Recent questions tagged help

Description : My sleep pattern has changed a lot and for a week now I have been sleeping for 4-5 hours during the day and I can't fall asleep at night. What can I do and can I die from it?

Last Answer : Well yes, but it has to be going on for some time, and sometimes it's a sign of an underline health issue that's the real threat. Of course, lack of sleep can cause dangers because you may get drowsy when driving ... 1030 or 11. When I'm busy all day, I can actually be in bed by 11pm and up by 8.

Description : I think I am addicted to my phone how can I distract myself from phone?

Last Answer : As contra productive as this may sound initially, there are apps for that. If you have any idea how much time per day you want to spend on certain apps (with the time amount for studying in mind), ... . You need to be dedicated (which you already might be because you came here to ask about it).

Description : How can I contact Taylor Swift?

Last Answer : Given how famous she is, there's likely layers and layers of people to get through to deliver a single message - for her safety of course. Stalkers are a real thing. That said, she's pretty active on social ... on one of her posts. She may see it, but I wouldn't get your hopes up for a response.

Description : Is drinking Emergen-C vitamin drink mix going to help me breathe better?

Last Answer : Why do you say it's not COVID? You can have covid and have no symptoms at all. You can have one symptom, two, three C is not going to help you breath better. A little C isn't a ... to think their children are being overly dramatic. If you really can't breathe well I think tell your parents again.

Description : If my mom gets naturalized do I do too, even if im not living with her?

Last Answer : Your mom needs to do an application for you. You have to do it before you are 18 if I remember correctly. I would stay in country to be on the safe side, but it seems like it might be ok for you ... eligibility. I don't know how old you are. Just my opinion. I'm not a lawyer or immigration expert.

Description : How do I respond to a question using .@soandso?

Last Answer : omtatsat Like this (type @ immediately followed by the CORRECTLY SPELLED name of the user you reply to).

Description : Are you any good at accepting and returning favors?

Last Answer : Doing favors (i.e. giving them) - I do all tthe time. Like you said @kneesox - without any need for return. Just because I'm a nice guy. I feel very uneasy getting favors from others. First, ... things for me, it always made me feel a little stange accepting their help. Maybe that's my personality.

Description : Any jellies raise air plants?

Last Answer : Located this excellent video that explains the various types and what is suitable for them to grow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wk9T4Dpo4Y

Description : Who can give me some "pro tips" on creating a PowerPoint presentation?

Last Answer : Do you have an idea of how long the presentation is supposed to be? 10 minutes? 20 minutes? A half hour?

Description : Two first homecoming dates?! Help!

Last Answer : Having been friends with someone a long time can make you begin storing somewhere in your brain that they would be your go to if something social comes up. Since this dance is apparently new for you, you ... a greedy thing. It might be just the one dance, and never anything more, but that is okay.

Description : How do I delete a question?

Last Answer : You can contact the mods and ask them to delete it. If they think your question and answers might be helpful for others they may keep it up. Plead your case if it’s personal and you don’t want it to stay.

Description : What mobile is better iPhone 7 or Samsung S7 edge?

Last Answer : Totally personal choice. Are you and Android person or an Apple person?

Description : Geometry question...

Last Answer : Is this a homework question?

Description : Some math help? (Geometry)

Last Answer : Is this a homework question?

Description : How can I report a mod?

Last Answer : MODS Please move to Meta.

Description : Do you have anything to cheer me up a bit?

Last Answer : Desiderata

Description : Do you ever feel like you are going to do something really stupid?

Last Answer : Yup 20 minutes ago. I was thinking about doing a procedure on a patient and decided against it. I thought long and hard and made a decision not to do it because I have 25 years of clinical experience and got that “sinking feeling” that it all could go pear shaped if I did.

Description : Why do we itch? and why does scratching help?

Last Answer : Itching is about the lowest form of detectable pain. Not the best definition, but it's the best way I can describe it. When you have a bruise, it helps to rub it, which stimulates the nerves ... the original problem. Itching is often a side effect of healing. I have no idea why that is so.

Description : Help finding new last name!

Last Answer : answer:I need to ask – do you want to honor the native American or the Norwegian side? Or do you want something that is sort of generic – could be anything? Name changing is not cheap; it’s somewhat of a court hassle, so do pick wisely.

Description : What happens to people who owe money to drug dealers?

Last Answer : answer:Bad choices, no matter the age, can shorten the lifespan. Drug dealers are not likely to cut them loose. The bad debts with a dealer can become statistics. That is how the dealer collect from the ... I'm sorry you are in the position you are in and sorry for the person you are asking about.

Description : How to cope with being an overly anxious person?

Last Answer : answer:The best you can do without medicinal therapy IMHO is to work on your breath. I would suggest you make an effort to calm yourself first and foremost by regulating your breath. Lay on the ... of caffeine and alcohol. Changing how you breathe could help you navigate what you are going through.

Description : What happens to the chatroom today?

Last Answer : Do you use it regularly? I haven’t seen anyone chatting there.

Description : What do you do to help people who are hurting?

Last Answer : I’m a feeder. It’s all I know to do. Come to my house, and I will make tea, and you can tell me all you like – or sit as quietly as you like, while I make supper.

Description : My screw in guages size 00g are stuck, any advice ?

Last Answer : Try putting on a pair of latex gloves. The rubber will give a bit of grip to help twist them apart.

Description : What daily routine trifles make you happy?

Last Answer : Talking with a friend – preferably while walking Soaking in a tub Getting engrossed in a Netflix series Reading Cooking something nice for supper Watching the swallows on the lake Walking on the boardwalk by the ocean and people watching Eating ice cream

Description : Can you please help me find the right bracelet size?

Last Answer : Average size for bracelets is 7 inches. I would go with medium. Her wrist doesn’t look tiny nor does it look large.

Description : I need help with what to do with this guy at my school. Can anybody help me!

Last Answer : Just be a good friend for now. DON’T push him. Or you will push him away.

Description : Can you help me get email set up?

Last Answer : answer:I think the only way would be to have your own email server set up to just forward it to the appropriate gmail account, but honestly if you have your own domain and email server, why ... available for existing Google Apps accounts. Seems like maybe it was an option before but not any more.

Description : Manipulative suicide threats?

Last Answer : answer:What gives you the right to monitor your brother's private online correspondences? Have some respect for his privacy. No wonder he's so aggressive and angry all the time. That said, you should ... himself tonight, you'll be able to deal with that now, too. Stop snooping on your brother.

Description : Could someone identify these?

Last Answer : Speaker magnets.

Description : Do you have any good Excel tips?

Last Answer : answer:You can freeze a first column or row so you can always see it. That way if say the top row has headers like Quantity of Beds, Quantity of Dressers, Quantity of Chairs, etc, ... corner it highlights the entire document so you can make formatting changes for the entire document in one swoop.

Description : So, what's stopping you?

Last Answer : Very little at this point. I’ve done a lot of work and a lot of growing in the past few years and now I am the agent of my own happiness. Just hoping for plenty of good time and good health to enjoy it.

Description : Backyard chicken help? (Possible emergency)

Last Answer : I know nothing of chickens, but I’m thinking vet, stat.

Description : Do you have a talent that you don't know what to do with?

Last Answer : I can pick things up with my toes. Is there a career for this?

Description : Is there something you would never give up even if you were told it would eventually kill you?

Last Answer : Alcohol. If I suddenly acquired a disease that precluded me from imbibing, I would just stop drinking alcohol. Both my parents stopped drinking because it was literally killing my mother and it was ruining my father’s life. They were brilliantly disciplined about it.

Description : Help with finding website?

Last Answer : It is never a good experience to forget a website…...

Description : If there were a ask-public Blizzard, which of your contacts home would you seek refuge ?

Last Answer : Um, does it have to be a ask-public member’s home?

Description : Can you help me understand this better?

Last Answer : It’s an irrational number. It cannot be put into the form x/y where x and y are integers.

Description : Would you ever like to help somebody at your own cost?

Last Answer : Done that multiple times. It’s called altruism and If I think they deserve my help they’ll usually get it within reason.

Description : What is wrong with this person, if anything?

Last Answer : answer:Wow, this sounds like an impossible situation. I know that personally, I would not have agreed to go - and the longer that people do agree to go, the harder it will be for her to accept their ... now. There isn't going to be a way to make her understand that that isn't going to happen.

Description : What would be your solution to the functional mentally ill?

Last Answer : There are many levels to mental illness. Group homes are ideal. I suggest you be less derisive & more educated frankly.

Description : What is a nice, cheap thank you gift?

Last Answer : Bake some cookies. Everybody wins.

Description : Mods, can you see to the chatroom?

Last Answer : I left the chatroom twice, and it’s still showing me as in there under Users Chatting.

Description : Did you ever not sleep at all before an important appointment?

Last Answer : I recently discovered (genius, I know) no caffeine after about 4 pm and I sleep like a log.

Description : Should I text him?

Last Answer : Ace your math homework, for starters.

Description : Avatar- am I doing something wrong?

Last Answer : How many MB is the new picture? I couldn’t see anything else at first glance. Can we vote yes or no on the new avatar?

Description : What have you done to pay it forward?

Last Answer : answer:I worked on a medical disaster team in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in the Kendall - Cutler Ridge area just south of Miami: ground zero. I'd just graduated from nursing school and was two weeks ... contrary, it has mostly been fun or an adventure. And maybe that is the way it should be.

Description : What tune is this song sung to?

Last Answer : It’s the can-can! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDbFbZCWhj4 It’s from Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. Wikipedia says that the famous section is Act 2, Scene 2 called “Infernal Galop”.

Description : Any former Askville members have a report on The Members We Left Behind?

Last Answer : No , I’m hoping to see some of the old regulars but we didn’t have much of a chance to send anyone a PM did we ? Good question ibstubro . =)

Description : What to do? Leave him?

Last Answer : answer:Why ask us? You know the answer. He is a liar and a cheat.