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I am reviewing a legal settlement. The property owner was allowed to construct a dwelling upon a "coextensive perimeter foundation." What does that mean?

Please complete the following at least once: “If you have one night to spend in <COLLEGE TOWN THAT YOU LIKE> then you should <BLANK> at <BLANK>.” I would be especially interested to hear about the pubs and restaurants of Lincoln, Nebraska. We’re going there for a football...

Which teams get way more coverage from ESPN than they deserve? At the top of my list would be the Knicks, Eagles and Jets.

Anybody ever hear The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and wonder who the h3ll tells "scary ghost stories" at Christmas time?

Any reason to endure the torture if you're not sure you want to teach?

Who do you know who's posted sports numbers that far exceed their talent? I was just thinking of a guy who is #11 all-time in NFL passing yards. He also holds the Giants single-season record for passing yards. But the consensus is that he was not that good.

I think I have touched on this before but when did it become necessary for EVERYBODY to have letters after their name? I just browsed through the new issue of APWA Reporter and 90% of the authors had letters but maybe half were really licensed professionals. I can understand PE, PS, CEO, JD...

The manager of the Velvet Touch (adult bookstore) here in Lansing was charged with, "maintaining a house of ill fame." It sounds like a law from the 1800s but I had never heard of that charge before.

If you could initiate one simple, logical change at your workplace, what would it be?

We have a nephew named Ethan Andrew that we all call Ethan Allen (in honor of the furniture business). Now there is a niece on the way so I am trying to brainstorm businesses she could be named for. So far I have: Ruby Tuesday Georgia Pacific Lane Bryant (if she’s on the chunky side) I...

Anybody have any experience with HD radios? I work about 80 miles from my favorite radio station. The signal comes in fine in my car – very little static. But I walk into my office and can’t get the station at all. I try other (regular) radios in the office and no luck. But the station in...

Anybody else think they might not make it in to work tomorrow? Here in central Michigan, we are supposed to get a foot of snow overnight and about four more inches tomorrow, with winds gusting to 40 mph. My grad class tonight has been moved online because of the forecast.

Hypothetical: John is in engineering grad school. He does an Independent Study that focuses on engineering entrepreneurship. John then goes on to business school at another college. He is one credit short of earning his MBA and his advisor suggests that he does an Independent Study. Could...

All the science geeks on here and there's no discussion of the new Dicaprio movie? I did a search and nothing came up.

What have you said to your significant other that worked out very well or very poorly? MY WORST: During an argument, I told my wife that, "sometimes I think it would be easier to teach a sheep to cook." If you've ever had a fire going really good and watched somebody throw gas on it, you can...

We hired a contractor to do trenchless watermain installation and he drilled into some discarded construction materials that delayed him for about a week. The contract has clauses which essentially say, "Here are the logs for the soil borings that were done. No guarantee is made about what...

I'm just getting over a head cold. I was flat on my @ss on Sunday and missed work on Monday but have been getting progressively better since then. But my wife let it slip in a phone call with her mom last night that I started feeling sick the day after I got my H1N1 shot. So mom-in-law called...

I am a PE in Michigan. We just visited family in central California and they were trying to encourage me to pursue California licensure and move out there. But I’m a public works engineer and I enjoy the work. I really don’t want to go back to consulting but I’ve heard California engineers...

I am preparing for the spring exam as a first timer. I have a copy of the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide, Chapters 3-10. Will that suffice or should I procure a complete version of the Guide? Before anybody asks - no, I don't know where this incomplete copy of the Guide came from.