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Presumably someone for whom the "low fragrance" Beantown Stomp policy was insufficient would not show up in the Beantown Stomp registration data. They would have opted out of Beantown Stomp. There is no option on the survey for "this policy is insufficient for me and I will not be registering because of it" (and the registration form would be a weird place to capture non-registrants anyway).
I'll add one other thought: contra expects or even requires very close contact with everyone in the room. Experienced dancers can sometimes swap with their partners in real time to avoid certain moves that prolong contact, and in large halls folks can try to stay to lines that avoid folks they prefer to avoid, but barring agreed-upon deals where, say, two folks only dance in different lines after a breakup, you should expect to be touching everyone in the room for potentially multiple minutes a night and have their face within 1-2 feet of yours for multiple minutes a night. I've even had a caller come and physically walk me from the... (read more)
Just an anecdote: I've looked with envy at some of the Pinewoods week advertising and wondered if there is a way I could Tetris a Pinewoods week into my life for some future summer. Then this year I read a friend's post about the steps to replace every product in their routine with an unscented version in the lead-up to Pinewoods and all I could think was that I simply don't think I will be able to Tetris Pinewoods in for many summers into the future if this additional task is a requirement. I don't know what a reasonable estimate is of the burden. 5 hours and $200? More? Less?
I'm fortunate to... (read more)
I'm aware of at least one prominent community member (travels for many events a year, well known and well liked, etc.) who is sensitive to fragrances and takes many steps to make things as safe as practical. I don't think this is founder effect, exactly, but something related.
I've shared this post with several friends who are considering smart watches for their kids. I'm curious if your kids have hit the contact limit and if so, how you've dealt with that.
The other thing I keep coming back to is: why doesn't it use T9? As someone who used to wear a 16-button Casio calculator watch daily and who was texting in the T9 era, that seems to me like an obvious improvement.
We did this growing up. We brought sleeping bags to dances and set them up somewhere safe. Under the hall's piano was a frequent choice if the band had brought a keyboard. No one would step on us there. Bedtime was at the end of break, which was later than normal bedtime. Lots of good memories of falling asleep to contra music and contra feet. I don't know that we would have fallen asleep at our normal bedtimes in that environment. My kids will, I hope, do the same in a few years.
For the results of a different survey, 10 years ago, asking similar questions: https://reason.com/2014/08/20/helicopter-parenting-run-amok-most-ameri
Nearly half of respondents think it should be illegal for a 12 year old to play solo at a park. It's over 2/3 for a 9 year old. Those are tough numbers.
I'm glad this worked for you, but would your thought be to use unique signs for each kid if each had a multi-month signing phase?
In particular, I would not use this approach too extensively if your kid may want to be able to communicate with others who work with kids - teachers at daycare, speech pathologists, many nannies, other pediatric medical professionals etc. I do agree that straight ASL isn't quite right either. Our kid's speech pathologist uses a lot of signs but chooses for example to use "car" - a fairly easy sign - for all vehicles since bus, train, etc. are more abstract or complex. This approach has allowed our kid to communicate with a range of people over the relevant time period, not just our household.
I'm fairly surprised to read this, as I continue to be surprised by the number of my friends and acquaintances who have flown home with COVID despite having the means not to. Every flight I've taken since the pandemic started, I've taken the time to game plan what would happen if I or someone in my party were to test positive during the trip. Did you not do this? On the scale of the incomes you have posted on your blog previously, $2000 or so is not very much.
And from the JetBlue policy you linked to, I guess you bought Basic Blue fares?
It seems like you chose to be your own insurance... (read more)
I appreciate that this particular issue is one you have to grapple with personally, but it is of a type that I come across nearly daily and I think it's probably a better use of our time to try to establish a better common understanding of the balance between what is said and what is meant than to advocate fully detailed policies for every social interaction.
Two examples from my life:
- A doctor's office with a sign on the door saying "do not enter if you have a temperature". I can let this slide at the barber where I know it's an honest mistake, but at the doctor's (and this is a doctor who
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