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Car
I took my car (1993 Acura Legend) to the garage today for a service. I also asked them to investigate a disconcerting rattle/rumble that starts when accelerating above 30 mph, and which has been getting rapidly worse. They decided they wanted to replace all four tyres, axle boots, transmission mount, front brakes, all three drive belts, radiator ( Read more... ) -
Walking for three
We weighed our kids last night and found that the two of them (two years old and five years old) had a combined weight of 75 pounds (5 stone 5). This would explain why, when I'm carrying both of them on my shoulders at the same time, after a while I start to feel myself getting shorter. -
AIG
Geithner should announce that he has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether any executives accepting such bonuses are guilty of criminal fraud, and that he cannot make any further comment. -
How hard can it be?
Why is it that calendar software can get away with displacing half your appointments by one hour twice a year? -
Who knew?
GCC/C++ won't let you overload a method name if one method is virtual and the other not.
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A cross word
I did a Google search for "catalan whore" today, and they suggested "Italian whore".
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Lying eyes
I don't understand how somone could watch young children at play and not believe that we are descended from apes.
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Unwilling co-conspirator
My five-year-old daughter apparently explained to her grandmother that: Some monkeys had babies that were mostly monkey, but a little bit like people. And then they had babies that were a little bit more like people. And so on until they were actually people ( Read more... ) -
I guess that's why they call it "harmonic"
Working from home today, I happenned to be listening to bagpipe music. It took me quite a while to realise that the tea-kettle was boiling.
