Random tips

[Kaligraphic]

This is the random tip thread. Post random tips for people - they can be about anything useful, but must be real or they don't count.

Here's the first tip: don't buy gas from a gas station if you see the fuel truck refilling it, or if the truck is leaving. In fact, try not to buy gas from a station within an hour of it being refilled.

Reason: In the large underground storage tanks, there will inevitably be a certain amount of sediment. This usually doesn't affect anything, because the sediment all falls to the bottom. When the tank is refilled, however, everything gets stirred up in there, so if you buy gas right after it's all stirred up, you'll get the sediment in your tank - which can cause some problems down the road. This is especially important for motorcycle engines, but it's good practice for those of us who drive plain ol' cars, too.

[Scribs]

This is the random tip thread. Post random tips for people - they can be about anything useful, but must be real or they don't count.

Here's the first tip: don't buy gas from a gas station if you see the fuel truck refilling it, or if the truck is leaving. In fact, try not to buy gas from a station within an hour of it being refilled.

Reason: In the large underground storage tanks, there will inevitably be a certain amount of sediment. This usually doesn't affect anything, because the sediment all falls to the bottom. When the tank is refilled, however, everything gets stirred up in there, so if you buy gas right after it's all stirred up, you'll get the sediment in your tank - which can cause some problems down the road. This is especially important for motorcycle engines, but it's good practice for those of us who drive plain ol' cars, too.

Wow, I never knew that one.

If you ever go to Canada, make sure you have no pepper spray in your car. It is illegal there, and you will be lucky to get off with a fine if they find it. A friend of mine did this inadvertantly, and he had alot of legal dificultys befor they let him back into the states.

[Tommy]

I`m a guy.

[Nate]

Don't eat the yellow snow.

[Kaligraphic]

In Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers games, try to jump from one "squishable" enemy to the next - the reason being that doing so multiplies the number of points that you get from each enemy.

[Nate]

Taken from the Mega Man X Collection instruction manual:

"If an enemy shoots a missile at you, try to jump over it!"

[Tommy]

Never fart when your girlfriend is present. Wait until you get married. XD

[Monkey J. Luffy]

Their are alot of books int the world #1 being the Bible #2 the Jewish Torah #3 Harry Potter

[FarmGirl]

Sinners sin. Shine accordingly.

[Chiyocities]

Taken from the Mega Man X Collection instruction manual:

"If an enemy shoots a missile at you, try to jump over it!"

Hehe. Here's an expert tip on the NES game Platoon, straight from the "World Video Game Champion" himself, Skip Rogers:

"The Fourth Level is Tough."

(Thanks Skip...)

For a more serious tip, if you want to truly remember something, go over the material you want remembered and do a quick review after 10 minutes. Now double the time so that in the next 20 minutes, you will review the same material again. Keep doubling the time it takes for you to review the material until you know it has a place in your long term memory. The nueral connections in your brain become stronger the more you give it time to nourish the information.

Which means you'll have a grasp on the material if you double the recall time to a couple of months to a year.

[Lynx]

if you're on an antibiotic, you should eat yogurt, and the most organic culture-ridden one you can find! it will replace the normal bacteria that live in you that the antibiotic might have killed, and will keep you from getting.... other problems;)

[Da Rabid Duckie]

Here's a tip, if you're going back to school after a six year break, and your first day of class would be your second time on campus, make sure to learn where all your classes are before classes start, instead of thinking "I have a map, I'll just get there early". There's a 90% chance it will rain that day if you don't.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

When you have midterms..... study

[EricTheFred]

Don't wait till you're older to start saving money long term i.e. for retirement, house, etc.
You will NEVER get to a point where you have "extra money" and will be able to save, but if you force yourself to take ten bucks out of every paycheck and put it away in a savings account BEFORE you spend it on anything else, you will get by on the rest.

[carneman]

When a girl is mad at you, and i mean REALLY mad, run and hide.

[EricTheFred]

That goes double if you're married to her... heh.

[Link Antilles]

Taken from the Mega Man X Collection instruction manual:

"If an enemy shoots a missile at you, try to jump over it!"

Heh, that reminds me of the first sentence in the introduction part of the Metal Gear Ac!d instruction manual:

"Use your brain to get through ACID!"

(Mega Man X Collection rocks, btw!)

[Da Rabid Duckie]

When in college, always go up to the teacher after the first class and introduce yourself to them. A teacher that is cool with you is more prone to let you slide on certain things, like unexcused absences or the occasional bumping up of a letter grade if you're just so short of getting that A... plus some teachers are just pretty interesting.

[Kaligraphic]

When buying insurance, compare the quotes the web sites give you, but also call local agents. They do (usually) have the ability to offer you better rates than you'd get by going directly to the company. (getting them to give them to you, now...)

[Artist4Jesus89]

I have some for ya

Dont act out in class it is far better if you do what you are supposed to do at the time intstead of waiting or having to do it in the ISS room because you acted out.

Never hit a guy you really dislike with a cornet case XD (i did that in the 7th grade hah hah hah not good) you will just end up in ISS or even suspended although ISS at westen heights is fun dont do it.

Dont eat glue nuff said lol

Dont talk to a bunch of burping people for long periods of time OR have burping wars if you grandma is in the room.

Oh yeah and finally if you must make war then use pepsi, mountian dew, or coke XD

[Tommy]

Their are alot of books int the world #1 being the Bible #2 the Jewish Torah #3 Harry Potter

#4 is Harry Potter.
#3 is LOTR.

[Lyrical]

make things happen. if you don't others will sleep.

[SnoringFrog]

When doing homework, don't go ahead and do the whole book without being 257% sure that the teacher will let you. Otherwise he or she might suddenly change their mind halfway through the year and then all your work won't be counted at all. (Just happened a few weeks ago, but I got out of about 4 months of science homework by workign so far ahead.)

[Kuro-Mizu]

DOnt steal other peoples artwork.... nuff said!

[FadedOne]

Learn to appreciate good water. I'm 100% serious.

Between living off a rather limited and over-priced supply of bottled water and reading Dune, i've come to covet drinkable water rather obsessively. Now I just need to not die of dehydration. XD

[Warrior4Christ]

Learn to appreciate good water. I'm 100% serious.

Between living off a rather limited and over-priced supply of bottled water and reading Dune, i've come to covet drinkable water rather obsessively. Now I just need to not die of dehydration. XD

Or maybe get a water filter...?

Here's the first tip: don't buy gas from a gas station if you see the fuel truck refilling it, or if the truck is leaving. In fact, try not to buy gas from a station within an hour of it being refilled.

Reason: In the large underground storage tanks, there will inevitably be a certain amount of sediment. This usually doesn't affect anything, because the sediment all falls to the bottom. When the tank is refilled, however, everything gets stirred up in there, so if you buy gas right after it's all stirred up, you'll get the sediment in your tank - which can cause some problems down the road. This is especially important for motorcycle engines, but it's good practice for those of us who drive plain ol' cars, too.

Similarly, fill up with petrol/gas in the cool morning, because it's cheaper (I'm not talking about the price variations).
When petrol is cooler, it is more dense, so you get more per unit volume than in the warmer parts of the day.

[FadedOne]

Or maybe get a water filter...?

to be honest, i want to ...but i've never had a need to filter water before so i wasn't sure what kind to get or how well they work. i've heard Brita, but i dont know if that would take out this terrible metal taste or not. *shrug* looking into such things...

[TurkishMonky]

i've drank the nastiest well water for a week (at a family camp), and even drank about a gallon during a couple hours for a game... at the end, we all hated the smell of it, but we kept drinking it for the rest of the week.
anywho back on topic,

the first time you try to do a backflip, don't do it on hard ground near cement ESPECIALLY around all your friends (personal experience)

the same goes for kicking at a beam that's 8' in the air... (that one hurt for a long while....)

and DON'T try breakdancing on carpeting... ouch...

hmm...
contrary to parent's opinions, jumping off a 1 story roof is perfectly safe (well, almost ) (i did this to combat the parent's example of "if billy jumped off a roof, would you do it too?" i said yes and did...)

pouring water into boiling oil makes it exlode, as does microwaving water for around 8 minutes just trust me on these, they hurt even from a distance..

regular door locks are simplistically easy to get around (i used to let kids into the youth building like 10 mnutes early, with no key, until the youth pastor told me to stop, and just ask for a key)... use a deadbolt.

[Kaligraphic]

If you're at a drinking party, and you don't want to drink too much, there are two easy tricks - the first is that vodka, rum, and gin look like water, and vice versa. You can pretend to be drinking one of those three when all you really have is water. If you can, though, consider a screwdriver - vodka and orange juice, usually over ice. It's about 5 parts orange juice to 1 part vodka, so it looks about the same if you skip the vodka - the ice will thin it out as it melts anyway, and you have the appearance of a mixed drink without the headache in the morning. Plus, it is a screwdriver... mostly.



Note that this tip is directed toward those of legal age to drink. Kaligraphic Enterprises does not encourage underage drinking, and advises those who do drink legally to exercise common sense - i.e. don't be stupid, if you look at a guy who is twice your weight and all muscle, and you think you can take him, you've probably drunk too much, and it's time to stop.

Basically, don't be stupid.

[Kaligraphic]

When in doubt, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, select, start