When did the flu vaccine become widespread? I don’t remember getting one until the late 90's/early 2000's (after I started my first job out of college). I think I remember hearing about it before then but it was only common for the elderly (and I would assume healthcare workers) to get it...maybe? And before the…
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I’ve been with Republic Wireless for a couple of years now and have been very happy with it. $15/month for unlimited talk and text and $5/gb/month data, prepaid. Less if you’re willing to prepay for a full year (can up your data at any time for $5/gb). They use Sprint’s network, so their coverage is generally very…
I think it’s pretty much the same advice. Don’t go to places when there are likely to be other people there. Wear headphones. Don’t make eye contact with or smile at people. Look like you’re focused on whatever you’re at the place for or at least intently focused on your phone.
Woo-hoo! for working on a plan to pay off your mortgage. It feels amazing when you do and the amount that you’re able to increase your savings (and some very occasional splurges) once you do is pretty awesome. I paid mine off about five years ago and love not having any debt at all.
Reminds me a friend who was going through cancer. He was a reasonable weight before but lost a bunch while going through chemo. I remember him talking about how people would comment about how skinny he was, like it was a good thing and wondering “how bad he looked” previously. I assured him he looked fine and it was…
Yes! I think this is a big thing in the fitness industry. Physical activity should be something that’s enjoyable (in at least some aspect) and what that means to each person is different. For some, it really is all about the numbers, about running faster or farther, lifting more, getting personal records and all that.…
This is how I see these type of contests too. I collect the Monopoly stamps during the game that the grocery store I regularly shop at has each year. I usually win some free items (like salt or canned tomatoes), get some coupons which can be combined with sales to get some good prices (1 lb of bacon for less than $2)…
I have no idea what type of coffee it was, it just smelled like rotten fish for about 10 minutes after he pressed it. For a solid two weeks I had to go take a walk or visit a coworker in another part of the bay twice a day until he finally finished up the bag. People initially didn’t believe me that it smelled that…
Just don’t let the waffles burn. I have a coworker with a toaster oven. If he leaves his toast in too long or misses the weekly crumb clean-out our whole corner of cubeville smells like burnt toast. It’s not as bad as burnt popcorn, or the dead fish coffee a coworker used to put through his French press, but it’s a…
This is how I clean my “George Foreman” grill. Finish cooking, unplug it, close a very wet cloth in the grill. Let it steam all the gook off. After I’m done eating, wipe it down. Works like magic.
In my family, we always open stockings on Christmas Eve. Yes that does kinda mean that Santa has to come twice but Santa wasn’t that big of a thing for my family so my sister and I (and then my nephews) never really got hung up on that point. As a kid, it’s nice to get some fun little stuff on Christmas Eve as part of…
I flew basic economy from DFW to LAX this spring on American. I needed to check a bag, so I knew I wouldn’t need space in the overhead bin. I figured for three hours I could survive in the worst seat to save a little more than the equivalent of the checked bag fee. When I checked in I was surprised to find that it was…
The family I Thanksgiving with usually has at least one smoked turkey and one fried turkey. Sometimes we get a roasted one wrapped in bacon or some other variant as well. I keep lobbying for someone to make a turkraken. I’d do it, but I make pie and pie >> another (albeit awesome looking) turkey.
Not everyone has the option to send things to their workplace. My (big giant workplace) specifically has a policy against receiving personal shipments at the plant. I have had expensive things and things I know require a signature sent to my church before. The secretary is a friend and she’s happy to receive packages…
And if you can find a cool aunt or uncle to sit with them to help get them more rolls and butter or commiserate while they suffer through the one vegetable without marshmallows (or offer to put it on THEIR plate and toss it in the trash when they go back for seconds or thirds or to grab another roll), so much the…
And why is that ratio of green bean sludge to those crunchy onion flavored things so high? I mean, the crunchy onion flavored things are the best part. Why is there not a large bowl of those next to the green bean casserole so you can add more of your own (or, ya know, just eat the crunchy onion flavored things)?
My rule of thumb has always been enough cards so that I have enough credit that on a day’s or so notice I can drive to the airport, get on a plane and live reasonably comfortably for at least a couple of weeks without worrying about maxing out my cards. This includes enough of a cushion for all of my regular expenses…
I learned to read a map to navigate an unfamiliar place when I was 3. My family was visiting colonial Williamsburg and apparently I was thirsty. My mom showed me that the water fountains were in barrels, the barrels were marked on a map with a triangle and we were “here” on the map. She says we visited every water…
I’ve had great luck using a steam mop. I sweep or vacuum the floor first to get all the stuff off it, then break out the steam mop. Any particularly dirty sections get the mop left over the area while I pump extra steam onto it. That’s always done the trick for me, requires no cleaning solutions, no extra scrubbing…
I’ve had great luck using a steam mop. I sweep or vacuum the floor first to get all the stuff off it, then break out…