One for the ladies - should I get my unemployed girlfriend some nice jewelery, or some nice green cash? [more inside]
posted by smoothvirus on Dec 1, 2009 - 41 answers

If I strap a suitcase to my chest so that it's open, almost like one of those trays that an old-style 'cigarette girl' has, and walk on the street downtown, selling little odds and ends, is it legal? [more inside]
posted by Sully on Nov 27, 2009 - 8 answers

Something else isnt right aside from being laid off that is... [more inside]
posted by gnash on Nov 12, 2009 - 20 answers

Am I being fired? I was recently converted from a full-time employee at a $5 billion multi-national company to a contractor working at the same company. Now, my contractor boss has called me in for meetings with the contracting company's HR rep for "issues". Oh yeah, I'm pregnant too. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 11, 2009 - 14 answers

I have a problem with hearing bass music vibrating through my windows and walls into my home. It literally echos through my every vein and makes me feel insane. Is this a sign of age? Is something wrong with me? [more inside]
posted by czechmate on Aug 29, 2009 - 21 answers

New car buying hell. Are we the only ones being told that the Toyota Prius price is MSRP PLUS expensive add-on premiums to cover their gouging? [more inside]
posted by 6:1 on Aug 8, 2009 - 21 answers

How to tactfully break things off with a woman I just started dating? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 12, 2009 - 45 answers

I need a simple off/on switch for my phone line. [more inside]
posted by 4midori on Jun 14, 2009 - 12 answers

Gmail, can you please stop automatically adding to my contacts list!? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jun 5, 2009 - 7 answers

How do I live with no current address? What do I ship and what do I donate? [more inside]
posted by ender6574 on Mar 31, 2009 - 23 answers

I need a reliable off-shore savings account. [more inside]
posted by DieHipsterDie on Mar 29, 2009 - 20 answers

How much can I save by using off peak electricity in the US? How does this compare to those in Europe? [more inside]
posted by Black_Umbrella on Mar 15, 2009 - 6 answers

I want to only have my screensaver come on during certain parts of the day, but still want to have JKDefrag running. [more inside]
posted by edbyford on Mar 15, 2009 - 4 answers

I have been blind in one eye since the age of two, so I know nothing of this whole binocular vision thing that people keep talking about, [more inside]
posted by kanemano on Mar 6, 2009 - 11 answers

I just got laid off on Friday. I filed for unemployment benefits. The next step is to call the credit card companies and tell them I have no money for them this month and don't know when I can resume payments. Any suggestions how to go about this.
posted by hophead627 on Feb 23, 2009 - 9 answers

i had power go out to a portion of the house because a pump was running and pushing against water that couldnt move because ice was in the outlet pipe. i turned off the light switch and shut the pump off. i came back 4 hours later and there was no power from that switch. it was 12 degrees out. 2 days later it warmed up and all of a sudden i had power again. any ideas, i am worried
posted by blizzardm17 on Jan 3, 2009 - 11 answers

UnemploymentFilter: How do alternate income streams factor into unemployment and how many months do I have left? [more inside]
posted by Elminster24 on Nov 26, 2008 - 10 answers

I’ve not been dealing well with stress at work recently, and I am now taking some time off to try and recover. What sort of things can I do to get my groove back? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 24, 2008 - 13 answers

Should I go back on the antidepressants before even my cat starts to hate me? [more inside]
posted by chicainthecity on Aug 31, 2008 - 11 answers

I didn't realize the benefits of Hertz's #1 Gold Club don't take effect until after the first rental. Is there a way to get around this? [more inside]
posted by proj08 on Jun 6, 2008 - 6 answers

Asking for future-MIL: She works a part-time (25-30hrs/wk) job in Florida, diagnosed with breast cancer, had to undergo surgery and needed time off work, but she was under the impression that she had short term disability, had mastectomy and must be off work for six weeks, tries to file for short term disability and come to find out, no short term disability. What can she do? [more inside]
posted by banannafish on May 13, 2008 - 8 answers

Laid Off. First timer. How do I get over my wounded pride and get together some world-class work samples ASAP? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 11, 2008 - 10 answers

Help me write a good complaint letter so I can get my $99 back. [more inside]
posted by GrooveStix on Dec 23, 2007 - 8 answers

Cats & behavior: How can i keep five cats off a new car? [more inside]
posted by itheearl on Jun 19, 2007 - 25 answers

Is there a way to manage two internal hard drives separately, so that one turns off after a short period of inactivity while the other stays running? [more inside]
posted by Paul KC on Jun 10, 2007 - 6 answers

Cable box filter: Why does my cable box turn off by itself?? [more inside]
posted by spec80 on May 11, 2007 - 14 answers

Is my employer required to give us federal holidays off? We have salaried and hourly workers. Also, is there any place on the web that I can point co-workers to that addresses this?
posted by finitejest on Aug 29, 2006 - 14 answers

I'm trying to get some video off of a burned DVD. I'm using Streamclip and Quicktime and it's working fine -- except that the clips I'm getting are only a fraction of what's actually on the DVD (maybe 5%). Does anyone know how I can 'find' the full clips and then put them into a format I can use? (.mov) There's other stuff listed (bup and iso), but as I understand it VOBs are the only things you want...
posted by jgballard on Apr 8, 2006 - 4 answers

Location Filter: Cool place in the Washington, D.C. area for an off-site brainstorming/process meeting. Prefer indoors with tablespace...
posted by omidius on Feb 2, 2006 - 12 answers

My future mother-in-law was laid off unexpectedly this week. She probably had a week's notice. Is there anything I can do? [more inside]
posted by saucy on Nov 30, 2005 - 9 answers

Is there an easy "daily check off" palm app? I'm looking for something to remind me to do the things I need to do every day, but sometimes those things need to be done more than once a day, and I don't want to enter multiple items for those. [more inside]
posted by Caviar on Oct 14, 2005 - 6 answers

Why do people say "The alarm just went off" when really it just came on?
posted by spooksie on Oct 7, 2005 - 13 answers