You might wonder if the water from a backyard pool can be used to water plants. The answer is yes and no. Unfortunately, if you have a chlorinated pool, the chlorine can harm plants, since chlorine is meant to kill bacteria and algae in the pool. But if you use the water on the lawn, it's fine. As long as the water is spread over a great deal of space and the lawn receives a ton of sunlight to neutralize it, chlorinated pool water won't damage your lawn at all.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am writing to ask for advice about how I should handle my employee moving out of the country while we remain a fully remote team. Obviously, she is allowed to work from anywhere she wants to, but scheduling has become a challenge because of the time difference. I'm struggling with finding ways to keep the team connected and feeling like a cohesive unit, and my employee moving out of the country hasn't made anything easier. I need her to be more accommodating to the majority of the company and the time zone that we all work in. What should I do? — Time Difference DEAR TIME DIFFERENCE: The remote workplace comes with a unique set of challenges — not the least of which is managing time zones.
In 1861, a Texas state convention voted 166-8 in favor of a measure to secede from the Union.
It was a different time. The Ruan Center in Des Moines, with 35 floors, had just become Iowa’s tallest building. Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, home of the Iowa State Cyclones, had just opened. The farm girls were still playing 6-on-6 high school basketball – three forwards on one half of the court, three guards (permitted to dribble only twice) on the other, and no crossing the half-court line – and they were attracting thousands of spectators, as many as 7,362 to watch Warsaw defeat Bloomfield, 57-52, for the state championship in 1976.
Dear Doctors: I am 69 years old and have two cups of coffee each morning.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I feel so bad. A friend of mine asked me to talk to her dad about a project he is working on. I agreed right away, but then I got distracted. First, I got sick with whatever bug is making its rounds. Then I got so busy playing catch-up at work that I totally forgot. I remembered the other day, but then I felt like such a loser that I didn't reach out. It just felt like it was too late. But that's no way to handle things. I don't mean to be a disappointment, especially to my friend's dad. What can I say or do to make it up to him? — Not a Flake DEAR NOT A FLAKE: Now that you have remembered, reach out at once to your friend. Tell her the truth. Start by letting her know that you haven't spoken to her father yet.
The intolerance impulse from the left is as odious as it is from the right.
You know, since I've been eating these chia seeds, I've noticed my beard has gotten heavier.'
DEAR HARRIETTE: I work in a highstress environment with an unreasonable boss. She often makes us work through lunch, sometimes without even having time to go to the bathroom.
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas parole board should commute Andre Thomas’ sentence.