I’m in favor of Medicare for all, or at least a greatly expanded version. But if corporations didn’t have to pay for their employees’ insurance, I doubt that they would all use those savings to pay their employees enough to offset the higher taxes. While you can certainly argue that the total cost of healthcare would…

Having had both male and female roommates and (like anyone else) used plenty of friends’ (of both (or multiple) genders) bathrooms in their houses and apartments, I agree with the dirty (male) vs cluttered/messy (female) generalization... with the exception of hair in the bathroom. Oh god the hair.

Victor, if you really hate the yellow wheels that much, all it would take is five minutes with a wide-tip marker to make them (mostly) black. Hold the pen in place against the wheel and turn the wheel, and it will look more uniform.

Victor, if you really hate the yellow wheels that much, all it would take is five minutes with a wide-tip marker to…

Also worth noting that Kuchar failed to make this point himself when justifying his shittiness. If he really thought that Ortiz only deserved an extra $15k because of the service he provided (or didn’t provide) he should have said so.

Great article, but the comparison to the location of the Mets’ field is a bit ridiculous when you consider the public transportation options to get there and the fantastic dining one stop in either direction off the 7 (and if the weather is decent Flushing is within walking distance). I haven’t been to a Phillies game…

FWIW, the “five second rule” for dropping food has been largely debunked; bacteria on a surface can adhere to food that falls on it almost instantly. There was a Myth Busters episode on that, IIRC. I think 15 min would be more than enough time for any transmission.

Here are some hard numbers to put the value of low-cost funds into perspective. After 30 years, this is the amount of your portfolio that you lose to the following annual fees/expense ratios:

I get what you’re saying about exact prices - but he was off by an order of magnitude. I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t mis-quote the cost of your Blantons by a factor of 10. The degree to which he was off is what matters here. It’s pretty hard to have a good idea what it costs to shelter and feed a family when you’re…

Nice username-comment synergy.

because he wins football games...

Having worked at a Trader Joe’s, I’d say that sitting would make the job more difficult. You can’t reach as far to move items toward or away from the scanner, accept cash from or give change to customers, bag groceries, etc. etc. That may not all apply if the store has a bagger or customers do it themselves, but that…

*irregardlessLY

I really appreciate your patience and thorough replies. At this point I’m just trying to learn more, not question your expertise. And I certainly understand that you need to think of this from the perspective of other customers and restaurant management, rather than just one person.

Fair enough. I like to think of myself as a relatively easy-going and accommodating customer, but of course by definition that means that there are others who aren’t, and you can’t tell which ones are and are not.

I seat you with an incomplete party, you occupy the table longer. Which delays the reservation after you, which delays the reservation after them. 3 pissed or lost tables instead of 1.

Thanks for the thorough explanation. But all of that is contingent on the possibility of a larger (or complete) party just happening to walk in. Is it really worth giving up a party of 6 who had a reservation (when only 4 are there at the moment) on the chance that another party of 6 or more people happens to walk in…

Yeah, delivery and scheduling would be nice. And I’d rather pay an individual than a large corp. I think this would be less exploitative of the service providers than, well, Uber, but it also may have greater potential for quality control/maintenance/misuse issues compared to Home Depot or Lowes (which could be a…

Places like Home Depot rent tools out, and the prices are (or were when I checked in 2017) very reasonable; I think it would have cost about $15 to rent a drill for a day.

Drew I hope you’re doing well. If it wasn’t Drew’s decision to make this a featured article (or at least not done with his consent) - without providing any updates on him (!) - shame on the editorial staff.

Yes, that case seems a bit odd. Do you tend to have a higher usage rate than your wife (i.e. your total monthly statement balances as a percentage of your total available credit across all cards)? AFAIK, even if you pay off your balances in full, the credit bureaus only know your statement balance and whether you made…