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marianlh

[The Outdoors] Sleep System Followup II

Sep 21, 2019 17:22

I've been working full time and also my annual winter cough showed up early and brought the flu with it, so I haven't had much free time or energy to post lately. But I can report on the sleeping pad, having used it for four nights now ( Read more... )

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johnlh October 4 2019, 11:23:34 UTC

Cheers to this cough; Eve and I have had it pretty bad for the last few months as well. I'm convinced it's allergies, but only because it never goes away, and seems to come back around this time of the year every year. I've loaded up on allergy meds, but if they're helping it hasn't stopped my cough or general snottiness.

Glad you're ready for winter. Re: the inflatable pad, would it turn out to be more useful in colder weather? That is, I imagine having a few inches of insulation between you and the ground would help when the ground is frozen.

Take care out there, and may the weather stay good! I don't know about the east coast, but we're enjoying (okay, only I am enjoying) the weird 90 degree October days we've been having.

marianlh October 7 2019, 03:06:12 UTC

It's now been cold enough to break out the sleeping bag. I mostly like it--it's much thicker and fluffier than the old one. My one gripe is the zipper has a tendency to snag on some of that fluffiness.

The sleeping pad is insulated. In theory it should be warmer than not having it. But as I said in the post, that sort of thing is hard to quantify.

To my endless cough today added the misery of food poisoning. It's a regular problem, since grocery store salad bars are my only real source of fresh vegetables. Spent the whole day dashing to the bathroom. Today's one of the days when I have to remind myself that grounders don't give up. :(

johnlh October 7 2019, 22:50:16 UTC

Sorry to hear about the cold ( ... )

marianlh November 27 2019, 18:36:52 UTC

Speaking of which, here's a method of calculating what a living wage would be for a given housing market, based on the mean rent for the area:

https://keitrinkomfloukru.tumblr.com/post/187359456595/minimum-wage-should-be-indexed-to-2-of-a-citys

The short version: the minimum hourly wage should be 2% of the area's mean rent. Mean, not median. This means that someone working 40 hours a week will spend 1/3rd of their income on housing.

By that metric, a living wage for where I live would be $25.14/hr. New York City's, $56/hr. San Francisco's, $67.40/hr.

According to some quick googling, Columbus Ohio's mean rent is $896. So a living wage there is $17.92/hr.

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