u/rhoditine

Hi checking in on last minute packing items: Does WM provide individual trash cans for students in the dorms? Thx

There are medallions to tribute the coal miners that are on a cement wall which mile post are they on?

American Airlines checking bags at DCA? Your best bet is at the curb.

Inside there is a three stop system and when it’s busy it’s a challenge to navigate.

I’m crossing fingers that my bags will make my flight. One checked bag is not showing on the app yet.

I have things that I have to check like hiking poles and camping pocket knife. So I can’t take it all in my carry on.

We arrive Saturday evening to the Portland airport. Do you recommend following Google Maps? Or driving route 1 or route 95 through Bangor? I think route 1 is probably more scenic as long as it isn’t adding too much more time.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

Has anyone else run into this bizarre bug recently? On the Google Calendar app for iOS, the name of the month has completely vanished from the top of the screen.

No matter what view I switch to— Day, 3-Day, Week, or Month—the header area where the month and year used to display is missing the label entirely. It’s driving me crazy trying to figure out what month I'm actually looking at.

I've tried closing the app, restarting my phone, and checking for updates, but nothing brings it back. Is this a known bug from a recent update, or is there a hidden setting I accidentally toggled off?

Would appreciate any fixes if you've managed to solve it!

Wondering if anyone has seen puffins this week? If so what tour did you take?

Visiting Aug 9 and trying to find out if we can see puffins when we are there. Thanks

Draft letter to the airline and just to anyone who will listen, including Murphy of Murphy’s Law:

July 26, 2026
Robert Isom
Chief Executive Officer American Airlines 1 Skyview Drive
Fort Worth, TX 75555

Subject: Plea for a Reliable, Functional Aircraft for Upcoming Flight

Dear Mr. Isom,

I am writing this letter as a loyal customer who is sincerely pleading for a smooth start to an upcoming family vacation. My travel window begins on August 8, and I am asking if American Airlines can ensure that a fully functional, mechanically sound aircraft is assigned to our gate.

Flight details: Saturday, August 8, 2026

DCA
Washington Reagan
2:54 PM

AA 2884   

On short-haul East Coast routes—particularly on flights that appear to be less than full—it has become a frustratingly common occurrence to arrive at the gate only to find a plane sidelined with a mechanical issue. Too often, it feels as though these regional or shorter routes are deprioritized, leaving passengers stranded while waiting for maintenance updates or equipment swaps that seem to lack any sense of urgency.

A delayed departure right at the start of a much-anticipated vacation sets an entirely avoidable, stressful tone for the entire trip. For this upcoming journey, I am simply asking that American Airlines proactively verify our aircraft before boarding begins so that we can leave the gate on time and get on our way without disruption.

Thank you for your attention to this request, your commitment to reliability, and for helping ensure our vacation starts off right.

Sincerely,
Xxxx long time AA customer

Hi, I am looking for a smart watch that has a battery that lasts for a long time. I wanna go at least two weeks without plugging it in.

I am looking at this one below and also considering getting the Fitbit charge 3 which seems to be the smallest and might help my sleep tracking

Since I’m tracking my sleeping and biking I’m torn as to which one. Does it help you a lot with biking?

COROS PACE 4 Ultralight Sport GPS Watch, 1.2" AMOLED Touchscreen,19 Days of Daily use, Voice Features, Advanced Training Tools, Accurate GPS, Heart Rate Monitor, Run (White Silicone)

Hi, I have some pretty beat up toenails from hiking and biking. They are both growing in and less than half the size of the nail bed at this point. I would like to attach a photo, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that.

My left one is the most recent one to fall off.

I am applying Vaseline at night. I am wrapping my toes in wool. I learned to wrap my toes in wool in New Zealand.

They are bumpy.

Do you gals have any advice for me? Should I go to the podiatrist? The last time I went they weren’t very helpful. Should I get a pedicure? What would they do? Can I treat them myself? Also, do you think taking collagen would work?

PS I went to the skin doctor and she said I could file nails a little bit, but I think they’re too delicate at this point. The podiatrist said don’t file them.

Coming to the park in August. Wondering if there is a geology tour or geology information session?

Hi, my family is coming to Acadia in August. I’m very excited. We have a place to stay and transportation. I’m checking out the free shuttle. I have only ever been there a couple of times for short visits.

We love hiking and have one person in the group who gets sensitive to too much sunshine.

Hoping to hike early in the day. I’ve picked up on a couple of list of hikes and will do some research into them to see if they are suitable for us.

Do any of the hikes require reservations?

I know i will need a reservation to drive up Cadillac Mountain. What do I need to do now?

I have two options for Airbnb. I’m very excited to be having the opportunity to come to visit Acadia. We were late and making our plans because my daughter just got a job and wasn’t sure if she would be able to take time off her family vacation. We are a family of four adults, reservation is starting August 8 departing August 15.

One is a cute cottage a bit rustic, but it looks pretty nice and the other one is an ad an apartment added onto a house. They’re both very highly rated. The less expensive one people rave about the kitchen and the more expensive one people rave about the location. They’re not too far from one another one is much more expensive because it’s a five minute walk in town. The town is called Southwest Harbor. It’s about $1000 more total for the one that’s closer to town. It also has or supposedly has an extra half bath The cheaper one only has one bathroom. We are four people. I’m not sure an extra bathroom is worth $1000 a week, but maybe the location is? Which one would you take?

$3700 for the nicer Airbnb but we would have to drive to town likely. $4700 for the better location.

My family is here from out of town and would like to do something DC related tomorrow. Coming into the city from Arlington on metro. Considering natural history museum or Jefferson building Library of Congress.

How is it going with the road closures for example walking around the mall and the hill?

Any recommendations for easy to access locations that aren’t more than a few minute walk from orange line?

TY!

Hi. I just had a post removed by a mod bot.

It’s sad to put my comments in the mega
thread but comments are disabled.

Any thoughts?

My insurance issues have been complicated since I switched from BCBS.

I’m likely saving about $6 this year but I also have had some major headaches with the coordinating of benefits.

So yes the insurance is fine and I’m saving some money but providers think it’s Aetna. It’s not. It uses the same network of providers but it’s not the same policy.

Given what I now know I may not have switched. I thought it would be easier to explain my benefits and have the billing work correctly. At least customer service support is great. They know their stuff!

Hi my daughter is graduating from Dickinson and i’d like to make a dinner reservation for six people the evening before graduation. Any suggestions?

It can be in Mechanicsburg or surrounding area if we need to drive a little that’s fine.

Also, we have hotel reservations at the IHG on the barracks and at the Sleep in just south of town. I haven’t decided yet where we’re staying, but I’m wondering if it would be possible to have carry out at the hotel. If we opted for carry out but I’d rather go to a restaurant.

My husband is on immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma. He has been on therapy now for a few months. It’s his second time—the first time was from 2021 to 2023. Then he was not showing signs of cancer from 2023 to 2025 so he was off of therapy but cancer came back in 2025.

Immunotherapy works with your immune system to fight cancer. It’s very important that you eat a healthy diet because it helps your body fight the cancer.

Of course, there are no studies that definitively prove this because it’s really almost impossible to prove. Although the doctors will tell you it’s important they can’t say for sure a healthy diet will help you.

Husband just had his spleen removed because the cancer was increasing. He was getting CT scans and CTDNA testing.

Anyway he’s six days post surgery and he’s eating Diet Pepsi, chips, brownies, and some potatoes and chicken. Very scant vegetables like a no thank you helping of broccoli for example.

I’m just so upset. My counselor thinks he want to “make himself feel like he has control over his situation”.

I’m super upset and I’ve tried to do everything I can do but I’m thinking about quietly quitting our relationship. I don’t think he cares about his health and if he doesn’t want to take care of himself I just feel like screw it. Why should I care about him?

He won’t seek counseling. He seems to lose himself in video games, sports on tv and work.

Can I be done w this?

I’m sorry I just needed to vent but that’s the way I feel right now. Maybe I will change my mind tomorrow but I doubt it. My counselor says I need to accept it. But maybe I can’t.

We have two adult children who want him to get better. But they don’t understand the importance of taking care of yourself when you have this disease.

Did Jimmy Carter eat chips and drink Diet Pepsi? Hahaha I mean no of course not. That’s one of the ways he lived so long beating the disease. He took care of himself.

Thank you I’m done now