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Q: What sort of materials will I need to make an effective mouse trap car?

Try this website:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/mouse.html

If you dont want to use that website, search "Mouse trap car" under google =)

Q: i have to make a two liter bottle rocket. and i have no idea how too. i have never done anything like this before. i have to build it from stracth. i have a few months.
so i was wondering if anyone here has built them before, or knows how to build them.
please get back to me!
♥

My freshmen year we had to do projects, and I didnt get the bottle rocket...but search "bottle rocket project" and there will be tons of information on it because a lot of schools across the country do this project.

Try this, it looks like its useful:
http://www.cksd.wednet.edu/CC/Sites/btlrckt.htm

The website was meant for a teacher, but just do the stuff that the student has to do.

Good luck !

Q: ugh i put eyeliner on and it looks good for like, i dont know, an hour? after that you cant even see it it just like goes away lol. but when i wash my face at night its all smeared, so i know it's there. for spring pics i want to actually be able to tell its there. how can you make it stay/be more noticable.
thanks

ps: i put it riigghight above my bottom lashes

Use MAC Eyeliner($10-$12) its expensive for eyeliner but everyone I know says its worth it... Shade in your eyeliner darker when you put your eyeliner on.. Also try using eyeliner on your top eyelid. Right above the lash line, make a straight line with your eyeliner. Repeat several times for a darker look. Be patient, because it takes work to get it perfectly done. If you do it on the top like I told you, it wont go away and it looks so good. If your not a makeup expert, why dont you get your makeup professionally done at MAC or some type of salon? Oh and also! Bring some eyeliner with you when you go to reapply when needed =)

Q: okay you know how you get your period every 28 days?? do you start counting from the day you get it, er the day you end??

i gotten my period the first of march & it lasted till around the 5th er 6th. i didn't get it yet soo should i expect it around the same time??

thanks!!

You count the first day you get it.
Sometimes its not exactly 28 days so be careful a few days before and a few days after if you didnt get it

=)

Q: I am glad these kids have a place to go where they may get some logical advice about sex (and some bad advice too which is sad)

I am just wondering how many of you "adults" think that too many are having sex too early? To me, they know very little about the consequences--most questions are asked after the fact. Perhaps this shows that sex education is not done early enough and it is not effective enough. What do you think?

Sex education is taught really early, 6th grade here in San Diego. It's just the peer pressure to be "cool" that most people have sex for. I personally am going to wait till I'm married. Sex is becoming less and less important so more people do it without thinking about the consequences. Plus, I know some classes give out condoms during sex education so abstenence is not being taught just protected sex.

Q: I have this secret that I haven't told one of my really good friends yet (lets call her Ruby). It's about this boy I like I have told four other people, and three of them are my other really good freinds. Well I don't want to tell Ruby because she doesn't have much experience with boys AT ALL and she wouldn't get it like my other freinds would. Should I tell her? Because if she knew I told these other girls before her she would be mad. So bottom line, Should I tell her? Even though I don't want to? Would you personally be mad if you were Ruby?

What Ruby doesn't know wont hurt her.
If you dont want to tell her, dont!
&& Dont feel like you have to tell her everything.
=)

Q: This girl in my social studies class always smells really musky and I want to know how I can tell her without hurting her feelings?

Just get your body spray out and be like "Ohh this is my favorite, want to try some?"

Haha, well if you dont want to do that..just tell her! Get her alone && Be like, "I dont want to sound mean but sometimes you have this weird smell, and I'm just telling you because I dont want people to say anything and think bad things about you because I know your a cool person "

Yeah sounds a little mean, but your saving her from embarassement! =)

Q: i would like to know the approiate age to wear make.. can anyone tell me if so how much make up. and is it true that it ages your face and it will get ruined faster then an average person would age because of make up?

As soon you go into highschool, most girls start wearing makeup. Start out light for the first year, with only concealer, blush, eyeliner. Little stuff like that, but as you get into your 2nd/3rd year in high school..why not go all out with everything? So 13+ would be good to start wearing makeup...hope I helped =)

Q: i have a band concert in a few days. i have this skirt:
http://www.pims-world.com/AE%20Patchwork%20Skirt1.jpg
but i don't know what kind of top to wear with it. the skirt comes to my knees and i need just a simple top to wear with it. in the end it needs to look kind of nice and stuff. do y'all have any suggesstions?

You know the green stripe, get a green top thats just plain..you could get really cute ones at Forever 21, American Eagle, Hollister, etc. And wear cute accessories like white neckalaces or w/e colors that work && bracelets.

Q: Mondo problem:

There is a gorgeous new girl at my school. And for some darn reason, she chose my best friend to hangout with. & now my best friend hardly talks to me compared to how much she used to. I really WOULD just be friends w/ the new girl, but we don't really click, if you know what i mean. I really have no idea what to say to my bff, but somethings GOT to be done, i miss being around her. She's awesome, but I think she'd get kinda mad if I told her I was jealous..

I need your help!

Well don't tell her your jealous, if you put it that way she might get mad at you. Just ask her if she wants to hang out with you somewhere, like "Hey, I havent hung out with you in forever... lets go see a movie or something". If she says she cant, she cant...but ask her when she can and make plans that way..and if she seems kinda like "Leave me alone" Just tell her the truth. Say that you miss her and ask her why she hasint been hanging out with you. Dont mention the new girl at first because she might get mad...but maybe later on in the conversation? I dont know if I helped..hopefully...but good luck && update me if you can !

=)

Q: What are the best places to put on eyeliner ( like top of your eye, the little ledge on the bottom etc.) and what are the best kinds to use?

Top of your eye, on the bottom close to your lash line. For a thicker line, repeat several times.

The bottom of your eye, and on the outside of it.

If you want to get a great eyeliner, try MAC..its expensive but works awesome.
If you dont want to pay a lot, try NYC, Maybeline, etc. etc.

=) I love eyeliner..its my favorite.

Q: I am female, 15 years old, 5'2 ish and 136 pounds. How much weight would it be necessary to loose to be average? Don't tell me to get a doctor's opinion, I already have, but I want to know what you guys think. I'll rate; Thanks in advance!

109-122 lbs would be "normal" for your age and height! I saw it on am-i-fat.com... Good luck with whatever diet you choose !

Q: Is 110 pounds for a person who is 5'4" to little or to much

Too little, the MINIMUM weight for 5'4 is 110 lbs (I know because I'm 5'4). So your fine but make sure you dont lose weight, but gaining a few lbs wouldent hurt either.

Q: ok i have a serious question
i bidded on something on ebay and i really dont want it anymore

can u plz plz tell me what happenes when you dont pay for something on these?!

Well, if you dont pay you get bad feedback --and that will affect your future selling and buying because people really look at the feedback. One bad feedback wont hurt much, but it could. Dont pay and the second highest bidder will get a message from the seller stating that she/he has now won. =)

Q: ok so i have like 2 months and uh 10 days till my birthday and i dont want a fancy candle lighting party like everyone else. but i want something small with say about 20-25 friends. have any ideas for a home party?

and also do you know any sweet 16 quotes that arent like fancy and girly?

thanks in advance.

Well, happy almost birthday! I think you should just get a DJ to come to your house to play some music, while all of your friends just dance && eat food! Have a table set out by the dance floor, with a bunch of junk food =) My friend had a small party with like 20 friends..but it was so fun because of the food && dancing. It sounds pretty simple, but its actually a lot of fun. Sweet 16 quotes? Hmm, all I can think of is Hilary Duff's sweet 16 song but that is way girly. I dont think I helped much, but I tried my best. Have fun at your birthday, am I invited ??!!

Q: how come mormons dont drink, gamble, party or anything like that? it seems like theres all these rules.

Because drinking partying, etc. are all considered sins. And mormans, and christians, etc. try their best not to sin. Though we are all not perfect, you should try your best not to sin. Also, in the bible it states a few things about these situations, If you would like. I could look them up for you ! Just send me something to my inbox.

Q: ok for some crazy reason when i am on myspace sometimes it wont let me go to the next page it just says (javascriptnextpage('1') now my question is how can i fix this? thanks so much.

It's just a myspace glitch, and there are many of those..so just refresh the page or x out, and sign in again =)

Q: i have adaware i and run scans about everyday and at the status.. it says open quarintine list and i have a little over 1000 ..so if i delete them all.. would they mess up my computer.. do you think itll be a good idea? suggestions please

Yes thats fine, it wont do anything to your computer.

Just make sure you dont click restore because all of those viruses will come back && thats not good.

=)

Q: What is a thesis statement?? I have to do a project along with a thesis statement and summary. I did the summary but im not to sure if i included a thesis or not. i just thought it was an opening paragraph to the story but i could be wrong.

A thesis statement is the topic, and two (or more, depending on how many paragraphs you do) reasons why your talking about the essay. It goes in the last sentence of your intro paragraph.

For example "I do not agree with school rules on dress code(topic) because they dont let you express your individuality(reason 1, paragraph 1) and they dont make sense (reason 2, paragraph 2)

Get it? I hope I didnt confuse you.
If you need more help you can always send me a personal question to my inbox! =)

Q: I recorded a video on my digital camera. Does anyone know how i can take that video and put it on somones myspace as a comment? i cant figure it out and its really botherin me lol thank you so much! five for every answerrr!