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Role Term Survey Responses

As part of thinking about how whether non-gendered terms would work for mainstream contra dances, I thought it would be good to ask callers what they thought. Is it something where most callers were...

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Carcassonne For Kids

Standard Carcassone is too complicated before about age 9, but if you adjust the rules (substantially) it can be a lot of fun with much younger kids. Stages of play: You just take turns playing tiles,...

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Work Hardware Setup

I recently started a new job, and I needed to figure out what I wanted to do in terms of hardware for work. The company doesn't have any sort of standard setup, so future reference, and in descending...

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Visual Role Markers

Traditionally contra had two roles, "Gents" and "Ladies", where men danced the "Gents" role and women the "Ladies", and so you could tell what role someone was dancing from their appearance. This had...

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Costs of Foods

It's hard to get a sense of how expensive different foods are. For example, compare bread and pasta: which is cheaper? What's the right way to compare them? At a general american meal where you have a...

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