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I didn’t learn about zipper merging until about five years ago. I took CAA driving lessons and everything, fifteen years ago, and NOBODY mentioned it. My parents taught me zipper merging was rude! It’s been a whole thing to retrain.

Also! If you ask somebody to call 911, ask like this: “You! In the yellow shirt! Please go call 911, and come right back. Are you willing to call?” - (or they can use a cell. I was trained in the days before cellphones). Make sure you get assent and they COME BACK so you know they… Read More

Rule number one of lifesaving: do not create another victim. Protect YOUR safety first. (Lifeguards have other rules and DO put themselves in danger). For water rescues, the order of most to least safe rescues (and you should attempt these in order) is: Talk, throw, reach, wade, row,… Read More

Children can drown in 8 seconds. No, it’s not safe to sit on the edge of the pool chatting while your six year old plays across the pool from you. 8 seconds is shorter than you think. You do indeed need to be IN the water -actively- supervising your child, unless they’re in a swim… Read More

I was confused by this one because my parents’ 1950s house has a ton of floor vents. Like, where else do you put them? And cold air exchanges need to be on the floor too usually. 90% of the vents in my house are on the floor.

Developers of new suburbs don’t want to pay for back lanes or give up space in the development for them, which could’ve gone to cramming more giant houses in. So, garages have to be on the front!

The REASON for it is lack of back lanes due to developers not wanting to pay the extra cost and give up the space for back lanes. But it’s really bad for getting eyes on the street and building community.

Built-in closets are great because they are generally more efficient than wardrobes for floor space. It’s built-in clothes closets in the BATHROOM that are weird/a problem. In North America the expectation is every bedroom, and both entrances, as well as the kitchen, have closets.… Read More

My parents were raised by Dutch immigrants and Dutch is my second (albeit not very fluent) language. For me the weird thing is mostly food and words. I didn’t realize until I was a grown adult that other people don’t say “they have long toes “ to mean somebody is overly sensitive.… Read More

It’s polish and Ukrainian - we’re catholic in prairies Canada and butter lambs are totally an Easter thing.