weird isn’t it?
Ozempic also associated with lower dementia risk.
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It’s not strongly consistent evidence, but it’s easy enough to avoid I do so. But, I have high genetic Alzheimer’s risk and breast cancer risk at a baseline, so I err on the side of prevention.
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Seconding. At least for me the rock crystal deodorant seems to work fine without staining my clothes, and in my case I’ve never met an antiperspirant I couldn’t sweat through anyway so might as well save the wear.
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I recently switched to crystal deodorant and I love it! I think my pits don’t stink at all anymore. I saw a tip, use vodka spray on your pits to wet them and then use the crystal.
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What is the maximum number of throw blankets that should be kept by the couch?
I have 4- a wool blanket that lays across the bottom of the chaise section, a heated blanket, a wool blanket and another that hang on the blanket ladder. I only really use the wool and heated one, the other 2 have become more for decor but are good wool blankets (one made traditionally from PEI and the chaise one is from Iceland).
There are only 2 of use and the cat in the house.
I have 3 in my bedroom.
I might have a throw blanket problem.
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most of the time we have 5 in the living room. There is only one in the bedroom, and it is kept at the base of the windows in the winter to help with poor insulation.
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It sounds like you prioritize being cozy and there is nothing wrong w that!!!
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I think we have four in our living room but I’ll check in the morning.
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I’m pro soft fuzzy blankets & cozy living room vibes. I also have a lot of cats so they double as ways to make keeping the upholstery nice for longer. The total count of “out” blankets is 3 at all times, often 4 in winter so each adult can cozy properly.
TLDR blanket storage
I keep one (queen-size) on the couch as a makeshift cover, another (queen-size) for snuggling under, and there’s always a third (smaller) covering the rocking armchair (usually for more for cats than people).
And then there’s the living room blanket chest (basically a trunk on wheeled legs) that doubles as cat window perch on top & inside conceals ready access to backup blankets (roughly 5-7 more blankets of varying size and whichever bedroom comforters are in the off rotation). The storage situation was a lot more obnoxious before the blanket chest was acquired.
This also isn’t counting the bedroom blanket chest/trunk where my full size 20 lb weighted blanket lives because that one takes up half its chest. That’s also where the sheets in off rotation live.
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Thank you all for your soup advice last week! I ended up forgetting about the oily soup for two days. When I went to drink it, the tofu had absorbed the extra oil perfectly and it was delicious. Love a problem solved with procrastination.
I am back again with more travel questions, you can’t find a better group of optimizers who know the east coast better.
I will be traveling from Quincy, MA to the upper west side of Manhattan. I’m leaving the Boston area at 3:30 on the dot on a week day, and want to maximize for getting to the UWS as early as possible.
Is my best bet public transit to Amtrak, Amtrak to NY? I have no control over the planned departure time. I won’t have a car.
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I love this part because I can make up all kinds of silly reasons in my head
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I will not be explaining because it is just about the most boring reason you can imagine. It involves 3/5 of these: health insurance, meeting, taxes, scientists, accountants.
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I can turn scientists, meeting and health insurance into one of my ideas Princess Peach.
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Red line from Quincy to south station, Amtrak from south station to penn, subway from penn to upper west side is probably the easiest/fastest/most comfortable way to do this.
You could save money by taking the bus but the pickup and drop off spots are a little more random. Acela gets expensive the closer to the day of the trip you buy the ticket.
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Thanks, I was hoping you’d answer!
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Yes. Otherwise you have to go Amtrak to Metro North, New Haven Line to Harlem Line (I think, it has been a while since I went via New Haven). This gets you to either Harlem station (UES, which means you then need cross town bus) or Grand Central (which then means you need to take the subway back up). Which is cheaper than Amtrak (maybe?) but definitely longer and way more complicated.
You will have to take the subway back up to the UWS, Amtrak comes into NYC at Penn Station.
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I’ve done this twice in the last 6 months, except I’m coming from a different direction so I’ve been taking a Lyft to south station, which is also an option! I know there’s a red line stop in Quincy though.
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Lol we were typing at the same time I think.
+1 to Acela, if speed is of the essence.
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The difference between the local and the Acela is like 30-45 minutes if you’re going to NYC, and the price was different enough that in Feb I took Acela down and the local back up. The Acela has assigned seats, and bigger seats, which is nice but otherwise the experiences were pretty similar.
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I’ve never actually taken Acela, but I’ve heard they’re nicer! And faster. But especially for longer haul (like, say to Philadelphia). I always take Metro North, because I can and it is a lot cheaper (but I take it from the Harlem line over in NY usually) but it is annoying and takes a long time and the trains are not nice like Amtrak, being commuter rail and not regional.
(I didn’t even think of bus, lol.)
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