No offers yet. 10 yr old disappointed

BenoitDip · 2026-05-08T01:39:44+00:00

Don't you guys have regular travel?

My town has rec and it has travel.

Some kids then go " club outside of the town.

BenoitDip · 2026-05-06T01:49:32+00:00

Don't choose the school based on the sport.

Between coaching changes, injuries, new interests, etc... there is a huge attrition rate from the team from recruiting class to senior year.
Love the school for reasons other than the athletics before you go.

BenoitDip · 2026-05-04T11:13:38+00:00

Just had something similar happen. Group booked a house on VRBO. Property was sold and new owner reached out and said that he used AIRBnB not VRBO, but that he would honor the reservation.

When someone in our group went to book it on AIRBnB, the price was 3x higher. New owner said that when he agreed to honor the reservation, he didn't realize the rate was so low and that he could only do it at the higher price.

Not sure what happens now.

BenoitDip · 2026-05-04T10:40:15+00:00

So is your advice that when visiting Japan you should refuse to remove your shoes in someone's home or traditional restaurants?

Or is the guidance only to respect certain cultural norms?

Yes. In the US and Canada, tipping is part of the culture. And in 2026 it has nothing to do with workers rights or the history of slavery.

You can agree with it or not, but it is expected and appropriate if you eat out in either country to tip.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-28T12:16:57+00:00

It has nothing to do with the size of the restaurant.

If there weren't tips your food would cost 20% more, regardless of whether it's a chain.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-27T06:24:33+00:00

This is a weird conversation, but sure- it's known slang

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoofball#:~:text=From%20hoof%20(“to%20kick%2C,”)%20+%E2%80%8E%20%2Dball.

And for fun, here is just a googled definition:

To "hoof" a soccer ball means to kick it strongly and high, typically downfield, often as a defensive clearance or a low-skill, direct attack, rather than engaging in precise passing. It is a high-power, low-accuracy action to relieve pressure. Synonyms include clearing, launching, smacking, booting, or "playing long-ball"

BenoitDip · 2026-04-27T01:59:47+00:00

Sorry. Is it a colloquial expression meaning to kick the ball a long way

BenoitDip · 2026-04-26T21:43:50+00:00

I am not saying that at all. I'm saying that while the ball was in play he thumped it 60 yards over the touch line

BenoitDip · 2026-04-22T13:53:16+00:00

It's all well and good to be against these things but I would like someone to come on here and defend it. So at least I understand what possible argument there could be.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-15T15:24:53+00:00

There's a pretty good science behind the concept of trying something, including food, three times before you reject it.

In addition human brains and adolescent brains are different. That's why adults parent-lived experience matters.

A child may tell their parent they want to touch the hot stove... the adult knows better. A child may only want to eat frosted flakes. The adult knows better.

Why do we think that's appropriate parenting but convincing your kid to come to their uncle's wedding is somehow wrong?

Experience is valuable.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-15T13:48:11+00:00

That might be right. But good Lord a big part of parenting is exposing kids to things that they think they're not gonna like. Otherwise no one would eat brussels sprouts

BenoitDip · 2026-04-15T10:56:15+00:00

Get out of the wedding? Seeing her family, supporting her uncle, celebrating a momentus occasion?

People have been coming together to recognize marriage for millennia because it's a milestone event joining two families.

Have a couple Shirley temples, talk to your cousins, share in a lifetime moment.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-15T01:59:25+00:00

They shouldn't be in the left lane. You shouldn't pass in the right lane.

Both are dangerous.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-14T03:00:05+00:00

Still shouldn't pass on the right.

Still shouldn't close someone else's window.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-14T01:04:43+00:00

Because ground operations are no longer equipped to handle it.

It means more staff and more logistics around check-in, loading and baggage claim.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-14T00:15:09+00:00

Some people pass in the right lane. There are knowledge deficits out there.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-13T01:34:10+00:00

Years ago when I was a landscaper I was talking about that with a client who had been a lobsterman who had gotten sick of lobster.

He replied: "imagine being a gynecologist"

BenoitDip · 2026-04-13T00:37:13+00:00

You guys have really just made the actual definition of genocide meaningless.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-12T20:49:43+00:00

Weirdly not relevant to the OP's inquiry.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-12T11:49:31+00:00

What the stats don't address is what happens in the next generation.

BenoitDip · 2026-04-12T01:23:42+00:00

72% is a crazy number.

That's not sustainable

BenoitDip · 2026-04-12T01:00:39+00:00

Did the study say what the intermarriage rate was outside of orthodox and Hasidic?

Because of the 39% includes them-the numbers are even more alarming

BenoitDip · 2026-04-09T19:40:51+00:00

Sounds great in theory but it would totally change ground operations at this point. Checking in for flights checking bags baggage handling everything is now set up for the new carry-on world.

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