For this Black Friday entry, I learned, from Dmitry, that NOT all online stores charge sales tax when shipping to a home in a state with a state sales tax! I thought they did!
So if you ship from Best Buy to NYC, you have to pay NY tax (sorry Kat!) because Best Buy has a presence in NY state. But possibly NOT for an Amazon purchase, as they are based elsewhere.
Who knew?
Really – did you know? Comment here!
See this is how an electric oven works: Preheat means heat both the top and bottom elements. Bake is just the bottom elements.
I have learned how darn important it is to switch from preheat to bake when you put the item in the oven.
Our carefully over-managed Thanksgiving morning project plan had every step in the world on it -when to mix, when to bake, when to carve. But there was no task and no slack for dealing with broccoli casserole with actual raging flames coming from the potato chip topping too close to the still-on-preheat burner!
All’s well that ends well, but please heed the lessons from this!
We learned this in our mall trip: Drop of the pictures FIRST! Or if you have uploaded them before you go shopping, go check on them FIRST. We also learned that you can use Best Buy as your own free internet cafe, if, for instance, you have to go resubmit your whole stupid photo order from within the mall!
This was learned in Carolyn’s house today:
“Playing with yarn is not so fun when you get your head stuck in the wrapper”
Michelle’s lesson prompted Carolyn to share this:
“The one about writing stuff down reminds me of a lesson I was taught MANY years ago but didn’t follow.
A neighbor ran a large international company. He told us a resume policy we should all follow:
Revise your resume after are major accomplishment.
1) You are really psyched and positive and that will show.
2) You won’t be overwhelmed with a large task for you only need to add a few lines.
3) You never have to think about writing your resume when looking for a new job. Your resume is always ready
I wish I learned this when I was younger so I would have good habits now.”
This is something I learned from Tina: Be discreet.
If you can’t be discreet, at least be confusing, so that if someone rats you out, they use the wrong name altogether and your totally innocent friend gets blamed.
One or the other.
Elaine Fong, our amazing Taiko teacher, taught the WSS drummers this in our last rehearsal (it’s big):
“If you are going to be wrong, do it with energy!”
She was telling us that we need to stop being tentative on the big drums – to go for it – and look like we know what we’re doing.
The result is here. Advance to 4:30 to see the windup to the big finish by the group. Maybe not exactly the same moment, but with great energy!!!
Sally shared this:
This week, I learned that when they tell you to empty your pockets at airport security, they mean it- I had to have two full body x-rays because I had a tissue and a hair elastic in my pocket. And I feel lucky, compared to a woman who had the same experience in this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/business/19security.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp
[From Jane: Wait she really means the same 2 items in her pocket!]
From Gale:
“Another lesson learned over and over…
Being in a library is so wonderful. I get so motivated and excited when I’m in a library. Why can’t I learn to plan more time there?”
Sally learned this today:
A small cup of tea or coffee on a pod machine = a REALLY tiny cup of coffee. Like, 6 ounces. Re-evaluate what makes something big or small BEFORE you hit the button.
Jane's Lessons Learned 