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xiola · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 421 Location: All of them.

How do I go about getting a car checked out for issues when I'm buying from a private seller? I feel weird asking to take it to a mechanic, and I don't really know a reliable mechanic anyway... Should I just depend on the records the owner has kept on the car?

caropop · Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 8000 Location: tejas

xiola · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 421 Location: All of them.

lozenge · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1171 Location: Australia

Is the Hunger Games (book) worth reading? I am kinda interested in it but I saw a preview and it basically looks like a white version of Battle Royale. Am I wrong?

puck · Posted: Mar 01, 2012 12:51 am Post subject:

i decided to figure that out, lozenge, by reading them. now that i've looked at a little of the spoiler-laden hunger games thread, i can recommend this link which is basically a read-along of the first chapter - the blogger reads it and shares thoughts and speculations. i think it's a pretty good way to get a sense of the book and see if you want to go further, without putting the time into getting the book/reading the chapter.

... although maybe the blog post is as long as the chapter.
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lozenge · Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1171 Location: Australia

thanks puck! will have a look :)

Chiquita · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1407 Location: Tejas

What do you call this character on your keyboard

#

pound
number
sharp
hash tag

And does context matter? Curious now, one British guy I know call this a sharp and someone else in my office calls it something else.

knittykat · Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 10694 Location: Here & Now

my daughter calls it a "tic tac toe" :)
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Chupacabra · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1574 Location: Astoria, New York

I think context matters? Pound for phone stuff, hash for internets, etc.
At least in my brains.
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town hall · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 3172 Location: UK

The British guy probably wouldn't call it 'pound' 'cos it would be confusing with �=pound. I call it 'hash'.
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IrmaVep · Posted: Mar 07, 2012 5:11 am Post subject:

Sharp would be for music (and flat looks like a squashed letter b).

Hash tag on twitter, otherwise hash symbol if I was instructing someone to enter one. I would understand what was meant if someone said pound symbol, although I would think of that as a fancy lb, or � only if said "Pounds sterling. And number if I was reading reading it out loud (e.g I'd read #3 as number 3), but I would consider it an Americanism (but I could be wrong in that assumption!).

My question: How many faces are there on Mt Rushmore?
Was just looking at awkwardfamilyphotos.com and there was a family portrait where it looked like there was another face off to the right. When we googled images there was another family image that also showed it. But none of the more "offical" looking pictures seemed to have it visible.

Chiquita · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1407 Location: Tejas

Thanks for all the answers! I have used the # in a password for something at the office and have to tell the bosses, repeatedly, over the phone.

Mt Rushmore - Washington, Jefferson, T Rosevelet, and Lincoln
There's room for more (hopefully not Ron Ray-gun)

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kitchen · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1301 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Melmont · Posted: Mar 08, 2012 10:44 am Post subject:

Yep, I'm Canadian, and I call it a number sign on the keyboard, or a pound on the phone. I also learned it as a sharp in music notation. I don't know what anything is when it comes to Twitter...
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