You'll have to go a locality where you can fish for Alligator gar, for starters. That means packing up and heading south to the lower Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico. Places in Louisiana like the Henderson Swamp and Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans have Gator gar. In Texas, try the Colorado, Trinity, Guadeloupe, Sabine, or other large rivers or Lake Livingston. Alligator gar spawn in the spring, around April, but the best time to look for them is in the summer in July or August or whenever is hottest. Concentrate on slack water or sloughs. Gator gar like to hang out in slow waters and especially like to congregate in deep holes near shallower water, where they can surface to feed. Keep your eyes open for large river bends that naturally create deep holes surrounded by sandbars. Alternately, you might try an oxbow lake. These are lakes that were once bends in a large river but silted over, became cut off from the main stream, and are slack water except for during floods. Alligator gars are extremely large and will need very heavy gear. Growing up to 200 pounds or more, with sharp teeth, you'll need to be well prepared and to have a clear plan for what to do when (or if) you hook one. Most people use a large circle hook attached to a steel leader as a rig this is because the fish is generally pretty hard to hook. Some people use a treble hook, however. You'll want to have a stiff composite rod with pretty robust-strength test line. A typical strength is anywhere from 30 to 100 pounds and a reel capable of spinning out 150 to 200 yards. Bait up with a small fish like a whole, descaled mullet. Other people will use live bait like shiners, scad, carp, or perch. Cast into the deeper areas, as this is where a gator gar will most likely find your bait. Gar like to swim away once they have taken the bait, so allow it to take a bit of line before setting your hook. Don't set the hook too early. Otherwise, you will hook the fish in a poor place or dislodge the hook entirely. Wait for about seven second after the bobber and line take off, then set the hook. Pull hard and perhaps several times, as the setting will require a good deal of force. Once you've got it on the line, try to tire out the fish. Being so big, alligator gars are a tough fight and can easily injure you with either their body or sharp teeth. Slowly bring the fish in, avoiding logs and other obstructions. Do not try to pull the fish aboard a boat unless it is completely exhausted. If may be useful to use a gill gaff in this instance to position the gar's head away from others on the boat. Because they are so potentially dangerous, many fishermen advise against fishing for gar unless you plan to kill them. Use extra caution if you choose to release the fish. Make sure to bring along a de-hooker or pliers in order to remove the hook, if you are planning to catch and release, as well as protective gloves and arm protection.
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One-sentence summary -- Head south. Look for prime habitat. Bring heavy duty gear. Work the deep pools. Exhaust the fish.

If you're at a bar, order a mocktail by simply asking for any special alcoholic drink to be made "virgin." For example, ask for a "virgin pina colada" or a "virgin margarita." Or, simply ask for a drink like the Shirley Temple, which is a non-alcoholic cocktail made with citrus soda and grenadine. Order any kind of soda at the bar, which will look the same as a mixed alcohol drink. Order Coke to look like a rum and Coke, or get Sprite or soda water to look like a gin and tonic or vodka tonic, for example. Ask for a straw, too, and a lemon or lime wedge if it's a clear soda. You may also want to ask for it in a short glass. Ask for a ginger ale, without ice, in a pint glass to make it appear like a draft beer. Ask for a non-alcoholic beer at the bar, and have them pour it into a glass so people don't see the label. Order or pour your own apple or white grape juice into a wine glass to look like white wine, regular grape juice to look like red wine, or sparkling white grape or pear juice to look like champagne. If you're at friend's house or house party, bring along a regular soda, juice, or tea bottle and drink from that, explaining to anyone who asks that it's mixed with alcohol.
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One-sentence summary -- Order a mocktail. Get a soda instead of a mixed drink. Order a ginger ale to look like beer. Order a non-alcoholic beer. Drink grape juice to look like wine. Drink soda or juice in a bottle.

If you assemble the pieces at random, the puzzle will usually be unsolvable. Reassemble it in a solved position instead, starting with four edge pieces of the same color. This first part is the most difficult: Slide each edge piece into position around the matching central place. Hold them in place so they don't fall. If a piece won't go in, slide it on in a "wrong" position and twist it into place. Once the cross is made, carefully put the cube down, with the cross on the table surface. The four corner pieces on the bottom should snap on easily. They will help hold the other pieces in place, so it will be easier from here on out. Make sure all pieces are in the correct position. Push them firmly into place. You should now have one gap in the middle layer. Begin with a corner, which should attach easily, then build from it until you have two rows done. The edge pieces are easier to attach if you rotate the top layer so you can slot the edge piece in directly over the gap you left in the middle layer. Finish up with the final four pieces: Attach the last piece in the middle layer. Attach the two remaining corner pieces in the top layer. Rotate the top layer at a 45 angle to the others. Attach the final piece. The cube can feel stiff at first after adding lubricant, but after a few minutes of working it in, you should notice faster, smoother turns. If you adjusted the screws, it can take a couple hours of use to break in the cube and check whether the tension is where you want it. If lubricating made your cube stiffer and the problem doesn't go away within a couple days, you probably used too much lubricant. Disassemble the cube and wipe off the excess.
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One-sentence summary --
Make a cross of a single color. Complete the bottom layer. Attach three pieces in the middle layer. Build two rows of the top layer. Complete the cube. Scramble the cube for a while.