I need a ruling on this

Postby **dodint** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:05 pm

What do you get someone as a bereavement gift for a miscarriage? We're thinking food, because that's what my wife of an Italian family immediately things of for any kind of consolation.

Any 'good' ideas here other than that? To me it's one of those things that we can't fix, other than being available and waiting for them to ask for help.

Postby **MWB** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:00 pm

There’s no good gift. Donation maybe?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:20 pm

Food isn't bad or some small attention taker...something that the couple can do to just kind of occupy their mind...don't insert yourself into it but offer a shoulder in the card. When I feel bad about something so personal like that, I don't want people around me...

Postby **dodint** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:32 pm

That's my response as well. I retract and then complain to you people and then reach out to real people when I'm ready.

Postby **meow** » Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:20 am

I think food and a card is a good idea. Maybe under normal circumstances, a date night type of gift card - restaurant and movie theater.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:57 pm

Just got a voicemail from Don (pronounced in a heavy yinzer accent as dawn) snee about a gas line job (pronounced jawb). I do not have any gas line jobs at the moment. He sounded slightly irritated and rushed by whoever he was supposed to be calling. Do i call dawn and explain to him that he called the wrong number or do i let him stew and get even more irritated?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:07 pm

Ask how much it pays...you could get two incomes for, probably, a couple of weeks until they find out you're not qualified or even working at all...

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:58 am

Update: our friend Dawn called me again this morning at 6:30 and left a message that he had a couple questions before I start at digging. I did call him back because i didnt want the gas line job to be a disaster. Dawn thanked me for calling back. Case closed.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:39 am

KTK is a class A individual

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:10 pm

Throwing a dog poop bag into someone’s trash can that is at the curb for collection.

Postby **dodint** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:18 pm

Well. From a tangential legal perspective trash at the curb, outside of the curtilage of your home, has no expectation of privacy. So they're not doing anything wrong statutorily.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:20 pm

Throwing a dog poop bag into someone’s trash can that is at the curb for collection.

Normally no, I can't say though that I haven't indulged nihilism and tossed a poop bag in the exposed can.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:23 pm

I've had this happen a few times. It's better than dog **** in my yard, I guess? Would be nice if they could walk their dog BEFORE the truck comes though.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:42 pm

If the garbage hasn't been taken yet, go for it. If it's an empty bin AFTER the truck picked it up? Big ole nope.

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:44 pm

If the garbage hasn't been taken yet, go for it. If it's an empty bin AFTER the truck picked it up? Big ole nope.

Second this.

Postby **skullman80** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:47 pm

If the garbage hasn't been taken yet, go for it. If it's an empty bin AFTER the truck picked it up? Big ole nope.
Second this.

Thirded. In most cases though I'm of the mind it's your dog you pick up the poop and carry it back to your place to dispose of, or you find a public disposal along the way (not your neighbors garbage can).

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:48 pm

I'm looking at it from the owner of the bin's perspective as to whether I care or not. As a dog walker, I will carry that poop back to my place and deal with it.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:09 pm

Postby **blackjack68** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:22 pm

If the garbage hasn't been taken yet, go for it. If it's an empty bin AFTER the truck picked it up? Big ole nope.

This is the correct answer.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:50 pm

Blue light glasses?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:53 pm

I get them because I do a ton of computer work. Not sure how to measure empirically that they work. But I do it just in case.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:54 pm

My fiance swears by them and now that she's seen me working from home, she has been bugging me to get a pair. They seem like a gimmick to me.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:55 pm

Well, these doctors say no, but what do they know? Nerds: https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/01/debunk ... ye-issues/

According to an American Academy of Ophthalmology report, “it’s not necessary to spend money on special [eyewear] for computer use.”

“There’s really no evidence that [blue light glasses] help,” said Amir Mohsenin, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science at UTHealth‘s McGovern Medical School. “We don’t really have any data that supports blue blocking glasses as being better for your eyes when you’re using a computer. In fact, I would say that we don’t know if there’s any potential harm in wearing blue block glasses. It’s hard to recommend something without knowing more details about it.”

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Eh they're just saying there isn't any data one way or another. Apple introduced night shift, which is basically the same thing. If Apple does it, you know it's legit.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:57 pm

Yeah, I have my Pixel set to fade out blue light after 11pm.

The thing I would say is: what's the incremental cost? Is that cost worth your fiance's happiness and a potential upside to your wellness?

Say "yes" to the second one and then immediately proceed.