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Thrift stores, Goodwill, etc will take donations for stuff that's still in decent shape.
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I guess I should mention that I'm not on Facebook and all the thrift stores around here are run by a church famous for LGBT discrimination. Guess I should just do the "free stuff" sign idea.
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Mar 28, 2024 23:03
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I've always had good luck with craigslist, both for free stuff and for buying/selling. For free stuff I usually post it, say "no replies just come get it," and put it outside. Usually gone within the day. When I moved across country I saved myself SO many trips to the thrift store this way. i don't get why everyone hates on craigslist all the time but i refuse to give up this particular style of community bulletin board space to loving facebook.
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It varies by place but our CL is still pretty active and it’s good for that
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Is Freecycle still a thing? I know my parents found new homes for a bunch of stuff using that.
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alnilam posted:I vaguely remember something from a story, probably a fantasy or medieval-ish one, where a messenger delivers a sealed letter to a nobleman or whatever and it says "please kill the bearer of this letter" because to the guy who wrote the message, the messenger guy has become a problem somehow. Road to Perdition did this, I think, with Tom Hanks delivering the 'Kill Tom Hanks' message
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My local Craigslist is 90% one guy advertising "hotwifing is the cure for every marriage issue" no matter which section you click I also have had decent luck with fb marketplace, but plenty of misses too. One time I had someone express interest in some stuffed toy rabbits I needed to get rid of so I replied to their inquiry and they replied like "why are you offering me live rabbits? That's unethical" No... The plush toys... The ones you wanted......
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If you live in Utah it’s KSL classifieds. Got rid of random stuff that way
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I have a UK single wall socket that I plug a 6-plug extension cord into, but it's still not enough for my PC corner and I'm constantly juggling plugs around depending on what I need in the moment. I want to hire an electrician to put in a double wall socket plug. Electricians in the middle east are all mainly cowboys who don't have any official certification and I've come across loads of hack jobs or just outright dangerous practices whilst living here. If the electrician comes and just swaps the single socket plate to a double socket one with the same wiring, is this okay? Does he need to increase the size of the existing wire? Will I not overheat the existing wire by technically doubling the amount of power I'm pulling through the same wire? Because I had a guy come out and he said he'll just swap it to a double socket design without changing the wiring, but how is that any different to me plugging an extension cord into another extension cord and just running 11 devices out of the one socket?
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The wiring in your wall is (assuming quality building practice) protected by an appropriate sized protection device like a fuse or circuit breaker. Google says 13 amps is common for UK circuits. So your wiring will be OK at least to 13 amps, generally with some headroom, and if anything along the path tries to pull more than 13 amps the fuse/breaker will stop it. As you pointed out, even if you have 2 plugs, without running new wire you are still limited by that same 13 amps. The source of the common wisdom/danger of power strips is that most people don't pay attention to their rating and they usually don't have any protection of their own. If you plug a 10 amp power strip into your outlet, nothing will stop you from using 13 amps and overheating the wiring of your cord. In your case I would recommend simply getting a robust power strip with 10+ outlets. Match the voltage and match/exceed the current rating of your wall plug/building.
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Potentially very silly question: in an active combat scenario, what generally happens if a soldier needs to use the bathroom? Is the standard procedure to just hold it in, or do they improvise with what's available?
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two fish posted:Potentially very silly question: in an active combat scenario, what generally happens if a soldier needs to use the bathroom? Is the standard procedure to just hold it in, or do they improvise with what's available? I don't have a productive answer but "why do they wear brown pants" comes to mind.
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two fish posted:Potentially very silly question: in an active combat scenario, what generally happens if a soldier needs to use the bathroom? Is the standard procedure to just hold it in, or do they improvise with what's available? Pissing your pants is a valid option if the situation is sufficiently urgent.
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There's also a Geneva protocol that states that if a soldier yells "I really need to pee!" then fighting must stop for a few minutes.
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Needing to go to the bathroom is just a feeling your body gives you like hunger or pain, I’m pretty sure when the fighting starts, your body will just stop sending those signals and focus on fighting (or fleeing). That or you poo poo your pants.
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i dont know about foot soldiers but im pretty sure fighter pilots et al. have tubes they can piss into. i learned this from reading a story about a ww2 pilot (flying a p-38 i think) who flew was at such a high altitude that his piss tube froze and then later when he was flying upside down during a dog fight or something the frozen piss fell out of the tube and shattered his window.
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I think adrenaline generally puts a hold on bodily functions like that until you're no longer in mortal peril unless you're sick already, in which case holding it in is going to take second priority to not dying.
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Earwicker posted:(flying a p-38 i think) 
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Is it true that combat rations constipate the hell out of you, specifically for those situations?
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two fish posted:Is it true that combat rations constipate the hell out of you, specifically for those situations? I’d assume that’s a myth. There were similar ones about potassium nitrate (Salt Peter) being included in rations to suppress sex drives (It doesn’t actually do that).
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I would hazard a guess that it's partly "we're trying to pack as many calories and essential nutrients as we can into a small/light package, and high fiber doesn't align with those goals" and partly "well hell, they can just take laxatives once they're back on base". It's just not a big deal, in other words.
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two fish posted:Is it true that combat rations constipate the hell out of you, specifically for those situations? Various types of amphetamines were part of some rations in WW2. They can lead to constipation and emphatically do reduce appetite. Obviously not relevant now but its fun theorizing about war pooping. Also, castor oil was used as a lubricant in early WW1 planes and pilots got the shits big time because the engines weren't exactly water tight and sprayed oil everywhere. Big asterisk here, because it sounds like a story that may grown in the telling.
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if i need some 5 gallon food safe buckets can i walk into a local restaurant and ask if they'd sell me them
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Killingyouguy! posted:if i need some 5 gallon food safe buckets can i walk into a local restaurant and ask if they'd sell me them If you have a Firehouse Subs near you they sell their 5 gallon pickle buckets for like 3 bucks.
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Killingyouguy! posted:if i need some 5 gallon food safe buckets can i walk into a local restaurant and ask if they'd sell me them They might even give them to you if you catch them with a bunch of empty ones. They don't compact down so you're saving them dumpster space if you're willing to wash them. That's how I got a bunch from my Walmart's bakery. The firehouse option might be easier, though. You ever try to wash away cake icing?
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This is the laptop I think my friend is finally going to buy https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-a...p?skuId=6566024 Apparently it is better than the other in small ways. I don't know a darn thing about laptops!
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Does anyone have the macro telling machines not to loving talk to humans please Edit - it’s something about a divine tongue I think Bucky Fullminster fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Mar 30, 2024 |
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Fell asleep watching a drama series with my wife, where's the best place to read episode plot summaries these days so I don't have to backtrack? I feel like imdb used to have plot writeups but that site is such a mess now, I can't find it if it's there.
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alnilam posted:Fell asleep watching a drama series with my wife, where's the best place to read episode plot summaries these days so I don't have to backtrack? I feel like imdb used to have plot writeups but that site is such a mess now, I can't find it if it's there. I use Wikipedia for this sort of thing
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If Jesus died on Good Friday and came back after three days wouldn't that be the Monday?
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YggiDee posted:If Jesus died on Good Friday and came back after three days wouldn't that be the Monday? Maybe he died Friday morning and returned Sunday night?
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YggiDee posted:If Jesus died on Good Friday and came back after three days wouldn't that be the Monday? Some denominations mark the crucifixion on Wednesday instead (because it gives enough time for "three days and three nights" while still keeping Easter on Sunday). It's uncommon but not unheard of. But you are correct that it doesn't line up with scripture. e: well, it's more complicated than that, but basically if you take all four Gospels + Paul's writings you can kind of reconcile a Friday-Sunday timeline, but it relies on not using words according to their meanings and Paul is carrying a lot of the weight for an event he wasn't even there to see. SkyeAuroline fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Mar 30, 2024 |
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YggiDee posted:If Jesus died on Good Friday and came back after three days wouldn't that be the Monday? Faith is not about things that make sense or stand up to any kind of scrutiny, even scrutiny like "how do numbers work."
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With as close as Easter is to April Fools, you think anyone pretended to die as a prank?
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Why are there state variations in the legality of bestiality? How is this something that isn't universally a felony?
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some people really love their sheepfucking
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two fish posted:Why are there state variations in the legality of bestiality? How is this something that isn't universally a felony? Different people & jurisdictions have different ideas of morality. Some are very enlightenment-brained and think "you can't ban it if it isn't harming anybody and animals aren't people duh" (that logic also leads to lots of tedious redditor arguments about incest) While others are fine with just saying "we believe this is act is inherently wrong/gross/immoral so we're banning it, simple". Downside for that second one is that the same logic is often used for various nonsense religious rules.
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YggiDee posted:If Jesus died on Good Friday and came back after three days wouldn't that be the Monday? I always figured they started counting at 1 instead of 0. The thing happened on Friday, which was the first day. Saturday would then be the second day, and on the third day (Sunday) He did His party trick.
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