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  How can I find out what the "International Acoustigraph Co.", founded in Tacoma in 1925, and leaving almost no record on the web, did exactly?

  2 0 Standard & Poor used to have a service that provided books with every publically-traded corporation from 1904 onward and its fate (bankruptcy or merger). Ask somebody at the library. Ballard Pimp answered in Personal Finance 4 months ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  Looking for streaming radio from UK or France that is similar to KEXP and KCRW

  0 0 The BBC website has about a dozen streams on its site, though it isn't easy to find them. The Reuters site also streams radio. Do you have a language preference? Radio Netherlands also has streaming broadcasts in English. Ballard Pimp answered in Other Arts & Music 4 months ago Answer and comment »

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  What is going to happen to my right to hunt and fish in the San Juan Islands if they become a "National Conservation Area?"

  1 1 With all due respect, did you read the article you linked to? Joel explained the areas affected in some detail--Patos Island, a bay on Lopez, and some bluffs. Altogether less than 1,000 acres. Ballard Pimp answered in Local News & Politics 4 months ago Answer, comment & read 2 more answers »

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  Parking ticket help

  1 0 Strangely enough, you are the person that Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy act was written for! If you file a 13 (you can do it yourself--there are a bunch of online tools), you notify the collection agency and the licensing dept. and they lift all those holds. You pay a certain amount every month to pay off the debt in any time range you choose from three years to five years (36 months to 60 months). Ballard Pimp answered in Legal 5 months ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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  Have you ever been arrested for protesting? Was it a big deal to have it on your record later?

  1 0 A lot depends on what happens after the arrest. In 1965 I was arrested in a demonstration trying to racially integrate a theater in Haskell, Texas. Six of us were "arrested" at the theater and taken to the county jail. (Haskell is the county seat of the county in which Rick Perry was born.) We were fingerprinted, but not photographed, and we were released and told we would be notified of "further proceedings". None of us heard anything more. A few years later I tried to see if the was any record of my "arrest", so I requested a records search from the WSP. There was none. Ballard Pimp answered in Legal 5 months ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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  Where can I buy craft distillory liquors?

  0 0 Since the passage of I-1108, the WSLCB stores have been cutting inventory, and no other retailers are allowed to sell craft-distilled spirits until July, so your only reliable source between now and July, 2012, is to buy directly from the distilleries. Ballard Pimp answered in Alcohol 5 months ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  What happened to the Stranger's forums?

  0 0 As one of the mods from the Forums, I have to say that freikja pretty much nailed it. The last year or so that the Forums existed the amount of spam got to be a problem and the trolling of jerks like Ecce Homo got to be more of a problem than the mods chose to deal with. In order to ban creeps like him, we had to go through a clearance process and eventually the clearance process was too much of a hassle. Ballard Pimp answered in Whatever 5 months ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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  What do you have to do to be "legally" married? Can we just sign a license?

  1 0 I agree with Greg's answer, but you may need to know more, like who is qualified to "officiate". The law allows certain designated state officers (mainly, all elected judges) and all clergy. But in state law there is no definition of clergy, so legally the officiant can be anyone who signs the license and mails the notice to Olympia. It is CRITICAL that the completed form be mailed to Olympia for registration. That registration will be the always-available independent proof of your marriage. Why two witnesses? Well, there are two things necessary to make a legally-binding marriage: Consent of each party, and eligibility of each party. "Consent" is the "I do" part. The two witnesses provide the "eligibility" part. The officiant asks if there is anyone present who knows of any reason the parties can't marry. Those reasons would be underage, mentally incompetent, or an undissolved prior marriage. The law presumes that if there are two witnesses present, one of them will know. Ballard Pimp answered in Legal 6 months ago Answer, comment & read 2 more answers »

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  What should I do if my mail in ballot envelope (the outer, signature one) is slightly damaged?

  0 0 I did exactly the same thing, tore the upper edge of the outside envelope, reclosed it and sent it in. It was counted as valid and has been accepted. To be sure, go to the King County Elections page and click on the ballot tracker. Ballard Pimp answered in Local News & Politics 6 months ago Answer, comment & read 2 more answers »

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  My wife is 35 years old and has never had an orgasm. What the hell?

  13 2 Does she want to? First, most of us learn to have orgasms by ourselves. How does she feel about masturbation? Strange as it sounds, there is a small percentage of the female population who have never masturbated. An orgasm is a complicated thing, and our nervous system has to learn how to have them. Also, some poor souls don't think of orgasms reached through masturbation as "real" orgasms. Maybe she has an unusual definition of what an orgasm is. Second, she sounds pretty inhibited. Having an orgasm requires, among other things, the ability to lower internal inhibitions, which is also a thing her nervous system learns. If she won't talk about it with a doctor (a good place to start), how about a sex counselor? Third, and really kinky, does she have some strange beliefs and/or urges, like: 1) Ladies don't cum; 2) Having an orgasm makes her a whore; 3) If she cums, you won't want her any more; 4) Men enjoy sex, but women don't; 5) You enjoy it more if she doesn't cum. Strange as they sound, more than a few women really believe one or more of those things. Fourth, it might really be medical. Sometimes things go sideways with anyone's nervous system; the risk is that it usually isn't just one thing, and ignoring an obvious sign like no orgasms only makes things worse. Ballard Pimp answered in Sex & Relationships over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 18 more answers »

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