title: combine two jquery select statements
body: <p>how can i merge the results of two select statments with jquery?</p>
  
  <p>for example i have </p>
  
  <pre><code>var previous = $(this).prev('td');
  var next = $(this).next('td');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>how do i then combine the two sets of results into one?</p>