Well, like I mentioned, unless it was an order fulfillment mistake or a defective item, they'll charge return shipping and a restocking fee. Hassle. If I buy local from Best Buy, it doesn't matter why I'm returning it and I get a 100% refund. When I've received something from Amazon that was defective, returns were…

I made it as high as #13, but over 100 years ago as well.

If there's something I think I want, but maybe not 100% certain which exact item, I'll buy from Best Buy just so I have a free return option. With Amazon, unless the product is defective or the order filled wrong, returns can be a hassle.

Yeah, I guess 31 is still considered small, but sounded funny to me as I've never worked in a firm with more than 8. My gf has never worked for a company with fewer than 1000 employees. Some definite office culture misunderstandings have come up between us as we each talk about our day. There, every question gets…

States generally have rules about who can call themselves an engineer and perform engineering activities, although I'm not sure chemical engineering is handled the same was as things like electrical, structural, civil, etc. As a licensed civil engineer, I'd be subject to disciplinary action and could lose my license…

I think rules vary by state, and have changed over time, about who can call themselves an "engineer". It used to be that only after you'd graduated from an accredited engineering program, interned for 4 years under a licensed engineer, then passed a state board exam to become a registered/licenced PE (Professional…

55 million abortions since 1973? That would be 3,767 per day. Considering how few providers are apparently around, that can't be right.

I discovered that new action too and didn't like it. For quick reactions, I used to hold my thumb down and release to snap the shot. Can't do that anymore.

You go further to the bat-shit extreme and you'll find people that don't celebrate Christmas because the birth of Jesus is unimportant as compared to his death. I know a guy whose grew up in a family like that.

Does a shutdown at the various memorials mean that you can't even walk around them? What's to keep someone from walking up the steps at the Lincoln Memorial?

I seem to recall there being a choice in the setup options on TIVO Premier that let me choose between a 30 second skip or a skip to the next marker. I have mine set to do 30 second skips, but it survives reboots. It also does 1 minute skip with a double press, or 1:30 second skips with triple press. If I want to…

I have a cow like that on my desk at work still.

Dad bought three RadioShack Model III's in 1980 or 81. Two of them were used at his office and I got the other. It came with Scripsit and Visicalc. I taught myself BASIC and used it my last year of high school and 4 years of college, primarily for word processing. Not many people at that time were turning in…

Childless here. I learned this week that there's something called a "smash cake" for babies birthdays. There's the regular cake that gets cut and everyone has a slice, and there's another one just for baby to go all Hulk on.

The answer they're looking for is because it can't fall through the opening. Turn a square lid on edge and at an angle, and it can fit through a square opening.

If I answered the manhole question by saying, because manhole openings are round, would they think I was a dick, stupid, or thinking abstractly?

It's literally been 25 years since I had a job interview as I was exiting college. Is that really what gets asked? If that was my interview right now, I wouldn't have an answer for but about 5 of those.

I just want a weather app that starts as fast as the stock Apple app, but has all the features of the Yahoo app. That darn thing takes 10 seconds from icon to showing weather on my iPhone 4.

Google Voice for Craigslist sales. I put in ads that calls to the provided number won't be answered, but they should leave a message or text.

I think I beat you with this post, but mines in the gray, so you win.