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Well...
On October 13th 2014 I had such severe food poisoning I should have been in the hospitable.(To tell you how bad it was, imagine eating Taco Bell, it was ten times worse than that...)
Then on the night of September 13th(officially the 14th, but it was 2 in the morning), my dad died......
13 a good luck number? I don't think so...
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How many distinct "events" do you experience a day? A week? A year?
How large fraction of those events could be said to include some negative elements?
There is a (roughly) 3% probability that a randomly timed event will land on the 13th of the month. If you stretch it the way you do, including the next day as well to make your point, the probability is 6%.
How many randomly timed events, with 3% chance of hitting the 13th (or 6%, if you include the 14th) does it take to make more than 50% probability that at least one of them will hit that date? How does that number compare to the number of events in your life?
When you start your studies, make sure to take a course in elementary statistics.
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Also - Black cats are lucky". 
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Cheers to you for getting a pain-free life!
On the subject, we had to change a number for one of our products because it sounds like "Death" in Chinese (apparently, Chinese is huge on treating numbers as words, good n8 being only a very mild example) and the MR2 didn't sell terribly well in France. Feel free to guess why :p
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Thanks! 
It took me 30 seconds to figure the problem with MR2, losing my French! 
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Greetings Kind Regards Nice to hear you solved your problem . May I please inquire your solution . Is it merely avoidance of the triggers ? Kind Regards - Cheerio
"I once put instant coffee into the microwave and went back in time." - Steven Wright
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Yes, it is merely avoidance of trigger.
But there is a difficulty, some food trigger thing one day and not the next (food intolerance have some sort of cumulative effect) and some food are barely negative while other are very detrimental, and also some food have small effect for a long time... it took me a while to decypher it satisfactorily... In fact my biggest is for years was eggs... if mixed with other thing they make me feel just "somewhat unwell" but it still last for like 2 weeks. Making it hard to get thing right... :/
Now, I can eat slightly bad food when going out (like 1~2 days symptom tops), which make it more socially feasible as well. And I have a wide enough diet I am not frustrated and sick.
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Well I'm not a superstitious man but I do have a lot of fun playing on them. I tell everyone that I got myself the "iPhone Cursed" (v. 13) and I'm just waiting to see what great bug is going to make it a self-fulfilling propechy
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An ex-colleague is doing an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Training, specifically doing her dissertation on prey drive in dogs.
If you're willing to help out with her research please consider filing out the survey at Welcome to Prey Drive Survey[^]
Thanks all
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Thanks for trying and I'll let her know
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I think you should go through that survey by yourself (you don't need to submit at the end). Then maybe you can give her some other tips how to make a more structured survey.
What I mean: After N _unnumbered_ questions at the end the question: If you answered Q No. 17 with yes then ....
All the best 
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There is an other option where you list the breed. That's what I did for my Presa Canario.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Thanks, I will try then again
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Wow, Dogo Canario – Wikipedia[^] looks like a real fighter.
Mine seem cute at first, but when they see the herd (ie us) in danger, they become very aggressive and fight to the death.
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They are believed to descend relatively unchanged from roman war dogs.
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Mine isn't pure, he only weighs about 80-85 pounds. We foster children and the dog is very sedate around them.
We found him at the pound. The dog duped us. Very calm and sedate at the pound. Turned out it was because he couldn't breathe, double pneumonia. Once he got better, his real personality came out. Hyper vigilant, difficult to train. It's taken years but he can now walk without trying to pull my arm out of the socket. Dog didn't care about invisible fence and would jump right over. We now have 6 foot privacy he can't get over.
He hates other 4 legged creatures, cats especially. He also can't stand motors. He jumped the old fence and bit the lawn guy's mower right on the muffler. On walks he has lunged at garbage trucks and school buses.
He has his natural ears. Cropping is insane.
But he is my dog and always will be.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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CHill60 wrote: MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Training
I was going to make some snarky comment, but on second thought it sounds more useful than, oh, gender studies?
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she runs a dog training business...all genders welcome...
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Most answers do not match the question. Example
Quote: If your dog has an animal or a toy, do they eat part or all of it if they can?
- My dog is not interested in this.
- There are rare times when my dog shows an interest in this.
- Sometimes my dog shows interest in doing this.
- My dog often wants to do this.
- My dog LIVES to do this. They set off on walks or into the garden looking for opportunities.
- Not applicable
How can someone answer an "A or B" question with "yes or no"?
Actually all the answer blocks are copy/paste of the same answers.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'll feed that back - thanks
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Done! The site linked there is pretty handy too. I look forward to using it as a resource.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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If only I was over 18...
But I could send this to my sister, she is a vet tech at our local vet office.
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I guess he will be offered a position at Tesla, then. Great way to find a new job.
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