I think it is more a generational thing.
My generation showered communally in grade school and high school, and now at the Y. (The naked swim phenom was the generation before mine, except at men-only facilities.)
Even bathroom stalls were wide open, back in the day.
You weren’t embarrassed about it.
Now, the snowflake…

Good question for Ben Affleck. He’s right there in the picture.
Rose McGowan is the only one who has called him out on his failure to report.

Bingo.
The way to big raises is to jump jobs.
That also expands your skill sets.
Which leads to more money, too.

A bird strike will take out a military aircraft, sir.
So something with truly hard parts would be worse.
Especially in a rotary wing encounter.

How can I protect myself?
Move somewhere where defecating in public is unacceptable?

Having just helped my mother empty her attic and house for a move, I feel this pain.
Some of the stuff in her attic just moved to my attic. (Some of it was super useful, like tools for my kids.)
It has lasered me in on getting rid of all the crap we have accumulated.
My father-in-law gave me some good advice once:
Every…

Look at that face.
She STILL doesn’t care.

Can I add another vacay auto-reply tip?
In your response, add a day to your return. (You’ll be back on the 5th? Say the 6th!)
That way, you get back into the office without being booked into back-to-back meetings, or having breathless people bring their screaming emergencies to you.
And you have a day to get caught up on…

Someone else should pay for your lifestyle and geographic choices?
Interesting.
Who did you have in mind to pick up the tab?

The “soft returns” of one spouse staying home and raising your own kids, even just till full-time school, hugely outweigh any financial calculation.
Too many people are letting their children be raised by strangers.
And paying through the nose for it.

If you want to sit that close to a large man in a too-small seat when there are other seats available, be my guest.
Based on his posture alone, I’m not sure you can fix him.

My mother’s advice is still true:
A deal is only a deal if it is really a deal.
And my boss:
You always have to be prepared to walk away.

Surely the five key words must be here somewhere:
Stay home.
Have more fun.

Old military axiom:
One is none and two is one.

“Better to have that, and not need it, than need it, and not have it.”
— Capt. Call to Newt

I keep a saddlebag liner for my motorcycles packed with all the gear I need for cross-country trip.
That way, it’s always ready to go. Don’t have to hunt anything up.
And it transfers…

Also true when towing trailers.
Slowing down/braking can make things worse.

My wife has four or five large planters on our deck, with various lettuce varieties. We went to a restaurant that served us iceberg and spring mix, with some of the spring mix turning black.
As I pushed the nasty-looking salad away, I told her she has ruined me for any restaurant salad ever again.

I may have missed it, but some things I would add:
Wear light-colored clothing! From jacket to pants to shirts. Makes a huge difference.
Wear a light-colored helmet! And when you stop, take it in the restaurant. Don’t leave it on the bike in the sunshine.
Park in the shade! There’s always a puddle of shade somewhere.…

Good rule of thumb: It takes less time and money to stop and buy gas than to run out of gas.
And I’ve been known to push my vehicles into the vapor zone.

Because the government has done such a great job protecting my privacy already ...

Good ideas.
S100 is the stuff, but it eats any pinstriping you may have. I only use it on rims, anymore.
I quit using Armor All — I think it actually hurts, long term. (I keep bikes out to 100,000.)
I keep some small kitchen sponges and old toothbrushes to do my rims — makes it easy to get into all those nooks and…