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Don't drink iced beverages, they bring down your internal temperature and your body gets stressed and has to struggle to heat back up. Drink hot tea instead, which has a cooling effect.
Next time you have the hiccups, try a spoonful of vinegar instead of sugar. Or eat a dill pickle.
Remember that the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence, but that's because when you look down, you see dirt.
Thrips are small, elongate clear-bodied insects most often found scurring about in opened flowers. Direct plant damage from thrips is minimal (except on onions), but they are known to readily transmit viruses. Thrips are ubiquitous pests of ornamental and weed species where they are never controlled. They also may be found on small grains that are frequently used as wind breaks.
White vinegar cleans everything that Windex and Formula 409 does for mere pennies. Buy a cheap spray bottle and use it with impunity. Don't worry: your house will smell like bean salad for just a little while. Then it will smell fresh and clean and you will be that little bit richer.
Also, before you leave the house, make sure you are wearing pants.
Also, before you leave the house, make sure you are wearing pants.
During winter (i.e. long-underwear-season), my dad almost went to work without pants. My mom shouted out "You're not wearing any pants!!" as he walked out the door, and he immediately about-faced and looked for his trousers.
One time I found myself stading comfortably at a bar and realized I had left the house wearing my slippers.
Another time, I was jogging and realized that I had forgotten to put in my fake front tooth. (Just pops right outta there, no lie. You can't tell it's fake, though.) Fortunately, I don't have to smile when I run.
And another time, I was feelin' a little breezy and realized I'd forgotten to put on panties. (But that happens to me about once a week.)
(See pup darling, we had good reason to be afraid!)
Feelin' a little breezy is quite excellent in hot hot weather like this. So, panties are optional. (Pants -- and more to the breezy point, skirts -- not so much.)
Also, bugbread's anecdote illustrates that it's quite bright to join forces with someone who will tell you that you've forgotten your pants, instead of standing around giggling and waiting for the neighbors to notice. In sum: follow your heart, find true love, and spend your lives looking out for each other's lower halves.
Say you're just starting out in your research. You know that you want to work on animals, but you're not sure exactly what. Before you go jump headlong into your work, here's a bit of advice for you. Choosing your test subject is not as easy as you think it'll be. Sure you are attracted to glamorous animals like elephants and tigers. But tell me, how many times have you actually seen a tiger? If you do decide to work on tigers, more likely than not, you'll spend all your time either just looking for the damn things or worse, depending on tiger traces. You'll spend hours analyzing what the tiger ate from its scat. Same goes for almost any large mammals. Here, listen to me. Pick something small. Something that is readily available all the time, so there won't be a problem of a sudden drop in numbers at crucial stages in your experiments. Something that isn't nocturnal, so you can continue with that excuse for a life that you have. Best of all, pick something that doesn't move all that much. As close to plants as possible, so that you know that there is a high degree of certainty that you will find it in the same place the next day. And above all something that doesn't fly. A small walking thing is a hundred times better than a small flying thing. There's absolutely no way you can control a flying beast, unless you put them in cages and stuff, and even then, they're not going to take it too well, anyway. So to recap- small, stationary and abundant. Spiders. Now, there's a good test subject for you.
Keep it to yourself for at least three days, and then tell only the people that you trust most. Alternatively, bury it in the backyard and then never speak of it again.
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