Was married 7+ years ago. When checks were written to us both, we simply both endorsed the back of the check with our names (that matched the front).

I think Airbnb desperately needs more granular attributes for rentals AND you need to be able to search on them. For instance there is a value for “kids toys and games” you can see it on a rental, but you can’t search for it.   With internet being as critical as it is to some folks, hosts should have to disclose the…

I already replaced them with velour ones (all of my headphones have them, where available). I’m willing to deal with the sound leakage, but i haven’t found another product (vinyl, leather...) that doesn’t make my ears/head sweat after only a short time. I’m fairly certain that’s where I got them.

This.  I had a manager once, who would save individual emails to review with me at my ANNUAL review.  When I told him that this feedback would be better delivered when the incident occurred or shortly after so I could correct the behavior, rather than spending a year building up shit that he didn’t like, he told me…

1, if you’ve got YouTube, and the slightest bit of skill, you can fix a lot of issues related to broken headphones.

For us, it basically meant that she felt comfortable dealing with people who didn’t know any better.  

Some Credit Unions require you to take a FHB Class in order to qualify for a first time homebuyers loan (ours did). Frankly, if you’re educating yourself before you take the leap into buying a home (which you should) the class will be mostly repetitive.

-have an emergency fund

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Not that I don’t love Lemurs, but why not donate to people in need. Like veterans, or people at risk, or stuff like that?

I think we’re sort of glossing over some important details... The whole idea of “safest” is highly biased. My guess is that safest is variable based on the type of incident that happens.

While traveling with a former boss, who was an unrepentant grumpy-ass beer snob. The kind who would get irritated with you because you didn’t know more about the “hoppieness” or whatever the fuck... To be honest he was grumpy-ass in general, so perhaps he was just applying his personality into his hobbies.

Personally, I think its because my children are colluding to drive my wife and I completely insane.  

Think about it on your outbound trip as well, when we travel to Canada, we always would stop and pick up a couple of cases of domestic beer. Alcohol in Canada is obscenely expensive, so it was always appreciated by the recipients.

It might be closer than you think. The average cost to the employer per employee is between 1.25 to 1.4x base salary. Which doesn’t include the costs of the building you sit in, the equipment you use, utilities, etc. etc.

Oh, I get it. So, because I go through the trouble of being prepared, attentive, and compliant, I should have to pay for a special service.

Yes, which is why I said “Food is an especially tough vertical”.

“Hope is not a strategy”

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There is a pretty large risk here. This is why a lot of small businesses fail.