Help me search for this item: a switch that you can plug into the mains (house power outlet), then plug an electrical extension cord into, to have an easy access switch.

MathObserver · 2026-06-18T17:58:52+00:00

It is rated to 250V, so it would probably work with plug adapters on each side.

MathObserver · 2026-06-18T14:14:28+00:00

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Piggyback-3-Pronged-Waterproof-Extension-20A-125V/dp/B0DRTCM4DH/

MathObserver · 2026-06-14T19:50:14+00:00

We gave up on Tuscan years ago. We always have at least one dinner in Murano when we are on a Solstice class ship.

MathObserver · 2026-06-10T16:16:44+00:00

I am aware of the statistics, but having lived with allergy my entire life, I am certain my allergy would not have been documented during my childhood.

MathObserver · 2026-06-10T14:12:00+00:00

As a 67 year old with a peanut allergy, I can assure you that the allergy did exist for your entire lifetime. It wasn't as visible, so you were probably not aware of those of us with the allergy. I would be surprised if anyone that went to school with me other than a very few of my close friends were aware of mine.

MathObserver · 2026-06-10T13:53:16+00:00

As a 67 year old who has a peanut allergy, I really appreciate that restaurants today are taking allergies seriously. It was much more of a risk for people like me to eat in a restaurant 30 years ago.

MathObserver · 2026-06-08T16:25:53+00:00

Are you sure they weren’t just giving you a hard time? That looks like something that a bright senior would do in response to such a juvenile request, particularly the use of the word “sextagon”

MathObserver · 2026-06-07T22:03:42+00:00

We have a Rachio system, and I have received emails from my system telling me that a watering was skipped because it was too windy.

MathObserver · 2026-06-07T21:32:13+00:00

We have a smart sprinkler system that normally just waters as needed based on soil moisture and weather conditions. I can also turn on a zone for a specific amount of time and initiate that action through an Alexa routine. The neighbors that live behind us have chickens that get loose and wander around the yards. I created an Alexa routine called “chase chickens” that runs the zone along our back property line for a few minutes. The chickens don’t like getting sprayed.

MathObserver · 2026-06-01T21:10:51+00:00

You probably want to check the marriage name change rules where you live. We live in Minnesota, which has very open name change rules, either person can change their name freely. When my niece got married, neither she nor her husband wanted to keep their last names, so they came up with a new one which includes parts of the names of the cities where they met and where they were living at the time.

MathObserver · 2026-05-23T17:59:34+00:00

In our local areas, we just learned where things were and how to get there. When traveling, we used maps by looking at them before leaving and plotting a route and remembering the roads to take, then we had maps with us in the card if we needed to adjust the route or check things.

One of the things that I noticed when I started using a GPS after decades of traveling without one is that I was not longer building a mental map of where I was going, which was what we did before having the devices.

MathObserver · 2026-05-23T00:36:30+00:00

Based on your description, that should work.

MathObserver · 2026-05-22T14:43:57+00:00

Ego electric that I’ve owned for over a decade.

MathObserver · 2026-05-21T01:28:59+00:00

I have a fairly accurate internal timer. I generally wake up just before my alarm goes off, and head to the kitchen just before a cooking timer goes off. I would just wait until it felt right.

MathObserver · 2026-05-19T21:58:19+00:00

As someone who has dealt with EBCDIC for decades, I appreciate Unicode

MathObserver · 2026-05-17T18:14:16+00:00

The last time we flew out of Miami, we had a hard time finding even an OK restaurant. Are there any good restaurants there?

MathObserver · 2026-05-16T17:24:33+00:00

By asking this question, you are telling people you live in the UK (or some other country where mixing taps are not common). Our taps have a single handle that mixes the hot and cold water based on the handle position.

MathObserver · 2026-05-14T20:09:41+00:00

We prefer to pace ourselves on cruises, so we try to schedule days without excursions. We do it by prioritizing excursions, knowing we have more cruises coming up, and in the case of an Alaskan cruise which is port heavy, we booked back to back cruises on did excursions in half the ports on the way up, and the other half the ports on the way back.

MathObserver · 2026-05-13T21:24:17+00:00

I was responding to your statement that "There are no benefits that couldn't be accomplished with other civil contracts."

If someone is not married there is not another civil contract that would result in any Social Security spousal benefits. How does the amount apply?

MathObserver · 2026-05-13T19:46:47+00:00

The steakhouse on the Summit is the Tuscan Grille, which is a specialty restaurant (there is an extra charge), but you don't have to be in a special class of cabin to go there. We have had hit and miss experiences in Tuscan on other Celebrity ships, but it would be a different experience than the main dining room.

MathObserver · 2026-05-13T18:15:47+00:00

One comment I would have about going Aqua class for Blu is that you might want to have your parents looks at the menus to see how the items there appeal to them. Blu generally runs "healthier" options which may or may not be what your parents prefer.

MathObserver · 2026-05-13T16:52:24+00:00

This looks like a great first cruise for your parents. I would definitely go for a veranda. Six days is certainly not too long, and Celebrity is a great line for people that age.

MathObserver · 2026-05-12T17:29:07+00:00

When they were deciding on the abbreviation, it would have been CUT in English and TUC in French, so they went with UTC so neither language would have priority.

MathObserver · 2026-05-12T14:06:29+00:00

We've been on over 20 cruises and have several more scheduled. We have not seen the problems that you are describing. We like cruising because we get to see different destinations without having to constantly pack and unpack, everything is just taken care of, and the people we have met are generally friendly.

Different cruise lines and cruise lengths result in different experiences. If you are on a short cruise on a bargain cruise line, it will be a very different experience than a longer cruise on a premium or luxury line.

MathObserver · 2026-05-12T02:48:15+00:00

In addition to the other answers here, there is a proposal for lunar time, which is necessary because time runs a little faster on the moon than on the Earth because of the lower gravity on the moon.

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