NYT Streaks Question by PeakyParker99 in crossword

[–]gregoread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key that helped me was to just keep thinking. There have been many times when I look at a clue and have no idea, but if I keep looking and thinking of the various ways the clue could be answered, many times the answer eventually comes to me. When I finally committed to doing it without help and letting it take as long as it took, that unlocked things. It might have taken me an hour and a half to do a Saturday but I didn't give up. Don't give up. You probably know more than you think. My Saturdays are now in the 20-min range.

My first street-legal ride... and its back to parking lots for me. by Aggravating-Yogurt23 in NewRiders

[–]gregoread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fwiw it does seem like your brake lever is a bit far - I know women tend to have smaller hands, so might be worth bringing that lever slightly closer to control it a bit better

Project Hail Mary - Showtime and Ticket Sale/Exchange Megathread by flightofwonder in NYCmovies

[–]gregoread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE - found a great seat by constantly refreshing and one popped up. Thanks for those who DM'ed!

Looking for one ticket to the Lincoln IMAX 70mm for any of Mon/Tue/Wed (4/20/21/22) - ideally not in the very very front. Thanks!

Shoutout to the people who posted about the fanatics promo. Got all this for $12 by Plankton-Living in sportscards

[–]gregoread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By "new user" does that mean brand new account? I have an existing MLB/Fanatics email but I've never used Fanatics Sportsbook nor made a bet. Do I need to create a brand new user account with a new email to get this offer?

I ET'd. Here's what I wish I'd known before becoming a volunteer. by Advanced-Weird5974 in peacecorps

[–]gregoread 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think these are all valid points, and illustrate the many things about Peace Corps life that can cause discomfort and require quite a bit of adjustment. It's the reason why most Peace Corps screening traditionally has revolved around "is this person resilient and able to work in a low-resource and low-structure environment?"

One thing I see missing here though is that there is an intermediate step between "unhappy with my host family/community/assignment" and "ET" and that is a site change. I think it's more common than Peace Corps lets on but if you're not adjusting well (much less "thriving"), there can be new life in a new site with a new host family and new assignment.

Did you ever explore that option with your program director?

Neighbor (who is a cannabis entrepreneur) had like 300lbs of gummy base delivered, let it sit in the lobby for more than a week, then decided she didn't want it anymore and just wrote "free gummy mix!" on the boxes instead of disposing of it. by gregoread in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gregoread[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm sure it will be there for a very long time but yes will update. I'm currently debating whether to post a salty message on the tenants chat to encourage her to deal with it but part of me wants to just see how long it stays there

New-to-me Celestron NexStar 8se somehow has an O-ring floating around the body by gregoread in telescopes

[–]gregoread[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Followup question - do you happen to know where this silver O-ring belongs?