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General Discussion / Re: parking lot worries
« on: January 20, 2020, 05:04:44 pm »
Do you think he might be legally required to have the lot cleared?
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Family / Re: Dear Polly and the mushroom allergy.
« on: August 07, 2019, 11:52:31 pm »
What gets me is that mushrooms weren't a common dish for that family before the OP came into the picture. These in-laws sound particularly horrible.
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Wedding Etiquette / Re: 3:30 pm wedding starts at 5 pm
« on: June 18, 2019, 02:35:30 pm »
The only thing I can think of would be that *maybe* they had a change of plans after the invitations were sent out and thought that word of mouth would be good enough to let people know of the change? Otherwise, I got nothin'. It's pretty rude to keep people waiting that long.
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General Life / Re: Shopping dos and don
« on: June 08, 2019, 09:11:27 pm »
I don't touch other people's carts unless absolutely necessary, and I certainly wouldn't move them if someone was still holding on to it! Today I moved a cart over a couple of inches because it was blocking the aisle's exit and the cart's owner was spending way too much time with their kids picking out a treat.
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Family / Re: Care & Feeding: Too many gifts
« on: March 06, 2019, 06:28:34 pm »
I've had to ask my parents to stop with the giant gifts. Our house is small with very little storage space, and while we try to keep things pared down, we are stuffed to the gills. I didn't tell them to get us less stuff, I just asked that the gifts be physically smaller.
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Work Issues / Re: Not Always Right: Job-hunting advice
« on: February 06, 2019, 09:21:11 am »I remember that! It didn't make me think that she'd be good for the role; it made me think she was seriously unhinged!
I'm pretty sure that was her reputation already
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Work Issues / Re: The etiquette- and ethics- of reporting online posts
« on: February 02, 2019, 12:37:01 pm »
In my area, at least, Catholic and other private schools are still pretty popular, since the public schools are not that great.
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Work Issues / Re: The etiquette- and ethics- of reporting online posts
« on: January 30, 2019, 10:22:39 pm »Well, when I was in parochial school, the teachers didn't even dare drink iced tea in a restaurant, for fear someone would think it was a Long Island Iced Tea and get them fired for drinking alcohol.
What could they drink, then? Just water? Because a Coke and a Rum & Coke could look as similar as an iced tea and a Long Island iced tea.
I don't know, I just heard about it in passing.
But around here, they don't serve rum & Coke in a tall glass. Not in an ordinary restaurant, anyhow.
And IME, iced tea and LI iced tea would be served in different glasses as well.
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Work Issues / Re: The etiquette- and ethics- of reporting online posts
« on: January 30, 2019, 06:44:24 pm »Well, when I was in parochial school, the teachers didn't even dare drink iced tea in a restaurant, for fear someone would think it was a Long Island Iced Tea and get them fired for drinking alcohol.
What could they drink, then? Just water? Because a Coke and a Rum & Coke could look as similar as an iced tea and a Long Island iced tea.
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General Discussion / Re: Little Things That Annoy You
« on: January 24, 2019, 08:52:00 pm »My husband and his failure to put keys where they are supposed to go! We play this game about once a month or so. 'I can't find my keys'.
If it's in your budget, I highly recommend a key finder tag like Tile or Trackr. I got a Tile a few months ago, and have only needed it a couple of times, but once my keys had fallen into the shredder basket and I don't know how long it would have taken me to find them without the Tile.
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General Discussion / Re: If you were looking for a new home, what would your essentials vs dealbreakers be?
« on: August 23, 2018, 11:21:29 am »
... Dealbreakers: Carpeting, no trees/shade, well water. probably HOA.
You can pull up carpeting fairly easily and you can also plant trees yourself. Tiny ones can be planted and they grow very rapidly the first few years. Big old ones, on the other hand, often die and have to be professionally cut down.
Pull up the carpeting and then what? Install expensive new flooring? Some houses do not have wood floors underneath the carpeting, just the subfloor.
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Holidays / Re: Giving the same Christmas card every year
« on: August 09, 2018, 07:53:26 am »
I wouldn't consider it rude, if I happened to notice.
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Family / Re: Prudie: Baby named after **** star
« on: August 05, 2018, 01:56:01 pm »Would this even be an issue in 20 years (or whenever the kid is interviewing for a job)? Ron Jeremy would be in his 80s, with his **** career decades behind him.Not to be morbid, but at that point his obituary might put his name in the news again.
Maybe, but as a non-consumer of ****, all I really know about him is that he was large. Is there some other deep dark secret that would be a problem?
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I still think the dad is overreacting. I think he just doesn't like the name - or maybe he didn't like Grandpa - and this is his excuse for going with something else.
I do, too.
I don't particularly care for the name Ronald, but I really don't think the name is going to be as big an issue as the dad thinks. I hope that the parents can come up with a compromise that will work for them.
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Humor / Re: Wrong number stories
« on: August 04, 2018, 01:43:14 pm »
I would usually wait a moment for an acknowledgement. Anymore, I just don't pick up the phone if I don't recognize the number on the Caller ID.
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Family / Re: Prudie: Baby named after **** star
« on: August 04, 2018, 01:40:47 pm »
Would this even be an issue in 20 years (or whenever the kid is interviewing for a job)? Ron Jeremy would be in his 80s, with his **** career decades behind him.