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Top stories for Long   What is a slap-in-the-face job offer? Joshua M, studied at The Culinary Institute of America • Updated February 23 I was a private chef making 100k a year cooking for a wonderful family in NYC. My roommate from culinary school asked me to come out to California to see his new project - ... Read more » 6.5K 232   When Biden cancelled the Keystone Pipeline, thousands of Americans lost their well-paying private-sector jobs. Not one liberal or Democrat expressed concern. Why are they so upset now that DOGE is eliminating government jobs? Curtis W. Scissons, B.S Biology & Chemistry, Northeastern State University (1998) • Answered February 25 Because that's not what happened. The XL wasn't even built yet when it was cancelled. And it was going to be used to transport bitumen to Houston, not crude oil. And it would ... Read more » 5.9K 842   My 14-year-old son thinks it's funny to challenge me in public where I don't want to discipline him in front of other people. How can I address this problem? Norman Plume, BS from San Diego State University (1987) • Answered July 21, 2023 I had that problem with my Daughter. She would speak to me disrespectfully and basically act horribly. We were driving to have lunch with my father and I told her that I ex... Read more » 5.9K 356   Isn't so-called white privilege actually hard work and education? Nick Rowan, Bus Driver (2017-present) • Answered February 25 Let me tell you 2 stories, and you can talk about hard work and education after that. My son—blue eyed, red haired, Irish pale— was training for the Army. He was running, pr... Read more » 964 214   Why is the USA importing timber from Canada when there is plenty of timber in Mississippi and other parts of the US? Brenton Harding, Foreign service officer in the U.S. • Answered February 24 Sadly, the whole debate over Canadian softwood lumber exports is a bunch of American trees that block the view of the real forest. First, a bit of silviculture. Each year of... Read more » 5.2K 433   What is the logic of Fahrenheit? At Celsius, water turns into ice below 0°, logical, right? However, the logic of Fahrenheit escapes me and why people continue to use it in the USA while just about the rest of the Western world uses Celcius. Rand Gerald, works at Retirement • Answered February 2 Fahrenheit was created first (1724). Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first accurate and reproducible thermometer. He wanted a 100° difference between the coldest tem... Read more » 1.6K 311   Why does Elon Musk look like death warmed over? Jon Mixon, Watching them carefully and remembering their foibles and faux pas • Updated March 2 Question: Why does Elon Musk look like death warmed over? Some thoughts: He was never a very attractive person - Earlier pictures of Musk before his hair transplants and cosm... Read more » 2.9K 513   Why did Miyagi describe the crane kick as "no can defense"? Kevin Winslow, Know enough to know it's never enough • Updated Fri This is one of my favorite misunderstood lines of all time. In the film, you have to take the line in the greater context of martial arts: he's not saying this is an invinci... Read more » 660 43   I financed a car two months ago now they want it back because the bank backed out they said. I have no problem I get my down payment back but shouldn't I get an extra for inconvenience and the lies? Robert John, Technical Writer at NRG Energy • Answered February 18 Here is my experience, in Colorado. I went to a weekend auto dealer sale at the fairgrounds, and saw one I liked, but it was more than I could afford, with a sticker at $8,... Read more » 1.6K 62   What are songs whose meaning everybody got wrong? Joshua Gross, Fan of rock, jazz, pop, classical, bluegrass, etc. • Answered February 15 I don't know who supposedly thought that "Every Breath You Take" was a sweet love song. It's not, and I don't recall anybody thinking that. It's true that Sting thought peo... Read more » 133 18   What animals can mankind domesticate but hasn't yet? Gary Meaney, author of Zoology's Greatest Mystery (2022) • Answered October 25, 2018 There are many examples, but one I'd like to put forward is the spotted hyena. In 1790, the traveller James Bruce noted that, in the Cape of South Africa, spotted hyenas are... Read more » 7K 176   Why did sergeants avoid becoming officers in Vietnam? Bob Skinner, former Officer-in-Charge, 7th Fleet Public Affairs Det. at U S Navy (1984-1986) • Answered February 21 I worked with an Army E-7. One day while visiting him in his office, I noticed photos of him wearing various Officer ranks up to and including O-4 (Major). I asked him abou... Read more » 3.2K 224 Read more in your feed

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