Do you get confused about which one to use? e or a?
I learned to picture an envelope to remember that stationery is the writing paper.
I dare you to forget it now!
P.S. Crane & Co, the company that makes stationery, says that in the 1700’s there was just the one word.
I learned that it is a brave and possibly foolish thing to try to ride the T inbound from Kenmore at the end of the work (for some) day on Marathon Monday. This is also always a Red Sox day game day, as in the Fenway-area bars have lines at 8:30 AM. Those are just some of the many happy and extra people getting on the train.
On this day, the packed-to-the-gills trains poked along, a few feet at a time, overheating all the while. Or at least the people inside were overheating. I was scaring Barbara by removing layers but we got to Boylston before it became scandalous.
Just be inspired by those who ran 26.2 hilly miles, and walk!
I have learned, or I am trying to learn, to check out major websites on the first of April, every year.
Favorites this year are Google (featuring Gmail motion) and LinkedIn (check out “People You May Know”).
But you have to do it today.
Quick! What else?
While shopping for a digital camera at Best Buy, I tried the Consumer Reports app to look for ratings. All you do is hold the phone over the bar code on the box. No reviews yet but they did show that Amazon had it $10 cheaper so I asked for a price match, while flashing the Amazon page, and got it!
Today I was cutting though a different Best Buy and saw the cutest case for my new camera. I thought $20 was a bit steep so I tried the CR scanner again and got it for $9.99! (they did not have Amazon in the cash register list and had to use “other” but it worked!)
There are other bar code lookup apps that will tell prices. Let me know what works for you.
Here is the prize itself:
I have learned to stock up on cool greeting cards when I find them. I want to be like my friend Gayl, who never misses a birthday!
I learned that I can copy a column in Excel and paste it into a row (flipping it 90 degrees) by using Paste Special and checking the Transpose box.
Did you already know this?
Carolyn introduced me to ravelry.com. This website has an advanced search engine for over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND knit and crochet patters, and two thirds of those are free!
This is dangerous stuff.
So many lessons from one event, and the first one learned by me about a thousand times so far,, and counting.
1. VERIFY the meeting time! Otherwise, a leisurely trip may turn into a big crisis, needlessly! It’s as easy as counting on the calendar, rather than my memory. Just do it!
2. Comm Ave at Kenmore Square is a great place to catch a cab
3. A cab ride is that saves the day is worth its weight in gold. Well…maybe not quite that much. But possibly the more than the number on the meter, and I can split the difference. Well… maybe not split it in half, but I can certainly afford to show my appreciation for having my day saved.
4. It feels really good, when going to a new place to meet with new people, to arrive early.
I don’t know why it has taken me years to figure this out, but I am always really cold at my beauty salon (or Beauty Saloon, as it is called. No kidding.)
I need to remember this and dress much more warmly.
From Gale:
I learned that when the temp is [very] cold, my garage fridge turns itself off and the food in the freezer defrosts.
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