Gotten summons by mail twice. Both times I was way out of town, so no chance of attending, they let me off.

Good doctors often have more incentive to overbook, and even less incentive to stop bad office practices as long as people keep putting up with it.

I give them 5 minutes unless there’s an emergency, then it’s 15. After that I reschedule, or move to a different doctor.

Any practice that can’t keep a schedule, isn’t worth working with. Worst case scenario, take a vacation to Mexico and talk to a doctor there. Cheaper, faster, and probably better care than a US general practitioner.

You mean google fiber?

High situational awareness allowing decisive action, and impeccable plot armor.

I’ve found that people who are offended by dark humor (the non racist variety) tend to be people I don’t like, and don’t trust alone with children.

Reagan openly committing treason by selling arms to Iran.

Amps are used when deciding the wiring. So that afterwords you know if your plug matches, it works in that outlet.

Each tumbler has 4 to 6 sizes in 3 to 6 holes. They set the combination, then cut the key and put the matching tumblers in a standard housing.

Half the security on most locks is that it’s hard to get tools in the tiny slots. The actual number of combinations is small, but difficult to scan through.

I’ll vote for the candidate that I think is going to do the most to advance the policy goals I’d like. Right now that happens to be the opposite of everything the GoP is doing, and half of what the Dems are doing.

What kind of weirdo doesn’t like celery? Next you’re going to tell me rhubarb is too tart, or you have to cook fennel.

The biggest factor is having a solid relationship. Which it sounds like you do. And trust me, that’s a far bigger hurdle than you think. All in, the woman has a lot more risks in having kids than you do. So if she’s willing to go for it, you might want to dig up some courage.

And yeah, easy for me to say, I took the plunge over a decade ago. So I have the luxury of hindsight. But I can also tell you, watching my kids discover the world, is like discovering it again myself. Sometimes even better, though often times far stickier. There’s so many sticky discoveries. Also it’s grounding for yourself. Raising your kids puts the world, and yourself, into perspective in a lot of ways that are deeply self affective.

In the end though it’s like telling someone how to drive a car, or ride a bike. I could explain it all damn day, that doesn’t mean you would learn how to ride, or drive. It’s something you have to do to actually learn. All I can say is that the scary cliff of becoming a parent, doesn’t get any less scary. It is worth it though. And I’d be willing to bet the overwhelming majority of those with kids would say the same.

I had my daughter at 40 for the same reasons you have right now. My only regret is that I didn’t have kids earlier.

Kids are the most terrible decision you won’t regret. It’s a shit ton of work, stress, and anguish. And still worth it. It’s also something that can’t really be explained, you have to experience it.

Standard idiom of comedy, always punch up, never punch down.

In other words, always speak truth to power, never kick someone that’s down.

Anyone making a bio weapon would go after a virus or fungus. Easier to cultivate, dispurse, and work with. Something that’s contagious and self replicating makes it much easier to hide the initial infection point.

Heavy clothing can essentially stop rubber bullets. Not really what you want when trying to stop someone.

A better option than any weapon is more officers. I don’t care what a cop is armed with, full military kit and they can still be taken down one on one. More guys always wins, and is so obvious in the moment that people don’t even get violent in most cases.

Just installed the Honeywell T9 yesterday. It integrates with Home assistant offline, and handles my heat pump stages. Pretty happy with it so far.

They’re supposed to disclose all the ingredients, the contents of my Olive Oil and Peanut Butter would argue they very much do NOT.

That’s why the Porshe guys in California made it a club. One guy with a 00O00O license plate is easy to track down. A few dozen variations on the same make and model car make it a lot more of a mess.

It’s been a thing for a long time, probably hasn’t been used more because masks are easier. It’s so rare though that it makes you stand out as being one of the only people using it. Which really defeats the purpose.