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If you were using a remotely modern Linux file system like Ext3 or better on your USB drive, it would automatically work without any fixing necessary.
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The audience won't understand. Station wagons haven't been used as ambulances in quite a few decades now. I guess it's iconic enough that they couldn't completely change it, but the joke is long dead and buried.
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BBC spouts some real nonsense from time to time, and this is one of those. Up til 1880, the MAJORITY of the US workforce were farmers. There were farms everywhere, and those farmers drank (and sold) plenty of milk. Converting milk into cheese is a huge amount of wasted effort compared to just consuming it directly when possible, so you only do that for the excess supply. If not for the fact that our European ancestors SURVIVED on the calories they got from milk, we'd all be lactose intolerant, today. If it was all cheese (which is lower in lactose), the gene mutation which caused adult lactase production wouldn't have spread so prolifically through the population.

There may have been a dip in milk consumption at the start of urbanization, when increasing numbers of people couldn't get fresh milk locally, but their claim is much more sweeping and ridiculous than that... There were some periods in western history where adults mostly drank alcoholic beverages (small beer, wine, grog, etc.), before we discovered other ways to make polluted water safe to drink, but that has nothing specifically to do with milk.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk#Industrialization
* http://www.livescience.com/37649-why-people-drink-milk-benefits.html
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If you dig several layers down, in the US, you know what you find? Dirt, dried bison poop, more dirt, and NOTHING ELSE. History is a bit different, here... we're still putting down the first-draft.
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I like low-flow aerators on kitchen sinks, too... I remove the flow limiter (pretty easy), then adjust the shut-off valve to control it. A 0.5GPM aerator spraying nearly 1GPM is a bit like a pressure-washer, much better for cleaning dishes, but has to be adjusted just below the point of splashing water back up all over you and the floor...

I fill-up 1gal containers all the time, it just takes longer. I set them in the sink, turn on the water, and do other things while they fill-up. It does take 2-3 times as long, but I don't do things like fill-up the sink that often, and the higher pressure spray means a lot more bubbles than normal, too. Anything huge, like a bucket, I fill-up in my bathtub now. Works nicely.
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Interesting ideas, but all my bathrooms would be too small for individual doors separating the toilet, shower, etc. Frankly, two small bathrooms would accomplish the same goal, better, and in less space. Their design only really makes (some) sense when your toilet and bathtub are ridiculously expensive high-tech nightmares.
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The lower-flow the aerator, the warmer the cold water is (and the cooler the hot water is). After a couple years using 0.5 GPM aerators, I no longer EVER touch the HOT handle. There are even 0.35 GPM aerators available on Amazon, but more expensive.
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Buzzfeed isn't even trying. Probably just following a hashtag on twitter about awkward and celebrities, and made a page of it. Not really worth the read. Tons of better stories than that. Too much work to dig them all up right now, but here's a few quickies:

* John Krasinski had a fan stick her fingers in his mouth while he was talking.
* George Clooney had a fan jump out of her car to run after him, while it was in-gear, leaving it rolling down the street with an infant inside.
* Bruce Springsteen got called "Rick Springfield" by a cashier at Barneys in New York.
* Benjamin Bratt heard about a huge fan who was down on her luck (from the girl's Aunt) and went to surprise her, but she didn't even recognize him... The Aunt completely lied, just trying to get to the Oprah show.
* A Giselle Bunchen fan in a crowd ripped off his shirt (while crying) to show her a tattoo of her body across his chest... She was frightened and quickly left.
etc.
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Show me the feminists who actively advocate for women taking part of selective service (draft/conscription), men getting paternity leave, rape and custody laws being less biased against men, etc. etc. Because right now, young men who were *raped* by women, are still held responsible for child support. Even if a man's sperm is *stolen*, he can be held liable for child support. Numerous such cases have been upheld by the courts: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2883/can-a-sperm-donor-be-forced-to-pay-child-support

I can point you to feminists who advocate for men to be criminally liable for rape, if the woman simply regrets her decision to consent to sex up to 10 days after the fact. As an end-run around legislators, in a fit of political correctness gone insane, these policies are being adopted by colleges, acting like private courts, with a ridiculously low burden of proof, and practically no rights or protection for the accused. This is *required by the Department of Education*, as of April 2011. Merely disagree with this policy, point out the inaccurate facts, and expect to be persona-non-Grata at colleges across the country: http://claremontindependent.com/tag/rape/

I can't help but notice that I'm the only one who has included facts, dates, citations, etc. into this discussion, while nobody else has offered ANYTHING to support any of their opinions.
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