I base it on what the expert in our house (Mrs. Cad) who breastfed three children tells me on the benefits of breastmilk vs. formula regarding baby health and nutrition.
And again you are attributing to me things I never said. I never said formula was a bad choice, merely that breastmilk is a better choice (if available of course). Now maybe the specific brand she picked is bad but note I said YMMV as to amount of “crap” in it.
Well, a lot of that research has changed in the last 20 years. Formulas are better than they were, and studies that suggested health benefits after the baby stops breastfeeding did not pan out.
Really, truly, both of you should consider that the over-the-top emphasis on breastfeeding (they told my sister to pump 30 minutes out of every hour, 24/7!) is not based in science.
And better choice relative to what? What science-based criteria can a woman use to decide if the opportunity cost is worth it?
Millage doesn’t vary on formula. They are all regulated to the same standards. It doesn’t matter if some of the sugars come from corn: it’s all processed to hell.
I had the same experiences. Until just recently when I noticed a bump in our internet bill. I cut cable TV a year ago and got a bare bones internet only plan.
The year is up and of course the price jumps. I dreaded the inevitable csr experience to plead my case for a lower rate. But I was incredulous to find I could do it online easily and without breaking a sweat I was able to switch plans to a lower tier that included a free streaming flex box. I accepted help from a chat operator who stayed with me while I read through the plans and verified the costs. So easy!
I haven’t hooked up the flex box yet, have to figure where the sound went on that tv first. Looking forward to watching tube on the big screen again.
I’m not going to continue hijacking my own thread on this. I will be more than happy to head over to your thread on the science of breastmilk vs. formula.
Oh, this is good to know. They raised my rate by 20% and are now charging me $120/month for Internet only (I have no alternative provider) but I am not the kind of person who feels comfortable complaining/ negotiating with customer service on the phone, even with money on the line. Thanks for the info.
Surely this is a meaningless distinction unless there is a third choice. Not feeding your baby at all is worse, I suppose.
I have principles!
Until… every December when I’m trying to buy books.
This time it was a half dozen detective novels for my mom (the delightful William Warrick series by Jeffery Archer).
I assumed the local indie mystery bookstore would have them or could order them… nope, their warehouse didn’t have them. Tried a couple other places, some smaller online vendors.
Then gritted my teeth and checked Amazon: all the books, in a choice of sizes (the Trade Paperbacks had larger, cleaner type). Oh, and they got to me faster than they promised (less than three days).
As long as Kindle is a thing, Amazon will own my soul.
^ This.
Me too. I told my wife if I ever won a contest where you could shop for free at whatever store you picked for life I would instantly choose Walmart. I can live 95% of my life from them. Too bad they don’t sell cars, but at least the last 3 sets of tires have been from Walmart.
Comcast, for me, went from a 2/10 company to a 8/10 in the past few years.
They used to nickel and dime me to death, with my bill jumping 50 cents or a dollar per month, every month, for mysterious reasons. I was penalized for having an internet-only plan. The plan itself, advertised as $60/mo or something, ended up being $80 and change with taxes, fees, etc. Finally, the speeds weren’t great.
But a few years ago they offered a gigabit plan for exactly $100/mo with no extra fees/taxes/whatever. I signed up and it’s been perfect. The bill is exactly $100.00 and hasn’t gone up a single penny. I get 900+ Mbps downloads from fast sites.
I have no idea if customer service is bad because I’ve never had to use it. Aside from some late-night maintenance that didn’t affect me, it’s gone down exactly once in that time–when some idiot with a backhoe took out a fiber line that served half of San Jose. Can’t really blame them for that.
Good to hear your experience with Comcast / XFinity has improved. We still have intermittent outages. Micro-outages happen several times a month where internet goes down for a couple minutes. Then there are the macro-outages. Always an adventure when working from home and the internet goes down. Is it going to be down for 5 minutes or 5 hours this time? Fun!
Haven’t dealt with customer service lately because I only do if I absolutely have to.
As for nickel-and-diming, our monthly internet just went up $3/mo. 
I think mine is too. But this I don’t object to, because I’m now internet only, there are no hidden fees and there is no term contract.
The scumbag thing was when I still had cable with them, supposedly a fixed price for 2 years, but with about 10 different line items of add-on “fees & taxes”, at least half of which were just bullshit deceptive non-transparent pricing, certainly not government-mandated taxes. The base price didn’t change for period of the contract, but whenever they decided they wanted more money they just jacked up one of the added-on “fees”. I’d rather than they were honest about it and did not pretend that there’s a fixed price contract.
I’m gonna bring up a company 'cause they’re so damn convenient on one of my trip locations: Terrible Herbst. It’s like a Circle-K, but a horrible name. I top off the rental car at one before I drop it off at the airport. Halfway decent coffee too. . . The one in Indian Springs, NV is pretty damn new, too.
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“Horrible”/“Terrible”, it’s all the same to me.
I think that Apple isn’t a great example. LOTS of people love the Apple interfaces and ways of doing things, and a LOT of people absolutely hate Apple for the same reasons.
From where I sit, a lot of that tends to depend on how technologically savvy you are. Apple users tend toward the technologically uninterested side of the spectrum- their “complicated” is the technologically savvy’s “configurable” or “flexible”. I’ve got a personal Android phone, and an IPhone XR for work, and the Apple definitely has the feel of an… appliance? It’s got that extreme polish, functional streamlining, and inability to screw it up that mass-market appliances have. Meanwhile, the Android feels more like an enthusiast’s phone. Lots more configuration options, lots more funky software to install, etc… but all with a caveat that I can screw up my phone if I don’t know what I’m doing. Apple meanwhile has the feeling that it won’t let me screw up because I can’t do a lot of the same sort of stuff- their “walled garden” software model and the UI prohibit me from doing things I can easily do with Android.
So I’d classify Apple as “controversial”, not “horrible”. For people who want and need that sort of user experience on rails that Apple offers, they’re great. But for those of us who don’t like the idea of Apple telling us what we can and can’t do on these devices we spent hundreds of dollars on, we prefer Android.
Agreed!!! Our weapons kick ass … literally!
Sure! I was extra pleased when my next monthly bill included a pro rated discount reflecting the lower tier I ordered.
Finally hooked up the free flex streaming box to the big TV and just like that I’m watching Movies on the big screen. And YT! To see the solo sailors I follow in a passage crossing to the south seas, omg amazing on the big screen.
How do you get this free flex streaming box?
I simply checked the appropriate box as I was authorizing Comcast to make the change of service. It was clearly written that it was entirely free and it is!
It was not free last year.
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I’m not sure you’re (Saint_Cad) in a qualified position to judge the ingredients. Corn syrup is glucose. Whey is whey. What problems are you seeing here? Would you prefer almond milk?