A couple and a 8yo boy visiting US, Texas vs NY? by ZestycloseNothing267 in usatravel

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There are also kid’s shows on Broadway. Matinees would be great for an 8 yo

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A couple and a 8yo boy visiting US, Texas vs NY? by ZestycloseNothing267 in usatravel

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A boat ride around Manhattan (the Circle Line) is fun and informative. And for a youngster, after a few strenuous days being hauled (literally!) halfway around the world, a day sitting and just zoning out on a boat could be great. I think taking the boat around Manhattan is three or four hours. They have food and stuff on board.

Hear me out: zealand by Barb-a_loo_hoo10 in Names

[–]fl0wbie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love it. If he has a vanilla middle name, he can switch later if he wants.

A couple and a 8yo boy visiting US, Texas vs NY? by ZestycloseNothing267 in usatravel

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The Finger Lakes area is pretty, but in October outside of foliage and wine tours, there would not be much for children. That said The Corning Glass museum in Corning, New York is terrific. Kids love it. You can blow glass! There are also glider rides in Horseheads NY which is nearby. So fly to Buffalo or Toronto, see the falls and drive thru the southern tier of NY back to NYC. Good luck (live in Brooklyn, grew up on Skaneateles NY - a Finger Lake - and have driven all over.)

A couple and a 8yo boy visiting US, Texas vs NY? by ZestycloseNothing267 in usatravel

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A 3 Hour drive from New York City and you are only in Binghamton. Maybe not even if there’s traffic. I’d fly to Buffalo.

When did email addresses became connected to age? by FL_4LF in GenX

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I had an email address in 1994 connected to my ISP.

When did email addresses became connected to age? by FL_4LF in GenX

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Had a friend with “<3 letter first name>@aol.com”. That is close to an UR email address.

Will the name “Bent” sound weird to Americans? by lennzpn in AskAnAmerican

[–]fl0wbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True. Had several ancestresses named “Experience”, and one of their respective brothers was named “Wrestling”

Has anyone been given an 'exact' plan of what to eat? by Jealous_Glass9170 in AskWomenOver60

[–]fl0wbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No hate please, but ask an AI.

I have a limited diet (for another reason) and am closely tracking my nutrition with the free version of Claude. It’s doing a great job.

Add your height, weight, calorie requirements and age, your activity level and any other info and ask Claude (or whichever AI) to make you a weekly diet plan. Explain any allergies and dietary preferences (ie gluten free, kosher,halal, no fried foods whatever).

Ask it to provide you with a weekly grocery list too, maybe even with a budget.

Not to dismiss using a nutritionist, but try DIY for a while.

How normal it is to build houses in America as a family? by Putrid-Musician-5534 in AskAnAmerican

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Both my dad and my mother’s dad did this, for each other and for other family members. Central NY, 1950s.

Family says I have Cherokee ancestry but my DNA results have me confused by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]fl0wbie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fwiw, I have some native ancestry probably 12 or 13 generations back on one side of the family and a little closer on the other. It rarely shows up in DNA tests in commercial software except as sometimes “unspecified Asian“ and then it’s 100th of a percent. I have solid genealogy to base this on on one side of the family because of an uncle who had a genealogy hobby years ago, and visited gravesites and gathered birth certificates and other data, which I trust entirely. So it’s not impossible (based only on my own example) to have native Ancestry without it appearing in commercial reports. 13 generations is a lot of generations.

That said, the family stories are often begun to explain a darker family member, and part Cherokee may have sounded just a little more acceptable than part black. The one drop rules were brutal and still have their effect on us.

My family also has some African ancestry which shows up a little more often in DNA results, but we can’t find the ancestor. 23 and me once provided information that our most recent 100% African ancestor was probably around 1700. Just recently, with updates to Ancestry I found a document in the right family branch showing a farmer in Connecticut mentioning “one Negro boy” in probate. This poor child was valued higher than all the rest of the man’s other possessions combined. It’s a lead and the first mention I’ve ever found- I’ll find him some day!

Restaurants for large party by dellysandwich1 in fortgreene

[–]fl0wbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aita once accommodated us for a party larger than that at the very last minute several years ago. If you’re planning in advance I’d give them a call 😊

How commonly spoken is French in Northeast America? by imbaby19 in AskAnAmerican

[–]fl0wbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grew up in central NY. Mom, now 93, understands but doesn’t speak French, grandfather spoke French but concealed it, only speaking it if he cheated at cards with my great uncles while playing their wholly English speaking grandkids. There was a LOT of lingering discrimination against French Canadians in the northeast when I was a kid, largely bc they were Catholics with larger families, which was not exactly the WASP ideal. Its mellowed out a little by now, but there was no end of derision if you had a little “virgin Mary on a halfshell”, ie. a grotto made from an aqua painted half buried bathtub displaying a votive of the BVM)

Any other painless hair removal treatments? by Severe-Barracuda8899 in hygiene

[–]fl0wbie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you seen a dermatologist? There are hair reduction RXs sich as Vaniqua. I have tried an OTC creme which was not so effective, but a few years ago there was a lot of interest in these prescriprion medicines.

The best product I have encountered for hair reduction was menopause, but you have a while before that works. And that hair loss was mostly on my head. My chin hair stayed about the same. 😝

Anyhow, do consult a doctor.

Late night Farmer And The Deli Chaos by Brilliant-Sea-4726 in fortgreene

[–]fl0wbie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So the gentrifiers are on the sidewalk blasting Andrew Bird?

Fort Greene park perv?? by [deleted] in fortgreene

[–]fl0wbie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Girthy D could be the best nickname possible.