BTW, I’m a little sad that I’m still in the grays on The Takeout, given that it’s by far my favorite GM site and I’ve long been solidly in the black on others (I had a star on the old version of Kinja). I’m pretty sure I’ve never made an inappropriate comment, and am sometimes genuinely helpful. I mean, what does it…

I put all meat/fish leftovers (AND the packaging they came in!) in my freezer until trash day. But then, I have a large chest freezer and can afford the space.

Why won’t this system let me give you 100 stars...

This reminds me of the scene in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘪 when someone (I can’t remember his name) has to commit seppuku because he has cut down the bird that Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) has hung for several days to “ripen”. Is this/was this not a common practice? (The ripening, I mean.) Surely putrid birds can’t…

“back handsprings”... Did you have to write that?! Now I’m going to be having nightmares for a week!

Just don’t buy so-called “whole” poppy seeds (many brands available on Amazon) if you don’t want to feel like you need a trip to the ER. This is a euphemism for unwashed, and it means that the seeds are still coated with a zillion, um, compounds which I have since learned that very foolish people like to enjoy as a…

I have a plan for changing the wake word for Echo devices (most convenient with a Dot, or a Raspberry Pi running the Echo software) to anything you want. I haven’t tried it yet, but hey—it’s a plan.

But the description is a bit over the top.

This article 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 nothing.

If I have to do all of this, then I am never, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 going to travel again. As for tipping $10/day/person, I assume you were prepared for the blowback 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 idea would generate and were just trying to stir up controversy.

I grew up with pretty bad astigmatism in one eye, but had no vision correction when I was young because I could see well enough with the other eye. When Lasik came on the scene, I had it done on the astigmatic eye (at The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, so I’m reasonably sure it was done competently). If I cover…

They’re dropping in price because the 2018 models have been having severe technical problems (Google it!). I had been all hot to buy one, but have decided to wait for at least the next generation.

They’re dropping in price because the 2018 models have been having severe technical problems (Google it!). I had…

I can’t believe that obnoxious comment got even one star... I suppose he starred it himself.

Success!! This conversation inspired me to try One More Thing™️, and OxyClean (the laundry cleaner) did the trick. I brought a concentrated solution of the stuff to just barely boiling, turned it off, then left the ring soaking in it for a couple of hours. After a thorough rinse, my sealing ring now smells, and even…

Followup: I wouldn’t do this again with lamb because the resulting flavor was too much like well-cooked beef and the lambiness was almost completely lost. Otherwise, my family loved the result, so we’ll try it again with beef.

I have tried everything I can think of that’s not 𝘵𝘰𝘰 toxic. My best results came from a long vinegar soak, but even then there was still that distinctive stench after the ring dried. This is such a common complaint about the Instant Pots that I’m fairly sure the problem isn’t just that I’m incompetent at cleaning.…

Thank you so very, very much for this! I’m going to the typeface and my CNC router to make my house & yard look like a national park!

Going to try this (Instant Pot version) today with the lamb loin chops I bought on impulse at Costco and am now stymied by.

I use the easiest possible system. My books are shelved in chronological order, by date of acquisition. That way new stuff goes on the ever-expanding shelf end and I never have to rearrange anything. It’s also not all that difficult to find things since I can at least vaguely remember when (or the order in) I acquired…

You’re going to need that escalator after you’ve trashed your circulatory system.