If you’re bringing a dish, bring it ready to serve if at all possible. If you must heat it, discuss that thoroughly with the host and, if necessary, adjust your plans and make a dish that can be served cold or at room temperature. Bring the dish plated for serving. Bring any needed serving utensils and prep utensils.

Absolutely, and that includes talking to colleagues about compensation. The notion that “professionals don’t talk about their salaries” comes from employers who know that employees would demand and get better pay treatment if they knew their colleagues’ salaries.

I’m 67 and have owned over a dozen cars. The only car payments I’ve ever made are writing a check for the full purchase price the day I bought the car. No payments for me.

My pillow protectors are cotton. They don’t “crinkle”. These days many pillows come with zippered cotton protectors. 

I’m glad you recognize that once that bad boy comes home, I ain’t sharing him! I could easily eat the whole thing myself over a couple days. Pumpkin pie is my jam and Costco does a damn good job

I’m with you. The notion of “too much pie” just doesn’t register with me. This post is a solution in search of a problem. 

I have diabetes and I’m very attractive to mosquitoes. My theory is my perspiration is sweeter than average. I opine diabetics are more attractive to the pests for the same reason drinkers are. 

I use one sheet — a queen or king size flat sheet. I fold it in half, tuck the fold between the seat cushions and the back, then fold the topmost sheet layer back, sleeping between the two layers of the sheet.

Spartacus.

“Pooping” and your bladder: two different issues entirely.

Dried mushrooms. The section is great and the prices are usually quite good.

It’s not the writer’s faults; no one can effectively proof their own writing. It’s the lack of editing and Lifehacker is by no means alone in this. 

Two easier techniques:

Yes, they can outright fire you. But if you can show they treated you in a manner against Company policy or differently from the way they treat other employees, you may well have a cause for action.

I always kept a small shallow bowl in my top rack and put 2-3 ounces of white vinegar in it when I ran a load. It cost less and worked as well for me as commercial spot-reducer.

That’s fair, but then I think people who dislike pickles and don’t seize every opportunity to eat them weird, so there’s that. 

Yes, certainly, be polite if you can. But if I'm dealing with a rude, obnoxious person, being polite isn’t my first priority.

Talk to or write to her boss. A letter addressed to

Or out of season sub in frozen corn. 

One of the best meals I’ve had in Louisiana — and that’s saying a lot — was in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans.