We don't get paid for the first day. The following days we get paid 80% of normal (unless we have extra insurance); staying home with sick small kids gives money from and including the first day though.

In many jobs it's also ok to work from home now and then for various reasons including stuff like "I'm waiting for a package from UPS" or "I'm watching the handyman redecorating my livingroom". It's pretty relaxed.

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Landscape! After all these years, some people still don't understand. Landscape!

very good she like it

The vacuums gave me a laugh. They would repel most cats and dogs.

The vacuum cleaner one is possible. We had a couple of cats that feared them.

this is how it should be ......

I work in a plasma center. That plasma is used to make dozens of medications and therapies for people with compromised immune systems.
Plasma is usually a clear, straw-colored liquid. However, every so often, someone comes in and their plasma looks like cream of chicken soup. The term for that is "lipemic plasma." What is going on, is the person has consumed a large amount of saturated fats.
Those saturated fats are the kind that can be solid at room temperature. Butter, heavy cream, lard, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham, and so forth, contain fats that can float along in the blood stream. It is especially obvious when the red cells are separated (usually by a centrifuge) I suspect those fats are part of what makes people drowsy after Thanksgiving dinner. For several hours, their blood has been turned to a fatty sludge.
Blaming the tryptophan in turkey makes little sense. Turkey has slightly more than beef 0.24 g per 100 g of food. Beef has 0.23g. Cheddar cheese has more than Turkey 0.32g.

"It's so strength-giving!" That is my new favorite phrase.

A few years ago, Mrs.O cooked up some frozen salmon for dinner. It was horrible, tasted like cardboard. I looked at the box it came in and the "expiration" date on it was like 5 years ago. I contacted the store and the fish food company. They both apologized. The store gave me a $25 gift card and the fish company a couple coupons for free product. Who would think of checking dates on frozen food? I do now.

I was always fascinated by the "Old West". Living and growing up in California I would often visit places like old western saloons in some of the ghost towns nearby. This article was very interesting and neat(orama)

Andrew nailed it!

"Orange Crush", by R.E.M.

I love the universality of the expression "Yee-Haw!" Does that Russian know he's speaking Texan?

More information and podcast https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/under-the-moonlight/ I especially like the description of the way the lights revealed everyone's facial blemishes and how the ash from the electrodes would fall so people had to be sure not to stand right under the lights.