I dig it, but I can see it annoying plenty of people.  

But who will apply the stitches to the snitches when the hospitals are full?

THEY WERE COMING RIGHT AT ME!

Not only that, but to be correct the balance *and* fade were adjusted. Balance is just left to right in cars, and fade is front to back.

That works at least two out of five tries for me.

I have this sort of mask. On mine, there are two holes in the replaceable filters specifically for the exhalation valves. The exhalation valves are not filtered on most of these masks (respirators are often different and filtered both ways).  I used some pieces of surgical mask to cover my exhalation valves.

I use a valved mask; they’re very helpful for people who wear glasses. They also keep my beard much drier. However, I cut pieces of surgical mask and sealed them to the valve (my valves can be unscrewed). Thus, I have the best of both worlds.

This is a bit of a one dimensional view of “prepping”. I’m in Portland, Oregon and one of my earliest memories is the ash from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens darkening the skies, keeping people indoors, and falling as deep as two G.I. Joe action figures in the driveway (and I guess that’s how I measured things in…

We started typing classes at age seven in second grade.  I have been double-spacing for a long time.

Not necessarily. I was in school when the style handbooks still had you type two spaces. After decades of that it’s a hard habit to break. I’m trying in this response but decades of typing muscle memory makes it a very difficult habit to break. Though I initially learned to type on typewriters, the double-space wsa…

The sun isn’t sending it’s best radiation.

Same here. I replaced my Google wallet card with a card from the Cash app. I only use them when buying gifts for my wife, so the purchases don’t show up on our joint credit cards. Google is going to have make this card pretty sweet for me to give them another chance at a service they’ll likely shut down in a few years.

As an IT manager, this is brutally painful to read.

Forget that. Why should the person who went to the time, effort, and expense of getting PreCheck wait around for an adult who couldn’t be bothered to obtain a convenience for themselves? Why shouldn’t they meet after the line wherever the PreCheck person is enjoying cocktail three?

If I still had my woot-off lights from back in the day, I could use these and IFTTT to geofence the boss or my wife so I could stop slacking off just in time.

Yup. Glad I’m not the only oldster or oldster-aware person in the comments. Milk can also calm the stomach unless you’re lactose intolerant. I do hope alternative milks are allowed in case someone is lactose intolerant or vegan.

I’m management in a union shop. (Prior to this position, I was represented by the same union)

It’s heresy for some, but I inherited a barely used Chef’s Choice electric sharpener and I’d say it does a great job. I’ve put my whetstones and knife nerdery behind me.

Wait, are we upset about squirt guns now?  I must have missed that memo.  How could they be bad in a way that’s different from other toys?

I’m even closer to my local transit station, but 99% of thtat distance is on a busy two lane road with no sidewalk and 12" or fewer of shoulder. Add in some dark mornings and rain and it becomes very, very dangerous to be a pedestrian.