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I asked a very similar question yesterday, but want to broaden and follow-up today. I live in Toronto. I’d like to see the April 8 eclipse with my kid, in a place where we can see the total eclipse. What are good ways to do that, what should I know, what should I consider? [more inside]
posted by ManInSuit at 7:59 AM - 10 answers

I live in Toronto. We are not quite in the path of the April 8 full eclipse. I'd like to drive somewhere to see the full eclipse. Is traffic likely to be very intense in/out of the city that day around that time? (ie - substantially more than normal because of other eclipse-seekers?) [more inside]
posted by ManInSuit at 3:32 PM - 14 answers

I know this falls into the category of "talk to a lawyer" but I'd appreciate any other advice you have about my situation. Details inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 4:03 PM - 12 answers

So, I remember seeing a clip of a toddler in a living room yelling (along with Johnny Gilbert), something like DIS IS JEBADAHH!!, or similar, but it's not the child shown here. [more inside]
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Help us name our podcast celebrating our community's inspiring people. [more inside]
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Buffalo, NY mefites, can you recommend a taskrabbit-like service where I can have someone to pick up and ship some boxes from a Buffalo thrift store to CA? [more inside]
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Anti-homeless folks like to cite that other muncipalities like to bus their homeless to other muncipalities, but unless my search skills are failing me, I can find no concrete proof of this. How could I find proof that this is happening instead of hearsay? [more inside]
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Honda Civic old enough to vote recently developed significant interior mold growth. Research suggests cleaning it properly will cost close to the value of the car. How would you get rid of it? [more inside]
posted by doift at 7:42 PM - 9 answers

Gold Coast Australia. I'm waiting anxiously to find out if my rent has gone up again because my income has gone down, and too big a rent increase and I either have to move to an extremely rural part of the Australia somewhere else far away from my medical team (various mental health issues, PTSD, aphasia, regular lung CTs, regular colonoscopies, arthritis) or get a tent because I will be homeless. Thanks. I hope not to need your advice. [more inside]
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My family of 3 (all Canadian citizens, living in the US for ~ 10 years) is moving back to Canada this spring. We're finding ourselves a bit perplexed/paralyzed by the "Personal Effects Accounting Document" that we will present at the border in order to import all our household goods/furniture/stuff. [more inside]
posted by Dorinda at 1:34 PM - 9 answers

I just participated in a night of trivia in which one of the rounds had clues like these examples: "A telepathic superhero played by Patrick Stewert indicating where the treasure is buried on a map, a small amount of Earl Gray" and "A hot chocolate brand, an unmarried Clue suspect wedded to Colin Jost" the answers being "Professor X marks the spot of tea" and "Swiss Miss Scarlet Johansson" respectively. What is the name of such brain teasers, and where can I find more? I loved it!
posted by Grandysaur at 6:40 PM - 8 answers

In a previous question I mentioned needing to talk to my elderly parents about longterm planning and user basalganglia said it was "probably a whole 'nother question in itself". So this is that whole 'nother question. What questions should I be asking my aging parents about their next steps? Assume I know absolutely nothing about aging, retirement, long-term care, and so on. [more inside]
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We want to get a wall stand like this. We would specify dimensions. Is there anywhere online to order this?
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I've just noticed DC released a deluxe version of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, with annotations by Leslie S. Klinger. How do these annotations compare with those by Doug Atkinson, which have been available online since 1995?
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I have a 2005 Kia Rio with 150K miles. I'm experiencing an intermittent problem with the key not turning in the ignition. I'm in the US. [more inside]
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My MIL made a mistake in her rental apartment and has pissed off her landlord. The landlord is also her friend, and my mother-in-law wants to make things right with her friend. What's a nice gift she can buy for her friend/landlord to help patch things up? Particularities follow after the jump... [more inside]
posted by yellowcandy at 2:53 PM - 15 answers

I regularly chew Freedent gum. I use only Freedent gum, because it doesn’t stick to dental work. In the last couple of months, if has become increasingly harder to find. Today, I haven’t found it anywhere local. My spouse did find Freedent and something similar to order online, but at outrageous prices, such as 50 cents to $1 for each piece. [more inside]
posted by NotLost at 3:29 PM - 13 answers

After a workshop on helping your child with executive function, and going through a very depressingly long list of all the deficits associated with dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADH, autism, and the rest of the alphabet of neurodivergence - I want to know what are the benefits? Searching for this gives vague 'creativity! diversity' answers.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 6:43 PM - 29 answers

Our apartment management is encouraging tenants to complain about visible homelessness in our neighborhood. This all feels wrong and terrible (because it feels like they're trying to get us to push local government to get the local unhoused folks out of sight, without caring about whether they actually get help) but also pushing back feels like it could endanger my tenancy. What do I do? [more inside]
posted by Fish, fish, are you doing your duty? at 3:58 PM - 10 answers

Can you recommend children's books on mindfulness that you or your child have found useful? Secondarily interested in books for parents that are aimed at helping children. [more inside]
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