The water molecules are conservative; they do not like to do things different to every one else so no one wants to be the first one to break into steam; once you put something into the water, then the nearby water molecules are disturbed and steam freely and others follow.

I do that when casting glass in my microwave - the kiln is kept to the edge of the rotating plate and I set time to 6:66; after the ding, I rotate the kiln and change its location then set the timer to 6:66 again (the first heats the kiln and the contents then the second melts the glass). YMMV especially if you are…

I try to vacuum while microwaving - bam, lights out; same with a/c and vacuum - oh, and glass kiln and microwave (both melting glass). It is interesting that it does not happen at once but just when the cycles hit the same beat.

Keep in mind that you can use metal in microwaves to melt glass. I cast small objects in glass by enclosing them in a special kiln with metal coating.

I remember back in olden times (1970s) I would go drinking in various states and would get odd reactions to my ID. In one place, the bartender rang a bell and called all the employees up to the bar and said “This is what a Montana drivers license looks like”. I was kind of worried until he got everyone together.

What the snail said while riding on the back of a  turtle: WHEEEEEE!

I was in a bar in Billings, MT (Grandma’s) when the state law dropped the drinking age from 21 to 18; I heard a scream from the Men’s room and this white guy comes running out with his head all wet. It appears he said something like “out of my way n-word-w/hard-r” to a black sportsball person who just picked him…

She ran from trying on a scarf?! WTF - hijab translates as scarf, some of the scarves are beautiful.

Even after the Matthew Sheppard case in 1999, they still do not have a hate crime law - the murderers both got 2 consecutive life sentences but the state got no hate crime legislation.

I pretty much figured that as I was typing - where the hell do they put the IRS offices? This was a SS office and IIRC when we were making appointments for IRS visits, there were only a few that co-officed with SS and we had to make certain additional info available like SS# b/c you couldn’t get into a SS office w/o…

Here in Seattle the guards for the Federal building/IRS office are from the Federal service but I think I made your point with ‘Federal building’.

Little bunny Foofoo? Picking up the field mice and bopping them on the head (or however that thing goes).

The ‘golfers pickup’ (or whatever it is called when golfers bend at the waist to pick up their  balls (leaving that pun alone)) is still a challenge for me but I stand on one foot while waiting for the bus. Good balance is basic to mobility and it all depends on the foot and ankle.

I am considering getting the test to see if I have any offspring looking for me. The 2 main possibilities are from 1972 (about). Both stories are complicated but generally fall under the heading “Grumpy is too much of an airheaded pretty-boy to be a father” and that was pretty much true back then. I will not actually…

For some reason “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mommy’s hung you in the closet and I am feeling so sad” comes to mind.

And they fought a secret war in the 1970s to disarm the polygamists here in the PacNW. A friend’s husband was kicking in doors to disarm them when he was shot in the back. It is an interesting story that will probably never get told.

Didn’t you argue about, this is hard for me to say, vinegar BBQ? Cole slaw seems like a valid personal problem but vinegar BBQ!

How do I, safely, tell someone not to wear street-shoes in the sauna? These people will walk up to the top bench and sit there with their outside shoes shedding dog shit, slug squeezings (here in Seattle), et cetera turning a healthy environment into a god-awful soup of ‘stuff’. I wear flip-flops and take them off…

I tried to look at that article but: