The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by P J Evans:

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Given that it was near the local college, I was thinking something like magazine sales. (Or some other kind of sales.)

HLN: Local woman sees sign on streetside pole:
Entrepreneurs Wanted - Will Train

(Local woman wonders if they know what entrepreneurs are.)

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The last time I had glasses made, I went to Costco, and got them for about half what Lenscrafters would have charged.
I was Not Happy with Lenscrafters: the previous time, they'd misfit the glasses, because they were replacing a pair where the nosepads had broken and were missing.

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I can see where it would be really useful! *g*
(I've done beaded knitting, where the bead goes over the loop. Really easy to drop a bead on the floor that way.)

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IMHO "fannish" vs "commerce" is not a reasonable axis.

I see it as 'fannish' vs 'intended-for-profit'.

Well-known author approaches milestone:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Author-and-Cal-grad-Beverly-Cleary-turns-100-I-7213595.php

This comes to an extreme in chemical formulas, where a chemical name can diagram a molecule's structure.

There are actual formal rules about naming compounds. IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) is in charge of them. (The CRC Handbook used to contain a summarized version.)

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or even just 'with au jus'. Aaarrrggghhh!

The driver-training classes I got at work told us to make eye contact ('make sure they see you'). As a pedestrian, I find it helps. Too many drivers never see anything but the road in front of them, and that includes people and cyclists crossing their path legally.

HLN: Local woman is amused by truck advertising New Amsterdam vodka.
(Gin would seem to be more probable, given the historical associations.)

hippo birdy two ewes, Teresa!

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It does appear to be appropriate.

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I've navigated through L.A. Union Station enough to say that yes, you do use peripheral vision a lot in high-traffic situations, and the ones who can't take their eyes off the glass screen are problems. (Fortunately most people going through at rush hour are paying more attention to reality than to phones, or it would be a mess. Also, people with bikes are walking them.) The layout is different from Centraal Station - it's a long tunnel with intersections where the train platforms are, and wide areas at the two ends where other traffic comes and goes.

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Some cities own electric or water, or sometimes gas. (L.A. has its own water and power setup.)

If I thought I could afford to move...which I can't. (It's been more than 40 years since I made my one trip to NYC.)

forgot to recharge the phone

This is normal for me. I don't use the cellphone much, so it tends to be battery-uncharged All The Time.

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There are several collections of stories that are public domain and eligible.
Go to File 770 and search for 1941 Hugo - that gets you all the posts where they're linked.

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Nice outfit!
In the US, there were patterns for costumes like that around our Bicentennial - tailcoat, waistcoat, and breeches, as a set. (Lots of buttons involved.) Not being in the market for those, I don't know what's currently available.
(Warning: sewing a pile fabric like velvet will require cleaning the sewing machine every time you use it.)

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a minimally reasonable level of customer service

My workgroup spent most of a year sharing a floor with (part of) IT and a customer service group that handled some of the specialized stuff. They were very busy people. (IIRC, they handled low-income services, in several languages.)

(At other times I'd get internal wrong numbers, and would pass the message along to the intended recipient, because forwarding voice mail is really hard.)

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