Ben's Questions and Answers

Safe Rodent Bait

2010-02-04T22:57:00.002-06:00

Someone asked me if there's a rodent bait that is safe to use around domestic animals including dogs and cats.It looks like Rode-trol may be the solution:"Manufactured from All-Natural and...

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Marriage License With Error Legal?

2010-02-04T22:50:00.000-06:00

Someone asked me if a marriage license with an error, e.g. their husband's birth date indicating that he was only 7 years old, is legally valid.If you want to get the error corrected then there...

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Cicada Killer Wasp Sting Danger

2007-07-16T22:31:00.000-05:00

Someone asked if Cicada Killer Wasps ever sting or bite people and if they are a danger to people or pets.Apparently the Cicada Killer rarely stings unless they are disturbed. Although males are...

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Do Toads Hibernate in Garages?

2007-07-11T21:34:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if their pet toad will hibernate if kept in a garage during the cold winter months.If the garage is uninsulated and unheated then the temperature in the garage will be quite close to...

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Katydid versus Cicada

2007-07-10T22:50:00.000-05:00

Someone asked what the difference between Katydids and Cicadas is. A Katydid is in the same general family (Tettigoniidae) as grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts. A Cicada is in an entirely...

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Red and Black Beafeater Uniform

2007-06-17T16:36:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me what the purpose of the red Beafeater, Yeoman Warder, uniforms is as opposed to the black uniform. They also wondered why Beafeaters carry an axe and what their duties are.The red...

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Music Bad for the Mind

2007-03-12T22:12:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if music is bad for your mind; like anything else, it depends ;-)The creators of the Baby Einstein and Little Einsteins obviously believe that music is very beneficial to the brain...

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OpenOffice boolean if function

2006-09-29T21:41:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me how they would use boolean statements in OpenOffice's Spreadsheet application, Calc.In my previous example showing how to calculate the number of days between 2 dates I set cells A1...

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OpenOffice Calculate Days Between

2006-09-29T08:31:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me how they could calculate the number of days between two dates using OpenOffice's Spreadsheet application, Calc.The answer is to use the "DAYS" function.Type a date in cell A1, set...

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Fast Velcro Costume Change

2006-09-28T22:34:00.000-05:00

Someone just asked me how do performers make a clothes change so quickly on stage?Simple answer; Velcro.All those buttons are just for show, underneath it's just Velcro.If you have any comments...

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Periodic Cyclic Cicadas

2006-09-28T22:06:00.000-05:00

Someone just asked me a few more cicada questions:1. What year will the cyclical cicada occur here in Illinois?2. Do both the annual and the cyclical occur at the same time?3. If the cyclical...

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Smallest MythTV Frontend

2006-09-22T07:42:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if I knew of a really small, tiny, PC that could be used as a MythTV frontend. The eBox III 3800 has an 800mhz CPU and 256MB RAM so it should be adequate for a standard definition...

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Right Justified Everything

2006-04-04T16:14:00.000-05:00

Someone just asked me what they are doing that sometimes causes all their text in MS Notepad to become right justified and, more importantly, how do they change it back to being left justified?What's...

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Dead Toad Hibernation

2006-03-07T21:09:00.000-06:00

Someone asked me if it was normal for their pet toad to curl up and remain completely still at the onset of winter. "Is the toad dead?"Most likely not. Most toads hibernate in the winter and will...

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Lost Window

2005-10-26T11:10:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if I knew how they could find a window which they'd lost in Windows XP. What happened was that they had been using their laptop in dual screen mode and then went to another location...

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Poisoned Rats Dangerous

2005-10-21T20:10:00.000-05:00

Someone asked if poisoned rats are dangerous to cats and dogs and, if so, how to ensure that cats and dogs do not eat the poisoned rats. This is a followup question to an earlier answer about rat...

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Portable Media

2005-10-12T15:31:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if I knew of a device which would allow them to transport video which they recorded using MythTV and then play that video on a TV screen.It's possible to transport your audio and...

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WL-HDD battery

2005-10-04T08:37:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if I knew of an external battery for use with the WL-HDD 2.5 WiFi external hard drive.Do you know how some things are just meant to go together? Well I just found the Tekkeon...

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Old PC CD Boot

2005-09-09T10:04:00.000-05:00

Someone asked if there was a way to make an old PC boot from a CD even though the BIOS only recognised floppy drive, A: or B: etc., and hard disk bootable drives.The answer is yes you can. The tool...

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Disable Form Auto Complete

2005-09-06T08:30:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if it was possible to disable HTML form auto complete and if so how it is done.It is possible to disable HTML form auto complete, and it's very easy to do with no need for any...

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Cicada versus Tree Frogs

2005-08-25T10:47:00.000-05:00

Someone in Kansas asked me if the noise that they hear just before rain fall is Cicads, Locusts, or Tree Frogs.Just to clarify, the species of Locusts native to North America, the Rocky Mountain...

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American Fiscal Policy

2005-08-25T09:21:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me why the United States Government, under the leadership of President George W. Bush, seems to advocate Fiscal policy, i.e. reducing taxes, as a means to solve all problems while using...

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World's First Constitution

2005-08-16T09:55:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me if the Constitution of the United States of America, framed in 1787 and ratified in 1789, was the first constitution.The word constitution originates from the Latin word...

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Solbury Hill Location

2005-08-16T08:20:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me where the Solbury Hill in the Peter Gabriel song is located. First lets clarify the name of the place. Many people incorrectly spell the name of the hill in question "Solbury",...

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Cicada Locust Differences

2005-08-13T21:42:00.000-05:00

Someone asked me what the difference is between a Cicada and a Locust. I was asked this a few weeks ago and had a very interesting time researching it. Rather than repeating my previous answer I...

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