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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    Question about marketing; My fiancee is running her own baking business. Specialized cakes, cupcakes, cake pops and all that. Being totally non-biased, she does amazing work. Literally everything is hand made (icing, cake, fillings) and looks / tastes fantastic. She does crazy artistic stuff...
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    Laptop Computers

    Any suggestions for a strictly on the go "gaming" laptop? I don't really play any super intense games, mostly strategy and simulation games that aren't too intense. Not too concerned with maximum settings and fps , but I do want to be able to play anything. Has to be light, portable, good...
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    All things Brandon Sanderson

    Alright, that's exactly what I was wondering. Thanks
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    All things Brandon Sanderson

    Quick question, has he gotten better since Elantris? I read that based on good reviews and a number of recommendations - but it just seemed very childish and cliche for the fantasy genre.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Anyone know where I can get the tales of dunk and egg not in graphic novel without having to buy the short story anthologies? Or am I suckered into one or the other. Those are the only 3 other "works" by Martin based on the universe right? Just to contribute to the thread, I thought S4E8 was...
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    Home Improvement

    Thanks man, great reply. I just have to figure out what clear to use, and maybe I can hire this guy to do it (i'm sure he'd do it for like $200 and he's not clueless) but at least i'll know what the technique should be if I ask. Maybe i'll even try a room myself and see how it goes first as a test.
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    Home Improvement

    Question, i'm purchasing a house with birch hardwood flooring, it's brand new. While the floor is beautiful, it's already showing a scratch or two just from normal foot traffic. In doing my research i've found birch is a softwood.. so, what can I do to "finish" these floors in a way that wont...
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    Car Buying Help

    I got under truecar on my car as well and also did not go through them, but some people will literally walk into a dealership and pay whatever because they are terrified of negotiating. Not saying that's OP but for those people, it's a tool to at least make sure you're not getting ripped off...
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    Car Buying Help

    TrueCar, a lot of dealers are affiliated, and they have a "truecar" zero negotiation price which is usually quite low compared to msrp and you can also see (iirc) user submitted data for purchase prices to get a feel for your area.
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Thanks for the advice, I think i might go with :Coast to Coast Custom Aquariumsthey quoted me: (2) 72x24x24"H; Euro-braced (1) 36x18x18"H; Rimless The euro braced tanks will be starphire glass on all 3 viewing panes and black in the rear with dual trapezoid overflow boxes approximately...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Thanks, I didn't know aqueon made stand sizes that were above 90+ I guess they must be special order. I have aqueon tanks now, I think I want to do something nicer though. I'm really not terribly happy with the quality, I mean they function reliably.. but the glass distorts visibly (I imagine...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Corndog, maybe you could offer me some advice. I'm moving into a new home, as of now I have a 90, 75, and 29 gallon tanks. New home is double the size, and I'm planning on either picking up a 150 and 125 and keeping the 90, or Doing a 150 and keeping 90 and 75.. either way. I want to do a...
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    Home buying thread

    Quick question. Purchase price $410,000 Mortgage with 20% down, $328,000 I've got $25,000 leftover. House doesn't need anything done to it. I'm making $7000 monthly after tax / deductions etc and not counting any overtime or bonuses.. so making my payments (and then some if I choose)...
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    Home buying thread

    Congrats man , good luck!
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    Investing

    I just have my account linked directly to vanguard, and purchase bi-weekly without any fees.
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    Smartphones

    I have just jumped ship to a galaxy s4 after owning an iphone since release.. as such i'm a little clueless insofar as android functionality goes. I have most things figured out, but i'm having two prevalent problems that I can't find the answer googling.. 1) How do you save pictures? This...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I'm not saying people care or don't care what someone working / owner of a fish store is wearing. I'm replying directly to a question asked. Also, if you somehow think that something from any decent store is discernible only via a tag from something you bought at old navy.. I mean.. I don't know...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I'm a bit of a clothing whore. I pride myself on dressing quite well day to day and have put a lot of time and effort into researching / trying on etc. It's mildly off topic for the thread, but since you did bring it up. If you want to appeal to a higher end business customer, please do not...
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    Investing

    What Eomer said. Also, their interface is absolutely fantastic for personal investing. I have my bank account directly linked (no middle man) every pay day I login, transfer $500, call it a day. They also give all kinds of webcasts / seminars and post videos and articles relating to all kinds of...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqua-Hut/180947658373
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I think this is very interesting and I can offer some insight. I consider myself somewhat of a fish enthusiast, I have two large tanks (75, 90 gallon) and a nano tank for shrimp. I drive 45 min to my "LFS" because they beat online prices, on everything. Period. They carry awesome rare fish, and...
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    Going cash?

    There is something to be said for timing in terms of what blazin said. I made a decision to put my real estate endeavors on hold, and this turned up a ton of free cash. I had read a number of books, and I knew I was going for a straight S&P index fund with the smallest expense ratio possible. In...
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    Desktop Computers

    Thanks for input, i'll keep it as is minus the video card then. I know the power supply is alittle on the high side, but for the price it really doesn't matter. I won't be saving much if anything. As far as the laptop, she wants to learn to build her own computer and shes all artsy and stuff and...
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    Thank you Draegan, Goodbye FOH

    I'm kind of sad my 10+ years and 2000 posts are gone, even though I never contributed fuck all.
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    Desktop Computers

    Looking to build a computer for my sister for christmas. She doesn't play games or anything, just needs a basic functioning computer that's fast for day to day tasks (college student) Last time I even looked this stuff up was about two years ago when I built my last one, so I went through...