How do you deal with people who think your searching for validation?

I tried lots of things and decided - if something worked it is letting them talk. A little staring, no answering, leaving. At some point most of them do the math. For the others - I've found no way until now, to be honest. But I comfort myself with: guess nothing will get to one of those...

Another car question, 17 year old boy?

Ok, I'm really struggling to find a first car. For a start I live in the Highlands of Scotland and it is about 2 hours to any decent car dealership. I have looked on Autotrader and I have come up with some possibilities all of which are ok price wise (insurance as well). There is a Nissan Micra Gx (1998), but its metallic burgundy colour (not sure what to think of it). A Peugeot 106 (1997 I think) which seems good but reviews say that the pedals are too close and too small. Renault Clio is another possible model but its difficult finding one for a decent price nearby. I had looked at a Vauxhall Corsa (1998 I think) but my uncle who is like a car expert has advised me not to get one. Finally the old Ford Fiesta cars seem alright as well but again its difficult finding one I like around here. I'm so confused, its difficult getting cars around here anyway, and the price of the car with insurance I'm aiming to get for �2000 roughly and with the models mentioned thats what I would get (all the cars have been used before). Anybody have any recomendations or websites that sell good second hand cars?

Bruised ankle during dance but not from twisting or rolling it... help!?

I was learning a routine and while figuring out one part I bruised my ankle. The choreography was that you lie down and bend your left leg (knee to ceiling) and right leg (flat on floor, knee outwards as if doing ballet pirouette) and after raising your torso up into sitting position you had to use your arm to push you up onto one leg. I was probably doing wrong, and I leaned too much on my ankle (the bent leg that was flat on the floor) and b/c I have bony ankles and leaned on that one ankle I have a bruise over it now. It doesn't hurt to walk, but it hurts to press on it and is quite large. Help, anyone? I won't lean on it again but how do I fix the bruise? Any suggestions? sorry it's confusing & thx!

Approx. Salary of Soft.Engg with 5 years of exp.?

Why don't you find a job in India? We have enough foreign "software engineers" here, thank you very much.

I am desperately trying to find two childrens book titles from the 80's and don't know the titles or authors?

One of the books was about a little pig who's mom brought home tons of doughnuts and he was not to eat them but while she was gone he ate them all and got so big he floated up into the sky. I remember reading this one when I was four so would have been around 1979-1980. The other books were a series and they were hardback covered. They were something like Pickle street or something books. There was a pink pig character and a purple walrus. I don't remember much more about them except on the covers there was always a thin green oval that read pickle something. Can't remember what. These I read in school in the 80's. Would appreciate any help in finding these!!

Moderate Christians, how do you feel about Evangelicals and Fundamentalist Christians?

Taking the Bible literally is, of course, not a good idea. I have spoken out many times against the excesses of Fundamentalism, and frequently point out that not all Christians are Fundamentalists. However, if someone holds a certain set of beliefs and isn't trying to get those beliefs drafted into law, I support their right to believe as they wish. I am against aggressive proselytizing, attempts at blurring the separation of church and state, and bigotry in the name of religion. But as far as people just holding some private beliefs that could be categorized as Evangelical in nature, that's their own business. I don't want to live in a theocracy, and will fight against it at every turn. But I also support freedom of religion, and don't want to interfere with other people's beliefs, unless they're actually harming someone. As for "Satan's army", I feel that Satan is more of a psychological archetype than an actual personage.

I am having car trouble pleeeease help?!?

ok so i just bought a 2009 ford escape 2 months ago. I didnt get a warranty, i signed an as is form, although i was never told that the car had a problem. It turns out that i have a problem with the the transmssion fluid. Fluid was leaking and god knows how long i was driving with little to none transmssion fluid. My mechanic thinks this could have affected the transmission. The initial reason i took it to the mechanic was because my cars rpm goes from 1 to 3 for no reason. I know that the rpm naturally goes up as you accelerate. But ill be going 20mph and the cars rpm will go from 1 to 3 causing a jerk thats extremely annoying. It jerks about 10 times during a ride around town. the leak was fixed but the jerking wasnt and my mechanic couldnt say what the problem was. Could it have been because i drove the car for around 2 months with a leakage i didnt even knowing about, causing the transmission to go bad? i sure hope that thats not the case because the stupid people i bought the car from could care less about the problem. im not trying to gain pity but i saved up 4500 for 3 years that i put as a down pymt, spent 1000 to get the fluid problem fixed, go to school and work and rely on transportatoin and if im gonna spend 15k on a car i expect for it to work!!!! im totally broke right now and wanted to trade in my car for a new one at another dealer but i would only get like 1000 dollars once the car is paid off by the dealer since i still owe 11k...all my down pymt went down the drain..3 years of saving up for nothing :( im sooooooooo upset idk what to do. I just want to take my car to the dump. anyway anyone know what could be causing the rpm to go wack?