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OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Driving a manual: is it difficult?4·15 days agoDepends on how bad you are. You can glaze a clutch in an afternoon.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Driving a manual: is it difficult?2·15 days agoUnless you’re OK with looking foolish in front of your boyfriend’s dad, I would rent an automatic. You also have the possibility of damaging the clutch if you’re not careful.
That said, it shouldn’t take more than an afternoon to get the hang of it, so, either way.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Driving a manual: is it difficult?27·15 days agoUS licenses don’t differentiate. There’s no way to tell by the license which transmission you used on the test. Shouldn’t be a problem.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which country do you live in and how much paid time off work do you get?1·15 days agoOur shift workers have the option to work on holidays for 2.5x. if the observed holiday is on their rdo they get a banked holiday. If they take it off they get normal 1x holiday pay
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which country do you live in and how much paid time off work do you get?2·16 days agoIt’s city work.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which country do you live in and how much paid time off work do you get?14·16 days agoUSA, CA, civil service, IBEW. I’m between 5 and 15 years (different PTO for different service lengths).
15 days vacation, all federal plus 5 floating holidays, and 10 sick days.
It’s 10 days vacation between 1 and 5 years, and 20 after 15.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•My kids don’t like to watch cartoons or movie explicitly made for kids. What are some good movies targeted toward adults that kids can watch?3·2 months agoIt helps if you watch it over and over, until the tape wears out.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•My kids don’t like to watch cartoons or movie explicitly made for kids. What are some good movies targeted toward adults that kids can watch?77·2 months agoAnd by etc, OP means Princess Bride.
I mostly listen to DJ mixes on SoundCloud.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Did anyone else learn that "a group of cats is called a Whisper?"3·3 months agoI’ve also used an unkindness of ravens.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What dessert or junkfood do you always keep in stock at home?2·8 months agoTortilla chips, Haribo gummy bears, ice cream and TJ’s peanut butter pretzels are all staple junk food that I usually restock before I run out.
I’ve never had a dog that reacted to music at all.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.zip•Spotify adds a new, automatically updating playlist for offline listeningEnglish2·8 months agoI’ll believe it when I see it.
I’ve tried “downloading” albums for long flights, only to have them completely fail to play.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?2·8 months agoSometimes day-ta, but more often da-tuh, with the first a being pronounced like acrobat, the second as a schwa.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•To Americans: How far apart is everything in the US?3·8 months ago- To the nearest convenience store: 1.3km (small supermarket)
- To the nearest chain supermarket: 2.25km (Trader Joe’s)
- To the bus stop: 321m (busses 30 minutes apart)
- To the nearest (public) park: 1.1km
- To the nearest big supermarket: 2.89km (Safeway)
- To the nearest library: 1.3km
- To the nearest train station: 1.8km
Straight-line distance to Golden Gate Bridge: 11.6km
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I don't know the difference between hay and straw2·8 months agoI usually go with hayberry fields.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I don't know the difference between hay and straw9·8 months agoCall me a hippie all you want, but I usually go back to Pink Floyd lyrics when I get confused which one to use.
“Straw you, out there in the cold…” Just doesn’t sound right.
That means there are 20,000 workers from various crafts who all share the same vacation policy. It’s not the type of thing that comes up in department-level union negotiations.