What's the deal with "going upstairs"?
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If there is any significance, it's that after a date, it's assumed that the two people go there separate ways. So if one wants to continue the date he or she might invite the other in. I think that its a good thing that its portrayed like this on TV and in movies, so that young viewers learn a little bit about dates rather than just assuming the date leads to sex. I think it shows respect.
934873
In layman's terms, the first paragraph means that the unit owners are not permitted to change the carpeting or other flooring without written permission from the homeowners association.  The second paragragh means that in addition to requiring permission, and even if they fail to get permission, they have to install a carpet pad or other standard sound dampening materials between the carpet (or other flooring) and the subfloor.\n\nThe purpose for all this, obviously, is to prevent the exact problem you are having.  There have been many lawsuits in recent years in which condo owners have sued developers for failing to adequately sound proof between the floors of multi-family buildings.  So it's a big problem, and this clause recognizes that and tries to address it. \n\nIf I were you, I would start by contacting the homeowners association, explain the problem, and ask if they can inspect the unit for proper flooring and sound insulation. One possible solution is for you to spray in insulation above your ceiling--that is, between your ceiling and the floor joists of the above apartment.  That is the most effective way to insulate between floors, and it doesn't require anything from the folks upstairs.\n\nGood luck!
550264
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS.  ANYONE LIVING IN ANY TYPE OF BUILDING THAT HAS A SLIDING GLASS DOOR. NO MATTER WHAT FLOOR!!!!!!!!!  I EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE THING A FEW YEARS AGO AND HOPE YOU BENEFIT FROM IT.  I LIVED ON A 3RD FLOOR APT. BUILDING AND FELT SO SAFE BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS SO EASY TO GET IN A HOME FROM THE FIRST FLOOR.  WELL IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO GET INTO A 3RD FLOOR EITHER.  I AWOKE TO A BLACK MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF MY 3RD FLOOR BALCONY WINDOW.  I DIDN'T HAVE EVEN ONE SECOND TO DO ANYTHING BUT SCREAM MY HEAD OFF!!  MY 2 YOUNG BOYS AND I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO LOCK MY BALCONY, I LIVED 3 FLOORS UP.  THIS VERY HIGH MAN CLIMBED UP THE LATTICE ON THE SIDE OF THE BALCONY AND CAME INTO MY APARTMENT AND TRIED TO RAPE ME, STOLE MY VIDEO CAMERA AND THEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS WATCHING A TV SHOW AND SAW THAT THIS SAME MAN HAD BEEN DOING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND USUALLY RAPED THE WOMAN!!!  HE LIKED IT WHEN I FOUGHT BACK, SO I DIDN'T FOR A MOMENT, THINKING THAT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED AND I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO NOT GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED. HE DROPED ME TO THE FLOOR AND WENT ON LOOKING AROUND FOR THINGS TO TAKE. HE WAS ARRESTED DUE TO THE REPORTS THAT THE OTHER WOMAN GAVE THE POLICE.  DON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY FEELING SAFE BECAUSE YOU ARE HIGHER UP ON THE 3RD FLOOR 'OR HIGHER'.
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A burgler wants to get in, grab stuff as quickly as possible and then get out.  They generally won't ransack the place unless it's part of the search. The last thing they want is to be discovered, so it's quick quick quick, grab something of value, (enough to get a fix usually) and then get out.\n\nI can't rule it out but there doesn't seem to be anything particularly unusual in the behaviour you describe.
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Because of sin. Alot of people use the "talk" to cover up the way that they really live.\n\nMy dad always says..."It's not how high you can jump...but it's how straight you walk when you land that matters." Or in this case...it's not how loud you can talk but how straight you can walk.
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You have the meaning backwards.\n\nA suite of rooms suitable for living in is APART from another suite and there is no way to get from one to the other except to go out a secure door into a hallway and in through a second secure door.  The secure doors are the only way in or out of each suite of rooms.\n\nSo the suites are suitable for families who live APART from each other in the same building.  Regardless of the size or number of bedrooms, each suite is an "apartment."
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First of all... "The Newlyweds Game"... usually has "stupid" questions because they know that the majority of newlyweds don't know each other all too well, and this is a "FUN" type of game. With this in mind... the question was, (like most are) PROVOCATIVE (or to cause provocation). Without having watched that particular program I can probably, guess that most answers were "from the EAST". Yet, some (3) most likely, probably said, "from BEHIND/FRONT this or that room" and their partner said the opposite (as in "EAST" or from a house "ANGLE" in relation to the house and where the sun rises. IN OTHER WORDS... some of them got "tricked" (just like the producer hoped).
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doing it right now but i am not sure of the definition
924051
Ok, I'm stumped if this is some sort of word play I cannot figure it out - would like to know the solution.\n\nIf this is a plea for help, contact your city or county for advice on child placement please. This is simply not a safe place for child placement.\n\nAnd if this is a joke - I'm concerned... wouldn't this fit better in /humor/tasteless? where it would fit into the, 'take my wife... Please!'.\n\nPeace,\n\n-dh
925139
I dont understand ANY of this.\n\nWhat I do undrstand is the relationship stuff.  Get out of it.  Get away from it. It sounds like this is one of those houses where the police frequently visit.\n\nPeace
772403
It's not quite Spanish, so I'm not totally sure, but I think it's trying to say, "Fuiste a la casa mía," which could be translated as "You went to my house, " or "Did you go to my house?", depending on the intonation and the context.
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He means a man lift, or JLG, it's equiptment used to lift you to reach high or diffucult spots you cant get to get with ladders and or scaffolding.\nAre you afraid of heights? Is what he is getting at.
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Interestingly enough, the reason a 'flat' is called that is to distinguish it from a house. Homes used to be very skinny, with several small stories stacked on upon another. The single apartment, with neither upstairs nor downstairs, was called a 'flat' dwelling. If you lived in a flat it was a given that you were just a renter, and not a homeowner. \nCigarettes are called fags as an abbreviation for faggot, which means a bundle of burning sticks and that's what cigarettes looked like to people, when they were first introduced. Elevators are called lifts (because that's what they do).\nThere are also differences in spelling, such as tyre for tire. The bottom line is that the English language evolved in Britain, and many of them think the language used in North America has gotten completely out of hand and strayed far from its roots!\nI, too, enjoy reading English novels and particularily enoy some of the characters that inhabit the backgrounds of the stories. \nHope this is useful.\nHmmm -- checking this before sending it out, I notice that Yahoo has put in a row of asterisks where I had spelled out the complete word that means a bundle of sticks. Try looking up eff, aye, gee, gee, oh, tee in your dictionary, and you'll see that it is a word with absolutely no sexual significance whatsover.
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lets put it this way--theyre obviously doing it for a reason, they had to have some reason of why theyd want to go up and say hi. trust me im a girl. i wouldnt just say hi for no reason.
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Its called Rush The Floor.
1038196
It's part of a song I think Tom T. Hall sang years ago.  It probably means what you think it means. Isn't this the ideal for a man?  For me, I prefer a slow horse, my slightly older man, iced tea and more money too! LOL  (I am a granny, ya know)
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I can't find the source for this now, but my understanding is that they touch the ceiling with their front legs, then do a sort of back-flip.  They take off the opposite way, by dropping so they're hanging by their front legs, then they let go.