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Happy Hat posted:Need to try that - good replacement for sawdust (as I can't really get any of that). Is it just me, or does that portrait in the back look like the person in the red shirt is a zombie? E:Zombie portrait snipe 
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Safety Engineer posted:Is it just me, or does that portrait in the back look like the person in the red shirt is a zombie?
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Mar 7, 2012 00:07
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We call that the family portrait.. It's a depiction of 3 insanities, was the wedding present from my parents.
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Mar 7, 2012 00:08
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It drives me crazy when my girlfriend washes disposable forks. We have real forks! The only - only! - reason to use a shittier disposable version is you don't have to wash it when you're done!
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Mar 7, 2012 00:18
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wafflesnsegways posted:It drives me crazy when my girlfriend washes disposable forks. We have real forks! The only - only! - reason to use a shittier disposable version is you don't have to wash it when you're done! No, the other reason for plastic forks is to give appropriate atmosphere to spam and kraft dinner.
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Mar 7, 2012 00:48
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man, I use side towels and paper towels, but am frustrated I don't use the side towels more. I mean, I use them, but if I'm drying fish or something where the hand towel would get completely and instantly hosed, I use paper towels. wipe down boards and counters and stuff with side towels. the only problem with only using side towels, in my mind, is that they get so smelly and filthy. I absolutely wouldn't want to run them with my clothes, I wouldn't have a dress shirt without stains if I did. I could chuck them in the washing machine and immediately run them, but it'd be a waste to do it for just a few towels. I could (and do) keep them in a separate laundry bin until I have enough to run a 'kitchen towel only' load - but half the time they're soaking wet and covered with food by the time I'm done cooking. even when I rinse them and prewashed them in the sink with soap before throwing them in a 'dishtowel only' basket, the heap gets so goddamn moldy and disgusting by the time I have 3 or so days worth of side towels to run..... argh what to do
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Mar 7, 2012 01:20
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mindphlux posted:man, I use side towels and paper towels, but am frustrated I don't use the side towels more. I throw them in with jeans and PJs and workclothes. If a couple kitchen towels go in with every non-delicate load, it doesn't make a difference.
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Mar 7, 2012 01:42
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It's not like anyone can /explain/ why they reuse paper towels. It just kind of happens. My aunt, who works for World Bank, and just retired with a fat pension, reuses paper towels. Her dad, who worked for the UN, and also made seriously decent money, reused paper towels. It's not that you don't /have/ kitchen towels. I do. My aunt does. My grandpa did. It's just that sometimes, only a paper towel will quite get the job done in the exact way you want it done, and you realise that it really didn't get gross and dingy, and can just dry it out to reuse. Also, has to be taken to the laundromat. When the paper towel gets gross enough, you throw it out. EDIT: I don't actually reuse my paper towels. I don't have space for that. Also, my husband would kill me in my sleep. His parents and mine are severely hoard-ey and we're both assiduously careful about not walking down that rabbit hole.
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Mar 7, 2012 01:54
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Ugh that's so gross and dumb. If you're wiping something up, use a sponge. Paper towels are for picking up cat barf, spraying with windex, or using as napkins. And not at the same time.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:03
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wafflesnsegways posted:It drives me crazy when my girlfriend washes disposable forks. We have real forks! The only - only! - reason to use a shittier disposable version is you don't have to wash it when you're done! I wash disposable forks because they're pretty sturdy, and I like to pack them when I bring meals to eat outside of my home, so if I lose something it's no biggie. Same with the container I use to bring the meals in (usually those plastic take out containers/tubs you get from restaurants). Although now I use my Zoji Mr. Bento. I still reuse ziploc bags, sous vide bags, and sometimes paper towels too. Although the paper towel thing is more at my mom's house because she hates being wasteful (which I did inherit) and typically uses paper towels for things that won't get them really dirty (and side towels for things that will get them super dirty and washes them religiously). I'm talking about using it to steam something in a microwave or use as lining when steaming over a pot, etc (or tiny spills or crumbs which would be a pain to get out completely from a towel). My boyfriend used to BLOW HIS NOSE using loving paper towels when he didn't have kleenex in the house, first time he did it I looked at him like he had a second head. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. The things are perfectly fine after you wash them and what's the point of being more wasteful than necessary? It's not like they don't still serve a different purpose from their more permanent counterparts.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:04
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Rurutia posted:My boyfriend used to BLOW HIS NOSE using loving paper towels when he didn't have kleenex in the house I actually prefer blowing my nose with paper towels rather than Kleenex. Kleenex shreds all over my 5 o'clock shadow, which starts at about 10am.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:06
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ulmont posted:I actually prefer blowing my nose with paper towels rather than Kleenex. Kleenex shreds all over my 5 o'clock shadow, which starts at about 10am. He didn't have this problem. On top of that, he'd use an entire sheet when you'd need maybe 1/4 of a sheet. But I'm sure there are perfectly legitimate reasons to blow your nose using paper towels. It's just something that I tease him about a lot, but he doesn't do it anymore.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:09
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Wroughtirony posted:I throw them in with jeans and PJs and workclothes. If a couple kitchen towels go in with every non-delicate load, it doesn't make a difference. I don't own jeans, and my work clothes are the ones I can't get stained. and I think if my girlfriend found my dick smelling like foul tuna, I wouldn't get blown for a month, so pjs are out. I guess I could throw them in with bath towels... but again with the tuna dick problem.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:18
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ulmont posted:5 o'clock shadow, which starts at about 10am.  I have the same exact issue. I'll go to the barber for a shave, and he'll do a damned fine job with the straight razor and the foaming and the HEY LADY. And then a couple hours later, there goes my inner monkey, showing its ugly hair again. I must be part werewolf or something. 
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Mar 7, 2012 02:41
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Solution: never shave
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Mar 7, 2012 02:51
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Allahu Snackbar posted:Solution: never shave
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Mar 7, 2012 02:52
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You're all loving nuts. If you don't want to throw away disposables you shouldn't buy disposables. And if you must buy disposables, you should use them judiciously and then toss them when they've been used. It's like couponing – you probably don't save more than you would working some job, and if you're concerned about waste then buy some carbon offsets or something.
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Mar 7, 2012 02:59
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ulmont posted:I actually prefer blowing my nose with paper towels rather than Kleenex. Kleenex shreds all over my 5 o'clock shadow, which starts at about 10am. Plus, you can roll them into a little cone or tube and really roto-rooter around inside your nose holes and get out the crud you can't reach with a fingernail.
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Mar 7, 2012 03:30
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dino. posted:Some of us would like to look like we don't live in Brooklyn, thanks. I am going to write the most scathing yelp review of this post.
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Mar 7, 2012 04:29
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Vegetable Melange posted:I am going to write the most scathing yelp review of this post. Speaking of Yelp reviews. Wasn't there some thread about retarded yelp reviews? Yes, I realise saying "retarded yelp review" is redundant, but you know what I'm getting at, right?
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Mar 7, 2012 04:51
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dino. posted:Oh gently caress, I just snorted water out my nose. Note to self: do not read forums while drinking water. every yelp review is retarded
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Mar 7, 2012 05:03
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What the hell is yelp and why is it so funny, yes I live under a rock (or apparently just not in Brooklyn)
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Mar 7, 2012 05:12
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So I just had crab for the first time tonight, my dad somehow found Dungeness crab in Ohio that wasn't a solid hunk of overpriced ice with some crab bits in it. Of the flavors I was expecting, I was not expecting overpowering sweetness. It tasted like someone threw a bucket of sugar in the ocean and made meat out of it somehow. It was good, but the first bite was extremely confusing. Also I'm pretty sure crabs are actually Satan's puzzle-boxes because I nearly lost an eye several times trying to get the son of a bitch open.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:06
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Darval posted:What the hell is yelp and why is it so funny, yes I live under a rock (or apparently just not in Brooklyn) it's the only actually useful national review site for food/drink/entertainment places, but it's only actually useful because a bunch of liberal arts school dropouts/graduates (same thing really, speaking from a position of authority) across the country inexplicably spend way too much time writing elaborate reviews thinking they're the next whoopi goldberg or carrottop or whoever is considered funny nowadays and really in the end the entire site is just one gigantic wank fest I mean you can't walk 10 feet without stepping in hipster jizz or dangling participles or forlorn subjunctives albeit useful hipster jizz and dangling participles and forlorn subjunctives
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Mar 7, 2012 06:26
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Going by the review of the day, I see what you mean http://www.yelp.com/biz/little-lucca-sandwich-shop-and-deli-south-san-francisco#hrid:wlv2hFNWyYcYCzVF2f98IQ why did so many people tag that funny. why.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:52
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It's like Fox News on a deserted island. You can probably figure out what's going on in the rest of the world once you figure out how to ignore all the awfulness and after all you have no other options.
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Mar 7, 2012 07:06
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mindphlux posted:I don't own jeans, and my work clothes are the ones I can't get stained. and I think if my girlfriend found my dick smelling like foul tuna, I wouldn't get blown for a month, so pjs are out. I guess I could throw them in with bath towels... but again with the tuna dick problem. Scientists have recently discovered a substance called "laundry detergent," which, when combined with frequent laundering results in remarkably clean and non-smelly towels and clothing. Why do I always forget you don't cook for a living?
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Mar 7, 2012 14:58
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I just resigned and I feel fiiiiiine
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Mar 7, 2012 16:08
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therattle posted:I just resigned and I feel fiiiiiine o/
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Mar 7, 2012 17:44
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Wroughtirony posted:Scientists have recently discovered a substance called "laundry detergent," which, when combined with frequent laundering results in remarkably clean and non-smelly towels and clothing. probably because I post in the industry thread as if I still do I dunno about laundry detergent - last time I staged somewhere for fun, like 1.5 years ago now, I was tasked with picking through a vat of braised lamb that was probably as big as my torso. I didn't ask what cut it was, but there were huge rear end chunks of fat, and I was pretty much elbow deep in lamb grease. predictably I got a ton on my jacket, and I've washed that fucker dozens of times since. still smells like musky lamb fat.
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Mar 7, 2012 18:35
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mindphlux posted:probably because I post in the industry thread as if I still do
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Mar 7, 2012 18:53
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This is a good commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI
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Mar 7, 2012 20:18
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Phummus posted:This is a good commercial: I hate this whole trend of wanna-be Old Spice Guys (Dairy Queen, Edge, Velveeta), but I'll make an exception for this guy.
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Mar 7, 2012 21:56
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Hmm.. got asked how mobile I am, and if I really see a need to work in IT.
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Mar 7, 2012 22:04
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Happy Hat posted:Hmm.. got asked how mobile I am, and if I really see a need to work in IT. Don't Do It.
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Mar 7, 2012 22:06
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scuz posted:As someone in IT: Truer words were never spoken.
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Mar 7, 2012 22:14
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Phummus posted:Truer words were never spoken. I wanna work in a kitchen somewhere. 
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Mar 7, 2012 22:21
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I wonder if any of us would encourage someone to also enter our respective lines of work. I know I wouldn't.
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Mar 7, 2012 22:34
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why not leave IT? Been heavily into r&d, product development, weather prediction and it/ot lately, so I was wondering of taking care of the supply chain couldn't be fun for a change.
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I would, It has always been awesome, fun, and I have worked with people who I really admire! I would be prouder of my daughters if they worked to improve general living conditions though, than of they followed in my footsteps.
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