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A few nights ago we woke up to find our cat playing with a live bat in our room. After taking the cat to the vet we were informed that we might be at risk of contracting rabies since we were asleep and the bat could have bitten us without our knowledge. Has anyone had a similar experience? Did you get the rabies vaccine? The state department of health is reccomending we be vaccinated.

I have been working in a "temp to hire" position for almost a year (will be a year in mid-May). I get lots of praise from the people I work with and know that I do a good job. I am having a lot of anxiety however because I have no paid sick time or vacation and feel that after one year if they truly think i am doing a good job I deserve to be hired and start getting some benefits. Do you think taht I should start looking elsewhere? Anyone else been in a similar situation? Is there a way to get my boss to finally hire me?

I live in Minnesota and have a huge lilac hedge in the backyeard. Problem is that nothing is growing underneath the bushes so it looks really barren and ugly. What can I plant beneath these plants and when do I plant? Need something fairly easy as I have no gardening experience. Also my yard is already pretty much full of hosta so I would prefer something else.

I am trying to plan a really special vacation for myself and my boyfriend after he gets home from an extended business trip. Anyone have any really cool ideas? We are in the US and our budget is probably around $5000. Would prefer some place warm but open to anything. We have travelled pretty extensively in Europe so probably not there. He is currently in India so I dont think that he will want to make that trip again. Thanks!

I just ordered a Panasonic TH-50PZ750U plasma TV. The TV comes with 4 speakers which I assume are not connected to the TV. Is there anyway to connect my cable and a DVD player to the TV and get sound from the speakers with out buying a receiver? I plan on using HDMI cables and from what I have read it is hard to find a reasonably priced receiver that fully supports HDMI technology (audio and video switching etc...). While my TV has plenty of HDMI ports (3) to set up the cable and DVD player. I would rather not buy a receiver if I don’t have to so does anyone know if I need to? And if I don’t how would I set up my system?

On a side note is it true that all HDMI cables are the same; the really cheap ones work just as good as the really expensive ones?

I recently purchased a HDTV and need a receiver to go with it. Right now I have a tivo and also a DVD player that I need to run through the receiver. I want to use the HDMI cables for my whole system and need a receiver that can support that. I don’t care as much about the audio as I do the video because I don’t have a very large room for the system. I have been doing some research and can’t seem to make sense of what I really need in a receiver and what I don’t.

For example is a receiver that can up scale video to 1080p really worth the extra cost?

Are all HMDI inputs on new recievers 1.3 quality with switching ability for both audio and video?

Can anybody give me advice on what receivers might work well for me and about what the cost of them would be?

Do you need to use multiple HDMI inputs on a TV if you have a receiver with multiple HDMI inputs? Is it possible to run everything (dvd palyer, tivo, videogame systems etc...) into the HDMI inputs on the receiver and then have one cable from the receiver to the TV? Will this set up work?

Just wondering if anyone can help identify what I believe to be some sort of flag set that I found cleaning out the basement of our house. The set was left by the previous owner and consists of maybe 7 or 8 red and white flags (I think they are flags but I could be wrong) they are about 8 x 10 inches in size and were also found with wood flag pole type objects. I think that they may have been in a burlap type sack labeled Army Flag set, but I am not sure as I just found the sack next to the flags. Have tried googling Army Flag and come up with nothing. So does any one have any idea what these could be and if they are worth keeping, or if I should just toss? Thanks!

How do you deal with people playing Christmas music, putting decorations, asking for money for Christmas meals, etc. at work polietly? I dont want to offend anyone and I know that many people love the holiday, but I seriously can't stand it! Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this?

I am wondering if anyone has a solution to this problem. I recently took down all of the blinds in a new home and washed in the bathtub with vinegar. As I have many many times before with similar blinds in different homes. However, when these dried they got all spotty and discolored. I would like to avoid buying new blinds for awhile so please dont suggest that as a solution.

We just had our old beautiful oak hardwood floors resanded and poly-ed. Today we moved a couch into the room and made a huge scratch. The scratch seems to be only on the surface and not actually in the wood (the couch did have floor protectors on the feet). Any advice to fix? We are so bummed out because we just paid a pretty nice sum to have these fixed. Thanks in advance for your help.

We just purchased a home and discovered over the weekend that we do not have all of the storm windows and the ones that we do have do not fit. We feel upset that we weren't aware of this before purchasing the house. It was not disclosed in the truth in housing report. Any ideas on how to move forward or is this something that we just have to live with? We are hoping that we can get some money back as now we will have to replace the windows much sooner than we planned.

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What do you like about either one? does putting in forced air heat add value to your home?

Trying to decide whether to remove radiators and put in forced air and central air in an older home. If you leave the radiators what do you do for ac?

Anyone have a general idea of what the cost would be for a house around 1300 sq feet? We are in Minnesota.

I have had really bad eczema on my body face and hands for a few years. I have seen the dermatolgist several times and have been prescribed numerous drugs and creams. My face and body have gotten much better from changing soaps and sun treatment but my hands are terrible. They are swollen cracked and bloody. it seems if i put cream on everyday they are fine, but if I skip even one day it becomes awful again. it is difficult to get anything done because I cant bend my fingers anyone have any suggestions? i am currently using clobetasl propionate ointment (0.05%)

I am planning on get a new mp3 player and dont think I want an ipod cause the old one broke out of nowhere. I dont listen to tons of new music mostly want to download lots of songs and then cancel subscription after a month or two. What mp3 player would be best for this? I want a larger capacity like 20 gb.