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Pleas do not lock the doors

My boiler is approx. 50 years old. I have a reduction valve that is shaped like a bell. The lever either goes from one side to the other, but it is very loose and does not seem to catch anything. How does the reduction valve work, especially in a 2 zone situation?

By: oneakmusic

a miniscule amount of soda landed on my mouse pad and left side of the keyboard. it was a very small amount but… first my caps lock went crazy and my keys wouldn’t work… only a few worked. so, unbeknownst to any other method, i wiped it down well as i could but… the screen went totally blue and shut off seconds later. i took out the charger and the battery, and tried turning it back on but when i did little happened and the screen would never light. i read that you should keep the battery out and charger too and leave it flipped over night…. but it’s been nearly 14 hours since the spill and all it can manage is turn on for a quick second and then shut itself off. that thing is my CHILD please you have to understand my home life consists of it only. my life REVOLVES around that thing please you have to help me. but in your response please take to mind that i’m only fourteen and can’t have a job or any source of income, and money is tight. very tight around here. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! thank you:]

By: UFo

It needs to have all the security measures installed on so no one can break in when we are closed. Locks? Bullet proof window?
thanks

By: jon

Hi, I am looking to start a mobile auto detailing company where we detail customer’s cars at their work locations (where they park their car). Our operations are fully contained with water etc. Would you be interested in a service like this that would come and detail your car where you usually park while you work? We would be charging more for the convenience and higher quality service. For example our main service would be either a “Full hand Wash & Interior Vacuum”… or a “Full hand wash & wax” (for about $28.95). A regular car wash would charge about $15-20 and doesn’t do the job by hand and you have to go there. We also would not being doing the daily volume that machine car wash locations do so would have to charge more. You would park in a certain area of the company parking lot where we will be setup for the day and just keep your car unlocked, we then lock it when we’re done. How often would you use a service like this? Your feedback is greatly appreciated!!

By: Mike

At the advice of my broker I pre-qualified for a home loan and got a very good interest rate. When I reported to him he indicated that it was a good rate and I should lock it in. I feel that I am doing his job for him, so what do I need this guy for and what exactly do brokers do to earn their 1% of the home sale???

By: fat_equals_flavor

(per basket of berries, per hour, etc.)

By: ☺♥☻٭♫—Confused Much?—☺♥☻٭♫

i apply for a job
with a company airlines .. (on line)
now they respond to me..but they ask me even my S.S.N
and the windows page doesn’t have a lock on the bottom
do you think this will be safe for me ?
do you know why maybe ..their page doesn’t have a lock?
should i responde to them with all my personal info?
thank you very much.

By: oopse

A lady has just lost her job and has several young kids. She is looking for work but she and her kids have to eat in the meantime. There’s this elderly man that runs a small grocery store in the neighborhood. The lady goes into the store with her last $5.00 to buy bread. The man who owns the store knows her and trust her like he does everyone in the neighborhood…even the ones that steal from him, he never turns them in. He tells the lady he needs to take his wife to the doctor and asked if she could watch the store and lock up for him. He would come by later to get the keys. Now she knew he didn’t really do an inventory so she took items from his store, maybe $100.00 worth, items he wouldn’t miss. She had enough to tide her over until she could figure out what to do next. A friend of hers came by and asked her where she got all the food and she said, “It was a blessing from God.”

Humor me, something like this actually happened.

By: Nia

My husband of 3 years has a 7 year old girl with his ex wife. They got devoriced because she like women more than men and was phyiscly abusive. She tries to start a fight with my husband every chance she gets. Most of the time it has nothing to do with his daughter. The little girl still pees the bed and sleeps with her mom. She is very attached to her mother and I understand that as a mother my self. But she gets the little girl to say that we are mean to her and that she doesnt like comming over to our house. We have never been mean to her. She has only gotten into trouble one time since we have been married. That was because she slapped her father because she didnt want to take medication. We do try and fix the problem with ****** in the bed because the doc said there was nothing wrong with her and that it is just habbit, so now the mother is saying that she pees the bed because we scare her. She keeps taking us to court trying to get visitation taken away. We paid her 500 a month in child support even though we only had to pay 200. We thought since we couldnt be around all the time that at least she would have some money to help with bills. Mind you we only make 2000 a month. We did get behind about 1000 because my husband lost his job but we are trying to catch up. Anyway she took us to court and the judge wouldnt even let my husband talk. The ex wife was saying all kinds of crazy things about us that is not true and the judge believed her. Now the judge ordered a home study on us and we have to take a drug test ect… that really doesnt bother me because my husband and I have never done drugs and keep and clean house. So we have nothing to worrie about but what does bother me is that the court isnot doing a study on her. So what I am getting is that she can say anythign about us that she wants and we have to go through hell just because she said so? She is the 26 year old dating a 60 year old man letting her 7 year old daughter run around ***** infront of him. Her mother is a pot head and does pills and she lets the little girl spend every friday night at her house every weekend. Us on the other hand get every other saterday from 10 to 5 pm. Also she has a son with another man and gave him my husbands last name. The court says she can do that. I dont get it. My husband and I served our country for 6 years and we have been to Iraq multiple times. She treat that little girl like a queen and let her get away with murder and yet the court still acts as if we are bad people because of what his ex wife tells them. Not to include the fact that she calls social services on us all the time. They keep comming out asking questions and looking at our house. They never find anything wrong ( of course ) but yet she uses that aginst us in court as well. I am pregnant and she told me that she hopes it is not a girl so that it will not take away from her little girl that her and my husband have together. Oh and she told the court that I am mean to the little girl and lock her out of the fridge? WTF, So the court says that I can not correct the little girl in anyway. So if she is doing something wrong ( even if she is hurtting her self or someone else) I can not get on to her. I have had it with this woman. Is there anything we can do?

By: Brandon&Melissa h

We have 2 Son’s ages 14 & 18 1/2. We are having a situation with our 18 1/2 year old Son. He got tired of school back in 2006 when he was 16, and it was fight to get him to go to his classes. He quit and we made him get his GED right away and told him that if he wasn’t going to go to college then he would have to get a job. We didn’t want him bumming around. Well, he has worked all of 4 months in the last 2 yrs. He is out all night, sleeps all day, and plays around like he’s still a carefree kid. He is a very talented musician in a band (not making money yet) and he has alot of potential but NO motivation to get things on his own (work for them). His friends buy him cigarettes & food. His girlfriend drives him everywhere. He doesn’t have a car, no license, and he refuses to walk or ride a bike to find work. Says all of his friends parents buy their kids cars, pays for their college, etc. We have dangled numerous carrots in front of him to try to motivate him (what we can afford-since we are poor), including finding him a job where I worked so he could drive with me. It lasted 2 weeks before he didn’t like it anymore. We have tried the opposite too, by cancelling his cell phone that we were paying for and getting a land line for everyone instead (cheaper), but he always seems to adapt no matter what boundaries we set or what we take away. He see’s us work & he see’s us share one old car and my Husband rides a bike & bus to work (for the last 3 years). He watches us struggle and he continues to act like he’s entitled & selfish. We wouldn’t mind him staying if he would grow up, contribute, and not be a mooch. I have been a bit more understanding (because of him being a musician & trying to support him on a creative level) but my Husband has been fed up for over a year & are tired of talking about it with him. We both are now on the same page & decided to take a stand on it. This is the contract we came up with below. We have all signed it. He doesn’t seem to be taking it too seriously as of yet, since he is still sleeping now at 3:30pm. Has anyone ever had this situation? Have you tried something similar and did it work? Do you think this is fair?

I ____________ agree to do the following:

1) Find & Get a paid job (looking doesn’t count-must be working by deadline).

2) Be respectful & courteous to others living under this roof.

3) Clean up completely after self & friends.

4) Keep back porch clear of cigarette butts, cups, food, soda cans, etc.

5) Keep own room & house clear of soda cans, cups, food, etc.

6) Follow rules of house.

7) Help without arguing or ignoring when asked to do things around the house, such as cleaning cat box, taking out trash, bringing up trash cans, etc. from time to time.
When paychecks start coming, give $25.00 a week to Mom & Dad to put in account to be held until we move or you move out. If you abide by the rules above all the money will be given back to you at that time above. If you do not abide by the rules at certain times then everytime a rule is broken and we have to clean up after you or listen to rudeness or disrespect then portions of the money will be deducted at our discretion. (example 1: you take Moms soda because you drank all of yours-you will be charged and the money will come out of the money saved) (example 2: you decide to make a mess & not clean up after yourself in your room, porch, livingroom, computer area, kitchen, etc. - I will charge a clean-up fee to be taken from the money saved) The amount you save will be up to you and your attitude.

__________________________________

If the 8 requirements are met you will be on your way to gaining independence, earning respect, becoming mature, & saving money.

__________________________________

On the other hand, if these 8 requirements are not met and kept up with by Saturday Oct 4th, 2008, you must pack your things up and move out. If there is an argument at that time we will move things out to the front yard & change locks if need be.

Signed by ________________________ Date ____

Son

Signed by ________________________ Date ____

Mom

Signed by ________________________ Date ____

Dad

By: redkatflorida