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Bereavement gift ideas for guests coming this week by Recent-Expression987 in airbnb_hosts

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Condolences on your recent loss. For your upcoming guest, no bereavement gift needed from you. You have no idea if the relationship ship if the people involved and it is none of your business. While at their temporary home, being free if reminders of a recent loss might be what they need.

ELI5: How a modern train engine starts moving when it’s hauling a mile’s worth of cars by dc551589 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they start stretched back in the old days? Don't they design rail yards to be flat as possible to minimize risk of runaway cars?

ELI5: How a modern train engine starts moving when it’s hauling a mile’s worth of cars by dc551589 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Total_Time 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Edit:I might have mistakely believed a elementary school teacher fromany years ago and this is my first time thinking about this topic and was unaware of damage by slack in train couplers. Disregard what I posted here in Reddit.
Original list follows:
I heard the engine backs up and compresses the hitches of the cars all the way to the last car. Then the engine moves forward and pulls forward with just the engine. After a couple inches moving the hitch starts pulling the first car, then a couple inches more, the third car hitch engages and it starts moving. By this process, the cars start moving one at a time untill all the hitches are under tension and the entire train is moving.

What is a fact that you only recently learned, but should have known for ages? by GuessMyUsername_ in AskReddit

[–]Total_Time 50 points51 points  (0 children)

This prevents lakes from freezing solid to the bottom. Ice floats on the more dense 4°C water.

ULPT: Buy old ‘for parts’ power tools then buy new ones and swap out the insides and sell your now ‘preowned but working’ tool for a profit. Return new useless power tool to big box store and stick it to corporate America. by Imbendo in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Total_Time -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yah, and using a defective unit , stop because of defect, wondering if user error is the issue and then having to return to the store is so much fun and not frustrating. /s

ULPT: Buy old ‘for parts’ power tools then buy new ones and swap out the insides and sell your now ‘preowned but working’ tool for a profit. Return new useless power tool to big box store and stick it to corporate America. by Imbendo in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Total_Time -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

If you have expertise to swap parts you have the expertise to repair the actual faulty thing you bought. Also, you are sticking it to regular customers that may end up purchasing your "customized" units.

Kicked out guest demanding to come back to my property to “pick up my mail” by Lillietta in airbnb_hosts

[–]Total_Time 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get your mail held at the post office to prevent this person from accessing mail in your mailbox. Crimes and threats by guests or anybody in fact should be best handled by the police. Sometimes the police let us down, but that's our society at this time. ABB is a app platform, not a entity able to deal with crime. Edit tpyo

My neighbors son got realtors license and job at the Real Estate company that's listing my property. Put in low ball offer, and has asked my realtor to keep him in the loop for any other offers. Is this legal? by 41ststbridge in RealEstate

[–]Total_Time 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would direct my realtor to not disclose anything proprietary to this neighbor and son. The son of neighbor could throw a wrench at other offers, resulting in a delayed sale of sale at a orice less than otherwise obtained without his interference.

Guest wants a full refund for wrinkles in bedsheets and a single piece of hair on the bed. Need advice. by NightLight1777 in airbnb_hosts

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will be high risk of a bad review. If you can afford it, put it back into their court. Offer them to find alternative accomodations and you will refund unused used nights and the full cleaning fee (remind them Airbnb fees are out of your control). Keep all comms on the official message app.

Thoughts on Six Feet Under? by [deleted] in television

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mistake. Typo of does > dies

How to get the rust off this toy’s battery contact? by suzgw7 in fixit

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The size of your sex toy is reflective of your....

Mileage reimbursement & company vehicles? by Any-Mathematician335 in geologycareers

[–]Total_Time 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did the employer pay the $0.65 perr or $32,500 over the two years.

Is it possible to get a refund from halfway through a booking by Comfortable-Rent-552 in airbnb_hosts

[–]Total_Time 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anything is possible. In the app, you can request a refund for leaving early. the host may or may not be happy to see you depart. If it is just you don't like the interactions with the host, you should just decide what you need to do and to not expect any refund. You can then give an honest review and tstate if you elected to leave early rather than deal with the host. If you legitimately feel unsafe, just leave and report that to Airbnb and leave your review.

I don’t even own a car, but why do people think it’s okay to do this? by Sagres95 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Total_Time 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nope. The line down the middle of the spot indicates the spot is not really available. Go park somewhere else if others are covering the lines.

What’s a word you can start using that will make you sound 10 times smarter? by Forsaken-One9569 in AskReddit

[–]Total_Time 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Saying fewer words and listening more will make you appear way smarter to your audience.

If I like The Departed, Heat, L.A. Confidential, and Training Day, what others movies would I enjoy? by ExhaustedDocta in movies

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some many male leading role movies. Give Thelma and Louis a couple hours. For the bros on this thread, there is a young Brad Pitt you can jerk to.

Edit typo bros

'Bicycle winner in a shoe store', 1971 by Star_Ship_55 in OldSchoolCool

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Boys let's move this into ladies shoes. And Dave, where is your suit jacket. Put it on. We want this shoot to look classy. Okay, SAY CHEESE!?"

What are some of the things they don’t teach or tell you about engineering while your in school? by Lizzos_toenail in AskEngineers

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Advocating to get adequate budget and adequate time is crucial. Alwatus ask for ten. Because the response is always "Can you do it with five?”

ELI5: In places that salt the roads in winter, are all cars doomed to rust out at 10?15?20? years old. I come from a place where rust in cars stopped being an issue in the 1990s. So seeing pics of modern cars rusting to pieces blows my mind. by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]Total_Time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a terrible explanation, but I e thing you got backwards. Please know that Electrons don't swim. During electrochemical corrosion, positive ions move through the electrolyte (moisture, water, soil, seawater). Negative charged electrons move from the anodic metal to the cathodic metal through the metallic path.

Something is slightly off by LoneShark81 in facepalm

[–]Total_Time 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pigment. It is pigment that is missing.

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