Also: Never trust rental listings on Craigslist. I was desperate to find an apartment quickly a few years back, and nearly every Craigslist listing I came across was a scam. One of them was clever enough that I didn’t suspect a thing until I went to the location to check it out and discovered the actual listing…

Well, that’s an easy question. You leave it out until you see the mold growing near the top of the container. ;-)

So, garbage disposals don’t have blades. They have grinding rings. But yes, I’ve been told by plumbers that running ice cubes through them every few weeks is a good idea.

I’ve had friends who have done this. But I wonder if there’s somewhere online where you can find recommendations or ratings for dentists in Tijuana or somewhere similarly close to the border. My worry is that I’d end up with someone like Doctor Nick from the Simpsons.

Thank you. I hate when a simple list that you can read in seconds gets turned into a video.

I’m the king of buying fresh produce then forgetting to use it before it goes bad. So I’ve had my share of potatoes growing eyes, for instance. But not long ago, I had an interesting thing happen for the first time in my life: had some potatoes sitting in a bowl on top of my fridge, and realized at some point that…

When I moved into my current apartment, the first time I checked the disposal, it wasn’t working, so the landlord had a plumber come over, and he discovered a dishrag stuck in there, lol (again, from the previous tenant, since, as I said, I hadn’t used it yet). Anyway, the plumber told me that it was a good idea to…

Instead, let the disposal run for about another minute

Seems like the perfect spot to drop this GIF.

they’re generally five quarts

Grab a sauce pan and add about four inches of water.

Yes! Have done this for years. Packing tape works better for this. And when moving, use packing tape to affix all the screws and whatnot to the bottom of the unit, as well (usually I’ll put these in a little baggie first, then tape that to the underside.

Not a great idea, actually, imo. I enabled the “Remove files immediately when deleted” setting years ago, but then one day when deleting a small folder (or when I thought I was deleting that folder), I discovered to my dismay that the parent folder was somehow actually selected instead, which contained many, many…

Author: “Okay, Google — show me what you’ve got on glycerin!”

Also: get yourself a roll of pallet wrap — it’s the same as that stretch wrap/shrink wrap that they use to wrap boxes on wooden pallets, but you can get it in a smaller, handheld size with a handle. You will be amazed at how many things you can quickly and easily wrap and secure with that stuff. Things that wouldn’t…

Good grief, what a non-article. This reads more like a blurb that’s been padded out a bit.

With a happy accident or two along the way!

I currently work part-time at a grocery store, and we offer help to anyone who has a lot of bags and/or very heavy or cumbersome items. You’re probably just more sensitive to it now, lol.

23 Skiddoo!

So do a search and replace all double-spaces with single-spaces. Boom. Done in 2 seconds. You can even set it up as part of a macro that you run whenever you receive copy or write-ups from anyone.