Description : Is there something you would like to do, but are afraid you might fail?
Last Answer : Call a talk show on the radio. I am afraid I will say something stupid and forever brand myself as the ‘Idiot’ who made a arse of himself on the air.
Description : How will you get over yourself from such failure?
Last Answer : answer:Your question is very specific. I can only think of general answers. First, every human being is flawed. Even your greatest heroes aren't perfect. We can all inspire one another without having to be ... is your own best self and not an imitation of someone else. Third, you're not through yet.
Description : Did Gordon Gekko have something: ”....Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”?
Last Answer : Yes. Yes he did.
Description : Has the fear of failing prevented you from trying to achieve something in your life?
Last Answer : So much. I consider it one of my worst flaws.
Description : Have you wasted your potential? If so, does that bother you?
Last Answer : I think so. It bothers me every once in a while when I’m the what if mode. But not so much anymore as I’ve pretty much ended up where I think I was going to end up anyway—I just didn’t do it as a doctor. I did it as a nurse instead. I could have done so much more as a doctor.
Description : Will you share how a past failure helped you succeed?
Last Answer : As in succeeding in life or succeed in obtaining wealth or a job? Not sure what you would quantify as success.
Description : Was there any feat that you wanted to achieve as a youngster?
Last Answer : To be academicly advanced to university. From grade 5.
Description : What are your thoughts on the FAILURE of Trumpcare?
Last Answer : Great delight! It was a cruel, cruel bill.
Description : What was the last thing you failed at, did you try again, and what did you do differently the second time?
Last Answer : I failed grade 12 math, so I took the multiple choice test over and over until statistically I would pass. Exactly 50% to pass. Got my advanced high school diploma and went to university.
Description : Can stereotyping be a positive thing sometimes?
Last Answer : If you see a ‘gang’ coming towards you and assume they will hurt you, and you end up getting home safe because of your stereotyping, I guess that would be a positive.
Description : When in your opinion can a person really give up on himself? At what point can he say that it's not worth even trying?
Last Answer : Probably when it’s causing more physical harm than good, then it’s time to call it quits.
Description : How many corporations failed in the U.S. in 2010?
Last Answer : Not sure if some government agency tracks this number. It would be very difficult to keep track of, as it would have to include every Joe-Schmo who started up a business off some asinine idea ... for instance had a painting business one summer. Incorporated and everything. Didn't even last a year.
Description : Do some people hate success in others?
Last Answer : There are people all over the place who can’t succeed themselves and therefore envy others and want to see them brought down / discouraged at the very least. And yeah, they feel like losers so they want the contaminate the rest of the world with their feelings. They are the people you need to avoid.
Description : What are other examples of where "new and improved" may not always be better?
Last Answer : answer:Cosmetic surgery :(
Description : Do you feel like a failure?
Last Answer : I’ve yet to achieve the Oliver Twist award for getting Great Answered on an orphaned question, so I am a Fluther failure.
Description : Why can't we value failures for their ability to contribute to our future success?
Last Answer : Most people do – they refer to it as “experience”. Most very experienced people have hit the deck a few times.
Description : Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes?
Last Answer : I like to think that some of my experiences have been positive :)
Description : Fuel Pump Failure
Last Answer : Is your car having acceleration problems? Has there been an occasion when your car simply sputtered and died while on the road? If your answer is yes, then you may want to check your car for fuel pump ... a fuel pump is to take your car to a repair shop where professionals can do it for you.
Description : What causes stator failure?
Last Answer : Stator faliur due to moistur. Due to priodically heatup of winding.
Description : Have you ever given something or achieved something which wasn't worth the amount of effort you put in?
Last Answer : Absolutely. Most of the (few) awards I’ve ever received were not worth the effort.
Description : Have there ever been times in your life when you went through your day, and as you were getting ready for bed realized you'd forgotten to eat that day?
Last Answer : Sure, this has happened to me before. Happened in my teens and, at times, happens now. Usually during the summer when I am off of work (teacher) and a lazy bum.
Description : What is a dream that you quickly realized is a dream, but strongly wished it wasn't and stay as long as you can?
Last Answer : The time when I dreamt I was writing a motherfuking dragon like it was the world's most scariest motherfuking bull at the world's most scariest motherfuking Rodeo While saying yippee ki-yay ... dragon all the way down to the motherfuking ground Wall saying once more yippee-ki-yay motherfukers
Description : Have you ever had something happen that scared you so badly, and was so inexplicable that it took every single brain cell you possessed to manage to convince yourself that it surely wasn't REALLY a supernatural occurrence?
Last Answer : Nope, never.
Description : While playing with a metal washer shaped like a ring, Dave accidently pushed it on his finger too far and couldn't get it off. Trying to remove it using soap and water didn't work. The hospital ... and suggested an easy way to remove the washer in just a few minutes. What was his solution? -Riddles
Last Answer : Bob suggested that Dave hold his finger in the air while someone wound a piece of string tightly around his finger just above the metal ring. The string forced the swelling down. As they ... the ring up. They continued winding and unwinding the string until the ring could be easily removed.
Description : A friend and I are thinking about taking a road trip to Atlanta, Georgia (this spring). Has anyone ever been? Sites/places to vist that you'd recommend?
Last Answer : There is a cool neighborhood in Atlanta called Little Five Points. There is a several bars, restaurants, shops, and clubs in this area. Stone Mountain is pretty impressive too. Its pretty close to Atlanta.
Description : Why wasnt Tim afraid of the redcoats when they came to redding?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Do you ever ask for discounts when shopping for particular items, how successful has this proved?
Last Answer : If I’m sure that particular product is cheap and they sell it in appropriate price then I won’t ask for any discount. If they sell that product in inappropriate price then I’ll just leave that store and find another much better store.
Description : Has anyone else here purposefully NOT looked up “Tumblr” – thinking every single related post on ask-public (and there have been many – too many) is simply marketing effort to push their product?
Last Answer : I don’t go there generally, not just for this reason.
Description : I am really struggling in algebra, and I'm afraid I'll be grounded if I fail. Any suggestions?
Last Answer : Ask for help.
Description : How successful has history proved the Summer of Love was overall, or what it a flop?
Last Answer : answer:Like any social movement, the Summer of Love had an influence on the people of that era. Many of us who are still alive have had our lives affected/changed, but for future generations, I doubt ... . They have no idea what sit in the back of the bus meant, or white only drinking fountains.
Description : Reena's father works with a company that builds dams. Once he took her to the site where a dam was being built. Reena saw a group of people sitting there and shouting slogans against the ... the peaceful resolution of the conflict proved to boon for many citizens of the country. How? -Biology
Last Answer : (i) Because she convinced the people by explaining them the advantage of constructing dam and come with a solution of rehabilitation of displaced peoples. So the contribution to the peaceful resolution of ... (c) Low cost of production of electricity gives monetary gain which is a boon to citizens.
Description : A digital investigator pursuing a line of investigation in a case because that line of Investigation proved successful in two previous cases is an example of: a. Logical reasoning b. Common sense c. Preconceived theory d. Investigator’s intuition
Last Answer : c. Preconceived theory
Description : Why was the British effort to settle jhum cultivators not very successful? -History
Last Answer : It is usually difficult to carry on settled plough cultivation in areas where water is scarce and the soil is dry. (b) Jhum cultivators who took to plough cultivation often suffered since their ... protests. Therefore, they allowed them to carry on shifting cultivation in some parts of the forest.
Description : Have you ever paid a ridiculous amount of money for something that you felt wasn't worth that amount, but, you loved it so much that you had to have it?
Last Answer : Yes some shoes what was I thinking then I didn’t like them!!
Description : If your question (asked late at night) was then pushed to editing for something like four hours (because one does have to sleep), is it okay to repost it so that it is not now buried in older questions?
Last Answer : Ask Auggie.
Description : When’s a moment you realized you been doing something wrong for your whole life?
Last Answer : I was taught how to knit at age 11 by my grandmother, and have been knitting ever since, about 60 years. Two years ago I learned I've been holding the needles completely wrong - from the bottom, not the top. So much easier on the wrists now!
Description : Have you ever dreaded doing something and then found out it wasn't so bad after all?
Last Answer : Oh yeah. Generalizing that discovery to the guiding principle that It's almost never as bad as I imagine it's going to be, so just do it has been one of the most liberating insights of my life. How ... can't deal with that ) can end up making my life so much more complicated than it needs to be.
Description : Artists, have you ever created something you thought was original, but it turned out that it wasn't?
Last Answer : I haven't, personally, but that happens a lot asking my partner's crowd. He is a musician. You wouldn't believe how many local kid bands accidentally rewrite well known 80s and 90s thrash and death ... focused on their own desire to be famous they can't do due diligence and study their own genre.
Description : Have you ever been on a elevator where some kid has pushed all the buttons?
Last Answer : I had to stay on. It was my kid who did it.
Description : When was the last time you threw, hit, or pushed something?
Last Answer : My last manic episode- about two years ago. Punching brick walls is not my idea of fun and I really don’t recommend it. More fun to be had on a pool float in the sunshine.
Description : A young girl, Violet by name, was visiting with a group of her schoolmates at a friend's house. The air was filled with the noise of loud conversations, when an older woman called out for ... and shouting increased around her. Finally, Violet's hand bumped into something which, when the da -Riddles
Last Answer : Violet was at a birthday party, and was selected to be first in the Pin the Tail on the Donkey game they were playing. She was successful in pinning the tail just where it belonged. The body part of the animal was, of course, the donkey’s tail.
Description : Have you ever watched someone else do something and realized it was a better way than your way?
Last Answer : Yes. For example, using an adjustment layer with different blending modes, instead of a duplicate of underlying layer. It is both more flexible and consumes less memory.
Description : Ever discovered you were too fixated on something you realized you were not living your life as you should have?
Last Answer : You have described me exactly in the regards you write about. Sometimes, projects that HAVE come to fruitation in MY life-still haven't yielded the results or outcome I have hoped, expected, planned, or ... to life anyway, but it can be more fulfilling for sure than it really is for most people.
Description : Have you ever loved doing something and the day came where you realized your body would no longer allow you to do it?
Last Answer : Yes. It’s one of the great losses of my life, and every day it feels like I live in someone else’s body.
Description : Have you ever bought something and then realized you didnt want it?
Last Answer : answer:This phenomenon is known as buyer's remorse and you can learn more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer's_remorse. It gets studied regularly. And to answer the question-yes, I've felt ... He usually manages to get the best thing on the menu, though, so don't feel bad for him.
Description : Have you ever had a moment where you said something or did something (that you shouldn't have), and as soon as you realized what had just happened, your stomach dropped?
Last Answer : The one time that comes to mind was when I was at my great-grandmother's wake when I was 10 and, sitting in the pew waiting for the service to start (and trying to break the awkward silence that had ... family), I remarked that there sure aren't a lot of people here yet. stupid! stupid! stupid!
Description : Things that you'd admit to yourself, but, wouldn't share with family and friends?
Last Answer : I worry about my health.
Description : Have you ever been proved so totally wrong?
Last Answer : If I had a dime for each time I screwed up I’d be a wealthy man.
Description : Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart either. But now is ... to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how. -Riddles
Last Answer : At first it might seem like no matter what you do, you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way. The key is to minimize the time wasted by the two slowest people by having ... far side of the gorge, you cut the ropes and collapse the bridge behind you, just in the nick of time.
Description : Has the darkness ever played tricks on your eyes, causing you to see something that really wasn't what it actually was?
Last Answer : Some years back, I woke from a nightmare and sat straight up in my bed yeah I thought that just happened in movies but eh it was dark, and I look at my dresser, with clothes piled on top ... hand, while a pendulum was gently swaying back and forth in his other hand. It was actually pretty awesome.