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12 Mar 2018, 8:00 pm

that reflex venting is used on some guitars. :dj:



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12 Mar 2018, 8:19 pm

Apparently people laugh when someone states the obvious - so said my therapist when I commented that I didn't know why he was laughing when I was being very serious. I legitimately didn't know that was a thing.


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13 Mar 2018, 12:50 pm

To make a young tiger salamander mature more quickly in an aquarium, you must reduce the water level in its tank, turn off the air bubbles, and stop feeding it to imitate a pond that is drying up. The salamander will then gradually lose its gills and the fin on its tail, and gain its adult colors.



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13 Mar 2018, 4:19 pm

that salmon goes better in squasholash, while mackerel goes better in blackbeanolash. :chef:



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14 Mar 2018, 4:17 pm

That eggs should be cooked in a frying pan and not in a microwave; otherwise they will explode (and no, I am not making a pun). Luckily, my microwave only got a little messy, but still...


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14 Mar 2018, 4:46 pm

I can wear whatever I want and still be a Sweet Pea.


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14 Mar 2018, 4:53 pm

Yesterday, we got trained in setting up A/V materials for a computer class given at the library where I work. I had to write a lot of things down because I am not technologically savvy.



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14 Mar 2018, 6:38 pm

That Skilpadde and IstominFan are very much human and kind-hearted..


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15 Mar 2018, 11:21 am

To think twice of the avatars I choose.


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15 Mar 2018, 12:35 pm

Mel Blanc (the voice actor who played Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.


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16 Mar 2018, 9:14 am

Life is what I make it.


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16 Mar 2018, 12:45 pm

If an expensive watch ticks loudly, it is most likely a counterfeit.


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17 Mar 2018, 12:02 am

some statin drugs can mess up your liver enzymes.



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17 Mar 2018, 10:50 am

That some drugs have absolutely no generic alternatives whatsoever.. :roll: :evil: :evil: :evil:


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18 Mar 2018, 12:05 pm

The word "obstreperousness" and its meaning.

Thank you, jrjones9933. :)


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18 Mar 2018, 3:24 pm

Like a lot of young people, I was also afraid to be myself for many years.


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