In the rural are I’m in, my year old neighbor recently spanked her 2 year old grandson in front of me, on the street, because… he was walking into my yard while the adults were chatting. Which was a total non-issue. The kid’s mom, her daughter, wasn’t there. I’m cordial with the neighbor, but we’re not friends, and she had zero reason to think I’d condone it. It was so matter-of-fact. My own 9 year old was aghast. It’s awful.
I used to proofread boons on Project Gutenberg in 2004 or so. 2006 at the latest. It’s internet-old.
Edit As a proofreader with 20+ years of experience, I’ll leave the typo.
I wouldn’t know: never tried it. Not even sure what’s in it. Now I’m curious.
Here in France rentals must have them, I believe. But I’ve never known anybody whose home caught fire. Maybe it has to do with building materials and regulations? In my région buildings are stone. My house had 90cm-thick granite walls. Radon is a bigger concern than fire.
Since you use $, I think we’re an ocean apart, so I can’t give you some. But def ask around at your local organic produce store, or pin a message wherever hippies / health nuts / counterculture people hang out.
In my experience, it helps a lot. By orders of magnitude. (And it tastes great. I don’t add much spices or herbs, to let the artichokey flavor shine.)
Hey, I am/was Syrian catholic.
I sell fake medicine to old people.
Same. This week I rode the new tramway network blind in a coastal city to have adventures with Kid. We bought copper wire and made jewellry with pretty pebbles (harder than I thought.) We played Split Fiction (and like It Takes Two better.) We showed her The Good Place (she loves it, because duh.)
Whe have fun.
I live in the ruralest part of Ruralia. Kids around here think traffic lights are made-up props found in movies.
It’s awesome. Real cucumbers are so tasty. Fava beans. Squash. Spinach. Sun-warmed tomatoes. Brussel sprouts. Salads. All the herbs. All the jams, jellies, and juices. And enough apple pie filling for 40 pies. I love my life.
Did I just eat the Onion?
Hi! I’m glad you’ve told us.
I don’t buy stuff. I haven’t bought clothes in 5+ years (new or thrifted). I pirate epubs, games, shows, and movies. I don’t have any monthly subscription–no Deezer, Netflix, AppleSomething, Amazon, nothing. I grow 90% of the veggies I eat, most of the fruit. I trade for meat and bread.
I’ve never used Uber, UberEats, Doordash, AirB&B, or any of their competitors.
I’m happy.
When it’s hot enough, the blades start melting. As metal slowly drops, they get lighter on the inner edge (thinner part, melts faster), and start rotating because they’re not balanced anymore.
Chez Mama is great, and it’s only on the West coast.
(Of France.)
“somebody who isn’t me”, in a tongue-in-cheek way.
Originaly a hot, dry wind in the Alps. Hence the brand name.
I don’t shave my armpits anymore. After a year or so, I even started liking my armpit hairs.