Oof, touché.

Leaving it as is.

Slight difference; being an ex on has the opposite effect on your ability to get a job.

Brine, eh? Well we do grow lots of cucumbers…

;-)

Ohh, you gave me an idea! Given that it also happens in CA, maybe we should use the excess for freshwater production from seawater.

If everyone who comments here emailed Joe Biden with suggestions as to how he could use his newly-expanded powers to help deserving people in America (or influenced by America) it would probably not make a difference, but there’s a non-zero possibility he’d actually do some of it.

🏅

They should have left a path on the left side as you go up. Reason being it’s easier to balance going up than going down, and the majority of the population has a stronger right hand to grip the rail. Personally I’d ask them to clear a path, because they might just have been stupid and jump to it, but if they don’t I’d go shove a few out of the way on the bottom step with my foot, giving them time to change their mind before I continue on up, leaving bottles rolling down in my wake.

Yes! They’re more expensive but so worth it. It not just comfort/appearance, you also see better through thinner plastic. And they’re better able to stay in place without falling off and getting scratched.

Btw, the best way to protect your glasses is to keep them on your face. Have a safe container on your nightstand, use museum goo if you worry about it falling off. If you have to put them down, leave the arms open so the lenses stay 90° from the surface, and always put them someplace that’s higher than your waist.

Personally I clean mine with less than a drop of dish soap (or liquid hand soap in an emergency) and running water, and once I’ve gently washed them, I turn the stream low along the edge so it runs off both sides without leaving drops. Then I wipe the frame but not the lenses, only dab any stubborn last drop to remove it. In most cases it’s better to put up with some temporary dirt particles until you can clean safely, than to wipe and create permanent scratches.

When my dad’s coworker took his off he could read microfilm

Sadly, some people have to limit their salt intake and aren’t allowed to any that’s not naturally in there. For them, it would be an alternative. Let us be very thankful we are not them. Especially me, because I can’t have hot chili anything and not much garlic.

Fair enough, half are still in the cradle or primary school. Maybe add it to the curriculum.

Let’s make bets on how many rounds!

I totally agree it’s a job best done by someone without any emotional ties.

I also realize that “the bank/the city” means “some secondary cleaning contractor” which means “some probably-undocumented immigrants,” i.e. another vital service which could be impacted by the Trump Purge.

Good point although I was thinking more generally in terms of the sheer quantity of hoarded material. Every episode of Taggart and Midsomer Murders and Housewives… Grandma’s hoard might be even more unwieldy

Oh God this is going to become the new “clearing away all grandpa’s old Playboys and VHS tapes and newspapers,” isn’t it?

Appreciate your leaving one of them so as not to ruin my comment! (Not a sir, though. Retired schoolmarm here.)

Considering that every post about Mastodon has supporters who get the spelling wrong, it might be a little much to expect the general public to figure it out. Bluesky is pretty much the VHS to Mastodon’s Betamax.

Soooo… With 2 already-wealthy men getting paid for doing the one job, outside of the official government, it’s actually the Department of Not-Really Government Redundancies and Grift, isn’t it?

It’s also been shown to hallucinate whole parts of the doctor/nurse discussion and instructions

See now, I like this even though her armor is dangerous. Because she’s clearly all grown up, fully clothed, empowered af, and sexy.