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17-year-old Need Job. What and How?

My teenager would like to find a job. What are the best resources for finding a job for a 17-year-old high school graduate in Montreal? How about New York? Teenage boy would like to find a job. He has...

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Help with GoAnimate?

My daughter loves to make cartoons on GoAnimate.com. But it is an incredibly cranky site on Chrome on her Mac, often freezing, and always incredibly slow. Is it just a slow site? Would it be better on...

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Lettuce Wash Outside?

Do I have to wash the inside of my romaine lettuce? Romaine lettuce comes tightly bunched. Any pesticides and bacteria should be on the outside of the head of the lettuce, not on the inside leaves,...

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Immersive Proust at Yale in the 80's?

In the mid-80's (1983-1985?) I saw a play adapted from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past at Yale. It took place in a house on Hillhouse Avenue, and the audience followed characters around the house;...

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Too much growth hormones in the chickens?

Our 9 year old daughter is maturing alarmingly fast physically. Should we be concerned? And is there any way it has anything to do with our habit of eating roast chickens from the supermarket? Could it...

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How to improv in a rehearsal of a written scene?

I'm looking for advice and resources on how to use improv to flesh out a written scene. I'm not looking for freestyle improv where you're trying to create a new situation, or general theater games, but...

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Could Dental Anesthesia Possibly Kill My Daughter?

My 9-year-old autistic daughter has 5 cavities, three in adult teeth. The dentist wants to put her under general anesthesia. While this would certainly be way more convenient for the dentist, and less...

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Why multi-masted schooners?

Many early sailboats were fore-and-aft rigged, e.g. Egyptian Nile sailboats of antiquity. But soon enough, boat designers moved to square-rigged ships. Then, just before the end of the Age of Sail, at...

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When should I buy LED light bulbs?

Dimmable LED light bulbs seem more economical than halogens. But they're really expensive. Will they quickly come down in price, so I should wait? Or will they come down slowly, so I might as well...

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What is this chair?

Whatisthischair? My wife, a huge fan of design magazines, doesn't recognize it. She thinks it might be handmade, but it looks too industrial for that. No marks on the chair, either. What is it?

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Kid-Friendly Flash Builder?

My 9-year-old daughter likes to animate things on GoAnimate.com. The website allows you to upload flash animations, and she'd like to make her own animations of, say, the Sesame Street characters. The...

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I Need a Mini Bouvier

The beloved Bouzou Dog left us years ago. I would love another Bouvier, but I can no longer carry a hundred pound dog; and sooner or later, you have to carry your dog. The Bouzou Dog was true to breed:...

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Best Civil War History from the Confederate Side?

I've been reading Bruce Catton's history of the Army of the Potomac, which is excellent. It occurs to me I've only ever read Civil War history from the Union side. So, it's all about those terrible...

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What Will It Cost to Work in Seattle?

I'm considering a possible tech job in the Seattle area (actually Kirkland). I live in Montreal. We're not planning to relocate to Seattle as yet -- it's a 9-12 month contract only. What sort of...

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Modern Zoombinis?

What is the modern equivalent of 1995's lovely LOGICAL JOURNEY OF THE ZOOMBINIS computer games? They taught math logic skills rather neatly for children, but I don't have a computer that will run the...

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We're Going to the Mattresses

We're upgrading from an old Ikea queen-sized mattress to ... we don't know what. We know very little about proper mattresses. What should we look for in a mattress? Are expensive mattresses really...

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My Folks Want a GPS

What's the best GPS for my folks? They're in their 80s, and want it to speak directions to them. There seem to be all sorts of GPS units under $100. Do they all speak? Are there any bad ones? Anything...

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The Lingo Show, Across the Pond?

My daughter loves the BBC Kids show The Lingo Show, in which bugs from different countries teach a little bit of their language. She's only seen bits and pieces on YouTube. Is there any legitimate way...

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I'm looking to get (re)belted...

I have a slim leather belt with lovely Mexican silver hardware; but the belt itself is fairly shredded, and has already been repaired once (by a shoe repairman, who did the best he could). Who fixes...

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A few questions about bronze

What is the functional difference between arsenic bronze and tin bronze? Do the two alloys have different properties, aside from one is toxic to make? I keep reading that the best bronze is 10% tin,...

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