How to put on a bike chain
In general you need a chain tool. A chain tool allows you to open a bike chain by pushing a pin most of the way out and reconnect it by pushing the pin back in.
Some derailleur bikes do have a master link type link that can be used to open and clos...
Is Mad Cow Disaease Spreading?
Mad cow dissease (aka Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE) spreads between cattle. It is caused by a kind of protein called a prion that causes brain damage to cattle and leads to dementia and later death. This has been more of a problem in UK be...
Why are we set to allow wiretapping in the US without a warrant?
It is a common misconception that the ACLU is a political and liberal organization. They defend anyone who's civil liberties are being violated regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, religion, or politics.
Of course since we live in a co...
Is there really such thing as ghosts(100.00%)
arachnid, logic is a mathematical system. We use logic in any proof. Godel's incompleteness theorem applies.
Is there really such thing as ghosts
arachnid, Godel showed that in any complete mathematical system that not all true theorems could be proven and not all false theorems could be disproven.
Thus if Ghosts exist it may or may not be possible to prove them.
Also, if Ghosts do not ex...
Why are we set to allow wiretapping in the US without a warrant?
The constitution is the highest law of the land. Our government should not be able to invalidate the 4th amendment without amending the constitution.
The ACLU is fighting the FISA legeslation. If you value your freedoms join the ACLU and give gene...
Too nervous to race before swimming events, ideas to calm down?
Performance anxiety can really be a problem for competitors.
When I was a musician I had to deal with a lot of anxiety before auditions.
For me experience, meditation, and biofeedback helped.
Pre-competition nerves can actually help you perfor...
Is it wrong to support the idea of communism?(100.00%)
cherubrocks, many people view the right to private property to be as fundamental a right as speech, religion, association, etc. For people with this viewpoint Communism is a totalitarian government.
Capitalism and Communism are economic ideologies....
Nino's pizza job as a dishwasher, what's it like?
I've never worked for Nino's but I doubt it is different from other restaurant jobs.
When you work in a restaurant kitchen you are expected to bust your butt the whole time you are there. Where I worked there was a saying, "Time to lean, time to cl...
Is it wrong to support the idea of communism?
In certain circumstances Communism works well. If you look at an emergency situation like a plane crash the concept of private property quickly disappears. All resources are pooled for everyone's mutual survival. There are religious communes that ar...
Vegan/Vegetarian recipes?
xxxemoxxlifexxx, the only site I found with a similar URL was one by Morningstar Farms.
I know a lot of vegetarians and I never heard of anyone getting sick when they quit eating meat. I did hear people feeling sick when they went the other way, ve...
Formula one
The first F1 race I watched was the 1997 European Gran Prix where Schumacher trying to win the championship rammed Jacques Villeneuve. I didn't think much of the Schumacher at the time; I had been watching CART for a while and understood that this sor...
How do I quit this job?(100.00%)
There was a time when companies were loyal to their employees and employees were loyal to their employer. My dad got a job to help his family when he was 12 and worked for the same company until he retired except 5 years he spent in the Army. My dad ...
What is your favorite car
There are two convertables I really like.
Audi TT convertable.
Jaguar XK8 convertable.
The Jaguar is gorgeous but the only drawback is that you can't get it with a standard transmission so I probably would have to go with the Audi
Vegan/Vegetarian recipes?
vegsource.com has a recipies area. Whenever I want to make a new dish I usually can find a number of vegan recipies if I google it, not sure why you aren't finding vegan recipies. I got a cookbook called Vegan with a Vengeance that is pretty cool. T...
Why does everyone hate Athiests?(100.00%)
Simple prejudice and ignorance. I generally don't tell people that I'm an atheist when I first meet them. I let them form their opinion of me first than after that I tell them I'm an atheist. If they knew I was an atheist beforehand they likely woul...
Formula one
Statistically Michael Schumacher won a higher percentage of races though Senna got a higher percentage of pole positions. Many people like Senna better because they enjoyed his racing style more, nostalgia, or the fact that he died racing but statisti...
Fat when they were children can never be slim?
Not true though folks who were overweight as kids (such as myself) do face a more difficult loosing weight as adults. We can do it and if we want to be healthy we have to do it. When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Whats is americas favorite food?
America is a big country. Where I grew up Pasties (meat and vegetable pie), Coney Island hotdogs, and casseroles were popular dishes. Where I live now fajitas, enchiladas, and BBQ are popular. I don't think you can really come up with one food that ...
How to stop a vegan?
So basically they eat meat and junk food so you expect that after they become vegan they will just eat junk food.
Perhaps becoming vegan will get them to branch out a bit on their diet. I know that when I became a vegetarian that I was very much a ...
What's the closest you ever came to dying?
My two close brushes with death were in cars. One time when I was a kid my car was almost hit by a speeding train when the gates and signal didn't work. Luckily my mom saw the speeding train in time to slam on her brakes. The other time we were driv...
I want to be a Vegetarian
When I became a vegetarian I was pretty much a meat and potatoes kind of guy. I didn't like most vegetables. Back then I was working my way through college so I pretty much lived on raman noodles and cheap boxed macaroni & cheese dinners anyway.
O...
Inheritance scams via internet from UK
I am 99.,999% sure this is a scam. Do you even know anyone who died from the UK?
Don't you think that something as important as inheritance would be handled by registered mail rather than email?
I sure hope you didn't give them your bank account...
Hard math
Unless you are talking binary in which case
1+1=10
I feel like a little kid
Phobias are by definition irrational fears. There is no way to reason your way through not being afraid of needles if you have a true phobia. Having a phobia does not mean that you are weak or immature, it is a psychological problem that can not be o...
Religious Fights
Getting back to your question, Atheists are the despised and distrusted group in America. Every poll I've ever seen confirms this.
Iron man song, who sings it?
My 5 year old daughter is obsessed with that song. She asked me what the song on the closing credits was and I mistakenly identified it as Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" (similar riff) but after I sang it to myself a few times I decided it was eit...
Anyone like the Devil Wears Prada?
Devil was a throw away movie except:
Meryl Streep really made her character. I don't think any other actress could play this role with much ferocity.
The intro scene with models pulling on lingerie getting ready for work.
Read most of the bible and it's stupid, why do so many believe?(100.00%)
Most self-described Christians don't read the Bible. Google "Christian paradox" for some interesting reading. Only 40% of Christians can name more than 4 of the 10 commandments, 3/4's thought the Bible says, "God helps those who help themselves" when...
How long does it take to get REALLY quick at touch typing?
In the beginning you will be faster typing hunt-and-peck than touch typing.
Keep working on touch typing because in the long run you will be much faster and more accurate this way.
I started to learn touch typing in Jr. high school (on an old Roy...
What are good quality but cheap first cars?
It is true that Toyota and Honda break down less than most makes but on the other hand when they do break down they are quite expensive to repair. I've owned both. My mileage record is 172K miles on a Toyota Starlet that was totaled by a hit-and-run ...
Where does the universe stop?
If space is infinite there could be an infinite number of universes. The entire known cosmos could be less than a speck of dust compared to this enormity.
Change religion from Hindu to Christian?(100.00%)
Certainly there can be financial incentives to being a certain religion.
A lot of people steer business to and from other members of their church. In this case your best bet is to pick a church with a lot of financially strong members.
To me con...
Favorite kind of cookie?
For home made cookies my fav are oatmeal raisin. They have to be moist and chewy rather than hard and crunchy.
Of commercial cookies Pepperidge Farm Brussels are my fav
McCain/Powell
McCain walks a fine line. If he picks a moderate VP than he will alienate the conservative wing of the Republican party who already distrusts him. If he picks a conservative than more moderate voters may cross over to Obama.
What if McCain choose ...
Ice cold water and calories
In physics we learn that it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 ml or cc of water 1 degree C.
Ice water is 0C. Our core body temperature is 37C. Bringing 1 liter of water to body temperature would require 37,000 calories. WOW!
The problem is what a pysi...
Tips to living to 100?
A lot of how long you will live depends on genetics. If you are predisposed to heart dissease, cancer, etc. than you have the odds against your living to a tripple digit age.
Of course we can all try to reach our genetic potential by mainaining a h...
If you order Pizza do you like Hungry Howies or Jets?(100.00%)
I don't think much of any of the pizza chains listed here. The only decent pizza chain I go to is California Pizza Kitchen. I used to like Pizzeria Uno but unfortunately the only one in the area closed years ago. Other than that I like local pizza s...
Am I a loser?
I was a social pariah in high school. Even most of the unpopular kids wouldn't hang with me. I didn't have much in the way of social skills. I used to say that the only reason I ever opened my mouth was to change feet.
Some people are just late ...
Are you agree if a Priest have wife?(100.00%)
Perhaps if priests had a healthy normal sex life there wouldn' be so many cases of them sexually abusing children. Also, I know of preists who quit their preisthood so they could marry. Seems like an unreasonable job requirement to me.
Is there a legal way to get high?
Sometimes there is a short period of time when a new designer drug comes on the scene until the DEA makes it illegal. Because of the problems with Esctasy and designer drugs the DEA has the power to schedule new drugs quickly (the drug later knows as ...
Are dual OS or Multi-boot OS safe?
Safety is relative. Assuming you install Vista and XP on different partitions there is still some danger in one operating system clobering the other. A malfunctioning operating system can easily wipe out the entire disk (seen it happen though I've se...
Which type of water do you all like, pure or tap?(100.00%)
Bottled water is not necessarily any purer than your tap water.
If the water you get from your tap isn't good there are filters to remove off tastes and smells. At the last place I lived the unfiltered tap water was pretty horid but where I moved t...
Real redistributution in wealth.
Governments provide services to everyone. We all enjoy roads and bridges. We all benefit from police and fire departments. The government works to make our food and water safe etc. Rich people benefit from government programs as well as the poor.
...
What kind of equiptment is needed?(100.00%)
Recording them with a DVD recorder is the easiest way.
You can get more professional looking results if you digitize them onto your computer then use mastering software to create nice menus and edit your videos.
Can someone disprove God for me?
randallgingerichf: Can you prove that Invisible Pink Unicorns do not exist? In fact I just thought up a whole religion based on IPUs. Invisible Pink Unicorns watch your every move and if you refuse to believe in them when you die you will spend etern...
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In general you need a chain tool. A chain tool allows you to open a bike chain by pushing a pin most of the way out and reconnect it by pushing the pin back in. Some derailleur bikes do have a master link type link that can be used to open and clos...
Mad cow dissease (aka Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE) spreads between cattle. It is caused by a kind of protein called a prion that causes brain damage to cattle and leads to dementia and later death. This has been more of a problem in UK be...
It is a common misconception that the ACLU is a political and liberal organization. They defend anyone who's civil liberties are being violated regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, religion, or politics. Of course since we live in a co...
arachnid, logic is a mathematical system. We use logic in any proof. Godel's incompleteness theorem applies.
arachnid, Godel showed that in any complete mathematical system that not all true theorems could be proven and not all false theorems could be disproven. Thus if Ghosts exist it may or may not be possible to prove them. Also, if Ghosts do not ex...
The constitution is the highest law of the land. Our government should not be able to invalidate the 4th amendment without amending the constitution. The ACLU is fighting the FISA legeslation. If you value your freedoms join the ACLU and give gene...
Performance anxiety can really be a problem for competitors. When I was a musician I had to deal with a lot of anxiety before auditions. For me experience, meditation, and biofeedback helped. Pre-competition nerves can actually help you perfor...
cherubrocks, many people view the right to private property to be as fundamental a right as speech, religion, association, etc. For people with this viewpoint Communism is a totalitarian government. Capitalism and Communism are economic ideologies....
I've never worked for Nino's but I doubt it is different from other restaurant jobs. When you work in a restaurant kitchen you are expected to bust your butt the whole time you are there. Where I worked there was a saying, "Time to lean, time to cl...
In certain circumstances Communism works well. If you look at an emergency situation like a plane crash the concept of private property quickly disappears. All resources are pooled for everyone's mutual survival. There are religious communes that ar...
xxxemoxxlifexxx, the only site I found with a similar URL was one by Morningstar Farms. I know a lot of vegetarians and I never heard of anyone getting sick when they quit eating meat. I did hear people feeling sick when they went the other way, ve...
The first F1 race I watched was the 1997 European Gran Prix where Schumacher trying to win the championship rammed Jacques Villeneuve. I didn't think much of the Schumacher at the time; I had been watching CART for a while and understood that this sor...
There was a time when companies were loyal to their employees and employees were loyal to their employer. My dad got a job to help his family when he was 12 and worked for the same company until he retired except 5 years he spent in the Army. My dad ...
There are two convertables I really like. Audi TT convertable. Jaguar XK8 convertable. The Jaguar is gorgeous but the only drawback is that you can't get it with a standard transmission so I probably would have to go with the Audi
vegsource.com has a recipies area. Whenever I want to make a new dish I usually can find a number of vegan recipies if I google it, not sure why you aren't finding vegan recipies. I got a cookbook called Vegan with a Vengeance that is pretty cool. T...
Simple prejudice and ignorance. I generally don't tell people that I'm an atheist when I first meet them. I let them form their opinion of me first than after that I tell them I'm an atheist. If they knew I was an atheist beforehand they likely woul...
Statistically Michael Schumacher won a higher percentage of races though Senna got a higher percentage of pole positions. Many people like Senna better because they enjoyed his racing style more, nostalgia, or the fact that he died racing but statisti...
Not true though folks who were overweight as kids (such as myself) do face a more difficult loosing weight as adults. We can do it and if we want to be healthy we have to do it. When the going gets tough the tough get going.
America is a big country. Where I grew up Pasties (meat and vegetable pie), Coney Island hotdogs, and casseroles were popular dishes. Where I live now fajitas, enchiladas, and BBQ are popular. I don't think you can really come up with one food that ...
So basically they eat meat and junk food so you expect that after they become vegan they will just eat junk food. Perhaps becoming vegan will get them to branch out a bit on their diet. I know that when I became a vegetarian that I was very much a ...
My two close brushes with death were in cars. One time when I was a kid my car was almost hit by a speeding train when the gates and signal didn't work. Luckily my mom saw the speeding train in time to slam on her brakes. The other time we were driv...
When I became a vegetarian I was pretty much a meat and potatoes kind of guy. I didn't like most vegetables. Back then I was working my way through college so I pretty much lived on raman noodles and cheap boxed macaroni & cheese dinners anyway. O...
I am 99.,999% sure this is a scam. Do you even know anyone who died from the UK? Don't you think that something as important as inheritance would be handled by registered mail rather than email? I sure hope you didn't give them your bank account...
Unless you are talking binary in which case 1+1=10
"Ali" was his best film.
Phobias are by definition irrational fears. There is no way to reason your way through not being afraid of needles if you have a true phobia. Having a phobia does not mean that you are weak or immature, it is a psychological problem that can not be o...
Getting back to your question, Atheists are the despised and distrusted group in America. Every poll I've ever seen confirms this.
My 5 year old daughter is obsessed with that song. She asked me what the song on the closing credits was and I mistakenly identified it as Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" (similar riff) but after I sang it to myself a few times I decided it was eit...
Devil was a throw away movie except: Meryl Streep really made her character. I don't think any other actress could play this role with much ferocity. The intro scene with models pulling on lingerie getting ready for work.
Most self-described Christians don't read the Bible. Google "Christian paradox" for some interesting reading. Only 40% of Christians can name more than 4 of the 10 commandments, 3/4's thought the Bible says, "God helps those who help themselves" when...
In the beginning you will be faster typing hunt-and-peck than touch typing. Keep working on touch typing because in the long run you will be much faster and more accurate this way. I started to learn touch typing in Jr. high school (on an old Roy...
It is true that Toyota and Honda break down less than most makes but on the other hand when they do break down they are quite expensive to repair. I've owned both. My mileage record is 172K miles on a Toyota Starlet that was totaled by a hit-and-run ...
If space is infinite there could be an infinite number of universes. The entire known cosmos could be less than a speck of dust compared to this enormity.
Certainly there can be financial incentives to being a certain religion. A lot of people steer business to and from other members of their church. In this case your best bet is to pick a church with a lot of financially strong members. To me con...
I agree so long as it is only legal for adults.
Chico, Harpo. Groucho, Zeppo Luke, Vader, R2D2, C3PO Franky, Sammy, Dean, Joey gas, liquid, solid, plasma electron, neutron, proton, photon awk, grep, sed, perl CPU, RAM, Disk, I/o fuggle, golding, spalt, saaz Bock, Marzen, IPA, Stout Eeny, M...
For home made cookies my fav are oatmeal raisin. They have to be moist and chewy rather than hard and crunchy. Of commercial cookies Pepperidge Farm Brussels are my fav
McCain walks a fine line. If he picks a moderate VP than he will alienate the conservative wing of the Republican party who already distrusts him. If he picks a conservative than more moderate voters may cross over to Obama. What if McCain choose ...
I would wish for an infinite number of wishes.
In physics we learn that it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 ml or cc of water 1 degree C. Ice water is 0C. Our core body temperature is 37C. Bringing 1 liter of water to body temperature would require 37,000 calories. WOW! The problem is what a pysi...
A lot of how long you will live depends on genetics. If you are predisposed to heart dissease, cancer, etc. than you have the odds against your living to a tripple digit age. Of course we can all try to reach our genetic potential by mainaining a h...
I don't think much of any of the pizza chains listed here. The only decent pizza chain I go to is California Pizza Kitchen. I used to like Pizzeria Uno but unfortunately the only one in the area closed years ago. Other than that I like local pizza s...
I was a social pariah in high school. Even most of the unpopular kids wouldn't hang with me. I didn't have much in the way of social skills. I used to say that the only reason I ever opened my mouth was to change feet. Some people are just late ...
Perhaps if priests had a healthy normal sex life there wouldn' be so many cases of them sexually abusing children. Also, I know of preists who quit their preisthood so they could marry. Seems like an unreasonable job requirement to me.
Sometimes there is a short period of time when a new designer drug comes on the scene until the DEA makes it illegal. Because of the problems with Esctasy and designer drugs the DEA has the power to schedule new drugs quickly (the drug later knows as ...
Safety is relative. Assuming you install Vista and XP on different partitions there is still some danger in one operating system clobering the other. A malfunctioning operating system can easily wipe out the entire disk (seen it happen though I've se...
Bottled water is not necessarily any purer than your tap water. If the water you get from your tap isn't good there are filters to remove off tastes and smells. At the last place I lived the unfiltered tap water was pretty horid but where I moved t...
Governments provide services to everyone. We all enjoy roads and bridges. We all benefit from police and fire departments. The government works to make our food and water safe etc. Rich people benefit from government programs as well as the poor. ...
Recording them with a DVD recorder is the easiest way. You can get more professional looking results if you digitize them onto your computer then use mastering software to create nice menus and edit your videos.
randallgingerichf: Can you prove that Invisible Pink Unicorns do not exist? In fact I just thought up a whole religion based on IPUs. Invisible Pink Unicorns watch your every move and if you refuse to believe in them when you die you will spend etern...