about

For the most part I'm good with car and animal related questions, but I'll answer other stuff if its something I feel I know enough about.
Ask me anything, and I'll give it my best shot.

Just dont ask me anything about the chances of you being pregnant.

Or if s/he likes you or not.

Or if you're fat. (I'll say yes no matter what)

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Wow I wish Dangernerd were here...

I have Dell XPS PC and I'm operating Windows XP Home edition. I've spent the last week rooting out viruses and adware and spyware from my computer. Now I have a new problem.

explorer.exe does not start up. After typing in my password at the login screen, I get a delay of about two minutes. Then my background appears. Thats it. So my icons, menu, and everything else isn't there. I have to manually run explorer.exe from the windows task manager, and it's a pain.

Any ideas? I've tried setting things straight on msconfig, but no luck. I'm really desperate.

I myself do not know the answer to this, but I am sure that maxwellssilverhammer would. Try asking this to him.


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15/f
sophomore.

Next year, I will have an opportunity to go to a college! I know I will have 2 teacher reccomendations and such, most likely everyone gets accepted.

I really need to go in order to graduate.
But...

Would a mute be able to go to college?
Uhm, a selective mute in that matter or is that just a "NO. you're disabled!1 you can't go."

I do all my work.. just obviously not presentations. :/

Yes a mute is able to go to college, and there are often programs to help the impaired.
Talk to your guidance councelor, and possibly someone from a college you are interested in. Im sure youll be fine.
Good luck.
-L

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Which is more dangerous belimic or anorexia?

Both will kill you eventually.

Dont do it.

-L

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well i need to know how to sign in.
as stupid as that sounds, i cannot figure it out!
my friend took the auto sign in thing off my computer and now i cant find how to get to that pop up thing that you put ur s/n and password in..lol

Uninstall it, then re-install.

It should take care of it.

-L

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okay well I'm pretty good in volleyball. the best thing I could do is pass; I'm a really good passer and can play best in the back row. well I tried out and DIDNT make it only because I didn't have a serve! the coach said that anyone who doesn't have a serve doesn't make the team, so I didn't make it. he said I would definitely make it next year if I have a serve, but the problem is that I can't serve ANYTHING! I cant do overhand, roundhouse, or even underhand! I can kind of do underhand but the problem is that it never goes over the net and I throw it up when I serve it. same with overhand and roundhouse! I can hit it but they never go over the net? can someone tell me the right ways to serve underhand, roundhouse, and most definitely overhand?(I need a overhand to make the team as well as underhand) thank you sooooo much!

Dito what summerbeautyxoxo said, and
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
PRACTICE

Hit a ball over and over again against a wall or something every day, and eventually you will find what works.

-L

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i wasn't sure what category to put this under... i'm sorry. but, i was just wondering if there is any advice you can give me on how to grow. i'm 16/f. my cousins take these hormone shots, but they said that they couldn't give them to me because I started puberty when i was 9. is there anything that might help me grow a little bit? because i'm 4"11 and I don't have a problem with being short, it's just i'd like to grow a little bit because i have to like hem every pair of pants i get. i know that there's nothing i can have that will make me grow 5 inches quickly, but maybe like 2 inches more??

There is nothing that can make you grow taller at this age, unfortunatley you are just going to have to wait and see if you grow any more in the next few years.

-L

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yesterday two of my friends died as well as one of my good friends in the hospital in critial condition because of it. she has a 50% chance of living and will have permant brain damage no matter what.

i'm the sophomore vice president and i am planning on talking to my priciple into having a memorial service for them. i would like to know if anyone had any other idea's than the ones i already had - letting go of balloons at the end
- getting maybeee a memorial stone
- about 5 people lighting a candle in memory
- a slide show
- talking about how they effect their life and just little stories to let other people understand what they were like when they were alive

-thanks

I'm so sorry for your loss...

At my school we have a memorial stone and a tree for a dead classmate. Its really pretty, and maybe you would like to plant a nice tree in memory of your freinds too?

Stick in there-

-L

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I'm 16 and a junior in high school. I live with my mom and younger brother. I am involved in a lot of my high school's drama productions and am also a member of the dance team. My mom wants me to switch out of drama (she says it's making me miserable, but it's one of the few places I really enjoy myself) and she doesn't like my being on dance team, not because of grades, etc. just because it's her opinion. Anyway, I have had 8 drama performances, and she only went to three. One I was sick, , and then she left without picking me up because she said I was taking too long. My aunt made her come to one, and the third she went to see her friend's son. She refused to come to the only two performances I asked/begged her to (I had a lead role) and won't let me invite my dad.

My mom hasn't come to any of my dance performances and wouldn't because she'd have to leave work for 15 minutes. Her work is on the same block as my school so it's not like it's a long drive!

Freshman year I tried out for the school talent show ( a pretty big deal) and made it, but I told both my mom and dad about it. My mom found it I told my dad and wouldn't let me go. At 8:00 (the exact time the show started) she finally said I could go, but it was too late, I was supposed to be the first act. Sophomore year she wouldn't let me try out.

Now she wants to come to my next dance performance because I invited my dad, but she's trying to make me feel bad because she'd miss part of work. At this point it's not going to make a difference. I would have been thrilled two years ago, but now I don't want her to come. If I say that, she'll come just to piss me off. How can I make sure she won't come?

Sorry this is so long, but it's kind of complicated. Thank you if you actually read the whole thing.

Yay another actor on advicenators!
I myself have been acting for quite a while (Im 16 now) and if I have one thing to say to you, it is "DO WHAT YOU WANT-NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS/DOES"

Seriously, acting makes me happy, the adrenaline rush sitting backstage on opening night, and if it does that for you too, then keep on at it.

Sit down and have a talk with youre mom, ask her why it is she so opposses your passion, and make it clear that this is what you love, and that this is what you will do weather or not you have a supporting mother that cares about her daughter and would like to see her child thrive (I think that might send a little message).

Dont let her make you feel bad, you're not forcing her to miss work to come to your play, you're just doing what you love. If anything you should make her feel bad for not supporting the child she BIRTHED.
If she is still unreasonable, talk to youre dad because he seems more open.

Oh, and dont worry if she comes to your performance, youre doing this for you, not her.

Any more questions/thoughts/concerns I'd be more than willing to chat about.

But whatever happens, please, do what you feel is best for you, and what makes you feel good.

Break a leg!

-L

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hello :] i saw on here that
if you can whiten your teeth
if you mix baking soda and
salt together and brush your
teeth with it after your done
brushing it with the toothpaste.
is that safe? just wondering :]

I agree with blue_in_the_face, it is saffe, but if you want you can add a little lemon juice or something to the concoction,just to make it taste better.
-L

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I'm in college now and I kind of want to do things my way. (My family doesn't want me to have a car right now although i had one at home.) I just want to buy a car and work in a decent place where i please. when i was at home I was told where I could work, what hours I could work, where i couldn't drive. And, very overportected and dominated. Am I at the point in life now where i can start making my own decisions and not be wrong.

You're in college now? Jeez I would be doing what I wanted to do now if I was you. As long as you're not impacting yourself financially, then go for it. you're an adult now and deserve to make your own decisions. Your family should recognise that. And if you live on campus, then theres even more of a reason to be able to roam free. I'm 16 and I cant stand my mom always limiting my driving to school and such.
You deserve some freedom man.
-L

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My neck has been really hurting me. Last week it hurt like the muscle was really sore. And whenever I tilted my head to the right you could feel a big lump in the muscle on the left side. I was under alot of stress at the time so I thought that it was like a knot from stress. But it stayed there for like a whole week. I took pain releivers, put a heating pad on it, and massaged it a ton. Well now my neck hurt again, but it's more of just a stiff kind of sore. The lump is back in the same spot. Soemtimes it hurts so bad and I can barely stand it. I went to the school nurse and she didn't know what it was. How can I just get rid of the lump?

It was probobly a good thing that you massaged it and used a heating pad, but maybe you pulled a muscle and/or pinched a nerve good enough that you need to see a chiropractor. Chiropractors work wonders if you find a good one, and if your mom has health insurance then that might pay for some if not all of the bill.
I suggest you try to make anappointment, otherwise it could get worse and develop further.
-L

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i'm learning to play guitar, i'm actually somewhat good by now. but for some reason, i can never seem to get a good grip or hold on to the pick, like it slips out of my fingers. i hold it right, i'm positive.

any tips on what i could do about it?

I have had that problem before, so when i went to my local guitar store to buy some strings i checked out their picks, they make picks that are textured so they dont slip.
Try a local music store, or if you dont have one, heres an idea of what your looking for-

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Wedgie-Nylon-XT-Textured-Picks?sku=110004&src=3SOSWXXA

http://www.nextag.com/Wedgie--2726663/brand-html

-L

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does anyone know how to rip DVDs on your computer like how you rip songs off a CD? This website that I went to, they make their video's off of ripping it. And I want to know how..or is it a special program?

If you have a new enough computer, it should have a cd/dvd ripper already on it. If it doesnt have one, and if your computer can support it (like it already has a cd ripper) then you can download one from the internet ( how about http://www.imtoo.com/ ,keep in mind its just a trial)
Also, if youre ripping a movie that you rented or bought, they are protected from being ripped. Meaning that you cant rip it unless youve got a program that can override it.

-L

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i had another advicenators account about a year ago, and i was a level 1 moderator. how do i become one again on my new account? i forgot the process

Go to FAQ's in Miscellaneous at the left of the page, scroll down to "About moderaters", click "How do I become a level I moderatoer?" then the link.
Keep in mind that you have to meet certain requirments.

-L

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I was wondering why you're not aloud to just take your medicine and that you always need to eat food before you take your medicine? Like if it's really serious, you don't have time to eat food, you gotta eat your medicine as soon as possible and hope it's working!

You are generally supposed to take medicenes for depression, illnesses, ADD and such with food because it helps your body take it in correctly.
Medicenes like Advil or Ibuprophen and others can be taken without a meal, like if your in school before lunch, they may just not work as well.

-L

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when you give a guy a blow job and the cum goes in your mouth? do u spit it out? or swallow it? if you use a condom, does the cum still go in ur mouth.?..can you get an std from it?? hehe thanks soo much!

Whoa, what im saying is mostly in response to what the person before me said, and that is that sperm does not die automatically when it hits water.Her boyfriend is wrong, and that unless your boyfriend has been tested, it is not absolutly safe (as the other person said) if you dont use a condom, and there is the risk of getting an std.
Also, condoms come in flavors...Just a suggestion.

-L

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Ok so I know what mastrobating is.But I have few q's as I am stupid
-how does a girl do it
-how does a boy do it
- how long do they do it for
- where
- and wouldnt someone hear the moans?
-I know of it, but what is a virbrator what is it used for
Explain simply,basic and a understandable way

cheers

For the sake of me not writing everything, this will tell you all you need to know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation

-L

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15/f

Hi, I'm not trying to lose more than a pound or two, if anything. But I would like to study how many calories I'm taking in and how many I'm burning. I am considering getting a pedometre, scale and book to write down everything I eat. I realize it's probably good to see exactly what I'm eating and what not, but is it mentally healthy for a teenager to be so aware of their health? I am just over 5'8 and around 115 lbs, so I'm not having any issues.

Thanks!
PS: I have a lot of spare time and this interests me, haha.

First off, I think that its perfectly normal to be aware of your health, and I dont think that you need to lose wieght.
But, I do think that its a good idea even if you dont need to lose wieght, to figure out what your diet is really like. For that, I would highly suggest www.mypyramidtracker.gov , all you do is create an account, and every day enter in what foods you have eaten (include everything) and at the end of a set number of days, it gives you a sheet of the percents of all nutrients, fats, carbs, ptotiens, vitamins, ect.that are in your diet, and suggestions on how to get more of what you lack. Its fairly user freindly, and free.
Hope this helps.
-L

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What places/stores/restaurants/etc. hire 14 or 15 year olds?

I dont know about 14 year olds, but I got a job as a dishwasher, and another as a busboy when I was 15. It paid well considering my age.
So, I'd shoot for busing (clearing and cleaning tables if you didnt know) and diswashing at local restuarants.
Also try maybe a local harware store or something, you never know.
But keep in mind, that I dont know which state youre in, so I dont know the legal age limit, but good luck.

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alright
so i was wondering
like us girls care soo much about the little things like for example our hair has to be perfect.. i like mine straight and if one little part is not perfect straight i freak out and think it looks so bad, and if my make up is smared our something i feel ugly for the rest of the day..
but my point is do yull really care about these little things, or do yull not even notice them,
oo and one more thing,
what do you like in a girl?

thanks for the help

~confused on guys~

When I look at a girl, I see her as a person, not the little makeup smear, and sometimes (well, more often I think) the little imperfections are the cutest thing. For example, sometimes with my ex girlfriend, she was the best looking when she didnt do anything with her hair, and that little wisp just kinda fell over her eye.

What do I look for in a girl?

Personality (humor, truthfullness, kindness)
When she is confident about herself, and knows that she looks good no matter what.
Openness.
A girls that is kind to others, as well as me.
A girl that doesnt play games-and respects me for who I am-as well as herself.
A girl that isnt afraid to show her love.

Be yourself, youll find someone.

-L

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