I've noticed something kind of unusual in many of the residential houses in San Francisco. Often times there's a primary residence facing the street (for example a three-story Victorian) and then a second, more modern building in the back yard (like a one- or two-story cottage). There's a second street number and usually a little gate to access the back building. It seems like a different family occupies the back unit than the front unit (and the front unit is sometimes further subdivided into what I assume are condos). A bunch of naive questions:
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on Feb 7, 2013 -
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I'm in the mood for some good political postmortems. Big races, little races, recent news, ancient history, whatever. Probably U.S. though.
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on Nov 8, 2012 -
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I did something stupid today and 'updated' my iPhone 4 to iOS 6.0. The new Maps app doesn't include public transportation options (as Google Maps did previously) which I use extensively here in San Francisco. What are my options? Will anything be as seamless as the Google Maps app was?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Sep 19, 2012 -
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Ten or twelve years ago I saw a series of paintings I really liked at the
Denver Art Museum. The paintings featured idyllic farm-like scenery under bright blue skies with white clouds. Distinctly the sky made up 80% of the image, so the ground and barns, etc. appeared to be quite small and the sky seemed huge. There were at least 3-5 of paintings in this series, and the canvases were very large. Can anyone identify the paintings or artist?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Jul 18, 2012 -
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What are the classical sources or compendiums of omens? Which books could I realistically find that list, for example, what a culture believes it means when a certain type of bird visits or what a rainbow means?
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on May 30, 2012 -
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I'm in my 20s and a man and I have a lot of trouble coming up with reasonably in style
outfits. I'm looking for pictures of outfits with links to buy each component. Ideally, these would not be tied to any one brand (so, not Gap's looks for spring or something). Basically: "Wear theses things together and here is where you can find them."
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 6, 2012 -
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What are the advantages of owning the same brand of smartphone as your friends? Or to ask the same question another way: if all my friends have iPhones, what will I miss out on by getting an Android?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Mar 19, 2012 -
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What do various poisons and toxins
taste like? What flavor is lead, for example, or strychnine? How about common deadly household chemicals like bleach, or organic toxins like mercury/methylmercury?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Oct 11, 2011 -
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When an author, political figure or other speaker donates their speaking or appearance fee to charity, do they garner any tax benefits? Does this donation show up as a charitable tax deduction on their tax form? Does it show up as a charitable donation on the sponsoring organization's tax form?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Sep 20, 2011 -
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1. Is this
real (picture of a man making his french bulldog "wave" at the camera behind Wolf Blitzer on CNN)?
2. Can you help me find the video?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Aug 25, 2011 -
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I'm looking for examples of media that combine the landscape of the American West with the horror genre.
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 28, 2011 -
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Here's what I want: leather sneakers that are acceptable for a young man to wear with business casual clothing. I want them to feel and wear like sneakers, but look nice enough to wear with wool pants and a button-down dress shirt in a professional environment.
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 20, 2011 -
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I was deeply affected by this recent MetaTalk
comment and I have some questions regarding internet addiction and productivity.
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Mar 10, 2011 -
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Please help me identify a movie I saw quite some time ago: The scene I remember was a man running from a crowd of angry people at night in a bad part of town. I have no idea why he was pursued. He comes across a woman artist who conceals him in plaster/paper mache like a statute. For some reason the ruse doesn't work for very long.
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on Dec 8, 2010 -
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I am a man and I'm getting married! I need a lot of help picking out a wedding band. I know my size and am looking for a non-traditional ring. Specifically I am looking at tungsten and titanium rings or rings with some kind of pattern.
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Sep 9, 2010 -
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If you use canvas bags when you grocery shop, what do you do with your household garbage? Do you buy purpose-specific trash bags?
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on Jul 7, 2010 -
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My SO and I are planning on taking about 9 days for a vacation and would like to spend about 3 days in London and 4 in Istanbul (plus travel time to and from New York).
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on May 12, 2010 -
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Apple lost a prototype 4th Generation iPhone. Someone found it and sold it to Gizmodo, who then took it apart and posted pictures and video online. What laws if any are Gizmodo beaking?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 19, 2010 -
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Inspired by
this question: I'm 26, let's say I wanted to become a world renown expert in a serious field of study in the next 10 years (or less). Is there a discipline I could start now, dedicate several years and concentrated study and become good enough to be the go-to expert quoted on the news?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Apr 11, 2010 -
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I'm looking for a sad story I read on the internet. A son was browsing through his father's possessions after the father's death and came across a
Pokemon game.
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Mar 17, 2010 -
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What's a good "Mom & Dad are in town and want to take us to dinner" restaurant in Manhattan, preferably by Union Square?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Dec 30, 2009 -
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New York City apartment question: Is it normal for my broker to tell me I will receive hard copies of my lease a "couple of weeks" after moving in?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Oct 27, 2009 -
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I live in New York and my parents live in Sarasota, FL. There are two direct flights per day on JetBlue between JFK and SRQ. Is it possible to set up something up that would alert me whenever prices on these flights dropped below a certain amount?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Jul 29, 2009 -
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