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• j.carl.henderson commented on Death: A Pantomime
  A couple of suggested methods of faking your death, could easily end up with you really dead. Jumping off a cruise ship. Passenger accessible decks of most cruises are fairly high off the waterline. The fall alone could kill, break bones, or render one unconscious. Not to mention the more obvious dangers of hypothermia and being dragged under the ship. Being shot with blanks. Being shot with blanks--especially at close range--can be fatal. See the Wikipedia entry on Blanks and Safety for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_%28cartridge%29#Safety Be safe when plotting your fake death!...
• Greg. Tingey commented on Potato Salad Battle
  Can we please distinguish between English/European & US usage here? "Potato Salad" contains potatoes and herbs and a "solvent" - butter / mayo / oil combination "Russian Salad" which is what Ms Valente is talking about contians SOME potatoes, but lots of other small-diced or sliced/julienned crisoy veg as well as a "solvent" - usually proper mayonnaise. Carrot/celery/peas/pickled small cucurbits etc and a very different herb/spice mix usually....
• voidampersand commented on Death: A Pantomime
  This is not a boating scenario; it is a boat maintenance scenario. Don't do this lightly — someone close to me watched a friend of his die this way for real. Simply pick up a power tool on an extension cord, mention you need to work on the outside of the boat, and absent-mindedly wade into the water. Keel over. This should satisfy the credibly dead for at least a brief period of time requirement. Longer term you will need accomplices so your seemingly dead body goes where you planned, and not to the wrong hospital or the morgue. Also...
• Cat Valente commented on Potato Salad Battle
  You're quite right, there are so many kinds of borscht. I think where I went wrong was Cooking It While Not Russian. ;)...
• Cat Valente commented on Potato Salad Battle
  Greg-- I know everyone else has already had their say on this, but come on. The US is shitty in many ways, but fresh food is not one of them. Even with a laughable growing season, I can get amazing fresh food in Maine--and in the winter the root vegetables are fantastic. When I lived in Scotland I gained all kinds of weight, veggies and fruit were so expensive compared to the chip shop. Buying grapes was a big splurge. As I've mentioned, many of us here in Maine grow and preserve our own produce, and I can drive 20...