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    Monthly Gas bill for your house

    Omaha, NE 1650 sqft Low insulation in the attic, and a thermostat with bipolar disorder $114 on the budget plan (average over the last 12 months is approx $.85/therm).
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    Moving into my own place next month....

    $182 per week, plus dining out. Me, wife, 18mo daughter. We can't afford (health-wise) to eat cheap, boxed, high sodium and highly-refined starches. If you eat nothing but frozen pizza and ramen, it's a whole lot cheaper. In any given week, we'll likely eat pork, fish, chicken, beef, and...
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    Poll: Salary or Hourly Wage?

    I'm salary, and it has cost me nearly $100k of lost overtime in the 7 years I've worked here, including one month where I worked at least 190 OT hours. No bonuses, lower-than-inflation raises, and work-load is always more than 40 hours.... What, me bitter?
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    Jack Link's Beef Steak

    Just had some of this, which I rather like as a changeup from real jerky. Anyways, in a "meat snack focus group", one of the other participants and I debated whether this was a "real" beef product as opposed to processed (i.e. chopped & formed). I think that it is just a thicker cut of beef cut...
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    *Update- Bought The Car* Leasing a 2007 Civic.. this sound good?

    Since you're hellbent on leasing, here's how your lease breaks down: They're basically charging you ~$1450 for TL (Tax is calculated separately). Is this higher/lower/about right for how much it will actually cost? You should be able to call your DMV to find out how much it should be. I will...
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    Are women less capable of driving while talking on the cell phone?

    a) I think women are simply more likely to be on a phone while driving. b) I think that most people are rotten drivers c) I think that all drivers become more dangerous while using a cell phone d) I think that women tend to be worse drivers when "bad" is defined by my personal definition of...
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    Bad-ass moments in movies

    The creepiest villain scene I can recall is in Blue Velvet where Dennis Hopper is sucking on oxygen and says "Baby wanna f-, baby wanna f-!" Bone chilling creepy.... Kenneth Branagh in Henry V, the "St. Crispin's Day speech". Seems to be a model for most...
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    Citi Dividend Platinum card undergoing changes?

    I think it depends on the individual bank. There is no requirement for the bank to report every month, so some don't. Others only report if you've had a positive balance sometime in the last 2/3/6/12/etc months. I've specifically been turned down for credit due to one bank that would only...
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    Can someone recommend a wine to bring to a dinner?

    I'll second both points. More specifically, I like Ravenswood Zinfandel (not white zin). Not as full bodied as a Cab, not as boring as Merlot. IIRC, their motto is "No more wimpy wines" - on sale this one's the best cheap Zinfandel I've had, and usually popular even with people who aren't so big...
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    explain this to me

    At least you get ice at some point in the day. Ours has a short that causes it to go into self-clean mode (i.e. thaw) as soon as it dumps ice. Real useful "feature" right there ....
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    Classical Music: Why don't you listen?

    One of the many problems I have with classical music is the effort to find it. Sure, you can go out and get a good Telarc, et. al. recording, but that doesn't mean you'll actually like the conductor's/orchestra's actual rendition. Take Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherezade" (among other spellings)...
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    It's a Razor Blade conspiracy I tell you!

    The skeptic in me doesn't want to believe this, but I, too, have anecdotal evidence to support this. I wasn't even aware of the m3 turbo when it came out, but suddenly noticed that the m3's weren't shaving well. More recently, after the fusion was advertised but had yet to hit Wal-Mart...
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    Fun Time........What would YOU need to retire????

    On the assumption that your numbers are feasible (8% after inflation over the long term sounds a bit high to me but I'm far from expert in the subject), it would be as follows: 65: 860872 55: 1251791 45: 1611481 35: 1945531 27: 2195542 Illustrates quite well how important a sound...
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    Fun Time........What would YOU need to retire????

    I've only seen a couple of people mention the fact that 40k at the end of retirement is not worth as much as 40k now. So making the following assumptions, here's what it takes to retire based on a single lump sum now, invested entirely within a money market account (per OP question)...
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    How's everyone surviving this heat wave

    Just want to point out that yesterday the hottest place in the country was Russellville, AR (ASOS Station, not that I know what that means). High temp of 118 with a 70 dewpoint = 131 heat index. In other news, this is the first time I'm happy about the drought in NE (that's Nebraska, not New...
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    Can someone suggest me a nice knife?

    Benchmade Griptilian (or anything else for that matter). Scott Cook Lochsa (you didn't mention a price range). I like my kershw, but it can't hold an edge to save it's life; any Kershaw named after a type of onion (leek, chive, etc) should be better. Spyderco (if you can get past the styling)...
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    POLL: YAGT: I think I'm in. Do you?

    Maybe the poll should be for how long before we see this posted: YAGT: Should I get a Restraining Order?
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    Duh: gas stations DO price gouge for their product.

    I didn't realize Lon Angeles [sic] had seceded from the Union, yet....
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    Where to buy arcade machines

    I know a guy that spent a lot of time on Ebay. My understanding from several conversations: There were a variety of standard cabinets for specific game systems. Each arcade game was a daughtercard to the CPU board that was installed. So you could quickly change from, say, 1942 to Twin Cobra (to...
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    The Lunch Thread

    Roast pork tenderloin, wild rice, collard greens (leftover from last night). Good stuff.
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    I need car recommendations.

    A comment on the Mazda 6 - I would not consider it to get good mileage. IRL, about 19/22 City/Hwy for the V6, and the I4 felt too underpowered (for the weight of the car) to be any better. Currently, I drive it with mileage in mind, when I get on it, low - mid teens. I get the best mileage of...
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    There is a new champion at Top Gear..

    Summary for those who can't watch it?
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    Credit score question

    I was told by a mortgage broker that it could take 6 months or more before paid-in-full consumer debt is positively reflected in your credit score. It partially depends on how often your lenders update your credit information (many only do it every three to six months), and I believe that your...
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    Home gym: Bowflex

    I have an older bowflex (PowerPro, before Nautilus bought them out) and love it. Lost 40 - 45 pounds in 3 months (each day alternating between the bowflex and inline skating). Put about 25 of it back on after getting married (I can't use it regularly anymore, and my screwy metabolism (thyroid?)...
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    Got 4 wisdom teeth removed yesterday

    I was supposed to have mine cut out in high-school before they got worse (they were under my other teeth). Suddenly had three major growth spurts (3+ inches each time), and my jaw suddenly had room for my teeth, so I left them. Fast-forward 10 years, and a friend of mine has a heart attack...
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    YAET: Breaking in an engine

    Supposedly, the reason this works is that after the first several hundred miles, the cylinders (or cylinder liners in an aluminum block) have hardened enough that they will no longer deform along with the rings. IIRC, the rings themselves are made of very hard (high molybdenum, I believe) steel...
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    just got my raise and bonus.

    Wow! There's still companies that performance-based raises? I've only been in IT for 8 years, but I've never worked for one. Everyone gets a review on their anniversary. Everyone gets their raise on the same day of the year. Executive sets the overall rate, usuall 1.5% - 3%. If it's more than...
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    Why are some people so clueless when it comes to cars?

    Taking that a step further, the recommended oil change period could very well be 15k - 25k miles for a Mercedes (I know some BMWs have very high recommended intervals). In that amount of time, depending on the tire, you could go through two or more sets of tires before it's next servicing...
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    Acura TSX within my means to purchase?

    Sorry, then your friends were either financial morons or the subjects of very bad (and costly) misfortune. Out of college, I made 35k, spent 17k on a car. I could still afford to live alone, have nice stuff, eat well (went out every day for lunch for about three years), and still save money...
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    Poll: Work - take the elevator or the stairs?

    I park in the bottom of our parking garage (at the back, actually), so I get two flights of stairs there. Then I take the back entrace to the lower level (pseudo-basement), so it's another flight of stairs down. From there, I have worked on the lower leve, first (ground), third, and fourth...
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    How do you cope

    The way I have learned to cope with it is to stop worrying about the things that aren't truly important. So long as I can feed my family I'm happy. I stopped caring about the job; I work hard, put in my time, and generally learned to say "no, I don't have time to get that done until <whenever I...
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    POLL: Which grade of gas do you use for your car?

    I use 87. 90 is usually cheaper (Nebraska, like Iowa with the cheap ethanol). However, 10% ethanol theoretically gets 5% worse gas mileage. I've seen in practice about 4% decrease in mileage. over long-term use (6 months). It's usually about 5 - 10 cents cheaper, which won't offset the mileage...
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    Drafting question

    I used to love the Pentel 205, but they changed to a cheaper, lighter weight plastic for the body about 10 - 12 years ago. Haven't been the same since. NOTE: I haven't used one in nearly 5 years, now. It was purchased in '97 at my college bookstore. I was sorely disappointed and never...
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    POLL: Are you in debt (monetarily)?

    I have a net worth of about -23k USD. +11k on the house +5k on one car -1k on another (new) car +3k on 401(k) -37k on CC -4k in outstanding medical bills Medical problems suck, even when they're not yours.....
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    Girlfriend will be here soon and I can't get a fire going in the fireplace

    Assuming it's too late now, but if you don't have kindling, I have a good method for starting a decent fire with just two split logs (they have to be split, whole round logs won't work). 1) Place logs parallel to each other on the andirons. They should be touching on top, and no more than an...
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    Cheesecake poll: Baked vs Chilled

    There should be a law against calling "no-bake" cheese-pie "cheesecake". It's just not right.
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    What are you listening to *right now*?!

    The Crystal Method - She's My Pusher
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    Sheriff: Officers Must Have Sex With Prostitutes For Evidence

    Are we resurrecting threads on their second lunaversary, now?
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    What's for breakfast?

    Grapefruit and a gourmet orange muffin. Hittin' the citrus pretty hard this morning...
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    Is it ok to drop dry ice into a drink?

    A lot of dry ice is simply industrial grade dry ice. There's all sorts of metal filings and other debris in it. And it can't come into contact with copper. Carbonic Acid (e.g. Seltzer) mixed with copper results in a dangerous poison. Soda fountains always use plastic or Stainless Steel...
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