I have a #tip. Actually, it's more like a #suggestion - would the editors please consider editing the tips that people send in before posting them verbatim? Please?

Could work the other way, too. Not everything is doomed to failure. If your partitioning becomes a habit then it's also possible that some of us will keep spending within the budgetary limits. The only reason why people "stray" from their budgets and overspend is because they're acquisitive. Stop wanting to acquire so…

... I didn't generalise/stereotype men's "bad behaviour". Read again.

Every place I've worked at, my employment contract always spelled out the appropriate notice period. Perhaps check that.

@iain010100: Can't guarantee it, but I've done this before, on Continental - from Asia, through Japan, then New York, then Toronto. I did call them beforehand to ask if it was at all possible to hand-carry the guitar. They said yes. So I just packed it in a well-padded gig bag and they were okay about it (even though…

@phoenix6666: Does a rope count as special equipment? Jump rope! (or is it skip rope?)

@Tsylord: the monthly fee is only $8! They add stuff frequently (I started in March/April, and have found reasons to keep the subscription). Don't have cable TV, and haven't been to the video store in months. Great for catching up on older seasons of TV shows, particularly those that don't often get shown on regular…

Kindly explain how, in my response, I was exhibiting double standards. I was just pointing out that his choice of words - particularly "whoring", and his generalisation of an entire population, namely women, is poor.

It's your part-sentence that does it, really, "Plus girls tend to whore around a little on holiday...".

I just think if they're asking/expecting to work for free, they're not only disrespecting you and your job, they're also insulting you. If they thought it was so easy, they can jolly well go do it themselves.

Don't build a big, roaring fire indoors. Draws all the heat out of the rest of the house (actually draws all the cold air in from other parts of the house). You'll be toasty around the fireplace, but the rest of the house will be colder than if you hadn't lit a fire in the first place (hate winter cottaging with…

I prefer the saying that goes "You don't rearrange the furniture in the living room when the kitchen's on fire."

mmmm, sticky.

Find easy-going people to travel with. I will leave anybody who complains about the dust, the heat, and the dirt, um, in the dust. Find people who are flexible, and okay with changing plans on the fly. So many people like to complain bitterly when something planned goes wrong ("the [whatever attraction] is closed for…

@Chaca: you're needlessly generalising, and needlessly using overly misogynistic language here.

Man, to think of all the times we ran 3.2k to warm up for rugby training (run first, stretches after, then actual training begins - what were we, the track team?), and swam 1k to warm up for swim training. Who were these coaches, I want to know, and where were they educated?

@Bucky Rodgers (4:21 . . . coughing helps actually)): Hahaha. This is why I've always been sceptical of the cloud. I travel a lot for research. What? There exist libraries with NO WIFI? Archives with NO INTERNET? Good grief!

@koaly: tripod!

@Sean Israelson: Just like that! :P Except I would first ask them, "say, when you go to your office everyday at 9 and go home at 5, do you get paid for that?"

@yaro_29: Not sure what camera you have, but the standard for many (not most? I only have the Sony T-series) point-and-shoots is that you're able to adjust the metering (three dots? one dot? scatter dots?) separately from the focus point (left? right? centre?).