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headstorm

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    Comment #40152985

    I think that celiac disease diagnosis is far more limiting than being vegetarian for social events, based on my experience.

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    Comment #37823590

    Deosil is the counterpart which means reverse-widdershins or sunwise, mentioned in your link.

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    Comment #35417916

    I don't know the answer to that question, but Card was an editor for Compute! books for nine months[1](video interview), and in that role wrote a two-part series about computer gam…

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    Comment #35340326

    25 years ago, a friend quickly learned how to answer an online MBTI so that he could consistently score neutral on all four axes. I think that was the most entertaining approach th…

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    Comment #29685448

    One candidate to consider is https://www.freshports.org/games/flying/ - "Flying is pool, snooker, carrom, hockey + curling with nice animated spinning balls for pool". I'm not sure…

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    Comment #28092645

    Living around Seattle, I disagree, lately there have been articles just about every year about wildfires or drought in Siberia, and many about those fires causing smoky skies in Se…

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    Comment #24950640

    Plants such as ghost pipes (saprophytes) can be found in abundance, along with rhododendrons, along the Elbo Creek trail in the Olympic mountains of Washington state. https://www.w…

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    Comment #24950503

    Adventureland, Pirate Adventure, and Mission Impossible were text adventures by Scott Adams - http://www.msadams.com/ .

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    Comment #24950236

    I was completely ready for that book to change my life after reading so many glowing testimonials. It did nothing, though I felt worse after reading it a few times, because it was …

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    Comment #18835249

    "Moral defect"? Please, leave that tired language in the 19th century. I reject your appeal to popularity as well. I don't like tobacco smoke either, but I think you're judging a l…

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    Comment #18834019

    You are acting as an apologist for every scent that you personally don't mind. You are the one who digressed away from pollution to odor. Let go of your hate, please. And please st…

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    Comment #18831480

    I couldn't agree more!

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    Comment #18831385

    Since this comment has gone far afield of the original topic (cigarette butts as litter), I want to see you complain about the inconsiderateness of people wearing perfume and of pe…

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    Comment #17504668

    One crossplatform MMORPG in development, not pay to win, is Project Gorgon.

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    Comment #16032220

    Your link shows the weighted local sales tax rate at 3%. The state sales tax is 6.5%, reflected under 'Estimated state sales tax collections'. The state excise tax (pre-sales tax) …

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    Comment #13901527

    For me, having to have a one on one discussion with the chef (not my comfort zone) about whether they can make celiac-safe food isn't the same thing as almost every restaurant havi…

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    Comment #13901312

    Most restaurants take the approach that Applebee's takes, which is to disclaim responsibility. Why should someone with celiac disease risk it when milligrams over the course of a d…

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    Comment #13901302

    Where is this at, if you care to share? And do you know if your menu states anything about this? Most restaurants I look into (and won't eat at as a result) say stuff like: "Gluten…

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    Comment #13901178

    Why do you think it's a good thing for people with celiac disease that pretty much every restaurant has gluten free options on their menu? Most restaurants advertising gluten-free …

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    Comment #11563853

    For the states I've been curious about in the United States, each state's Secretary of State usually has a search form for corporations, LLCs, and limited partnerships. examples: C…

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    Comment #11068601

    I wholly agree regarding email hosted in the United States, especially for any emails stored over 180 days on servers you don't own (see Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 19…

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    Comment #10777775

    The summer solstice marks the beginning of summer astronomically just as the winter solstice marks the beginning of astronomical winter. Midsummer is celebrated on the longest day …

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    Comment #10516288

    The richest get vastly more benefit from government policies and structures than most of us, so why shouldn't they pay more?

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    Comment #10164780

    > a 'treeddler' Only if it treeddles! If not, might sapling be a satisfactory existing word? Some dictionaries constrain sapling to 4 inches, which is ~10 cm.

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    Comment #9805306

    I might be mistaken but I read the parent as saying that each browser on his windows pc is faster than safari on his mbp.