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 Why can’t fibre drinks taste like beer? 
 The last few years have made me really appreciate a lab tech who's good with the needle and can do a quick, relatively painless blood draw. 
 If you remember having to get off the internet because your parents or a sibling wanted to use th... 
 @5499bae4 And if you have a prostate get that checked too. 
 @b541bfe5 While I will admit my first instinct was 1 the fact of the matter is the statement is not ambiguous and the answer is 9. Brackets first then multiplication and division going left to right. Shorthand notation doesn’t change the rules. I use a calculator called Soulver that allows entering equations and for it `6/2(1+2)` equaled 9. 
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 @d6c53e4a I usually go to the one in the Brewery District (11936 104 Ave) but they were booked up solid for a couple weeks and I try to avoid having to do a walk-in. I got an appointment at the downtown one (10405 Jasper Avenue), place was empty and they took me 10 minutes before my appointment. The techs have all been good at both but I'm not a difficult blood draw so YMMV.