessarily what things really cost. Costs in medicine is extremely bizarre. Insurance companies all negotiate prices down and different companies pay...
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    Smartphones

    Do you use Android? Does she play with your phone? I really think that Android is more intuitive than IOS now so I wouldn't anticipate a problem.
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    LOTTERY WINNER...what if ?

    This. Also, psychologically it's very hard to feel good about something that was just given to you. I heard an interview with a guy who wrote a book about trying to scientifically study happiness, and he said that while a lot of people are happy after acquiring money that they feel that they...
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    LOTTERY WINNER...what if ?

    From what I've heard from other lottery winners I would probably lose my relationships with most of my friends and family (whether or not I gave them money), burn myself out on my favorite hobbies in a couple years, lose all satisfaction in the things my money could buy me, and all satisfaction...
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    WDTV/ Roku Streamers

    That PC is more than enough for an HTPC. Get yourself a wireless keyboard/mouse, plug the HDMI output into your TV/AV Receiver, and enjoy your HTPC. Do you want to use it for a DVR or just to play Netflix/Youtube/ripped movies/etc?
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    Must Have Android Apps

    I useDoggcatcherfor podcasts. I have no complaints. It's a bit expensive as apps go, but money well spent IMO. I am a big podcast junkie and have been using this for like 3 years and have had no desire to replace it. It does have a function to make a queue but I have never used it so I can't...
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    LGBT- too many interests

    I think they should change it go GBLT because that sounds like a "Great" BLT which being the best sandwich on the planet would make them more popular.
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    Shaving

    For those that aren't romantic about shaving, has anyone tried this? http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/ The medium plan is $6 a month and they send four 4-blade cartridges to you in the mail every month. This is a bit more than half the price of Gillette Mach 3 cartridges and you don't...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    You could get a Google Voice number and forward it to your cell phone until the new line is hooked up and then forward it to the store line? One kind of nice thing for me about Google Voice at least in this area is that they get a different prefix and there aren't a lot of numbers taken so you...
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    Li-Fi

    That's neat. I think it would be more of a 1-way broadcast type situation. Like if you're in a stadium and you want to broadcast an audio stream to everyone on their smart phones or something. It wouldn't really work in a wi-fi like situation where multiple devices are continuously uploading...
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    Smartphones

    Yeah, I get the impression that after getting burned by Verizon on the Galaxy Nexus the Google Phones purpose is more to express Google's ideals than to move a ton of units. Hopefully the fact that they are constantly sold out will inspire other phone manufacturers to emulate it a bit more.
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    2012 NFL Season

    Hah, yeah I'm sure he doesn't understand football the way that you do. Maybe you could arrange some meetings in the off season and explain to him what the NFL is about.
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    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Not too many HoF QB's brought their entire offensive scheme with them when they changed teams either. On the other hand, I think he would be great on TV, if not as a color commentator he could kick Trent Dilfer's ass out and sit next to Steve Young after Monday Night Football. Like others have...
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    Going cash?

    I think if you made it through 2 of the worst recessions in the history of the US which we still haven't fully recovered from and didn't lose any money you should be pretty darn happy. There are tons of people who invested in real estate who would be thrilled with the returns from index funds...
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    Your Own Photography

    This is really nice. If it were spring/summer I know a spot that I could go to try to copy it. I doubt I will remember until next spring though.
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    Micro-USB question

    The micro-USB cables that came with my cell phone and kindle look different than the ones I buy from monoprice and the like. Here's a picture, note the 4 slots in the top. I had to trade in my phone a few months back because the USB port would no longer hold the cable and it fell out all...
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    Your Own Photography

    This is great. I'm not really a fan of the abstract stuff but this picture doesn't look like you were trying to just take a picture of some stuff that makes lines, yet it jumps right out at you. Starting to have trouble remembering what I have posted here and what I haven't.
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    Smartphones

    How so?
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    Computer Chairs

    Wolfen - How is it for masturbating?
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    Insomnia

    I sort of do the same thing, but with the TV. I also sleep with a fan for white noise, but if I put the TV on a show that I don't care about (usually a rerun of Family Guy or something on Cartoon Network) with a 30 minute sleep timer and then close my eyes and listen to it I am usually out in 5...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Yeah, you would probably have to get help from a mod. No big deal, but the thread has kind of moved on from the 2 retail locations thing.
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Maybe just give then 10% off fish for 6 weeks if they buy an aquarium? Or put together a "package" that includes the filter, aggregate, heater, stand, lights, etc. and include the 6 week fish discount in that? I just can't personally imagine carrying a punch card around in my wallet for a fish...
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    Smartphones

    The Galaxy Nexus is still a pretty solid phone and it has Jelly Bean which is more than a lot of higher end phones can say. I think it's $50 on contract or possibly free now.
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    Do you have health insurance?

    I'm not against the health insurance mandate. I'm just talking about who pays the bill.
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    Do you have health insurance?

    It's not really because people don't want socialism, it's because going single payer would destroy a multi-billion dollar industry that pays a lot of lobbyists and there is nobody that makes a ton of money from single payer to go out and buy politicians. Even if nothing else changed though, I...
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    Do you have health insurance?

    Nevermind, this post isn't appropriate for this forum.
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    Do you have health insurance?

    Another great reason that the employer provided health care system is stupid. How it should be is all I'm talking about. The only thing I have said that folks should do is to not pay extra for Cadillac insurance and that if you're in a union or employee organization, you should push for higher...
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    Do you have health insurance?

    Competition dictates wages. They're not paying people more because it's a seller's market, and people are willing to work for less so there's no reason to pay them more. Corporations aren't in the business of making their employees rich, they are in the business of making their stockholders...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    To me the loyalty program idea seems a little odd for a fish store because I think most people think of getting an aquarium like getting a puppy. You're not going to be coming back all the time because now you have your fish and you're good except for food which is cheap enough that people...