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I can hearz you knocking, stopz knocking while the knockinz good.

sully75 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:09:58 -0800

Is there a version of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by The Rolling Stones that doesn't have the annoyingly stupid ending with the saxophones? I love the first few minutes of Can't You Hear Me Knocking, but then...all of a sudden...The Rolling Stones turn into Blind Faith.

I was wondering if there is a kicking live version or some studio outtake where they play the first part as one song with a great ending? Do they always play the jam at the end?

I was hoping for a version that has as much ass-kick as the album version, without the jam.

mini solar chimney for micro power generation

kimyo — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:17:51 -0800

i'm fascinated with the solar chimney concept for electric power generation. i'd like to build a small, fabric-based model, see if it might be able to provide enough power to charge a couple of car batteries. does the mefi hivemind want to help me brainstorm? there's some pretty decent video here of a large scale project in australia (not yet constructed).

i'd like to design something which could be built from locally available materials, nothing too complex.

a smallish tethered hot air balloon might serve to support the structure.

a long tapered cylinder made from fabric (fireproof at the bottom) would be suspended from the balloon and anchored to the ground.

at the top of the cylinder we need some kind of turbine. hot air exiting might also feed the balloon. at the base we'd have a small wood fire.

i'd love to hear from any and all mefites, with or without experience in power generation/off grid/ballooning.

if it works, i think we should call it a montgo.

Help me with sending html using squirellmail

citybuddha — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:31:09 -0800

I want to send HTML emails using Squirellmail. I am having a time finding instructions. Any help here?

A Question About "I" Vs. "Me"

Buddy-Rey — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:19:38 -0800

I understand the normal rules for "I" and "Me" in sentences, but I simply cannot figure out the answer to this example. What I want to say is that my dad and I are regional truckers (or me and my dad are regional truckers). If I stay true to the "I" vs."Me" formula I learned in school and eliminate the objective pronoun, the simplified version of the sentence can be written as either "I are regional truckers" or "me are regional truckers", and both of these look atrocious written down. I'm not a seasoned grammarian, but even I know that neither one of these seems to be the correct answer. Am I missing something?

NH Camping

Miko — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:53:20 -0800

Can you recommend some good, rustic camping areas within three hours of Portsmouth, NH? We're trying to book for next weekend, which is kind of crazy, so we need to cast a wide net. We're looking for a less commercial area (no resorts or KoAs), something like a state park, national park, or old-school tenting campground. Have you stayed anywhere you'd really like?

Whats the time? Well let me see here...

Admira — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:26:47 -0800

I'm looking for a new watch. My current watch is a Lorus Fusion 7T92-X001 as pictured here, and I'm very happy with the look of it (its a lot more silver looking than that picture implies). Mostly it seems to have an organic flow to the look of it which I like, its not chunky or anything like that. However all the knobs have stopped working, I can't change the date/time, the pins keep breaking, and the cost to repair seems inordinately high, perhaps its time for a new watch. Can anyone have a look at that and pick something they think I might like? Don't worry about cost or anything like that :) Thanks!

lowcarb protein weightloss fitness

kitcat — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:44:52 -0800

Half a day on a low-carb diet and I already feel like hurling. Advice? Ok, so I'm wondering if a low-carb diet - 25% carb, 40% protein, 35% fat - is a bad idea for me. It's only been half a day and I feel heavy and nauseous. I can suck it up ( I elected to do this, right?), but I could use some advice.

Maybe my feeling ill is just sqeamishness? To my mind (and palate) meat is ok, large quantities - gross. Lots of fat - really gross. Protein shakes without soy milk and fruit - gross and indigestable. Fish - mostly gross. On the positive side, I love tofu and nuts. And shellfish. Eggs are ok.

Anyhow, why low-carb then? Because despite my best efforts, I've only lost 2 pounds after 9 weeks of effort. I'm 5'2, 136 pounds, 29, female. I've been eating about 1400 cal/day, doing cardio (walk/jog/bike) 3 days a week and weight training another 3 days a week. On top of this, I also walk from work to the gym (40 min) 5 days a week. With only four weeks left to really work it before my vacation, I figure I need to switch something up. I'd love to lose 5 pounds. Is that too much to ask!!!!? So - I plan to maintain the same amount of exercise and the same number of calories, but switch to a low-carb diet. From what I've read, it's a pretty surefire method.

My question is this: will this feeling of grossness fade over the course of a few days? Advice for mitigating the yuck? Your low-carb success stories for encouragement?

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.

Help me learn about Hong Kong film posters

citybuddha — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:40:54 -0800

I have recently run across a large cache of hong kong film posters from Thailand circa 1970s. I am thinking of buying them and am trying to research if they have any value. I am not getting great results from the internets. Any brain power out there that might point me the right way?

Help me clean up after quiting smoking

citybuddha — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:53:11 -0800

I have recently quit smoking and am on the road to recovery. I am looking into options into cleansing programs. I know the years of smoking has probably mucked up my system with many poisons and has reeked havoc on my lungs n such. I want to hear from Me-Fis regarding any programs or treatments they know regarding any de-toxing I could be doing.

Please help me with my powerbook keyboard conundrum. Are you geniuser?

citybuddha — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:44:15 -0800

Please help me with my powerbook keyboard conundrum. Are you geniuser? Since March my powerbook g4 keyboard has been acting wonky.
In march some of the keys on the right end of the keyboard would'nt work.
The p, return, 0, \, and couple other over there as well. I had it replaced under applecare in late March. Come September the same issue is happening again so I had it replaced. My applecare has expired so I needed to pay out of pocket. The day I picked it up the same thing is happening. According to the genius the problem was the keyboard. I don't think so anymore.
It seems to work occasionally. eare are a few things I must do to get it to work properly.
I must zap the pram once. After that the keyboard works fine until the computer goes to sleep. After that the problem reappears so I must zap again.
I tried a simple restart three times but that did not solve the issue,I need to zap the pram.
Just a note here, in March, when the problem began, there were a couple more keys that did not work. Those keys were also on the same side of the keyboard.
Also my lower ram slot is not working.
I await your brains

How can I optimize my study given a time constraint of 'x' in a quasilinear scenario? (or: Help!)

cgomez — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:50:28 -0800

Looking for resources to help me understand material from an intermediate microeconomics course. Notes, practice problems, simplified explanations, anything would help. I'm currently in enrolled in the first course of a series on 'intermediate microeconomics'. The professor's teaching style isn't working too well for me as he never really delves into the math outside of mere basic equations which aren't what I'm being tested on.

Are there any particularly good sites online that would help make this course easier? With each week, it seems as though I'm just falling further behind. The topics that were covered recently are...

Preference and utility functions, finding optimal consumption bundles (optimal choice), perfect compliments/substitutes, demand curves, the Slutsky equation/substitution effect, endowment, etc.

Or if anyone has advice on learning the material. I have a little over a week and a half before the next midterm to get my act together; anything helps.

Why did drinking tea + coffee make me feel very drained today?

gregb1007 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:09:49 -0800

Why did drinking tea + coffee make me feel very drained today? After eating an omelet in the morning, I had coffee afterwards and tea a couple of hours later. During the hour after that tea, I felt very drained and exhausted, and ravenously hungry. Usually tea and coffee don't make me feel that way, so I am wondering what went wrong today. I want to avoid this feeling of utter exhaustion and incredible hunger next time I imbibe caffeinated drinks. Any tips?

(P.S: In case you are wondering, the sensation of fatigue and listlessness disappeared after I ate. But that should be quite obvious anyway.)

Help me and my best friend waste our time more accurately

ZackTM — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:21:23 -0800

iGoogle Daily Me alternatives? So me and my best friend spend 10 mins a day updating our 'Daily Me' gadget on our iGoogle pages.

Daily Me is great because it lets us put a silly picture, a silly link, and a few random stories/updates right on each others iGoogle pages.

Daily Me sucks because it only accomodates a very small amount of text (and if you go over that amount, you'll get an error and possibly lose everything you just type). You have to guess how close to the limit you are. Also, once you change the Daily Me, your old version is lost forever.

Anyone have any alternative options for me that can:
1. Provide an inline picture (pulled from a link)
2. Allow for plenty of story telling
3. Archive old versions
4. Fit right in my iGoogle

Yes, we could do emails or use a different home page but we are both committed to Google.

Help me shave my own back

Noodles — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:13:40 -0800

Is it possible for a guy to shave his own back? I recently became single and would like to know if they make an extra long razor or an attachment that would enable me to shave my back. By the way my girlfriend was a pain in the butt. -wolfman

A Cabin with a Kitchen?

toddst — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:27:37 -0800

My girlfriend and I are planning a weekend get away . The place we normally go for a quick break is booked the only weekend we have free this summer. Does anyone have any recommendations. This is what we are looking for: -A cabin/cottage that has space around it (rather than being right next to another cabin/cottage)
-Less than 3 hours outside Boston
-Less than $80 a night
-Has a kitchen with oven/burners (this is a must)
-Hopefully has a fireplace

We have checked out places online, but it is hard to really get a feel for a place based on pictures, review websites, or the owner's own description. That is why I am looking to you for a MeFi approved mini-vacation spot. And, I have searched the archives, and noted that people have asked similar questions.

Thanks!

Song cover

Shanachie — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:41:23 -0800

I was at work the other day and I saw a promo on Turner Classic Movies. I really liked the music they used. I think it was a cover of a song called "Dance with me" by Lords of the New Church. Anyone else seen this or heard a good cover of it? If I had to guess I would have said it was by Cocorosie.

Who am I?

misozaki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:35:20 -0800

English grammar question: Which is grammatically correct, "If I were not myself" or "If I were not me"? Or is it "If I were not I"? It's a sentence that's rarely used, so the more I think about this, and the the more I check various grammar books and online sources, the more I become confused.

A few more:

"How to become myself" or "How to become me"?

"I play various roles of myself" or "...of me"?

"The 'me' who is too busy with her own life" or "The 'I' who is..."?

"The honest 'me' and the lying 'me' are both me" or "The honest 'I' and the lying 'I' are both I"?

I know some of these sentences sound awkward, and are perhaps better rewritten, but they're translations from Japanese and I'd like to keep them the way they are. They're variations of lines spoken in a movie about teenagers who are trying to find their identities as they grow up.

I suppose what all this boils down to is, is it "I am me" or "I am I" or "I am myself"?

As the Chicago Manual of Style says, "The verb “to be” acts as a linking verb, equating subject and object. (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/Pronouns/Pronouns09.html)
So "This is she" is correct and not "This is her," but the line is becoming fuzzy, is my understanding.

So in the cases above, which is correct? And would it be a big deal to the average native speaker of English if some of these were presented incorrectly as subtitles (i.e. so incredibly grammatically jarring as to take away from the experience of seeing the film)? Thank you for your help in advance.

1. Cloak & Scythe. 2 ...? 3. Profit!

vanoakenfold — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:27:14 -0800

Is there a big list (with general descriptions, optional) of jobs in the death industry? I'm coming up on year 6 of my job intended to be interim, and Dead Like Me has me somewhat inspired. I'd like something not involved with scalpels/fluids, but a list of mostly everything would be spiffy, regardless. And not this list.

Trauma? Not Trauma? You decide!

FritoKAL — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:13:01 -0800

Can something non-traumatic end up as PTSD-related trauma? I already have a diagnosis, I'm just very confused about something that's been happening lately. New therapist doesn't start until next month, so no luck there - and I'm somewhat nervous about bringing this up, because it seems so STUPID. Okay, so there's some background here. I have been diagnosed with PTSD, as well as a minor anxiety disorder separate from the PTSD. The details are probably largely unnecessary, but for a few points. (PTSD is from marital abuse, been divorced seven years now)

The guy I dated for five years between The Ex Husband and the Current Guy was a chronic snorer. Bad enough that it'd wake me up from a dead sleep. He was also largely uncooperative in dealing with it, and so I had many years of interrupted sleep.

The current guy is not a snorer, but has a cold this week and so was snoring a little last night, and despite him being cooperative in rolling over/moving/etc, the snoring would not cease. It was by no means even close to the mating-dinosaurs riding f-15 fighters and dueling with chainsaws of the previous Guy - more just a light whispery snore. In the light of day? It's almost cute.

However, in the middle of the night, all I could remember was nights of prodding and elbowing and kicking to get Previous Guy to roll over so I could get some sleep, and I ended up flipping out (not like a ninja), tossing the laundry off the couch and crashing there.

It felt like a panic attack, or a PTSD-related flashback (God, I hate that term). But... it was just snoring. Previous Guy wasn't a prince, but he's not Evil - just grossly neglectful. I didn't think that could bring about trauma like I felt like I was having.

CostumeFilter: Scythe? No problem. Needing awesomest quality reaper cloak.

vanoakenfold — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:21:13 -0800

So I've been doing a watch-a-thon of Dead Like Me (theme) and would really like to get my hands on one of those reaper costumes, but all the ones I've found all look really cheap. Where can I find the uber-est quality reaper costume, notably with the little point in the back of the cloak's headpiece/mantle/whatever? Any liklihood of actually getting one of those pieces from the actual show's main titles?

Japanese translation - web page

bright77blue — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:14:48 -0800

Hi I need some to help me buy a product from the following Japanese web page - http://store.yahoo.co.jp/donya/454747950010.html Plese tell me where to click or what to do to buy this product. OR, how can I get in touch with an Evergreen electronics distributer who will ship to Canada/US? Thanks!

Help with the jealous dark side

mad_little_monkey — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:25:00 -0800

Man I am a dumbass. I have a wonderful new boyfriend of about 6 months - who I absolutely truly adore - on the heels of surviving a really crappy five year marriage and divorce last year. Long story short, we were out over the weekend, drank a LOT, and he gave some (nice actually) girl that we were talking to a hug, told her that she felt "little and cute." I think the girl hugged me too. There was NOTHING lascivious there, he's just like that. Very warm person. Out of nowhere, I got very emotional. Told him that it upset me and we went 'round, tears and all. I am crazy about this guy, and really not a jealous person, this was deep, drunken, and came out of what seemed like nowhere from a dark place inside . We're cool, a little strained, it's weird things have been absolutley perfect up until this point, but no talk about putting the breaks on. I need help with two things one- how can I stop beating myself up over this and two-where in the hell did this jealousy come from? I really really like this guy...and we're cool, just mentally doing the equivalent of slapping my head with a shoe...I do not want to be a jealous person...

Workplace IT gems?

keep it tight — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:40:55 -0800

What technology practices in your workplace really seemed to make a difference? What I am looking for is ideas for improving the office. I am the IT manager for a sales company and want to implement tools to make us more efficient and streamline the process.

What have been the best things to happen in your workplace in the last year that you'd like to share?

Getting a lease with an unpleasant background

cmonkey — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:42:16 -0800

MetaFilter landlords: Please help me aquire a lease... Three friends of mine & I are looking for a new place to live. They all have low paying jobs, but great credit. I have a high paying job, but atrocious credit and no recent rental history (I've lived in houses for the last 5 years without being on a lease). My friends keep getting rejected because they're poor, so I need to apply with them. A few questions to those of you who rent property out:

1) Is there anything that I can do to convince a landlord that, regardless of my poor credit and missing rental history, I am actually a good tenant with a stable job who has never once paid rent late or destroyed a house? Any bribes that would work?
2) What services do you use for background checks? I'm curious what's in mine.
3) If a place says "no application fees" does that mean that they don't do background checks?

(This is a followup to this question, thanks for your help!)