“Because they hate the kids they decided to have so much they can’t take any responsibility for them or see them another full day.”

Seems like a case for having different policies for K-5 vs. 6-12? Most schools in the US are separated roughly where you would want the age cutoff to be anyway.

So I agree that a consistent sleep schedule is important. That said if school still isn’t going to be in person in September, and everyone is currently doing well with a shifted sleep schedule, I don’t see a reason to necessarily change to what it would normally be (with in-person school).

My boyfriend is more of the cook than me, so I’m speaking mostly for him, lol. But anyway we’ve switched from never doing takeout during the height of the pandemic in our area (New York, so March/April) to doing it a solid 1-2x a week by now. Technically it’s been available the whole time, but it felt like an…

My question is which skills should still be considered essential given the idea that “you can always Google it” for a lot of things. As well as how likely those things are to actually come up in your life.

Maybe if I were applying for a mortgage, but not just for general practice.

So if paying off your entire balance at the end of the month is 0% instead of 1% utilization, and 0% vs. 1% utilization doesn’t make all that much difference, I’d much rather just do 0%. 0% lets me just keep everything on auto-pay, while 1% requires active management to leave a bit of a balance. From what it sounds…

I’m curious how they defined disability and retirement age here. I can imagine that disability is more common than people think, and don’t think it’s a bad thing to get extra insurance for. That said, one in four people becoming disabled before retirement age seems super high. A 55-year-old not being able to keep…

If you like in somewhere with harsh winters it’s probably not a bad idea to go shopping for indoor cardio equipment now before everyone gets the same idea, though. Not necessarily a trainer vs. a stationary bike like you said, but something. I would ride my bike outside right now, but I hate the cold and definitely…

AB is the universal plasma donor!

I’m in NYC and window units are pretty much the standard here. Maybe in places where it gets super hot every day they aren’t sufficient. But even with the decent number of 90+ days we get in the summer I’ve never had a problem with them.

Wouldn’t it depend on how often you are changing rooms? For example let’s say you only go into the bedroom to sleep and maybe watch a movie before bed (so say one interval of 10 continuous hours). I can’t imagine it’s more efficient to just continually keep the bedroom cool for an additional 14 hours over just turning…

This article is specifically about insurance for a road trip, though. And about per-trip insurance, not any sort of annual insurance. For a trip including flights I agree insurance can make sense. I just don’t see having insurance for a trip that isn’t that expensive.

I feel like how often you use the bathroom is probably a big variable here. I pee a lot so I can probably get close to 10x a day just from washing my hands after the bathroom. Add a daily walk in where I wash my hands when I come from outside and washing my hands to put in contacts and I’m already there. But maybe I…

Unless you’re staying in really expensive hotels, I just don’t see that it would be worthwhile to pay for extra insurance? Personally I’d rather just plan to eat the cost in the unlikely event I need to cancel my road trip, than pay (probably a good amount) for insurance I probably won’t use.

I don’t see this policy lasting long before there is an outbreak linked to an American and they decide to shut their borders again.

I get that they’re probably just desperate for cash, but I’m honestly surprised that anywhere in the world even wants Americans at this point. A test upon arrival doesn’t help if you got exposed right before heading on your trip and so aren’t testing positive yet. Even requiring another test 7 or 14 days in doesn’t…

“Kids should still be distanced six feet apart and everyone should wear masks, especially while indoors, with breaks for snacks, lunch and outdoor recess (whenever possible).”

I mean I kind of get it. For the average person who probably doesn’t have enough in savings to even be a sufficient emergency fund, telling them to shift to higher-yield but riskier investments probably isn’t the best advice.

I’m a big fan of switching to a higher-yield account once if you currently have one of those .06% accounts at the big banks. After that, though, it’s really not worth the hassle of moving your money chasing an extra 0.2% or whatever. Honestly even 1% of a large emergency fund (let’s say $10k) is still only $100 a year.