Strings and Verses

Any recommendations for a place to sell my used books for cash in Calgary?

I need to ask a couple of general type questions from the CRA Canada Revenue Agency. about filing tax returns from 2013 and 2014. I can t find the answer on the website and I just get the runaround on the telephone menu. How can I speak to a human about my concerns?

(I want to know if I can print a form from their website and just fill it and fax it in for these prior years).

I have factory reset my new phone several times. I have unchecked "allow apps to auto update". Regardless, Android seems determined after a day to add to my list of apps " Google Hindu Input", "Google Pinyan Input", and several other Asian languages input apps.

I ve nothing against these languages, but I m never going to use them, and I don t want them there taking up space and resources. All I can think of doing is going under settings and and doing a disable/force stop on these... and I don t know if this is a good idea or not.

Can someone tell me if there is a way to keep these off my phone in the first place?

Also is there a better Android site to be asking this question on?

I have a smart phone. fine for apps but to actually make phone calls the sound is poor, the person on the other end often asking me to repeat myself, etc. I want to replace it. I would settle for a basic flip phone if it served it's purpose in making good solid phone calls. Any recommendations?

I went to the store to buy Draino and there were no less than 5 different varieties, but each one said "Do not use in toilets".

Is this because the Draino is really harmful to the toilet system, or is it because the Draino manufacturer doesn t want to be liable for damage if the toilet overflows and the Draino gets on the floor?

This question I suppose will be best answered by a person of the locksmith trade.

I know with experience it is possible to pick a lock open without the key using lockpicks.

Relative to the difficulty of picking the lock open, how hard would it be to use the lockpicks to re-lock the lock...would it be roughly just as difficult, more difficult, or easier to re-lock without the key?

I understood that probiotic yogurt would remove diarrhea, but after eating some, the next day I had diarrhea. This has happened three times.

Or is there something to the "Activia 14 Day Challenge" where I have to keep eating it for 2 weeks before seeing an improvement?

(I can drink a medium glass of milk without getting diarrhea, so I figure 5 tablespoons of yogurt wouldn't trigger lactose intolerance.)

I have a Deville oil stove that is not being used but we'd like to clean the glass on it. Windex is ineffective...how can we clean off the soot deposits from the glass ?

I know that as a landlord I can get into trouble if I shut off the electricity or the water. (My deadbeat tenant has been in arrears for 3 months and he won't leave).

But can I shut off the cable TV and the internet and not get into trouble ? What about the telephone ?

And please, if your not sure of the answer to this question asked, please refrain from guessing.

(Side note: I've done everything I should have properly to evict him...provincial law has stacked the deck in favour of deadbeats and I am losing my shirt on him. I don't wish to wait MONTHS more before they finally send a Sherriff to physically remove him. Even small claims court in NS is 90% unenforceable if I win...he just doesn't pay and there's nothing I can do to make him.)

I sent an eviction notice to a deadbeat tenant by Registered Mail, but he refuses to go pick it up. He is in a city far from me.

I want to get my friend to serve him with an eviction notice. Naturally the deadbeat is going to refuse to sign anything. Is all that is required of my friend is to hand the deadbeat the envelope containing the eviction notice and say "You've been served" and then walk away ? Will I need anything else ?

The tenancy is in Nova Scotia. I'm currently in Alberta.

I have to send some documents from Calgary to Revenue Canada. They don't need to be there for 8 or 9 days.

Which courier service will give me the best price and still be reliable?

I know what the 'Read Only' attribute does...but what difference does it make having the Archive attribute set ?

If I copy the computer file to my BlackBerry Torch, does the Archive attribute make any difference there as well ?

How would I remove a pen mark from a soft leather vest ?

I heard that there are some states in the USA in which you can become a citizen of that state without becoming a US citizen.

Can someone provide a list of such states?

I have a Samsung External DVD Writer SE-S084.

I bought a set of blank discs. Every time I try to write files to a CD-ROM I get some sort of error message, such as "Please insert a writable disc" when I use Nero. In Windows I get the message "The Disc is not writable or it is full." I believe I have to somehow format the CD-ROM but I have not been able to find a way to format the disc. How can I do this?

I'm looking to buy a half-dozen pouches of pipe tobacco duty-free and save them for a long time. If they are unopened, how many months will they reasonably last ?

What about sealed tins of tobacco, will they last longer ?

Any place I should put the tobacco to make it last longer, eg, fridge crisper ? basement ?

I received the basic flu shot last week.

Is it safe/healthy to get the H1N1 flu hot as well ?

How long should I wait between flu shots ?

- SaV.

My cell phone battery lasts me about 3 (three) days without charging.

I am in the habit of plugging it in every night, and I am wondering, is it better for the life of the battery to do as I am doing (daily topping up of charge), or would it be healthier for the battery if I allowed it do run down (ie only charge it every third day) ?

Thanks!

I wear white dress shirts to work. What is the best thing to get out ring-around-the-collar: Shout, Spray'N'Wash, or something else ?