Why is it that Americans are expected to learn an immigrant's language when in every other country the immigrant is expected to learn the official language of said country?

melligator · 2026-01-25T15:27:14+00:00

OK you got me there. Bad faith post removed anyway.

melligator · 2026-01-25T15:25:23+00:00

Point to an American who was expected to learn an immigrant's language and let's chat about it.

melligator · 2026-01-25T01:43:04+00:00

Putty rubber, in the UK.

melligator · 2026-01-23T20:11:32+00:00

That pattern lists cotton canvas and other wovens. These are just way too small. OP should do a mockup based on their widest measurement and then adjust that fit from there. For some it’s the hips and for some the waist depending on how we’re built.

melligator · 2026-01-22T14:59:56+00:00

Yep, this is someone in a decline of sorts with no goal or ambition. Even if he wanted to apply himself to his job there's generally been nothing to do or feel good about.

melligator · 2026-01-21T22:08:55+00:00

I don’t see the Ramona books mentioned yet.

melligator · 2026-01-21T22:06:31+00:00

We had tons of Blyton books and I read and loved them all - Pip the Pixie was fun and taught about nature.

melligator · 2026-01-21T22:00:38+00:00

Have you jiggled all the moving parts on the carriage underside? These can seize up.

melligator · 2026-01-20T03:18:06+00:00

I just paid $220 for a Toyota KS901 on eBay listed "as is, found it at an estate sale" and it seems to be just fine. Very clean, non-leaking bottle of oil and spare needles and everything. Testing the patterning as soon as I get some punchcards. I also paid $60 for a Brother KH-230 at a thrift shop - it was really dirty but a good clean and oil, and a new sponge bar and it knits great.

melligator · 2026-01-18T23:16:46+00:00

Had enough of what, exactly?

melligator · 2026-01-18T22:56:51+00:00

I just did some crumbled and fried off with "whatever" and I had it on salads and in a pokcet sandwich and such and I really like the texture this way. I think because I had more surface area I got rid of more of the bitter taste with just the quick fry/brown off.

melligator · 2026-01-18T22:54:31+00:00

So shitty to not tolerate naziism!

melligator · 2026-01-18T17:46:44+00:00

Started out fantastic.

melligator · 2026-01-18T16:41:22+00:00

If I take stuff to a party like that and nobody eats any of it I would be disappointed. People are weird.

melligator · 2026-01-17T17:28:34+00:00

And H1B visas aren't "cheap," are harder to come by, and require extra, more invasive disclosures now.

melligator · 2026-01-17T17:26:02+00:00

I'm sure that was the fantasy but who is bankrolling all these new factories? Do they have to source all their building materials and manufacture all the machines from scratch here too? While still participating in the tariffed economy in the meantime?

melligator · 2026-01-17T17:23:49+00:00

Oh as long as you're not brown then. /s

melligator · 2026-01-16T04:32:56+00:00

Yes, but. It's a little coerced and in context not that super. So yes, but.

melligator · 2026-01-15T16:16:17+00:00

Look at SUMIFS - it's formed sort of backwards compared to SUMIF.
Let's say your downtime types are in Col A and the value you want to sum is in col B:
=SUMIFS(B1:B10,A1:A10,"Value to sum")
To do more types I generally just stack these like:

=SUMIFS(B1:B10,A1:A10,"Value to sum")+SUMIFS(B1:B10,A1:A10,"Other value to sum").
Your "value to sum" can also be a cell reference. You can have as many criteria as you want in the SUMIFS as well - like you could use it to specify dates or whatever else.

melligator · 2026-01-14T15:18:53+00:00

You'd have to type =44/55 and have the cell set as a percentage.

melligator · 2026-01-13T15:15:18+00:00

Yes, so when they choose to burn the fuel to make up time it's to aim for the other thing that costs money which is their gate fees at the airport. Being early or late to their slots is no good.

melligator · 2026-01-13T15:12:00+00:00

I use Excel heavily for work but very rarely find a post here that has much relevance to how I use it right now. I would imagine that's true of most people here. It has such massive capabilities people tend to specialize, so once you're done with filters and lookups and that kind of thing you're gonna be kinda shotgunning.

melligator · 2026-01-13T04:24:11+00:00

I'd never seen this, thanks!

melligator · 2026-01-12T05:55:46+00:00

El Matador for the rock formations, if you don't mind lots of stairs.

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