I’m having trouble unpacking this statement. I wish they would be more clear.
“Although not being exposed to respiratory viruses for a year won’t affect a person’s immune system, the unusually low number of cases during the 2020-2021 season may be part of why we are seeing such high numbers of flu and RSV. “There is…

US police absolutely have to ‘take this’ for an answer. Nobody needs to answer any questions of the police. You can respond politely, as in “With all due respect officer, I don’t answer questions”. But you don’t have to answer.

I see that Lindsey Ellefson lived in New York City. So I suspect that the restaurants she frequents may be quite different than those in my suburban life. 

Wait, when did reservations go away? I always did made them at restaurants I knew would be busy.
This sounds like it might be a regional thing, and the author doesn’t know that other places are different.

That news story was probably about Southwest Airlines. A flight attendant said “Eenie, meenie, minie, moe; pick a seat, we gotta go,”. https://cnsnews.com/news/article/southwest-airlines-cleared-race-discrimination-lawsuit

I didn’t know until my thirties that the “catch a tiger by the toe” rhyme was not the original rhyme. I always thought that the racist version came afterwards

II didn't know that Catholics had the sign of the cross put on their foreheads in ashes during Ash Wednesday until I was in my late 20's and someone came back from lunch on Wednesday with the smudge on her forehead

For restaurants I generally eat in the bar, where it is more normal to be alone. Before smart phones I always brought a book, so I had something to do. Movies? When once the lights go down no one cares.
I admit that travelling alone is hard - I only do it when I go to work conferences and then do tourist side trips.…

Not all of us play video games 24/7 or binge watch Netflix all day. Some of us actually, you know, go outside.
And when you have $300,000 invested in a house, you are very aware of other peoples property around you.

Yeah I admit that some HOA’s have rules that are pretty restrictive. Maybe a most people in a neighborhood like it to be a sleepy bedroom community (where people only come home to sleep). So they might have rules against having too many guest park cars out front, or restriction on backyard BBQ smoke, or something like…

When you have toys that haven’t moved in weeks and have weeds growing up through them, then the house looks like an abandoned property. It’s ugly. Its not attractive to live next to. And if you want to sell your house, it turns off buyers.
In contrast, a house and yard with maybe a swing in the front, and the…

I admit I didn’t understand how HOA’s could “keep minorities out of the neighborhood”. My experience with HOA’s has been that they never had a say in whether or not you could buy a house in the neighborhood.

I’ve lived in 2 HOA’s and they have both provided more benefits than drawbacks. Maybe your problem is in the mirror.

You don’t have to be white to keep up your property. I don’t care what the color of my neighbors skin is. I just want them to replace that rotting fence that is falling over.

I have lived in 2 neighborhoods with HOA’s. And maybe they are the exception, but both were great.

Ooooo I’m hungry now!

I agree with having a radio, but not necessarily a hand crank radio. If you have one, thats great. But just a battery powered radio is fine.
It used to be that everyone had one of those. But if you look around your house, I bet you would be hard pressed to find a radio that doesn’t plug in.
Thats what I discovered…

If you have a natural gas furnace, the car generator could run the fan, which shouldn’t be more than 400 watts.

But I am the “Master of my domain” ;)