Quotes of the Day

If you don't specify a specific check-out time, Airbnb defaults it to 12 p.m. local time. However, 12 p.m. may not give you or your cleaner enough time to clean, sanitize, and turn the property over before the next guest checks in, typically by 3 or 4 p.m. We recommend most hosts start with an 11 a.m. check-out time. Any earlier and you'll make your listing unappealing to potential guests. Make sure you clearly state your check-out time in your listing, in your house manual, and in your check-out communications. [2023] - Symon He

It is best to focus on your own rationale for doing a particular trade, instead of someone else's views on a public forum. If you have paid careful attention to those sophisticated-looking talking heads on TV babbling intelligently about the economy and the US dollar, you will realise that much of the babbling amounts to nothing useful as far as trading is concerned. [2008] - Yeo Keong Hee

Male Manners: (1) After parking in the restaurant parking lot, swiftly leap around to her side of the car, open tbe door, and extend your hand to help her out. (2) As you cross the street, offer her your arm. (3) As you enter the restaurant, you, of course, hold the door for her. (4) As you head for your table, pull her chair out before seating yourself. (5) When it comes time to order, you should ask her what she would like for dinner and then give both your orders to the waiter, say "the lady will have...". [2006] - Leil Lowndes

If you are given an eviction notice for "landlord use" you are entitled to one month's rent as compensation from your landlord. The landlord must either pay you this money or give you the last month's rent free. You can move out with a minimum of 10 days notice if you find another place before the two months are up. When you give a short notice, you only have to pay for the days that you actually live there. If you have a lease (also called a fixed term tenancy agreement), you cannot be evicted for landlord use before the lease runs out. [2015] - Kris Anderson

There are some simple tests to determine how biologically old you probably are. The number of push-ups you can do is a good indicator. If you are over 45 and can do more than twenty, you are doing well. The other test of age is the sitting-rising test (SRT). Sit on the floor, bare-footed, with legs crossed. Lean forward quickly and see if you can get up in one move. A young person can. A middle-aged person typically needs to push off with one of their hands. An elderly person often needs to get on to one knee. A study of people 51 to 80 years found that 157 out of 159 people who passed away in 75 months had received less than perfect SRT scores. [2019] - David A. Sinclair