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  • Under cabinet manual jar opener. It's flat and mounts under your cabinet of choice. Easy to use, but also easy to forget it's there! I sometime find myself jar in hand and half-way to wherever my husband is before I remember that I no longer need his skills.

    Electric candle lighter. Rechargeable lighter with long neck. Eliminates the need for matches or standard lighters. The noise it makes does scare one of the cats, though. I haven't tried it on campfires yet, but I think that was something the ad said it could do.

  • How cheap is the cheapest home for sale in your city/region?

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  • $70k USD - 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 1400sq ft., 0.3 acre lot, two stories and a detached garage. The interior needs plenty of non-cosmetic work (e.g. - new flooring)

    $75k USD - 2 bed, 1 bath, 800sq ft., 0.15 acre lot; newly redone floors, electric and paint.

    After that, there's about 10 more in the 125-150K range.

  • Everywhere i've worked, there's always some guy that looks vaguely like Thom York. What weird work quirks have you experienced across jobs?

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  • I've been through it many times and expect to see many more. Both as the subject of an acquisition and as an acquiree. You just have to wait and see. If they're not immediately closing you down, there will be a transition period. Months to a year or more. That's where you need to be looking for a new job if that seems like a remotely feasible option.

    With regard to your personal decision, do not trust what you're being told. The company wants a smooth transition and that means that the company wants to be the one making the decisions about who is working for them. They can and will lie.

    The exception to this is if they ask you to stay on while they close out operations at your site. In that case they've already lowered the hammer, you're on borrowed time anyway, and it doesn't matter to them.

    (Also - if you're given this option, consider it carefully before accepting. The folks I know who have done this have described it as a depressing and completely unpleasant experience. They all claimed they wouldn't do it again. If you choose to do so, ask for more money to compensate for the therapy you'll need afterwards. Be bold with your offer because it's a job that very few want to do.)

    Generally speaking, the first thing that should happen is that the new company will harmonize efficiencies. This means cutting redundant departments, projects, or products. Expect to see a lot of strangers on site who are evaluating this. Non-specialized departments like finance, HR, legal, and support IT will be merged and streamlined. And do not expect that the highest performing department will survive. It's often the cheapest one who does. If the team in Kentucky can do a good enough job, it makes no sense for them to retain a higher paid workforce in DC. I've seen that sort of thing happen. (It's also sometimes a selling point for the company being bought. 🤮)

    After that, it just depends on 1) why they bought you and 2) what they thought they were buying. If they find out that part of the acquired company isn't something they want but is valuable enough to re-sell rather than shut down, you may be in for a head-spinning transition between several buyers.

    Overall -

    The experience is a big shake-up, but I've gone through eight or so unscathed as a mid level employee. It all depends on lots of things outside of your control. It will help if you can accept that these things are beyond your control or beyond your ability to foresee. I can also assure you that there's a good probability that the people in charge won't be making good or sensible decisions.

    Expect to see many of your co-workers jump ship, but that's not always a bad thing. Sometimes it's the kick in the ass that people need to make a change. That's often a very good thing.

  • If you had to live in a fictional magical world, but you wouldn't be magical, what world would you pick?

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  • Same, but I'd probably go with Bree. I'm a bit tall for the Shire. Also, Bree seems a little more lively and they have a thing called 'pints.'

  • What is the best place to build community ties and meet people?

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  • I have casually considered attending a UU church near us. They seem very chill based on their website.

    I would have to overcome my dislike of meeting new people and being awake and fully clothed before 11:00am on a Sunday. Those are the main challenges for me, personally.

    I'm hoping to attend some public events at the a local nature preserve as a way of easing into social events with strangers. They have programs on bird watching, mushroom cultivation, etc... A year's membership cost $40 and it comes with free parking and free access to their programs. They're also part of a larger network of nature parks, so benefits include free admission to any of those.

  • Why do people keep asking where I'm from?

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  • Do you have an unusual or oddly spelled surname?

    I do. It's by marriage, and coworkers sometimes awkwardly ask about it. It won't be the first question they ask - because that would be weird, but it often comes up if it sort of fits the conversation.

  • Tim Pool just suggested that democrats are gonna nominate haley by switching parties. Is that really the plan?

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  • So, it varies by state because everything is a certain degree of a shit-show here. In my state, you show up at the primary election site and you ask for one of two ballots. That's enough to "register" you as a Dem or Rep. It's pretty meaningless.

    I know of one coworker who voted for Trump in the 2015 primary to "take down the Republican party from the inside." Great strategy, Steve. I'm guessing that some similar idiocy is what's being talked about here.

  • I love-hated Chinatown because the ending is so damn nihilistic. What are some other entertaining movies that have similar endings?

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  • Somewhere I have a notebook with scene-by-scene notes on Mulholland Drive. Time loops, alternate universes, fever dream sequences that may be real, throwbacks, lookalikes, detours into madness and fear, all that. Multiple viewings. Full Deep River Ontario shit. (We actually IRL visited that creepy diner in CA. That experience is not recommended. The breakfast is OK. The turkey sandwich is 1000 times not OK.)

    For me, every theory regarding the "WTF is happening" aspect falls apart when the old couple from the taxi come creeping out of the blue metallic lock box. Like, everything sort of hangs together with some fuzzy dream logic for me, but then falls apart in the true gossamer of dream fashion. There's sometimes a buggy, I guess.

    Top 10 of favorite movies.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • That's the sort of horror story that's going to keep me stabbing my potatoes.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • Same here! Last night I was stabbing a couple out of habit and felt like the question needed to be asked.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • I would fear an eggplant more than a potato. Higher moisture and tougher skin. Not going to take any chances.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • Now that's the exciting outcome from my worst fears.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • Interesting! That's kind of what I was thinking as a realistic outcome.

  • Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

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  • No. I've got a couple in the oven right now because the weather is cold. In warmer times I've been using an air fryer.

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    Anyone ever have a baked potato explode?

  • What's your favorite sleeping technique?

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  • Two cats at once. I get the part of the bed not taken by the cats. I'm motivated to lie very still by the cats and the obvious repercussions for moving.

    If that fails, the podcast Casefile - gruesome true crime stories recited by a very slow talking Australian fellow. It almost always puts me out. In bed or on planes.

  • "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

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  • Sorry for the late response - I just got back from travelling to meet that side of the family. But unfortunately, I don't remember the lyrics. She introduced it a long time ago and she stopped being MC of Christmas a few years back. We didn't get to enjoy it this year.

    I just made this up on the spot, but it was in this spirit

    Oh God above, sweet lord of mineHow much you love your children.Oh God above, sweet lord of mineHow much you love your children.

    You sacrificed, your one true sonto save us earthbound sinners here...

    -and so on --

    Rejoice, repent! We praise your name...

  • "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

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  • Off the top of my head:

    Anything involving babies and incubators is immediately suspect. (Or babies and bayonets, for that matter).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirahtestimony

    And this one is pure conspiracy, and I know it's not what you asked for... but it's ridiculous and 'tis the season. My mother in law is convinced that the lyrics to "Oh Christmas Tree" (O Tannenbaum) were changed by people who wanted to erase the true and original lyrics. By who? Big Tree financiers? Communists who are stealing Christmas and replacing it with trees?

    Anyway...

    The original lyrics, according to this conspiracy, praise God and never mention trees at all. It's completely ridiculous and always ends with the whole family singing along with the "true lyrics" from a badly photocopied paper that she hands out. I hope this doesn't come up again this year because it really makes me want to fight. Which would make me the bad person, because who initiates fights on Christmas? The next couple of days are going to be tough.

  • People outside of the USA: What are some interesting, cool, or fascinating aspects of your country you'd like to share with the world?

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  • Edit: (What do you call this dish?)

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  • This sounds like a recipe request!

    put a hole in your slice of breadbutter both sides and set the pan on medium low heattoast the buttered bread in the pan and season it with salt (I toast both sides because the egg cooks pretty fast.)put a little tab of butter into the pan in the center of the holecrack an egg into the hole.little bit of salt on the egg and wait until the whites are almost set; a little bit of cooking spray on the egg if you're unsure about the non-stickness of your panflip and wait until you achieve your perfect yolkplate and add ground pepper or whatever you desire

    I honed my technique during COVID quarantine days.

    An alternative:toast a slice of bread in a pan with butter and saltsoft boil an eggserve the egg over the toast or use an egg cup and dip slivers of the toast into the egg