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Vinegar as a rust remover.Liv, Staff Writer
I'm currently cussing at a piece of crap strut mount pinch bolt..... I did however find this sciency linky for your enjoyment.... now, how to get entire front end of car dipped in vinegar?
And no, don't say it... I tried PB Blaster, Torch, Impact Wrench, 1/2 Drive with 6" bar attached.
Did I ever mention to you how much I hate seized bolts? No really.......
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A new reason to diet and exerciseA Person, Staff Writer
Gang Killed People For Their Fat: Peruvian Police
LIMA, Peru — A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col. Jorge Mejia, chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping police. He said the suspects, two of whom were arrested carrying bottles of liquid fat, told police it was worth $60,000 a gallon ($15,000 a liter). Mejia said the suspects told police the fat was sold to intermediaries in Lima, the Peruvian capital. While police suspect the fat was sold to cosmetic companies in Europe, he could not confirm any sales. ...
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Dirty secrets of Black FridaySouthernFriedInfidel, Staff Writer
Apparently, the great bargains advertised for Black Friday every year are just ploys to get shoppers into the stores. The best, most enticing deals only have like 5 or 10 items available in the stores, so hardly anyone actually gets them.
I post this not because it's news to me. I learned that when I worked retail 25 years ago. But the fact that this ridiculous practice flourishes after all this time, the fact that so many people get really excited when they see a Blu-ray player being advertised for $80... it means that too many people haven't figured out that these sale advertisements are generally for suckers.
Sure, 5 or 10 people will get the prices advertise. But when you get to the Wal Mart door at 11:PM on Thanksgiving night and see a crowd of 200 already standing there in the cold rain, what chance do you think there is of YOU getting that player or the computer you wanted for $50? And what chance do you think there is for being involved in a news-making stampede of idiot shoppers?
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Experimenting on kidsA Person, Staff Writer
MN Daily With the birth of his son 15 years ago, dedicated linguist d’Armond Speers embarked on the ultimate experiment: He spoke to him only in Klingon — the language of the alien race of “Star Trek” fame — for the first three years of his life. “I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language,” Speers said. “He was definitely starting to learn it.” ... As for Speers, who still gets nostalgic when he recalls singing the Klingon lullaby “May the Empire Endure” with his son at bedtime, the experiment was a dud. His son is now in high school and doesn’t speak a word of Klingon. Although some of the things he’s done lead people to believe he’s a “Star Trek” fanatic, Speers said it’s actually a passion for language that attracts him to Klingon. “I don’t go to ‘Star Trek’ conventions, I don’t wear the fake forehead,” he said. “I’m a linguist.”...
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Microsoft's phone woesSouthernFriedInfidel, Staff Writer
I saw this article about why Microsoft, while being pretty much the first player in the world of "smartphones" is now far behind the rest of the market and losing ground rapidly.
What I find most interesting about this is the reversal of roles between Apple and Microsoft. In the early 80's Apple stunned the world with a GUI computer, in the first Macintosh -- then proceeded to whiz their opportunity away by marketing it exclusively as a business/education ONLY machine. Microsoft responded with Windows, and worked diligently to put its product into every home that could possibly afford a VCR.
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Smoking is SuicideLiv, Staff Writer
 Watched the AMC's Prisoner this week. Was about the best TV I've watched since I watched "Life on Mars" on DVD over the summer. One of my favorite scenes is when Ian McKellen's character "2" (or not 2) speaks about the dangers of smoking. He begins listing it off, "cancer, heart disease, etc." then says "Smoking is a form of suicide." That's when my brother got up and smoked. You really do have to wonder. Does a person who smokes have a little portion of them who wants to die? How could you not knowing the consequences of it?...
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Purity of Essence, anyone?SouthernFriedInfidel, Staff Writer
We all know there are nuts running loose in this country. Some are more dangerous than others. A group is coming into the news that I think will require some serious attention... the Oathkeepers.
This is a group of people who are currently working in the military and law enforcement, who appear to think that they need to guard the country against possible attacks by its own government. So they have a laundry list of orders that they will consider "illegal" and promise to fight against, should such orders be issued. Among them:
...orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people
...orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.
...orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state
...order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps
You really got to wonder about these people. They's a serious sort of crazy, it seems to me.
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