I see no problem. My dd took DE from more than one school and it was fine.

Our food co-op has "high risk" hours daily first thing in the morning. Masks, social distancing, and lower occupancy numbers are required during those hours. I wish more places did that.

We have not had mandates since the very beginning. Not even in schools. And when we did, compliance was very low anyway. I was one of the last holdouts. It started to get very uncomfortable. I stopped wearing one about two weeks ago. Not worth the stares, comments, and hostility. Normally I am a stick-to-my-convictions kind of person but I am worn down. I feel for all of the high risk people but me wearing a mask in a sea of people who don't isn't helping anyone.

I that case, I fully support full-on panic buying!

I don't see any issue with shopping as one normally does which might include always having extra stock of certain items. It's the everyone-doing-it-at-one-time thing that throws fuel on the fire. Truth be told, unless one is food insecure, most Americans have 30-60 days worth of food in their house at any given time. It might not be balanced or even very tasty, but if I stopped leaving the house right now, my family would not starve within 60 days. I too keep surplus supplies as habit because I have some extra space and like to be able to cook on the fly. That is not what I take issue with. Nor do I take issue with people grabbing extras for things that they *must* have like allergen-free foods, medications, etc..... But no one *needs* TP. You just don't. There are other ways to handle that situation if the world does truly run out of TP. If everyone starts hoarding it again, we just go back to panicking about something that actually does not really matter. So, I won't.

Since the pandemic started, I have kept enough extra in the house to weather a quarantine/isolation but nothing more and I don't plan to. The running out, panicking, and buying up everything just makes the whole situation worse and is stressful. Prices may go up but we will pivot to whatever we can afford as needed. I may plant a bit more in the garden and made triple sure we were paid up for our double CSA share but I will not be hoarding TP or anything else.

We're at 4.29.

Please don't quote!

I'm not seeing that at all. Trying to understand the ethics of prolonged life versus prolonged suffering is not "throwing people out."

Is anyone suggesting this?

Yes! And it can be a vicious circle. Early dementia leads to poor medication compliance leads to more rapid onset dementia leads to poorer medication compliance..... That is exactly what happened here. In the "olden days" the disease would have progressed because there were no medical ways to address diabetes. But now there is and caregivers/doctors are in an ethically impossible situation.

I agree with much of what you say and appreciate your input. If a person has dementia and the people/persons tasked with making their medical decisions do not know what that person would have wanted (for whatever reason), it is very hard to make decisions that range on a blurry continuum. Dementia itself is a blurry continuum! People who are experiencing the beginning stages can still have a high quality of life. People at the end stages have a terribly quality of life. But where on the line from point A to point B does the flip happen? The person I care for has very slowly progressing dementia making quality of life assessment very difficult. All that said, would anyone even consider ceasing insulin treatment, for instance, for a person with needs-constant-supervision level of dementia? If no, what about dialysis? Or transplant? I have my own line, but I am curious to know what others think?

But there is a big difference between treating cancer and taking medications to treat diabetes, for instance. 50 years ago, diabetes would shorten someone's life along with a decreased quality of life. I believe most would consider it unethical to cease the treatment for a diabetic with dementia. Or at least non-invasive treatment. I am not sure where the line would be drawn on dialysis or transplants. I may find out:( And while dementia is fatal, it can be a very long time before it kills you. Withholding treatments for painful conditions, even if those treatments might prolong a demented life, would also not be ethical.

I think changing ethics are also a factor. I am dealing with someone who has dementia but is otherwise physically healthy when properly medicated. They could very well live for 10+ more years. But they cannot live alone or even be left alone by today's standards whereas, they probably would/could have 50 years ago. The reasons they cannot live alone now is that they cannot manage their complicated medication regimen (most of which did not exist 50 years ago) and is prone to getting lost (something that might have been an acceptable risk 50 years ago). In these times, it is my ethical obligation to protect them from these risks whereas 50 years ago, they would probably still be living alone and called "eccentric." They will now live in their demented state for much longer due to my "ethical obligation" to be sure they are treated for medical problems that would end their life much earlier 50 years ago.

I just had a conversation with a few friends about the environmental and human rights impacts of the fashion industry. We speculated that we are moving into a time when we have to think of clothing like cast iron. As in owning a smaller collection of well-made, versatile clothing that you take care of and keep forever. I have found myself moving in that direction anyway. I prefer simple, versatile, timeless, flattering clothing, usually natural fibers and not made in sweatshops. I have items in my rotation that are 20+ years old. If you look through our photo albums, I am wearing the same clothes at the same occasions over and over. The only clue that time has passed is the amount of grey in my hair and wrinkles on my face! I am not guilt-free in that I have purchased items that I find I never wear for whatever reason or picked up a cheap swimsuit when I forgot mine on vacation. And I cannot find a good solution to the pair of running shoes I have to buy annually as I wear out at least one pair a year. But in general, I try to be cognitive when buying items that they will get enough use to be worth the resources and labor involved. That sweater is stupid but I am not offended any more than I am offended by the cheap character plastic clothing offered up at Walmart. In fact, it is more likely that the laborers involved were treated better. However, neither category is likely to be worn many times either because the trend ends (sweater) or the item falls apart (Walmart clothing). I can't take the mental leap to appropriation outrage. I am far more offended that we treat clothing as "disposable," which applies to most fashion, be it discount or luxury. I have no doubt that the people who buy that sweater keep it forever but probably will only wear it once, so it might as well be in the landfill. Also for those that say they do not donate ripped or stained clothing, do check with your local donation centers to see if they want these after all. Ours does want them as they sell them as bulk rag-stock that is used in all sorts of recycled ways. That is far better than putting them in a landfill.

Unless you think the score will be too low for general CC admission, I'd just have him take it cold. Don't waste time with prep. You can always choose to not share it. But if it is good enough, it will help with initial course placement. The schools I have experience with, both CC and 4-year, have their placement guidelines right on their website so once you have a score you can check to see if it lines up with what you expect and then decide if you want to submit them or opt for the in-house testing. That said, due to Covid, dd never could take the SAT and only took the ACT (cold) after she was admitted to the university she now attends. It is a test-optional school and she did not submit her scores. She had already taken the ALEKS placement when taking DE courses so the score would not have been used for that anyway. She only took the ACT when she did in order to qualify for merit aid. However, there were other avenues for that qualification had she not been able to take it or did not get the score she needed.

Try scraping up and down instead of side-to-side. It may be less curved. That is the case for my car.

Yep, that is common. And he should be happy to adjust the design once you are there to discuss. If you are not happy, you can simply opt to not get the work done after all.

I have a young adult that is struggling with casual dating. She has no interest in a serious relationship right now but wants to casually date. She was in two "serious" relationships in high school and even those only became "serious" because the local dating culture basically forbids dating multiple people simultaneously. So, you either are "in a relationship" or not dating at all after the first date or two. She is in college now and this is still a problem. She has dated (as in been on one or more dates) with 10ish different people this year. And she quickly learned that the guys think it is "exclusive" right away. She now opens this conversation on the first date. That she is not interested in a relationship but is happy to non-exclusively do things together. This has not gone over well. In all but one case so far, the guy has said they ARE looking for a relationship and she then says it is probably best to not hang out. I am sympathetic in that she is not getting to do what she wants but also I do think she is trying to buck the trend and that is what it is. She shares this struggle with other female friends. It seems, at least in her circle, that the girls want to be casual and the guys want to be serious. Or at least exclusive. I don't know that "exclusive" has to equal "serious," but that is how dd interprets it. All I can do is commiserate. I got married very young and the casual dating world she wants was not a thing when I was her age either. I do have to say that I am with some here in that I am glad she is not seeking a serious relationship at this age.

If you can't hire both, I would go with whichever one seems most suited to being firm about helping. As others have said, you will go through more than one person in all likelihood so setting a precedence that the person WILL be helping even if he is resistant will give you the most immediate benefit. If the very first person you hire gets steamrolled, it will be more difficult in the long run.

This would be AWESOME, except that like most cats, mine believe the vacuum is a terrible monster that will eat them alive. Just opening the door to the closet where it is stored sends them hiding in places unknown to man. I think if I tried to use a vacuum on either of them, they would simply die. Immediately. Which would ultimately solve the problem but not the way I would prefer.

I am very particular about the kitchen. I do 95% of the cooking and cleaning so I generally get to decide how it is done. My process is similar to the others on here who clean as they cook. It drives me NUTS to try to use the sink while cooking if there is anything in it so I always put things in the dishwasher as I cook. Or if they don't go in the dishwasher, either rinse and set them FAR aside to wash after the meal or quickly wash on the spot. I also cannot leave things to soak. Not only does it bother me on principle but our terribly ill-behaved cats will get into ANYTHING that is left unattended. In fact the cats are the bulk of the reason I have gotten so particular about the kitchen. They will get into anything left on the counter or stove, including spills or dirty dishes, so all must be put away. But more than that, because the monsters are ON the counters all of the time, I have to disinfect the entire counter surfaces before starting any new cooking task so having a clean slate to disinfect is very important to me. The other people in this house are tornados in the kitchen and I just can't look. They pile up dirty stuff as they cook, leave spills everywhere, do not understand economizing on dish use. They can somehow overboil a pot of anything, every. single. time. And just do not seem to SEE it all over the stove. I just cannot watch. I consider myself FEMA in this case. I come in after it is all over and pick up the pieces. They *think* they cleaned up but no, they do not. It is so rare that although is bugs me, I usually don't say anything. I know I am just too particular about this and need to keep it to myself. I feel sort of bad about it because occasionally dh will want to "treat" me with breakfast in bed or something and the first thing I think is how much MORE time I will spend on that meal in clean up alone than if I just cooked it myself....hardly a treat.

It doesn't even have to be your grandmother's. I have a collection of cast ion ranging in age from 50 years to brand new. The new works as well as the old once it was properly seasons. I really do just rinse off eggs, then wipe clean. I only use cast iron for non-stick cooking.

Please tell me there is something out there that might work! I have followed these discussions in the past and dutifully purchased whatever magic comb/brush people recommend and have yet to find a winner. I have had cats my entire adult life and have noted that each cat's fur seemed to need a different type of brush. But I have tried many on our latest addition and have yet to have much success. This is a tabby with very fine yet dense fur. It is wavy, light, and hard to capture. It floats suspended in air. I have tried the following: traditional metal-tooth comb, wire brush on rubber pad, dense nylon/wire brush combo, glove-style with the rubbery nubs, and a fine metal rake thing commonly called a Furminator (that was the last recommendation I saw on here). None seem to capture much fur. The one that does the best is the wire bristles on a rubber pad-style, but still does not seem very effective. Like, loose fur still sits on the surface of her fur and does not get picked up. Meanwhile, the fur is all over the house and a literal cloud of loose fur rises from her everything she jumps. The only thing that seems to capture her fur is our clothing. It is driving us all bananas. Any magic devise I have yet to stumble upon?

Thanks for this! I have to look more carefully but dd's merit aid can all be used for housing so we might have a path here after all. I did not read past "Pell Grant" assuming it would not apply to us. Fingers crossed!