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Will I test positive for MJ if my neighbors smoke pot but I don't?

agentsarahjane — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:34:30 -0800

Do you think that I will pop positive for my neighbor's party and do you have any suggestions that would help me with this possibility? I can tell them about my neighbors but will that be enough? I really want this job and would be totally mad if their party kept me from getting back to being paid what I used to make Hi! This is my first question ever and I tried to see if it was asked before but no one has ever asked this in the way I am looking for an answer: My neighbors smoke pot and we live in a house that was converted into apartments. Although the heating systems are separate, I know they smoke pot from the smell... hubby didn't believe me until yesterday when he found a baggie with sticky icky on the ground next to their car in the garage we share with them so we stuck it under their doormat so they would find it. I am no nark and he and I used to smoke a looooong time ago but neither I wish to take it up now since the smell of pot brings up unhappy memories of my long-gone ex, nor hubby who smoked it a couple of times recreationally before we met however we decided to stick to the stoner code.

My concern is that I am looking into a new job, one of which is with insurance and they are notorious test poppers. I have no doubt I'll do okay with the prescriptions I have since I can prove I have been prescribed for Xanax to be taken PRN and for vicodin due to a severe drug reaction I had 2 weeks ago also taken PRN ... but my concern is the party that is taking place downstairs now and the interview I have monday and probably will be asked to take a pee test since I have no doubt I will do well on the interview :)

What's a good way of dealing with long-term goals?

gregb1007 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:57:36 -0800

What's a good way of dealing with long-term goals? I ask the question about how to deal with long-term goals because it's a tricky issue. If you are investing yourself into accomplishing something that will take quite a bit of time, it's very easy to feel discouraged because it seems like you are putting in a lot of energy into doing something that will bring you benefits at a later point in time. It feels like cooking a meal that you won't get to eat until days later. What's a good way of working towards long-term goals without feeling frustrated and believing yourself to be wasting your time because the fruit of your efforts is so far away.

A game puzzle has lead to a Google puzzle... help!

Chunder — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:37:13 -0800

Why are my Google skills failing me when searching for help with a specific puzzle in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel? (Caution - may be spoilers!) I've got into the vault via the City of Los, and have negotiated my way through to residence level 2, and the library.
Contained therein is a puzzle which - in essence is a set of 9 binary switches, where each of 3 valid combinations opens a different door. Two of these combinations are obvious (and are mentioned in an in-game artifact). The third combination is obviously going to be one of the remaining 510 options... yuck!
I approached this logically to start with, but got fed up once I reached 64; the interface (on the XBox) makes the process even more tedious than it would otherwise be - no mean feat!

So I decide to resort to Google. A few iterations of search criteria leaves me with the following search string:
fallout "brotherhood of steel" vault library console shelves puzzle walkthrough
For some reason, however, this gives two pages of results the majority of which appear to be completely unrelated to my search and/or originate from Belgium.

Two questions, then:
1) What gives with the Google search (why's it beinging back all those odd results? Isn't the Google search algorithm supposed to prevent keyword/metadata spamming?
2) How do I solve the puzzle, with mimum RSI and hair-loss? :-)

TVMIA!