They might get auto-renewed for another 4 weeks, unless someone’s requested the book (which usually disables auto-renewal).

Some of those titles may have been requested from other libraries in the same library system. My library limits me to, say, 20 books. But I can request another 20 from Second Library one town over, and another 15 from Third Library two towns over. The books all get sent to My Library and placed on the hold shelf for me, and checked out at My Library. Each library has their own lending policy.

Yeah, it’s messed up. Grumble grumble rude butthead that would check out 80+ DVDs at a time and yell at you if you didn’t check in his returns fast enough (so he could max out his checkouts again).

Yeah. I had to carefully word my dad’s obituary to not gender me–I wasn’t out yet, but it would have added more pain to the event if I’d been misgendered in it. Luckily, I have a sibling, so I able to rework the first draft from “survived by his son ___ and daughter ___” to be “survived by his children __ and __”.

Anyways, if I had a kid I think I’d just go by my name, or any nickname they came up with. I called my binary parents by their names so it doesn’t feel weird to me.

Addition through subtraction 😢

I think lots of libraries do that. It’s awesome! (Source: my last 3 libraries in New England did that.)

Be sure to return the pass on time, though. You might screw up someone else’s trip to the museum if you return it late :( (that’s also why they tend to have higher late fees)

Lemmy, Sharkey, and YouTube for me. I’m on Facebook, but less than an hour a week. A friend posts a weekly “how’s everyone doing?” post and I usually comment on that.

Oof, and back then that would mean losing the whole roll of film, right? Screw that.

Some communities also have communal wells–my condo association has 4 which provide water for all the units. They’re monitored for quality by an outside agency, but I’m not sure what they check for.

TBH, I know most of my neighbors by their dog’s names. Max’s owner, Buddy’s human, that sort of thing. And then there’s New Max’s owner. She lives 2 doors down from Original Max. No confusion there.

My pup would do that if he could reach the bin.

I highly recommend a push-pedal trash bin that doesn’t open when knocked over–our first pup was taller and a jumper.

My partner’s company starts some standup meetings with optional ice breaker questions. Partner will frequently will say “pass” when the ice breaker comes to him. Since he goes early in the rotation, it helps emphasize to newer employees that they don’t have to answer, either.

Anyways, I’m proud of him for helping destigmatize non-participation in silly stuff.

You think folks will try and pull a Corporal Klinger?

(Obligatory cross dressing and being trans aren’t the same, but it’s a 50 year old reference)

Yep, but I’d want to know the statistics for the general population vs fathers of autistics before I draw any conclusions. A ton of fathers of my generation (millennials) smoked.

In theory once you stay at a dosage of metformin for long enough the unfortunate side effects go away. In practice it’s been a year and I still can’t trust a fart.

Thanks. It helps that I’m white enough I glow in the dark. My big worry is that many of my students might be first- and second-generation immigrants from south of the USA and I don’t want them to have to deal with this bullshit.

(I say “might be” because I don’t know anyone’s immigration status and even if I did no I don’t.)

That’s one thing my campus has done decently–I know that to do if ICE shows up.

1. they’re not allowed to just walk in to non-public areas
2. we call campus police (whose main jobs seems to be keeping students safe and keeping campus out of the news). Annoyingly, I work in a public building (the library) but my office is private, big, and has a lock on the door. I’m well stocked up in case of a shelter-in-place situation and I’m happy to wait until campus police shows up.

Sadly, Florida doesn’t have the right geology for mines.

Partner was all “hey, you have too much stuff in your purse/backpack” so we sat down and sorted my backpack items into

• Need at work (this pile turned out to be empty, since anything I need at work I might need on a hike)
• Need when hiking
• Both

And now my backpack just has “both” in it. It’s a tad lighter. I’m still worried I’ll need something and not have it because anxiety.

I’m making up two “hiking” bags with the same items and we’ll keep one in each of our cars, so I can grab it and add it to my backpack as needed.

I’m still not confident this will solve any problem I had, I was OK with the weight of my backpack before.

My brother ended up lost in a major city, 3 hours away from home and our parents. He didn’t know where he parked his car, just that it was “at a hotel”. Drugs were almost certainly involved.

His strategy was to wander around asking to borrow strangers’ cell phones until he ended up in a gas station run by an immigrant couple who were OMG lovely. They let him use their phone and they fed him until my parents could drive over and pick him up.

My parents found his car by posting “lost car” ad on Craigslist with a reward.

Anyways, my strategy’s probably to find a local library or equivalent and email my partner and friends a “please help” message. Hopefully someone lends/gives me clothes along the way.

Edit: oops, I said 3 miles. It was 3 hours. Updated.

First machine was an Apple IIe, second was MS-DOS, I want to say version 6.2.