My mother was a nurse. She and Dad juggled their schedules so one of them would often be home with me during the day, so she worked a lot of night shifts.
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My mother was a nurse. She and Dad juggled their schedules so one of them would often be home with me during the day, so she worked a lot of night shifts.
Just the opposite.
The International Trans Day Of Visibility has been on the *date* of March 31, since the year 2009.
This year that date happened to fall on the same date as Easter. ...
Let me rephrase for clarity: “Does Easter come on the same *date* every year?”
Does Easter come on the same day every year?
The couple that has been living next to me for 20 years have been wonderful friends and neighbors. They are in their early 70s. Both in extremely good health, and super smart.
He is your typical...
Which "new act", in specific?
Yes. I was hired as a VP of Engineering at a startup, and I walked out before I'd gotten past my first day.
Initial introductory questions revealed there was serious financial fraud occurring,...
What version of the Bible is it?
Living in the middle of a forest as I do, one that is highly susceptible to wildfires, I'm prepared to throw the dog in the car and be out of here without looking back in < 10 mins. Some of my...
Ditto.
In a world of climate change, topsoil depletion, aquifer depletion, growing wealth inequality, social unrest, warfare, and pandemic - well, I question the long term viability of our current...
Indeed, there seem to be some serious structural problems with the plan....
My county did this last year, promising us no reduction in services….
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/workers-for-san-juan-county-are-getting-a-32-hour-work-week/
Heck, I got nearly 85% of the vote in our last election, against an incumbent, and he's still alive and healthy.
I just eat food.
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Jocular guideline:
If you rent your furniture, you are lower-class.
If you buy your own furniture, you are middle-class or new money.
If you have ancestral furniture, you are comfortably...
These are primary ballots, right?
So that private political organizations can pick their candidate for the real election to come?
As far as I'm concerned, they could pick a name out of a hat. ...
I've witnessed the aftermath of lots of auto accidents, and cut open lots of cars to extract the passengers, and I wouldn't put anyone I liked into a pre-2005-ish vehicle (*), they seem much more...
I prefer 55 or so for sleeping. Often keep the windows open in winter.
Actually, as a member of our regional infectious disease response team, which is tasked with monitoring and transporting Ebola patients, among other dreadful things, I can tell you we don't "put on a...
I've had great luck with them too, especially for "wacky" lenses of the sort where someone might say "Gosh, that looks cool, I should try that, it has 'unique character'!" and then finds out "Well,...
I just received a public records request for all of my texts for the last 3 months. I believe there were 24 responsive records to this request.
Thank goodness I basically don't use texting. ...
I am not specially preparing for this particular event. I'm likely prepared for most of the worst-case unlikely paths, so I'm not particularly letting it occupy my peace.
I'm frankly more...
The mandatory federal retirement age for air traffic controllers is 56. For firefighters it is 57.