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New liquor for the bar owners!

amelioration — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:15:21 -0800

What fantastic bourbons are not available in the Atlanta area? I'm going to be staying with some friends in Atlanta in a few weeks. I want to take them a thank-you gift, and I think a lovely bottle of bourbon would be great. Thing is, they own a bar. A really fantastic bar. So I don't want to bring something that is already sitting on their shelves. Any recommendations for a great bourbon that isn't distributed in Georgia/the Atlanta metro area? I'm in Indiana, and the selection here is very broad. I'm hoping to spend around $80, maybe up to $100.

Hi, I'm overwhelmed.

sarelicar — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:54:11 -0800

Laptop purchasing advice. I used to have a clue but somewhere in the past 5 years I lost track of what a user of my level needs compared to what a, say, 24-hr W.O.W. / black-market-DVD-ringleader might consider necessary. I process large images, use Photoshop, and download a lot of music. I want my hard drive well-hung, but how much is too much when it comes to RAM? And I want a 17 or 19 inch LCD.

Do I have an option besides creating my own system on Dell.com? They give me too many options. And they keep trying to push multicolored accessories. That my mouse and my laptop match are less than important to me.

Mac's are out of the question for certain reasons.

I guess I want somebody to point me in the direction of the website with exactly what I'm looking for for less than $1500.

I find the details overwhelming. Helps me please. Thank you.

How do I give money to a friend who is too proud to accept it?

pennstatephil — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:55:49 -0800

A friend of mine is coming in from a couple hours away (each way) for the night (halloween party), and money is tight on her end. I would go pick her up myself, but have to work late into the afternoon and wouldn't have time to drive up and back twice between today and tomorrow. I want to give her the money for gas (I am in a much better position financially), since I know this is a big expense for her and she is saving me the trip, but she is very independent and does not want me reimbursing her. How can I get her to accept it without making damaging her ego or seeming like this is out of pity?

I don't want to be guilted into explaining why I don't give blood!

librarylis — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:11:05 -0800

How do I get coworkers to stop asking me to donate blood? I work at a place that is very pro-blood drive. As a concept, I think that's great. It's when my coworkers continually ask me to donate blood that I am less thrilled.

Usually my coworkers will ask me to give blood, I will politely refuse, and they will ask why or try to persuade me to give blood despite my refusal. These are wonderful people who just want everyone to donate blood like they do--but I have reasons why I cannot that I don't really want to share with everyone I work with.

My reasons for not giving blood:
*Under doctor's orders, I can't--the medication I am on can pass through the blood
*Due to this medication, I have to get blood drawn every month anyway and am not eager to up the number of needles entering my body
*I have very small veins and it take quite a lot of effort and pain to find a vein that will give blood (we're talking one arm that has no veins they can use and the other arm they can only get blood from the top of my hand)
*I got a piercing in a foreign country recently (against Red Cross regs)
*I faint every month when they draw my blood, and one time I was rushed to the ER with a concussion. Needless to say, I don't like needles.

What's the best way/best explanation that will help my coworkers understand why I don't give blood while also preserving some of my privacy?

Have I offended Google?

gergtreble — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:13:51 -0800

Where has my Google Apps IMAP gone? Ive been using Google apps for your domain email over IMAP for a few months now. I use Thunderbird as my mail client. I just tried to send an email and I got a pop up saying:

"IMAP is not avaqilable for your account (Failure)"

So I logged into the web version and went to see if the setting had been accdentaly switched off. Imagine my surprise to see that the setting is just not there any more! I still have the option to get my mail over POP but where there used to be an option to get my mail by IMAP there is nothing!

Do google hate me? Why have they taken away my IMAP?

Interesting ways to give away many copies of the US Constitution?

limitedpie — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:09:35 -0800

I have about 100 copies of a wonderful little "keepsake" booklet that contains 100% of the unabridged US Constitution text and nothing else. I want to give them away (and not to any schools) and am trying to think of a fun way to do it. The most obvious is to just leave them lying about at coffeehouses and bus stops. But then I thought maybe I should order a stamp and print instructions on the back telling the "finder" to read it and pass it on. There must be better ideas out there though-- what would you do with them, how would you dispose of them in an inspired way? (ps: if it costs me a little money to do it (like the stamp example) that is ok and if it matters I am in Portland, OR.)