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But that's something isn't it?

I wouldn't necessarily believe that tipping is considered insulting. I think people are ready to believe that because it gives them an excuse not to tip. It is certainly true that in some European countries tipping is not expected, but if you tipped a server in a restaurant I doubt whether they would throw the money in your face. In this country, it is said that it is insulting to offer a tip to a professional. I am a highly-educated, highly-skilled professional with decades of experience and I certainly didn't mind my young client paying me an extra 50.00 just for the hell of it. Having said that, I can't really imagine offering my doctor a tip.

I tip massage guys and companions 20.00. I think it would be reasonable not to tip at all because they are keeping the entire fee that I pay them, but I like to pay a little extra to show my appreciation. On the rare occasion that I get a massage in a spa I tip a percentage of the fee because they are only getting a cut of that fee. I tip servers in restaurants very generously because the bulk of their income is from tips and they work their butts off. I tip the room attendant in a hotel 10.00 every day. I have a mobility issue that makes negotiating airports really difficult so I use wheelchair assistants when I travel and I tip them 20.00. I think most people don't tip them or don't tip that much, but I'm happy to tip them because they provide extraordinary value. Generally, they are delighted when they see a 20.00 bill. One guy even hugged me. At a place I once worked where parking was in short supply, I paid for parking at a lot right across the street. Every month or so, I tucked 10.00 into a thank you card and gave it to the parking guy and he always saved me a primo spot. There is a reason some people call tipping "greasing." I had a young client once who used to tip me $50.00 now and again when he paid an invoice. The first time he did it, I was non-plussed, but I just thanked him for it. I started using it to take my husband to lunch.

I got a weird cluster of raised red spots on the side of each of my glutes a couple months ago and I was afraid it was monkeypox, but a dermatologist said it was folliculitis. I still have dark spots where the red spots were.

It doesn't seem like many perceive it as a serious threat. I am one of many who got the first shot and haven't had the second shot yet. But I am not out and around very much.

Nothing but a real one. We get a Christmas tree now and again. Usually, we just get a really great wreath and hang it over the fireplace and a few poinsettias. Then we set a really nice table for Christmas dinner. Now that we're learning to live with COVID, we will probably socialize more at Christmas, and, maybe, get a tree.

My husband and I are more vegetarian (not vegan) than not. We like it. Don't know if we will get all the way to vegan or not. My serum creatinine and my A1C are really happy with the changes. Haven't had a lipid panel in over a year so not sure what's happening there.

Cialis 5 mg. is approved for BPH as well as ED. I took 5 mg every day for a long time - had to stop because I started getting postural hypotension from it. Health insurance covers it if it is coded correctly.

The best way not to get a bunch of responses you don't like to a post is to not post it. To me, a trash can is a LARGE trash receptacle that sits in the garage or outside. My initial reaction to your post was "Why would anyone fill their house with trash cans?" Poor misunderstood Unicorn.

There are waste receptacles in every room except the living room. I have always called them "waste baskets."

Me too - It lasts well into the next day.

I didn't take it that way. I can't do analytics because I'm not a data scientist or a statistician. I am very familiar with analytics because I have had a number of clients whose technologies rely on predictive analytics.

I assumed it was the former - but I still enjoyed it. That whole episode was interesting. I don't remember how, but I met the owner of the store. When you're getting acquainted with somebody in the deep south, they tend to look for a connection or something you have in common, so they quiz you about your family, your personal history, etc. With the owner of this store, it was that we had both lived in Colorado. He went to college in Boulder and so we chatted and chatted. I thought it was interesting that he had left this small town for college and came back and started a business. The whole experience was very positive.

Agreed.

I've had a couple interactions with guys who were very flirty, but nothing happened. One was in a men's store in downtown Denver. The salesmen actually came into the fitting room without any warning while I was changing. This was decades ago, but I remember him as being very hot. The other time was in a men's store in a rural town in Mississipi. The salesman was a good-looking young southern hunk and was very friendly and attentive. I didn't think he was anything but straight. I came out of the fitting room wearing one item that I was thinking about buying and he said, "I LIKE you in that!" Of course I bought it.

That's the fault of the study, not the reader. It is often difficult for people who are not scientists/statisticians to understand the difference between a statistical association and a causal relationship.

Just what the 23andme software predicted.

I just knew my maternal grandparents. But I just recently received information that allowed me to trace my mother's family history back to the 17th century. I was always frustrated asking her about her ancestors, because there was so little she could tell me. Apparently, my grandparents weren't very communicative. Not long ago, a Canadian woman contacted me from 23andme and wanted to compare notes to see if we were related. It turned out we were - her great-great-great grandfather was my great-great grandfather. With information I got from her, I was able to trace my mother's family history all the way back to the original ancestor who had migrated to Canada from France in the 17th century. I found a facebook group for people with that surname. They credit my ancestor for being the first migrant to the new world with that surname.

Don't confuse constitutionally-protected individual rights with the bullshit idea that everyone is free to do what they damn well please no matter how much it harms other people.

Canada has banned trans fats; the EU has banned trans fats. The UK is resisting govt. regulation of trans fats, but the food industry has proactively reduced levels of trans fats in the food supply. WHO has a goal of eliminating trans fats from the global food supply by 2023. In fact, 32 countries around the world have adopted policies regulating trans fats in the food supply. The incidence of cancer has increased. At least in the US, it is attributed to the fact that people are living longer - in any individual life, the time window for developing cancer has increased so that there are more opportunities to develop cancer. The law of unintended consequences bit us in the ass - better habits and better healthcare has inadvertently exposed us to a greater cancer risk.

What are you suggesting we do about snack foods full of trans fats in Ulan Bator?

hydrogenated fats in foods were banned by the FDA several years ago.

I don't know about undershorts, but we were required to wear T-shirts with open-collared uniforms like fatigues and khakis - it was part of the uniform. He must have had a thick hide not to wear underwear under fatigues. We sent our fatigues to the quartermaster laundry - when they came back, they were so stiff with starch that they would almost stand up by themselves. Putting on a uniform fresh from the laundry was called "breaking starch." We were expected to look ultra-neat all the time so we didn't like to break the starch in our pockets. Instead, we put our cigarettes and wallets inside of our shirts. I got so used to doing that, that I kept it up for years afterward.

Wouldn't he have asked you for it. if he thought you owed him more? Seems like he gave you a little more time because stopping at the exact time would have been awkward. I have a very good sense of time, so I just know when there is 10 or 15 minutes left. I like to chat with a guy while I take my time showering and dressing, so I make sure there's time for that. I just happen to be a proactive client, but I think it's up to the provider to manage the session flow. I think I have only made one hire where the provider called "time's up" at exactly the minute when my time was up. I only hired him that once, even though he followed up with me over and over.

My mother was an avid reader of Reader's Digest - we always had an active subscription. Sometime in the 60s she read an article in there about how bad sugary cereals and bread made from white flour were. She switched us to whole wheat bread, shredded wheat and oatmeal. We howled and protested, and she even had to work to get my father on board, but she stuck to her guns and the change was permanent - we never went back.