If you don't have a car that can drive in snow, don't drive in snow.
Last blizzard I was in, I had to pull over to try to help two people get up a small hill.
The first woman was afraid to steer while me and and a tow truck driver pushed her up. She wanted one of us to steer her car, but that just couldn't happen. She ended up paying the tow truck driver more than $300 to tow her.
While that was going on, a Honda Civic ended up sliding backwards down the hill. I pushed that one about 100ft along the road until it leveled out enough to move on its own.
We have a Civic, but it sits in the driveway for blizzards.
If you get serious snow where you're moving, and you have to drive, get something with all wheel drive. Just remember that all wheel drive doesn't mean you can stop. You still need to drive like a Granny in Sunday church traffic.
For a little while longer.
My father-in-law had a brother who looked just like him. His brother was, of course, at his funeral.
My young daughtern did not know that grampop had a brother who looked like him.
She told us afterwards that she was freaked out by this at his funeral.
Gingrich, who faced his own scandals, cited Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent split from the Democrats as further proof of disillusionment with what he sees as their corrupt influence.
Seriously? He thinks the brain worm guy leaving the Democratic party to side with the Republicans is proof that the Democrats are bad?
Came here to say that exact thing. If only he would read it.
Bowties are cool.
The bowtie wasn't the problem.
It's the person that makes it uncool.
I'd argue that the fact that he stopped wearing the bowties when he was mocked for it says more about him than the bowties do.
Yes, just what we need! Finally there's one source of news without that left wing bias!
/s
We often only get a couple trick-or-treaters every year, and this year was no different, except we left the front door open all night, which means we heard and saw kids walking past our house.
I'm one of the few groups that came to our porch, I heard one girl whisper to her friends, "that's the creepy house"
So, I guess our house is the haunted house of the neighborhood. I'd be ok with that if we actually had any ghosts.
We've been here for over 140 years, and I've never seen a single ghost.
That doesn't explain why she's on the list instead of the multitude of other, more noxious billionaires.
It makes it look more like someone just doesn't like TS so they're trying to say she's as bad as musk or bezos.
I'm not going to argue that Taylor Swift doesn't deserve to be on the billionaire list somewhere, but if you were only going to include 4, why would she make the cut?
So, one more item in the "Pro" column for voting against Trump.
Then maybe we can work on fixing the problems here.
Someone once posted that rather than calling it Christian Nationalism, we should call it Nationalist Christianity, because it has a convenient and easy to remember abbreviation: Nat.C.
Wear gloves when they hand you that guideline because they might be pulling it out of their ass.
How about shiving jokes?
I'm tall and long in the torso. The last serious car accident I was in my head bashed against the ceiling in a frightening way. Or, it would have been frightening if I had any memory of it. I had a brush burn on my forehead which could only have happened if my head was pushed way back from hitting the ceiling. Before you ask, I always wear a seatbelt.
Anyway, that's not why I'm replying. I'm generally ok with car headrests, although I usually have to lean the seat back pretty far to just fit in.
I bought a new office chair. I specifically chose one without a headrest, but it showed up with one anyway. At it's highest adjustment it sits right between my shoulders.
The world seems designed to fit such a narrow range of people.
Why would she lie when she had a perfectly valid excuse?
Because she thinks her skin color will protect her.
I've often thought LLMs could replace all of the C-suites and upper and middle management.
Funny how no companies push that as a possibility.
Which is just "reduced staffing" in different words. If the kiosks weren't there, they would have hired more workers, built more restaurants, etc.
Except the study specified that the increased sales were related to the presence of the kiosks. They could do point of sale promotions that just weren't reliably done if a person was in between the customer and the computer.
I have no idea what a kangaroo has to do with my employer, but they brought in a baby kangaroo for an event, so I waited in line to hold it.
We got Rose's test results back on Friday, and she's all better, so Rose and Daisy can be together again!
Edit: this is what things were like every day while they were separated:
https://youtube.com/shorts/SkCAVoe-cbM
We had to take Rose to the vet on Friday because she stopped eating hay and started having diarrhea.
Diagnosis: intestinal parasite and gas in her stomach.
She's on antiparasitic meds, antibiotics to prevent secondary infection, and a nutritional supplement to replace the hay she isn't eating.
She takes the tiny doses of the meds ok, but she's not a fan of the supplement.
We had a lot of trouble until we figured out how to get her burrito towel wrapped correctly.
She's starting to do better. More normal poops, started nibbling hay, and she stopped fighting the supplement.
Daisy and Rose are inconsolable because we had to separate them until Rose is all better.
The gateway between the pens is closed now and they keep pulling on it like they're trying to pull it open.
This is probably a stupid question, but if I want to add a line to a PDF telling people to direct any comments to my Lemmy account, how would I specify that?
Obviously teenager is 13-19.
"Young adult" would start at 20, but where's the cutoff at the upper end? Similarly, what's the range for "adult", "old", "elderly", " ancient"?
If someone asks for responses from "old men", how do I know if it applies to me?
It seemed like every time we visited WDW, there was some event or show taking place in front of Cinderella's Castle, and the interior was closed.
When I visited as a kid, you'd walk through the castle and ooh and aah at the mosaic.
I've wanted to see the mosaic again for years, and it was always closed. I finally got the chance again last time, and I took some pictures.
Theme parks like Disney World have been popular for decades, but are the high ticket prices, long lines, and stress associated with the modern-day experience worth the hassle anymore?
Where has this guy been?
When my wife and I went to Disney World in 1996, we planned nothing in advance. We found ourselves waiting in massive lines for rides and spending hours waiting for tables in restaurants. We realized we screwed up and we had to do better.
That was 27 years ago. Since then, we had kids and raised them to adulthood.
Every trip after that we scheduled reservations in advance. Every morning we wake up, we know what park we are going to. We spend about 20 minutes every day we are there planning that day's activities, and we roll with whatever changes we encounter.
I don't understand how having a plan in place in advance of your vacation somehow makes it more stressful. I've always thought it was easier to not have to wonder what we'll be doing and where we'll be going during our Disney trips.
Are there really people who insist on just showing up with no plan and then blame Disney when they are stressed?
Also, it seems like most of the Disney criticism I see is coming from Fox news in some form or another. Is that just my news feed, or is it an extension of the culture war that the right is trying to foment?
Title is my question. It seems like refusing to recognize other state's driver licenses would be blatantly unconstitutional. Is there something I'm missing?
I tend to at least look at every work email I receive. Likewise for Teams messages. If I see a notification of a new communication, I tend to check it and see if I need to respond. I don't always respond, but I always look at the message.
In various virtual meetings, I've seen other people's notifications when they share their desktop, and it seems like some people just don't bother even looking at them.
Am I the weird one? Does everyone just ignore messages they receive at work?
What's your favorite Disney World Restaurant, and what is it about that restaurant that makes it your favorite?
Without any deep thought, the first one that popped into my mind was Narcoossee's. The food is amazing, and there's a great view of fireworks if you're there in the evening.
When my wife and I went to WDW after she graduated from school (1996, I think?), we stayed on property at the Grand Floridian. It was my first time staying in a Disney resort. We arrived too early to check in, so we went to Narcoossee's for lunch.
The last time we went to WDW (2021), we took our adult children with us, and had a wonderful dinner with everyone together at Narcoossee's.
A Delaware judge ruled that the Walt Disney Co board did not act negligently, dismissing a case brought by shareholder Kenneth Simeone.
[WDW] Disney Bus Driver Adds 'One Last Bit Of Magic' To Park-Goers' Day — 'Please Give Him A Raise!'
They call it the happiest place on Earth for a reason!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/191646
> This morning I was driving to my son to swap vehicles when I encountered road work on Moyamensing. > > Blocking the only road that leads to his apartment. > > When I got back to my office, I had to check Google maps to make sure I didn't miss anything.
Simple question. Which distribution was your introduction?
For me, it was SLS Linux in '92-93, followed relatively naturally by Slackware, which was followed by Redhat.