Title... I always find my collars always out of formation.. Unless they come with buttons..

If you observe the airplanes that dump water over a wildfire, they release the tank early because the forward momentum carries the water ahead to more accurately hit the flames.

Similarly, you should release the "tank" at least 1 - 2 strides before passing the intended recipient to ensure maximum coverage. If you time it right, they'll be surrounded on both sides and you'll achieve a sweet victory.

It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it

Thank me and tell all your friends asap. Works well for the buffalo flavor Snyder's pretzel pieces too.

A lot of people learn to tread water or swim, but not many practice floating on their backs, which can be one of the easiest ways to stay safe in the water. Most schools skip teaching it, even though it’s a simple technique that can keep you afloat and save energy if you’re ever in trouble.

Treading water or doing strokes can get exhausting fast, but floating on your back lets you rest and wait for help without getting as tired. It’s one skill you can hold onto much longer when you need it most.

Watch this video to learn how to float: How to Float

Another tip: in open water, always wear a life jacket for extra safety.

For example, if your brake pads are done, you most likely won't hear the disc scratching until it's too late.

Turning the music off and driving for atleast 20 minutes makes you 'feel' your car and understand if something's off about it.

You can buy them for around $35 at your hardware store. Unless you use them regularly you’ll probably not going to have to buy another set for 20+ years.

Hopefully most people are aware of this sneaky trick by companies where the huge sales of 50% off or 70% off is just a drop from the pre-sale markups and even if it is a bit lower than the normal price, it's not as much as they advertise. Take some time, get a sense of the original prices and then decide on how much the sale actually is.

They can keep all their tools and foot baths clean and sanitized, but those nail polishes have painted some nasty toes before yours and went right back into that little bottle. This is how you can get toenail fungus.

Often, we’re more objective and less critical when helping others. This change in perspective can go a long way in helping us. Especially in situations where we're emotional, like a break up.

No need to Goo-gone or those costly products.

In a pinch, or turn it to habit. To remove adhesive, start by applying a small amount of mineral oil or petroleum jelly (this also works with some cooking oils) to the sticky area and letting it sit for a few minutes. This softens the adhesive, making it easier to remove. Next, use a cloth or your fingers to gently rub off the residue. Follow up with a mixture of Dawn soap and hot water to break down any remaining oil and wash away any leftover adhesive, leaving the surface clean and residue-free. This also works for permanent markers on some non porous surfaces.

Traditionally, when getting a health insurance plan as a family, you had to all be on the same plan. This made things more expensive if the same coverage isn't needed.

This isn't the case anymore.

If you and your spouse have different medical needs, you can split yourself into different groups and shop for different plans.

You don't tend to get sick and just want the super high deductible/out of pocket max and your spouse wants a low deductible and co-pays? Get your own plans (while still being under the family umbrella) and save a ton of money.

I know the most obvious answer is to leave but for many reasons that is not possible at this time. I plan to leave within the next 18 months but literally cannot at this moment so please don't suggest this. I also cannot move offices at this time either, I am purely looking for strategies for how to destress/disconnect when I am at home.

Context:

I am a child protection social worker and absolutely love my physical job however the toxicness and bullying of the workplace is quite literally traumatizing me and destroying me from the inside out. My manager is a literal psychopath who has a history of substantiated workplace bullying (5 years ago and not against me) she is sneaky, manipulative and unrelenting. Past disciplinary action has just taught her how to perpetrate her abuse in a smarter way so that technicalities stop her from being able to be accused of bullying again.

She became my boss earlier in the year (after she got my boss moved to another district) and my mental health has steadily deteriorated since. She makes it her mission in life to destroy anyone in the workplace who see's through her facade and as well as getting my old manager moved put so much pressure on two of my previous team members that they quit. I am the last person standing who she know's see's through her crap and she has hyperfixated on getting rid of me since. 

All year I have kept track of her bullying behaviors and misconduct and after many discussions with my office manager (her boss) I have recently moved to a new team. Whilst I am on a new team I am still in the same office as her and she has enormous sway over my new manager and the office manager. Everyday she finds new ways to exert control, micromanage and gaslight me and I feel like I am going insane. 

I now dread going to work despite loving my job and am experiencing enormous amounts of anxiety and depression at home as well as work (I am seeing a regular GP and psychologist and have amazing friends and family to help support as well). Despite the extensive support I still feel like I am drowning and wasting away in misery and stress. 

I would love a way to figure out a way to separate myself from her influence over me while I am at home and isolate this to just being at work. Any advise would be extremely appreciated, I am really struggling.

First, have both sets paired to the phone previously. Then swipe down the notification shade, click media output, then select each set. Two at a time is the max. Volume can be controlled here separately as well.

How are you helping your parents and grandparents manage their passwords?

It's becoming a huge problem for many older people in my life, books full of messy scribbles, loose scraps of paper with passwords, and most of them don't even work when you try them.

They are even saving incorrect passwords through Google password manager. Going digital has just created a new set of problems.

Any tips, what are you all doing? I am spending an inordinate amount of time resetting passwords.

My situation is that I recently moved to a rented room, the room is separate from the main house, and my only door goes directly outside. I have to open the door at least a few times a day because the kitchen is in the main house.

It's really cold during the night and afternoon, so I can't use the fan or air conditioning during that time, but mosquitoes are still around!

I can't use mosquito dungs as this isn't my place, the owners have a pool. I think they treat the water, however unless there are hidden buckets (this is a really dry, desert area otherwise), this is the nearest standing water. I mentioned it but since their rooms are really inside the house, it doesn't affect them so they're pretty much not gonna do much about the water.

I can't put a screen over the door, as it'd damage the the paint. (I will however try to ask if I can catch them in a better mood in the future, as I just moved so everyone is still adjusting to my presence).

I use cream/spray on my legs, but they rub off on the sheets, and also I can't put them on my face, where I get bitten (also they manage to catch me when I wake up in the middle of the night to go use the restroom).

I have a zapper however that only works for the mosquitoes I manage to catch, and I can't be awake all night in hopes to catch them all.

So basically I need some solutions that will take care of the issue indoor.

I'm used to using coils indoor (which some ventilation, of course) but are there any other indoor options for cold nights? Do the electric plug-in types work at all? Or am I limited to coils? Any help would be appreciated!

Basically if you have a spot in the end (ie, next to a curb) or near white lines please park as close to that as possible. Especially if you drive a big vehicle.

It doesn’t make sense to me why more people don’t do this??

Hey guys, so i created a spreadsheet with the most important and best kitchen tools :)

Here is the spreadsheet

I am not trying to sell anything to you, just here to help which in other hand would help me aswell, I took a lot of time on this list! And some products have aff links, not trying to hide anything!

Let me explain my intentions a bit more

I was bored one day, and I decided to write up a list of all essential items that any kitchen should have. This was meant to help beginners who don't have much or any kitchen hardware, or for those who are looking to upgrade their existing hardware. I decided to also include an "expanded" and "expert" level of hardware that you will eventually need as well (see the separate tabs on the bottom of the spreadsheet).

I hand-compiled 95 items, and used product recommendations from America's Test Kitchen and Serious Eats to come up with three different options for each item, at three different price points. So there are currently 279 individual items with prices and links to purchase.

I feel pretty good with the range of items, I'd say it's about 95% inclusive. If you spot anything I have missed, feel free to let me know and I will add it.

I added some little pictures as well, because why not.

Next I will be adding some descriptions as to why each item is considered essential, or basically why I think it deserves a spot in your kitchen. I will try to keep my bias out of this.

Thanks and enjoy :) !!

I saved over $500 on my premium when I informed them of my new roof. It was over 20 years old.

When you pick someone up you care about at the airport, having some snacks they like and a ice cold drink is such a massive mood booster. I do this now for all my family and the look on their face is priceless. They are very grateful.

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Instead of letting wrappers and receipts pile up, keep a small plastic bag in your car to collect trash. It keeps things tidy and makes it easier to dispose of trash when you stop somewhere.

If you’re trying to read small print or faint lettering you can look at the text on your phone camera and enlarge it to make it readable. I find this useful trying to read labels in stores.

Whenever i find my disgusting room overly dirty and cluttered, what helps me is not thinking, otherwise it makes me less motivated. What i do instead is just pick up a sock when i see it. Pick up some trash (not all at that moment), just what i see at that moment. Move that item i found to correct spot.

Trying to come up with a plan on what to do first, then what to do second, and so on, just makes it more daunting. Turn off your brain and do a single thing as you see it.

Obviously some people can do actual planning and productive cleaning. But that's what works for me.

Just moved to a new city. Want to go ahead and find a good physician before I get sick so that I don’t suffer at that time. Any tips on finding a good one?

This is in response to a pattern of recent posts to this sub that suggest it's a decent tip to basically be dishonest to manipulate a situation, when there are better ways to deal with stuff.

Being a habitual liar is bad. If you get caught enough times unnecessarily lying when the truth would have been the better thing to say, you'll lose the confidence of your friends and family.

Don't start down the path. Unless you're okay with being, well, evil... develop integrity and don't lie for convenient and selfish reasons.

YMMV with this LPT, but so far, hanging a lockbox seems to ward off solicitors.

We installed a lockbox on the front door to allow home health aides to freely enter and help a family member. A side effect we noticed is that as solicitors approach the front door, they'll turn around without bothering to knock or ring the doorbell. So we think the mere sight of a lockbox turns them away.

Curious if anybody else has noticed this.

If you push the little metal piece down with something, that will release trapped air, and after a second, you can fill it and it will fill significantly better and last longer. I am not sure if this is common knowledge, but I never knew this until like a week ago.

Disclaimer: This is provided your iPhone/iPad is protected by a strong password/pin.

Your iPhone/iPad can generate secure passwords for you, store them securely, you can add any existing passwords you have. Go to settings, then passwords and you can add, view, edit.

Why is this a good idea?

• All your passwords are stored securely in one place (see disclaimer at the top)

• They are backed up on your other iCloud linked devices if you set it up to do so

• You can add any password/code/pin you like, work or personal computer password, gate code, locker combination, email password, bank pin, etc.

• The passwords are protected by bio-metric/pin even after you've unlocked your phone

• When creating an account, your iPhone can generate a long and secure password for you!

• Never forget your password again, you only have to remember your iPhone unlock code