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Old 12-02-2009, 12:03 AM   #796
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Re: OOT Life Tricks

I don't know if this is still true, but when I was in HS we figured out that if you mail the USPS and ask for shipping tape, they will send it to you for free (we may have had to pay for s+h, not sure). We asked for 12 rolls, which is a GIANT amount of tape. So giant that AFAIK we never finished one. They sent us 12, for free. We spent about half of one taping people into balls after school. Best free item i ever got in the mail.
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Old 12-02-2009, 12:22 AM   #797
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I don't know if this is still true, but when I was in HS we figured out that if you mail the USPS and ask for shipping tape, they will send it to you for free (we may have had to pay for s+h, not sure). We asked for 12 rolls, which is a GIANT amount of tape. So giant that AFAIK we never finished one. They sent us 12, for free. We spent about half of one taping people into balls after school. Best free item i ever got in the mail.
Don't see tape anymore, but you can get a bunch of free boxes here:

https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...egory=10000002
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Old 12-02-2009, 01:04 AM   #798
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A trick I have done when I have forgotten someones name is somehow casually sneak in a "hey how do you spell your name again?" Its pretty easy to get back to real conversation after you find out theres a million different things you could say that dont arouse suspicion. Just say something like "yeah I thought so, my cousin spells it the same way" or something along those lines. In cases where the person has a common first name spelled only one way and is suspicious just say "no, I mean your last name"
Doesn't work so well if there name is something like Bill, Bob or Tom...
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Old 12-02-2009, 02:57 AM   #799
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Here's a good one. When a chick has a gag reflex:

Have her do this....

1) Tell her to make a fist with her left hand, with her left thumb inside
2) squeeze your thumb as hard as you can
3) no gag reflex.

Try it. You're welcome.
Can someone really drunk, with the spins, at the end of a night, post a trip report on whether this will prevent spewing too? I feel there's at least a reasonable chance, low as it may be, that this might work at least until you can pass out.
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Old 12-02-2009, 04:15 AM   #800
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Can someone really drunk, with the spins, at the end of a night, post a trip report on whether this will prevent spewing too? I feel there's at least a reasonable chance, low as it may be, that this might work at least until you can pass out.
prop bet drunk Canadians?
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Old 12-02-2009, 05:14 AM   #801
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Set your alarm clock time 30-50 mintes ahead. Set the alarm time to the time you want to get up. When you hear the alarm, you can sleep for an extra 30-50 minutes without being late for whatever.
what the **** does this even accomplish?
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Old 12-02-2009, 08:50 AM   #802
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Keep a spare car key in your wallet in case you lock your regular keys in your car.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:17 AM   #803
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Keep a spare car key in your wallet in case you lock your regular keys in your car.
My first thought was I use a money clamp.
2nd thought, we used to keep one in the air filter. But you can't open a hood any longer without being in the car.
3rd thought, we used to use the magnetic boxes but they would dislodge because we did not drive gently.
4th thought, magnetic boxes do not adhere to plastic bumpers anyway.
5th thought, we used to wire a key to the inside of the bumper. Bumper access is no longer easy.
6th thought, I miss the days when 5 minutes with a coat hanger would get you back on the road.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:18 AM   #804
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I think it's impossible to lock my keys in my car.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:25 AM   #805
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True. I think it's impossible to lock my keys in the car, but women will probably lock their keys in the trunk.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:48 AM   #806
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With the auto-door lockers being pretty much standard nowadays, it probably is a lot harder to do since most people don't use anything other than the clicker thing on their keys to lock it in the first place.

(FWIW, when I'm in my wife's car which doesn't have the clicker, I always end up leaving it unlocked because I'm not used to hitting the button that's on the door.)
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:53 AM   #807
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A hotel in Indianapolis managed to lock my keys in my car last year. I checked in, went out to dinner, went to a bar, and when I got back my car was in the same place I pulled in with about 5 bell hops trying to break in. I was pretty drunk at the time so I thought it was pretty funny. They finally broke in and the next morning I filled out a report and their insurance paid the $1600 to fix everything the bell hops ****ed up.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:54 AM   #808
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I like to lose keys...so instead I just leave them in the car, this has made my life so much easier:

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Old 12-02-2009, 12:00 PM   #809
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The gag reflex thing will work for some people -- it's not a trick to get you to stick **** down your throat. It has nothing to do with thumb and throat being on the "same nerve" -- it's just sensory impulse overriding a reflex by taking precedence in your brain (the nerve mentioned earlier ITT does have a little to do with pain perception).

If you can't get it to work your reflexes may be wired 'harder', or you're not causing yourself enough pain to override the reflex.

Try this: Next time you feel a sneeze coming on, push firmly on your upper lip / mustache area with your index finger. For some people, this will override the sneeze reflex.
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Old 12-02-2009, 12:29 PM   #810
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Gag thing worked for me this morning while i was brushing my tongue. A+
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