Jill_the_Pill

Canada has its problems, and many of them tend to resemble the US's problems. But they are like 10-20 years behind on the same path. So, if you think things were maybe a bit less bad back then: Canada.

Also Canada has far better yogurt.

How much did they pay to have Prime? Have to add that in.

I am looking for fabric right now and am terribly frustrated not to have anywhere but limited quilting shops available. Online is not an answer, because you can't handle the fabric for weight, exact color, and stretchiness.

JoAnn drove all the medium-sized fabric stores out and left us with nothing.

Maybe they don't need to record the conversation at all -- maybe they interpret on the fly and just preserve observation notes (likely to need tires and a birthday gift for 15 year old male).

Absolutely you can make customer service a much better experience for callers!

Here is how . . . . listen very closely now . . . .

Hire and retain many more human workers. Train them well, treat them well, and pay them well. Give them the resources, autonomy, and time they need to solve problems.

Chop down all the phone trees.

>> shouldn't we see non-PE companies flourish in competition?

It's seldom clear to patrons WHY things have changed. People get stuck in their habits and are hesitant to start somewhere new, particularly with things like medical services. My mom wouldn't recognize PE as the source of a problem at her doctor, dentist, vet or mechanic.

... per kilometer ... and it's about 8000 km from Australia to New York

I think it depends on if you include shipping from Australia to North America in the footprint calculation.

And it makes another pot to clean.

But the warmth in the food heated on a burner is nicer than the warmth generated by the microwave (more even, cools slowly).

Maybe we slow down and expect our lunch to take 10 minutes to heat and 5 minutes to clean up?

How does "don't buy more than you know you can use" and "don't produce more than you know you can sell" cost more labor?

It's a climate and biodiversity concern: overproduction wastes farmland that could be, or used to be, wild. The energy put into food transport and storage was used for nothing. Wasted produce rots, giving off methane, and wasted meat or dairy represents double waste, as the animals were raised on crops.

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2022/01/24/food-waste-and-it...

You fix it by making people aware and asking them to act responsibly.

There are zillions of good, used, reusable bags and cups already made, emissions and other pollution already committed, available at thrift stores and garage sales.

We have the sole printer (laser) in our extended family, so we wind up printing a lot of shipping labels, tax documents and recipes. Occasionally handouts or flyers for something, map excerpts or directions for a trip where phone signal may be iffy.

They do nest in the cracks between the shelf and the wall, under shelf paper, and even between the pages of cookbooks.

We have had some moderate success with the traps, plus storing big bags of rice and flour in picnic coolers and everything else in airtight containers, but they have to be really airtight -- those little buggers can get under the lid of a mason jar or the tops of a canister set. What happens now is like a lesson in public health and contagion: one container will occasionally get a mess of webs and moths, but the scope is limited.

"How do you live with yourself?"

Huh. I read the new English translation of the book and came away with just that sentiment: Copper lets his friends down and has to figure out how to go on.

Well, it's a bit rude how much of our time they waste with previews and ads. If coming on time meant just seeing the movie, I would agree with you.

For live plays, with assigned seats and no captive marketing, people do come on time generally.

Similar, but I've used Sanotize Enovid nitric oxide spray before going to a restaurant or other crowded place and when my spouse had covid at home.

https://sanotize.com/clinical-trials-covid/

Many people arrive late, while the theater is already dark. It is easier to grab an empty seat than fumble around trying to identify the right number. Some theaters used to have ushers with flashlights, but they wouldn’t want to pay them now.

Fully agree -- professor hosting college classes on Zulip after leaving Slack

We don't need them as indiscriminately and wastefully as we currently have them.

Make no sweeping, life-changing decisions for 6 months to a year. Losing a parent messes up your clarity of thought for longer than you expect. Don’t move, change jobs, get married or divorced, buy a house, etc. Whatever (you think) you think today is warped by the loss.

Poppy seed cake is the best thing ever: https://www.thespruceeats.com/polish-poppy-seed-roll-recipe-...

How about the siblings of these people, with presumably the same upbringing?

I feel like Online can do just about nothing with rasters or raster analysis, and that is fully half of GIS.

The good news, if you can call it that, is that both critters were presumably found dead just before Groundhog's Day, having died quietly at some time earlier in their hibernation.

Uh-oh, so did Quebec's Fred la Marmotte. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fred-la-marmotte-die...

You should read One Man's Meat -- it's all this kind of thing!

Oh you know what is at every single garage sale and flea market? George Foreman grills. Those must have been a real bust!

I finally found a second-hand air fryer, but they do seem scarce so far.

I cook potatoes in the instant pot -- maybe halved or quartered if big -- for 6-8 minutes.

My students have lately taken to thanking me for my time and help every time we speak. It's sort of sweet, but not if some coach told them to do it to attract opportunities. It's getting to where I silently add "Mrs. Cleaver" to every effusive thank-you.

(That is an old-folks joke; you'll just have to duck-duck it.)