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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
I don't know much about records (how fragile they are, in particular), but couldn't you flatten it by putting it under a few dictionaries for some time ?
edited 14th Sep '15 2:16:29 PM by Aetol
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Is there a Latin word for "being able to kill someone"?
(Greek works too.)
Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
It would appear
you want "capax occidendi".
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Hm. What I'm really working for is something you can form into the word i.e. "capaxoccendiphilia". AKA the faux-disorder plaguing those that lobby for open carry laws.
Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Does anyone know why skype would keep freezing and error messages show up from Adobe Flash Player?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Formerly G.G.
Is Baking soda a good antiperspirant? And should you use it in a paste?
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Is there an opposite term to "ecoterrorist", i.e. someone who resorts to acts of violence to fulfill an agenda that is explicitly against ecological or environmental causes?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
"Captain Planet villain". 
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
No, seriously.
... Oh, fuck me. WHO THE HELL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE SUCH A CONFUSINGLY SUPER-SIMILAR NAME TO THE OPPOSITE OF ECOTERRORISM?! Where they too lazy to tack on "anti-" to "environmental"?
edited 28th Sep '15 10:34:04 AM by MarqFJA
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Jer gets all the girls
How common a thing is the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe? Is it as common as TV likes to present it as?
Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.
Is there a difference of procedure between domestic and international flights?
@Trivialis: Do you mean for the passengers or the pilots/crew?
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With international flights you have to go through customs. That's an obvious difference. Usually you'll also need a passport and probably a visa/application, except if you're traveling between countries that have signed agreements that remove restrictions from travel (such as the Schengen area in Europe).
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Char!
Also there's much more time put aside for check-in and security for international flights.
Plus, often non-passengers aren't allowed through customs to the international terminal/gates.
edited 1st Oct '15 5:25:37 PM by Luthen
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In most airports in America, you can't even enter a domestic terminal without a boarding pass anymore. You must go though Security Theater and prove that you're you and your'e getting on a flight and then you may enter the terminal.
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Do they check for passports or for citizenship for domestic travels?
Char!
They don't in Australia. In fact I've flown without producing any id at all.
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In all the airports I've gone through security at (so, like three of them), you have to show government-issued ID (usually driver's license, but a passport will work too) and boarding pass in order to enter the terminal.
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If someone tries to bribe your or pay you to do an illegal service, is it illegal to take their money and then immediately turn them over to the proper authorities for attempted bribery/attempting to hire someone for illegal services?
(Assume that the illegal services is not something that you are already doing.)
edited 2nd Oct '15 8:04:45 AM by Thnikkafan
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Uniocular
I don't think it's illegal, but the money you took will be needed as evidence, so you're not gonna get to keep it.
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Alex has been wronged by Charles, but can't retaliate against him because he died from old age. Billy wants Alex to pretend that he is Charles and vent his unresolved frustrations and anger upon him by throwing as much insults and punches as his heart desires.
What's the proper term to use for what Billy wants Alex to do to him? I'm not sure if the phrase "use me as an effigy of Charles" works right here.
Two-bit blockhead
As an American, how much would it cost for me to buy a comic book from an Italian seller on eBay (the item itself is listed for about $12, before shipping?
edited 3rd Oct '15 4:33:57 PM by DrFurball
Weird in a Can (updated M-F)
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I tried to Google postal rates for packages from Italy but couldn't find a site that wasn't actually in Italian.
Instead, I decided to go to the website of the first Italian company I could think of - Juventus FC - and try to buy something from them (but quit before I confirm the purchase). I picked a book from their catalogue to have something similar to a comic (so that the package would be the right size). The rate for the US - Express service - was higher than the actual price of the book: €29. I'm sure it's cheaper if the package is smaller than a book and you don't need express service, so that €29 is probably a good estimate of the highest that the rate could possibly be.
EDIT: I did the same sort of experiment with an Italian seller on eBay. I picked a book for reference again, and the rate for the US was about €12.
edited 3rd Oct '15 4:55:01 PM by BestOf
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@Marq FJA Substitute maybe? That might not work well though...
Macron's notes
Is there any way to get a warped record to play normally? I bought a copy of one of my favorite albums and it skips all over the place. If I can apply just the right amount of pressure to the arm, it plays fine, but I can't consistently do that by hand, and I don't want to sit over the record player pushing the arm, honestly.