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I agree with Tom and CS. I was given the option of skipping 8th grade when I moved schools, and I gladly took it. For years, I thought it was the most wonderful thing. I did want to get the hel…

Top stories for Long   My daughter is gifted and the school wants her to skip 2 grades in high school. I am worried about her being with students so much older than her. What would be best for her? Joshua Gross, Associate Professor of Computer Science at CSUMB • Answered March 14 I agree with Tom and CS. I was given the option of skipping 8th grade when I moved schools, and I gladly took it. For years, I thought it was the most wonderful thing. I did... Read more » 624 37   Is it true that charging an electric vehicle is equivalent to 25 refrigerators running? Mike Percival, Director and Freelance Electronics Engineer • Answered September 1, 2023 A bit of a problem there as refrigerators do not run continuously, but cycle on and off. But looking at my fridge rating plate, it uses 458kWh annually, or an average of abo... Read more » 150 60   What ingredient can be added to burgers to prevent them from becoming dry when cooked? Martin Bayer, Chef (1994-present) • Answered March 11 Fat. 80/20 ground chuck is the most popular blend for hamburgers. 80/20 is 80% beef and 20% beef fat. That percentage of fat helps to ensure you'll get juicy burgers with a ... Read more » 106 6   If a foreigner gets a speeding ticket in the USA, what happens if they just go back to their country without paying it? Richard Trevithick, MEA Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Utah (1976) • Answered February 26 The answer is: It depends. The US has many different jurisdictions in addition to the 50 states. If you get a speeding ticket in Oregon and decide not to pay it, just make ... Read more » 372 20   Why did the Royal family withhold information from Harry and Meghan that their phones had been hacked over a 6-year period? Linda, former Civil Servant • Answered March 30, 2023 What planet was Harry on. We all knew about the phone hacking scandel. The prosecutions were high profile, Prince Charles ( as he was then) and Prince William's phones were... Read more » 187 19   If you poured water into space, would it freeze or evaporate first? Bob Myers, Open minded, but not so much that my brains fall out. • Answered March 14 Why should it freeze? Contrary to popular misconception, space is not cold. Being a near-perfect vacuum, space itself has no temperature at all. If a given object is in spa... Read more » 529 39   My car was totaled, and I'm not at fault. The insurance company wants to seize vehicle, but I will not be able to afford another one. What should I do? Amber Smith, worked at NTT DATA Americas • Answered October 29 Insurance companies tell you that it's a total loss and want to seize the vehicle simply because they put it up for auction. They will tell thee auction, what their bottom d... Read more » 627 39   My boss just texted me implying that I will be fired if I go on vacation for four days, even though I gave two months' advance notice. My family already purchased the tickets and everything. Is there anything I can do? Kit Brown-Hoekstra • Answered February 4, 2020 This happened to me at my first job. I had already bought non-refundable tickets to visit my grandparents and had told everyone 2 months before that I would be out of town ... Read more » 6.9K 211   Do male patients receive little to no modesty? Mark Giles, former Integrated Avionics & Flight Control Specialist at U.S. Air Force (1985... • Answered September 28 I was in once and a female nurse was trying to insert a catheter without lube or numbing. She gave up and decided to try again without luck. Then she said she was going to ... Read more » 2.2K 367   Why is the Boeing 757 no longer manufactured? Brian Rourke, Pilot at United Airlines (1995-present) • Updated November 24 When the 757 was built, it had the lowest cost to operate per available seat mile of any plane built. It also had very high thrust to weight ratio and eight wheels with bra... Read more » 1K 74   What made White people so powerful and dominant on the global stage? Francis, Fairly numerate. It helps. • Answered March 6 Western Europe, used here to refer to Britain, Spain and Portugal, and France, has some interesting geographic features. Chiefly that all three are at the far end of but co... Read more » 1.1K 218   I'm 52 years old and nobody will hire me. Why? Ultra Violet, Teacher at Public Education (1997-present) • Answered January 2 Because folks over 50 and mothers of young children are going to be the highest maintenance employees so employers dodge those 2 demographics like the plague. At 50 plus yo... Read more » 3.5K 778 Read more in your feed

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