Q: How he treats you versus how he treats your friends or other peers is a great way to see if he is giving you special attention. Does he seek out your company? Does he try to talk to you and keep your attention even when other people are around? Look out for these other types of special treatment:  Does he come to your defense if someone is teasing you? Does he hold open doors, wait for you after class, or ask to borrow things from you? Does he listen to you attentively when you speak? This is a classic way that guys will try to get closer to someone they like. If you share classes, he may send you a text or catch up with you after class to see if you want to hang out and prepare for the next test that’s coming up. If you want to spend more time with this guy but know you can’t after school, suggest studying together during lunch or a free period. If he joins any extracurricular activities that you’re involved in, that could be a sign that he wants to spend more time around you. He may notice that you’re involved in things like drama club, band, sports, student council, the yearbook team, key club, or other school activities, and decide to join up to get to know you better. This can be really flattering, and it can be a great way for you to get to know each other better. If he has a crush on you, his friends probably know. They might whisper when you walk by or punch him to tease him. If there wasn’t something going on, his friends probably wouldn’t be acting that way. Keep in mind that rumors aren’t always true. If you can combine a rumor with several other signs that he likes you, though, that’s a pretty good sign of his feelings. If he asks for your phone number and starts adding you on social media, this means he is interested in connecting with you more often than just during classes. He may even start liking and commenting on your posts, giving you more things to connect over when you’re back in school the next day. Don’t be surprised if he uses classes as an excuse to start texting you. Maybe he will say he has questions about the test coming up or wants to start a study group.
A: Pay attention to if he talks to you more than he talks to other classmates. Wait to see if he asks you to get together to study for class. Keep an eye out for him joining clubs and groups you belong to. Look to see if his friends tease him when you’re nearby in the hall. Notice if he starts trying to talk to you outside of school.

Q: This is the only way to take useful readings. Your gas company will take 1 reading a month, usually around the same time. To estimate your usage, you need to do the same thing.  Look at your gas bill to see what day the gas company usually checks your meter, though it can vary month-to-month. Checking it on the same day will give you the most accurate reading. For example, you might check your meter every month on the 1st. You can’t do much with a single reading, as it won’t let you calculate your usage. This is because the gas company doesn’t reset the meter each month. To calculate usage, you’d need to know your reading from last month. If you have a copy of your bill, you get your previous month’s reading from it. Also, you can compare your reading to the gas company’s reading. When in doubt, subtract the biggest number from the smallest number. Use a calculator or subtract it by hand. This will tell you how much gas you used this month! Compare this number to your bill to verify the gas company is only charging you for the gas you used. Remember, it can vary slightly depending on when you took the measurement.
A: Check your gas meter at the same time each month. Track your gas meter reading for at least 2 monthly cycles. Subtract last month’s reading from this month’s to get your usage.

Q: Make sure to have a conversation with your child before starting the haircut. You need to agree with them as to how short they’d like their hair. This is important to avoid grumpy children after the haircut. You can use Google to find images with the corresponding guard number (such as number 3) to show your child what to expect.  The smaller the guard number, the more hair you’ll take off. If the child’s hair is particularly long, you may want to start by trimming their hair with scissors before using a clipper. Make sure to keep your strokes slow and smooth. Work your way up towards the crown, and finish by cutting the sides. With this method, your child’s hair will be one uniform length. If you’d like their hair to be longer on top, you can give them a fade. A fade refers to a haircut where the hair is longer on top of the head than the sides and back. For instance, if you used a number 3 guard for the top of the head, you might use a number 2 guard for the sides. Start from the nape of the neck, bringing the clipper up towards the bottom of the crown. As you do, bring the clipper towards you in an arc to blend the different lengths together. Take the guard off the clipper, so it will cut hair to the skin. At the neckline, trim until the hair forms a straight line across the neck at your desired height. Then, turn the clippers over to clean up the fuzz below this line. Leave the guard off the clipper. Gently fold down your child’s ear, then cut the hair, following the ear with your clipper as if you were tracing an ear pattern in their hair. Don’t cut too high: you’re just cleaning up the hair around the ear. For the sideburns, just place the clipper straight across the sideburn at the desired length and cut. Look at your child from the front to make sure the sideburns are even.
A: Grab a clipper and attach the desired guard. Run the clipper along the child’s head, starting at the back. Use a longer guard length to give your child a fade. Clean up the neckline. Finish by trimming around the ear.

Q: In general, there are two overall types of beans: shell beans and snap beans. Both types can grow in either the pole- or bush-style, but the pods of the beans are what make them unique. Shell beans are primarily removed from their pod to be eaten, and are consumed fresh or dried to save for later. Snap beans are eaten inside their pod, and are only eaten fresh (not dried for later use). You can grow multiple styles of these beans directly adjacent to one another, because bean plants are self-pollinating and won’t cross-contaminate each other.  Popular shell beans include black beans, fava beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans, and kidney beans. Popular snap beans include snap (green) beans, adzuki beans, mung beans, asparagus beans, and scarlet-runner beans. Pole beans are a type of beans that are vining and must be supported with a trellis or pole. Pole beans grow an average of 5- to 6-feet tall, and can grow either shell or snap bean. Pole beans generally thrive in cooler summer temperatures, as low as 50 °F (10 °C) in the summer. In the US, they thrive in the northern states. You can use whatever support system (trellis, pole, fence, arbor, etc.) that you want for pole beans. Bush beans are a type of beans that grow in off a bush, and do not need a trellis or pole for support. Generally, bush beans grow best in warm environments with summer temperatures reaching above 100 °F (38 °C). In the US, they thrive in the Southern states. Bush beans should be planted in large rows, requiring much more space than pole beans. A variety of bush beans called ‘half-runners’ is a bush/pole hybrid, and may require some support or placement near a fence for stabilization.
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Learn the two different types of beans. Consider growing a pole-bean variety. Consider growing a bush-bean variety.