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I'm a 19 year old boy and I'm only 63inches tall, I'm very short when compared to people of my age.
Is there any way I can increase my height. (link)
Every human is different. Maybe this is your maximum height, and its completely natural. Although you may see it as odd, you will most likely grow into your height as you get older.

There isn't much you can do really, except for wait and see if you grow any further: not likely, but possible.

If you are worried that there may be a health problem, you should see a doctor.

Hope I helped :)


I recently bought a Pandigital Novel. (http://www.pandigital.net/userfiles/imag…

I read the reviews for it and most of the reviewers either sort of liked it or hated it. Usually I would take heed to this and the many complaints but I guess you can I say I REALLY wanted an ereader/tablet. At the time I didn't have a whole lot of money other then some cash ($40) I earned from a data entry site and $50 I got from other assorted tasks. I was so thrilled when I finally bought it and excited beyond belief when I actually received it in the mail 3 days later.

The first thing I noticed was a very resistive and somewhat blurry screen that was next to impossible to navigate around with. The second thing was that it powered off and then back by itself only 30 minutes into it's first use. I also got the disappointing surprise of it having an unofficial android build which pretty much means it's not going to work with the android market or software updates because it's not really an android tablet but a cheap knock off. Luckily I know a little bit about hacking and fixed this problem. Anyways as time went by it glitched and lagged more and more to the point I just expected it to freeze and reset itself every 30 minutes or so. I tried so very hard to love it but as the next month went by I started loathing it. There were entire weeks that went by that I didn't even so much as look at it.

So last week I finally had enough of it after I had put it in my purse (with only a few pencils accompanying it) and when I took it out of my purse 45 minutes later it sported a nice long deep scratch right across the center of the screen. So much for an unscratchable screen. Within the hour I emailed the people who sold it to me and they let me return it for a full refund. I sent it back to them Monday so I should have my refund within the next week or so.

Now I should have a little bit more money to spend soon and I'm interested in buying this.

http://www.amazon.com/Pan-TC-970-9-7-Inc…

I'm not looking for anything like the amazing Ipad (my mom has one) but I want something that I can carry around and read books on,keep a personal diary in,play games on and search the internet with.


I think it checks out good but I want other peoples opinion on this. Does it seem legit? Like it's worth the money or should I just save up a little more and buy a Kindle Fire?

Thank you for any advice. :) (link)
Hello.

The link you posted doesn't seem to work. Maybe you can re-post it on an edit?

But knowing what I know from what you say, I think it would be best to save for an Amazon Kindle. Its best to shell out a little more of something that is good quality and that will last, than keep buying a cheaper device that you may have to replace alot. But like I said, re-post the link, or the make + model, so we can give you more information. :)


I currently use the most updated version of Internet Explorer on an HP desktop computer. I love IE, it's the only web browser I do like and I strongly dislike everything else.
But recently I've been having a lot of internet issues. Like it seems like if I have too many pictures open on multiple different browers my computer will go crazy and start showing this popup that says something thing "Out of service line -random number-"

I feel like it may be because of EI, I'm always on Tumblr and I know EI doesn't fully support Tumblr. So I was thinking about switching over to Google Chromo for a little bit to see if that helps/changes anything.

But I have a few concerns. Will I be able to switch back to Internet explorer? And will it be free? My computer came with IE as the default browser. I've never gone through the process of switching browsers before and I don't wanna mess anything up.

Thanks! (link)
Google chrome is free, and easy to use. You basically just have to install it, and BAM! You're ready to go!

There will be no side effects to changing browsers. I have Chrome, IE, and Firefox on my laptop. I use google chrome for almost everything, except for a certain website to watch TV on, and for that I use Firefox. I never use IE: its too cluttered and slow.

When you open Chrome for the first time, It will ask if you want to set it as your default browser. Select yes. You can easily change this later- Heres an article that explains how to do it for each browser:

http://www.guidingtech.com/6579/change-default-browser-make-firefox-chrome-ie-default-browser/

There's no cost, and little hassle to change back and forth. Most people I know use Chrome, but all have at least 2 different browsers on their computer.

Good luck, and hope I helped :)


19/f

I've never taken a dance class in my life, but for some reason i've always wanted to. I've never really had the time until now. I'm really considering it but I'm not really sure what type of dance is best for beginners. I'm looking more into jazz, hip-hop, contemporary style of dancing. please no ballet or anything.

I guess i'm just asking if this is weird for me to start taking dance classes now?? most kids start when they're young like 6 years old, but i'm 19... wouldn't it just be weird if I showed up to some random studio alone without any dancing experience?

I feel like I really want to do this, but i have a little hesitation about actually doing it.. any advice on how to just do it and take a class?? (link)
Hello.

Well I think it's great that you're taking up dancing: Its a great way to keep fit, meet friends, and have fun!

I don't think you should be worried about the age thing. Its never too late to start to learn anything. A friend of mine is a dance instructor, and he gets dance pupils from a wide age range, going anywhere from 5 to 20/30ish!

I think you should google classes/schools or maybe check in the phone book? Give them a call, and see what types of dance class they offer. See if you can either sit in or take a taster lesson (usually free) to see if you enjoy it. Do this with a few classes/schools and see what you enjoy!

Have fun, and good luck! :)


Which phone is the best? please write pros and cons if you have had one of these phones or you know someone that had one.
-LG dare
-LG Voyager 2
-LG enV touch

please list as many as you can think of! and if you know of a better verizon phone similar to these please let me know. thanks SOOOO much! :) (link)
Hello.

LG Dare:

The good:
The LG Dare has an intuitive touch-screen interface, an advanced 3.2-megapixel camera, a full HTML browser, EV-DO Rev. A, and plenty of other powerful features. It also has excellent call quality.

The bad:
The LG Dare's touch interface has a slight learning curve, and we weren't too pleased with the handwriting interface. Also, the Web browsing experience was quite disappointing


LG Voyager 2:

The good:
The LG Voyager VX10000 has a cutting-edge design with a brilliant touch screen and a spacious keyboard. It offers a generous features set that includes EV-DO support, V Cast Mobile TV Bluetooth, a top-notch Web browser, and an integrated GPS application. And if that's not enough, its call quality was excellent.

The bad:
The LG Voyager VX10000's camera lacks such extra options as a flash and Wi-Fi. The touch screen can be clunky at times, and the streaming video quality and EV-DO connection speed were uneven


LG enV touch:

The good:
The LG EnV Touch has two beautiful displays, a nice touch-screen interface, and a great QWERTY keyboard. It has impressive features, such as a 3.2-megapixel camera, EV-DO Rev. A, and a full HTML Web browser.

The bad:
The LG EnV Touch's touch-screen interface could use some refinement, and the Web browser experience is not as smooth as we would like. Visual Voice Mail and corporate e-mail cost additional monthly fees. The lack of Wi-Fi is disappointing.


This is all from cnet. They're really good, so just google 'cnet *phone name* review'. Hope I helped :)


I bid on a pair of boots off of Ebay and the starting price was about $2. A few people bid before me though. But when I started bidding, literally the second a clicked "Cinfirm bid" I was outbidded. I bid five times and it happened every single time. What is this? When I clicked the link to see the list of bidders, they were all different ones. I know you can't see their full username and it shows up like this "U*******e", but you could still tell they were all different. It's almost like it was an automatic bid with the way it happened literally a half of a second after I placed my bid. And this was in a span of about 3 days.

Any ideas? (link)
Well you're supposed to put your maximum bid you see. So just say the current bid is $2, and you put a maximum of $10, it will change the current bid to $3. Then if someone bids $4, they will be outbid by $5 (your bid). So it puts in your maximum bid in little bits, not all at once. Therefore, if someone has put a maximum bid that is higher than your current bid, you will be out bid.

Hope that was clear.


what is something sweet to tell a best friend? (link)
Well the thing is about saying 'something sweet to tell a best friend' is that it has to be personal, and it has to come from the heart and you have to mean it of course.

You cant find these things. They come naturally, and it will just be from the heart. If you have to think about it, then its not worth saying.

And just say how you feel. Just the other day I told my best friend that I love them. It felt natural, it was random, and it was very much appreciated.

Hope I helped :)


Are any of these people mildly interesting to someone who isn't a science geek? We have to pick one for a project and I have no clue who any of these people are


Ruth Benerito
Joan Berkowitz
Hazel Bishop
Emma Perry Carr
Pamela Clark
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
Gertrude Belle Elion
Alice Hamilton
Darleane Hoffman
Shannon Lucid
Gerty Theresa Cori
Stephanie Kwolek
Janet Marcet
Marie Meurdrac
Rosalyn Yalow
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Diane D. Gates-Anderson
John Dalton
Humphrey Davy
Irene Curie-Joloit
Henri Becquerel
Robert Boyle
S. Cannizzaro
Jacque Charles
Neils Bohr
J.J. Thompson
Henry Moseley J. Berzelius
W. Roentgen
J. Robert Oppenheimer
L. Meitner
G. N. Lewis
F. Aston
Joseph Priestly
Michael Faraday
J. Proust
E. Rutherford
A. Avogadro
Paracelsus
Robert Bunsen
Fritz Haber
D. Mendeleev
Fritz Wohler
E. Torricelli
Linus Pauling
Leslie Groves
Arrhenius
LeChatelier
F. Werner
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I've only ever heard of Paracelsus, and that's because I studied the History of Medicine a while ago. Like I've said, I've never really heard of any of the others. But I was interested in Paracelsus, simply because of the time period he was in. He was a Renaissance scientist.

The reason I find this period (or any time before the 18th century) interesting, is because everything was so new to the scientists. I like the weird theories they used to explain why certain things happened, and a lot of what they discovered was ground breaking, because not much had been discovered before then.

So I think these types of scientist are great, for the above reason. There's tonnes of stuff on the internet to help you.

Hope I helped :)


Want to do incest with my elder sister, NEHA........
(link)
I don't know what you want exactly. I think you already have asked a similar question previously.

This is wrong. It is illegal. It is amoral. It will never happen. It should never happen.

Seek mental therapy as soon as possible. Do not put it off. This behaviour is not right and can escalate.


i need a nickname for my guy friend (link)
Pookyy. lol i called my friend that all the time :)


for this job i applied to i need a letter of recommendation. i dont have anyone i can turn to to do this for me. i was thinking of just writing my own and signing it with a made up name. saying that it is my previous guidance counselor. will they check into that, and am i suppose to provide them with a way to contact this "guidance counselor"? (link)
This isn't a good idea, because they will probably chase that up. They usually ask for a telephone number/e-mail address so they can check it out.

Best bet is to find a teacher/old teacher/anyone really to do it.


how can you tell your mam and dad you are preg but you are only 13 (link)
What do you mean, how can you tell them? You don't have much of a choice really. You sit them both down and tell them: 'Mum, Dad, I'm pregnant'.

There, done. Obviously it won't be as easy as making a baby: any idiot can do that. That's my advice though. I don't wan't to criticise you for being a child, and then having a child, or give you advice on what to do with the baby. Believe me, the temptation is great. But that's not your question.

Good luck :)


My boyfriend and i are thinking about having sex we have been together for 9 months we are both 17
we both feel ready i'm worried that it might hurt a lot will there be blood? my boyfriend has a small penis i've heard that it doesn't hurt much if a guy has a small penis is that true? (link)
Well, either way, its gonna hurt. basicly, your gonna 'pop your cherry'

as long as both of yall are ready thats all that should matter.

plus, the first time you have sex, its gonna feel wierd. so dont expect it to be 'perfect'

:)
hope i helped


I love his personality but Im not attracted to him physically at ALL. I don't want to sound shallow but that's how I feel. I could talk to him for hours on the phone and laugh and have a great time but when I look at him I just don't feel like I could kiss him. I feel like the most I could do is cuddle and hold hands. I feel horrible and I wish I could be physically attracted to him but I'm not. What should I do? (link)
Well people will tell you that looks don't matter, and that personality is all that does. That however, is false. Both looks and personality matter. What proportion of which matters most is up to the individual, but if you dont feel comfortable with the way he looks, or are not physically attracted to him, then don't go out with him. Just be friends.

Its shallow, but it's human nature. Those who say they don't care about looks are lying. Even if it plays 1% of a role in the decision they make, it still matters.

In conclusion, if you don't feel comfortable, and don't like the way he looks physically (because remember, relationships are not all about holding hands and cuddling. It will get more physical, depending on your age), then don't go for it. Stay friends.

Hope I helped :)


basically i think i broke my hymen i dont actully know .. i know stupid but like i fell down but kind of awkwardly against a wall all the pressure of the fall went on my hips and when i went to the bathroom i saw a small amount of blood but i wasnt on my period
i tried looking at my special area in the mirror but all i saw was a hole .. no extra bit of skin around it
so like what ya think do you think i dont have one anymore? (link)
Well the hymen can break easily by rough activities such as horse riding, taking a fall etc, So the chances are that it's probably the case. If you feel discomfort + there is excessive bleeding, see a doctor. But it sounds like it probably just if your hymen.

Hope I Helped :)


What does "White people stole my car" mean to people? All my friends told me to google it... but these are these are the same friends that told me to google two females and a glass if you get my drift. so before I go and put something else like that in my brain forever I would like to know what, exactly is so special about googling that phrase? (link)
Well, there was some 'fun' and 'jokes', on google. When 'white people stole my car' was typed into google, it said 'did you mean: Black people stole my car'?

It was a little thing where everybody had fun saying google was racist, but google has disabled that certain search entry coming up as that. If you google it, nothing will happen. But go into images and you will see what I mean.

Hope I Helped :)


can u please tell me that when sperm is injected in ass hole a girl can pragnent in this case
(link)
no it cant unless its in her vagina


I'm 18. Female. Senior in high school. I like my friend who is also female. We are both Bisexual. She is a junior in high school. We've never had girlfriends, and its been a while since we've had boyfriends. ive liked her on/off for a year, and i dont want to ruin our friendship if she doesnt like me like that. also, we are in orchestra together, and she is my section leader.. so if anything bad happens to our relationship, or even if shes weirded out by me liking her, it will affect that class ,and i dont want that to happen. what should i do?
thanks a bunch :) (link)
I think y’all should defiantly give it a shot!!

But if y’all do date…..keep it on the down low for a while. Like, make it obvious that you like her and she likes you. But not enough for people to know y’all are together. Then if everything goes good, tell the world :)
Oh, and if it starts to feel weird and stuff, just promise each other that y’alll will go back to being friends

Hope I helped :)


18/f
why do i feel the need to do my hair and makeup again? i stopped when i was 16. now i see all these girls and i feel intimidated because i dont really do anything but apply a little mascara. i want to be happy when i look in the mirror, but im not. i dont understand why because i should be happy. i want to dye my hair, but i know this is just going to lead to temporarily happiness. (link)
Dont wear makeup!!

im 14 and i wish i never started bc my face is bad. i wake up every morning and feel like i need makeup. i wish i could stop.

Be happy with who you really are. not with how you look sweety :)


who much does it cost if i wanted the top of my ears piearsed at? what stores are the chepest?


(link)
You can go to Clare's




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