Apparently I’m both southern and your parent. This is confusing.
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Quarter of is relatively common in southern Appalachia, more so with the older folks, but that’s true of all the dialect features.
I say a quarter till usually, I think, but I definitely hear quarter of a lot. The opposite is quarter past in both cases.
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What are your favorite resources (YouTube videos, websites, books etc.) for teaching yourself how to perform basic bicycle maintenance starting from the basics (complete beginner)?
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Ooh, I like this explanation. I’ll share it with him and see if it makes sense.
And therefore clearly superior.
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US folks. How long do providers/labs/etc have to send medical bills? I feel like I’ve read a year, is that right? @anomalily this might be one you know off the top of your head.
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I thought I read (in my state) that there wasn’t a limit.
These lags totally piss me off (along with all the “This is not a bill” mailings that sometimes become a bill)
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Ah. That’s annoying as hell. Okay. Thanks. I may need to review the 7 billion tests I needed in early pregnancy and make sure I track all those down. I switched insurances part way through the year, and we moved shortly before the pregnancy, so I’m worried I’m missing some bills. And because of my medical history I saw multiple doctors and clinics throughout the pregnancy. I’d hate to be sent to collections over something. 
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The rule may vary by state, with an underlying fed regulation.
I was looking because I got a “late payment” bill with an older office visit not listed on the previous bill. WTF!? it was months old, so I had forgotten about it and didn’t notice that it should have been on the previous bill.
I also see where they get the date slightly wrong, or the wrong doctor listed.
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Tippy top northern Ohio native here.
Quarter til is my common language. And I also say “oop” when I bump into someone instead of “excuse me“… I’m full of regionalistic speech I can’t shake.
Somehow I shed ‘Supper’ for ‘Dinner’ and ‘Pop’ for ‘Soda’ though…
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I printed a very basic budgeting form. How do I fill in things like car insurance that I pay once or twice a year? Do I average them out for a monthly cost?
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I’ve always used Petromalt (malt flavor) as hairball deterrent to help my cats not get hairballs as frequently (in addition to brushing). I’ve used it for probably 15 years, with 4 different cats, and they like it. But now it seems as though they are maybe phasing it out. It isn’t available on Chewy anymore, and is not in stock in my local PetCo. I see it on Amazon, but if it is no longer being manufactured that source will eventually be gone as well.
I don’t want to switch! (Mostly I don’t want to waste money on trying to find another brand they will accept.) But it seems as though I will need to. Does anyone have any other brand recommendations from personal experience? There are a few out there.
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Call the manufacturer and offer to buy a lifetime supply. If they give you a huge deal your problem is solved forever.
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It’s a choose your own adventure, as long as you don’t forget any of those annual or lumpy things.
My budget is shit, but somewhere in my spreadsheet is a page that goes
Annual expenses
Home insurance
Vacations
Gifts
Buying giant things (I always seem to need at least one big thing a year)
Seasonal expenses
Clothes
Shoes
Monthly expenses
Rent
Hydro
Phone
Etc
I mostly focus on the monthly, and just make sure I have room for the annual and seasonal when they come up
But ummmm my budget is shit and I’m poor, whereas greyweld is rich and practically retired at an age so young they could be my scandalous child. So take that into account
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Someone mentioned brushing their cats as important. I certainly own a cat brush and have used it. With some cats I’ve used it regularly. Is there a frequency I’m supposed to be using it? I go for daily in peak shedding and then not for months, but if there’s a reason I could do more.
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Correction I am also rich, just different rich and I am working on that mindset. I am sorry universe!
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I am also working on this mindset. It’s hard.
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Does Percy get hairballs? That’s the main reason for brushing, I think.
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This is what happens when I try to brush my cat. Lol. She is 5 and has only had a few hairballs in the 4 1/2 years I have had her so I haven’t worried too much about brushing her. Should I? Do cats tend to get more hairballs as they age? She does shed a lot which of course gets vacuumed up so that’s less she would ingest I suppose.
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Can I plant honeynut squash seeds I saved from a squash I ate, or are the seeds sterile? I am starting my first ever garden and am clueless. The internet only talks about butternut squash.
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It might have been me originally talking about brushing (and petromalt). Hairballs are not an inherently bad thing for a cat to have (although I imagine they are not comfortable for them, and they are certainly gross to step on in the middle of the night). I suspect that long haired cats get them more often then short haired cats, because the long hairs will be more difficult to pass and more easily form a mass. My long-haired cats have had them more often. I also suspect (???) that if they are on a wet food diet they might get fewer? (Digestive tract is more “lubricated”?) All cats ingest hairs in the grooming process though, so it is “normal”.
I have always had one long-haired cat in the house, and this time in particular my kittens co-groom (they are littermates) so they are both susceptible to getting them. I actually only brush the cats that like being brushed. Historically my long-haired cats have looooooved getting brushed, I imagine it is like a spa treatment for them, and “helps” them out with the grooming process. I wonder if it also helps keep their coat nice as well, in the form of moving oils from the skin to the hair (like people’s hair). At any rate, the Majestic Derp comes running when the brush comes out. If you don’t do it for long enough he rubs his face against it himself. I don’t brush Little Ninja though, I have a slicker brush and a Furminator (originally it was for Doggo) and she hates them, so I don’t try. She might tolerate a different kind of brush, but this is what I have. Senior Cat was also a short-haired calico and she also didn’t really like the brush too much except to smush her face against it. But Original Cat was a long-haired tortie and she also adored the slicker brush. If they do like the brush, it is a nice kind of “bonding” with them since they like it so much. I do it a few times per week. Quite a lot of fur is removed each time (especially when the seasons change but it happens all year as well), so I feel like less fur is being spread around to be vacuumed up as well.
(I also give Petromalt around once a week. Petromalt is essentially flavored mineral oil, totally inert, but helps lubricate any potentially forming hairballs along. The worst thing that can happen with Petromalt is you give too much and then loose stool, which is smelly but not a disaster.)
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