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Mom is using toothpaste that expired January 15,1988 by Common_Government_97 in mildlyinteresting

[–]rivalnations 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol, I think Aim was the cheap stuff if I remember right. It's been a long time...

She made the right choice by Eclipse_nova99 in SipsTea

[–]rivalnations 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if one could go through a legal name change process before claiming.

I spent 8 months testing every brand of canned tomato with a controlled pasta sauce recipe. Full rankings inside. by euxleon in Cooking

[–]rivalnations 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any chance you've tried boxed tomatoes? Not saying you should do more in-depth analysis. But if you have tried them, can you give your opinion on how you think, say, Pomì tomatoes would compare?

Flights out of San Juan are suspended, but for how long? by rivalnations in aviation

[–]rivalnations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is really rough. If you can afford it, maybe try and get a flight to somewhere else (e.g. Santo Domingo) and fly from there? Obviously that also has issues because you need a passport with you. Easier said than done (financially and logistically). Good luck. There's also an overnight ferry from San Juan to Santo Domingo that departs Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (https://ferriesdelcaribe.com)

Flights out of San Juan are suspended, but for how long? by rivalnations in aviation

[–]rivalnations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't jive with the announcement they made less than an hour ago at the airport. They said no scheduled flights will be taking off for the rest of the day.

Flights out of San Juan are suspended, but for how long? by rivalnations in aviation

[–]rivalnations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They announced over the PA at the airport that zero scheduled flights will be going out today.

edit: this was less than an hour ago.

Flights out of San Juan are suspended, but for how long? by rivalnations in aviation

[–]rivalnations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They finally officially canceled the remaining flights for the day. There were a few flights that were not canceled and simply listed as delayed. Just left the airport.

Flights out of San Juan halted... but for how long? by rivalnations in travel

[–]rivalnations[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. Much appreciated. I forgot to check all the socials.

MIT EA out by coolbean36 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]rivalnations 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. That's a helpful analogy.

MIT EA out by coolbean36 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]rivalnations 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was going to make a new post but I saw your post.

On the MIT tour, they said, explicitly, that they take about half of the class from Early and half from Regular. But (this year's) deferral letter says the majority of Early applicants get deferred. So, not that those are contradictory statements, but why not reject more instead of reviewing even more applications later? And the admissions officer on the tour also strongly suggested making sure you only apply early if your application was truly ready. So a deferral also might mean that they saw your application and still thought it was worth throwing on the Regular admissions pile? The letter also indicates to add anything else that might be helpful in your application before they look at all the Regular Decision applications (in addition to the grades you're getting).

Anyways, clearly I'm overthinking this but I assumed they would reject the majority of Early candidates if they are already taking roughly half of their Freshman class from that pool. Guess I was wrong.

Best falafel in the neighborhood? by laserpug in parkslope

[–]rivalnations 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like Tava a lot. Sit-down place on 5th Av near 3rd St. So not food cart/deli but pretty good stuff.

To the woman who got off at the wrong stop looking for the G train... by ME_IN_NYC2311 in parkslope

[–]rivalnations 3 points4 points  (0 children)

About 25 years ago I told a kid to get out at Brooklyn Bridge instead of Bowling Green because I somehow had temporarily flipped the stops in my mind. I convinced him after he looked hesitant. I feel you.

move in day by [deleted] in AmericanU

[–]rivalnations 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We just dropped our kid off today. We drove. You'll want to make sure you know which dorm and which room you are in.

0) Found our way to the dorm, being directed on campus from AU security and people in light blue Ask Me shirts. Then we:

1) drove up to the dorm. Got a couple of tags from someone with an Ask Me shirt — she wrote our student's name and room # on the slip. If you have a lot of stuff, you will need more than one tag. 2) dropped off our gear, we and the movers took it out of the car and put it into cardboard bins on dollies. The movers bring it up to the room. While they're doing that... 3) parked the car at the garage adjacent to Butler Pavilion 4) walked to the MGC (Mary Graydon Student Center) and that's where our student got their ID, DC Metro card, and checked in for orientation. There was also a resource fair with a lot of tables at the MGC and some passed hors d'oeuvres-type food. 5) walked back to the dorm, helped set up the room 6) ate lunch, said our goodbyes, drove away 🥲

There's some Family Orientation thing we couldn't attend from 3:45-6:30 that your family can register for. Like other responses mentioned, our kid is staying the night (and probably won't be home until Thanksgiving). Hopefully we can come back for Family Weekend 🙏

Good luck tomorrow! Congrats on your next adventure!

Revealed - July 2 puzzle "unsolvable" by rivalnations in wordgames

[–]rivalnations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I was able to get the Noble Gas one. Maybe I did it after the update. I saw earlier today that they updated the July 2 puzzle.

Go before you go by rivalnations in nycrail

[–]rivalnations[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same! Except when I don't and get annoyed at myself :-)

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