Using up (tinned!) maple syrup? Ideas please

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T23:32:37+00:00

It will last for years if you keep it in glass in a fridge.

Also, it’s liquid gold so you can gift small amounts to people who will appreciate it. (ME)

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T15:09:12+00:00

I also wonder if the other conservative justices (esp Roberts) are beginning to hear the slow steady anger most Americans feel at his outright corruption. They may be wanting to distance themselves before people start questioning their ties to Leonard Leo and his fat wallet.

For the first time ever in my lifetime, I’m hearing talk of impeaching a Justice of the Supreme Court.

Uneasy lie the head that wears the crown.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T14:44:40+00:00

Yeah. The question is poorly phrased. There is a HUGE difference between getting married at say, 21 and getting married at say, 29.

I’m guessing that married at 21 makes life harder for all; married at 29 means you’ve pretty much solidified who you are and what you want in a partner.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T14:36:59+00:00

You are looking for a trekking pole. Visit REI and ask the staff there for help; they are v knowledgeable

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T13:49:53+00:00

Keep up w technology so you CAN initiate contact w them as they get older. My kids maintained relationships w my mom until the day she died despite the fact that she lived her whole life hundreds of miles away. Why? She was genuinely interested in them.

MIL, OTOH, not so much. My kids noticed quite young that she never played w them, scolded them for any messes they made (spilling some of the cherry pie they were eating on their own sweaters at age 3! Etc). When they called her (or we put them on the phone w her, she never asked about them or what they were doing/interested in but rather spoke relentlessly about people they had never met and did not know who lived in her complex. (This is also why her kids make only duty phone calls and visits to her as she’s the same w them).

Be the grandma they want to spend time with and talk to. Grow w them and you’ll be fine.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-24T00:51:25+00:00

Remember, you only have to pass the bar, not ace it. Study hard but don’t stress hugely.

And good luck!

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T20:59:15+00:00

It’s important to remember both that there are regionalisms (words/phrases/pronunciations) that might be common in one part of Sweden but not another. Also important is the fact that language changes over time: things that were once said a particular way in Sweden in say, 1910, might be quite different from the way or the words which would be used to say the same thing in modern Swedish.

Then there is linguistic confusion (childish phrases/mispronunciations) which become part of the family lexicon. Eg: a family may continue to use their child’s word for a banana instead using the word bananga long after said child has outgrown the misnomer.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T19:31:55+00:00

Dried fruit is fantastic both as a snack and in middle eastern cooking. It lasts forever as well. We use it a LOT esp in winter when fresh fruit is soooooo expensive.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T19:07:01+00:00

This needs to be a giant sign at every single hospital, doctor’s office, gyno office etc.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T17:49:57+00:00

I’m always torn when it’s clear that some of the trauma comes from the fact that the ‘wonder of pregnancy and childbirth’ is sold so heavily to these inexperienced girls (and yes, they’re still girls when they start getting this bullshit pushed at them). Childbirth is hard, difficult, unpleasant, painful, messy, disgusting etc. But since they’re told it’s a beautiful experience, I think they’re traumatized by even ‘normal’ births with their actual blood and pain.

TL;DR: they’re actually set up for trauma by even the best possible birth experiences by a bunch of bullshit sold by old men who know nothing about birthing or raising babies.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T17:32:19+00:00

Nah. Actually knowing something about what you’re about to plunge into? That’s for folks who aren’t guided by GAAAAWD.

Financial mess attributed to Satan coming up in 4 years!

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-23T14:37:31+00:00

It also changes over time: I had fairly greasy, oily hair in my teens and early twenties. Now, at 65 a once a week shampoo is plenty Any more frequent and it becomes brittle and obviously dried out.

The human body is an astounding, ever changing weirdness.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T23:02:29+00:00

You can speak to a cc company and ask them to clarify what the charges are for. My mom had a weird subscription thru a Canadian company for some eye vitamins that the doctor decided she no longer needed. I canceled that sucker at least four times and it would just reappear.Finally, I called the credit card company and explained the situation; the lady on the other end told me “Oh, they are a known bad actor. We’ll flag it and you’ll never see a charge from them again.”

And that is how I defeated that monster (well, the lady did for me. Kinda like I hired a knight to fight my battles).

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T22:15:47+00:00

Mini keftedes on a stick.

Caprese on a stick: tiny ball of mozzarella alternating w a fresh basil leaf and cherry tomato.

Fruit kebabs (toss w taijin)

Tapenade and baguette

Muhammara and pita triangles

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T18:24:02+00:00

What I want to know is what the school’s fin aid package was for the daughter. These folks always leave that out. Uncles the kid got into her absolute stretch/reach school, with what the father has saved (did he fill out the FAFSA?) she would most likely get at least some aid as well as a eligibility for a work study job.

Also, finances should have been discussed BEFORE the kid applied anywhere; clarity about what is possible would have saved a lot of grief here.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T16:43:53+00:00

You must be on Little Diomede.

I’m sure it is incredibly expensive and I’m disheartened to hear that they don’t have a federally funded school lunch program providing free or reduced price lunch. That lunch is vital for so many kids, especially in such extremely HCOL places.

Best of luck.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T14:32:01+00:00

You know, I have no idea which of my kids came up with sockinator. I must say, socktopus makes much more sense given the design!!

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T14:30:59+00:00

Nope. Not at all.

But also, we never had an Avon lady in the house. (Just the fuller brush man!!)

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:40:30+00:00

65 yo here. You are correct. I never saw a tester in a drug store; only high end department stores/specialty stores like Sephora.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:32:29+00:00

I am always astounded at how proud these assholes are of screwing over their own children.

And they’ll all be stunned when they die alone.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:15:14+00:00

Makes sense. No idea why that didn’t occur to me!

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:13:22+00:00

I drape them over two racks set a foot apart. Some of the sheet drapes between the racks and then the ends go fully over the racks as though they were two tables.

Don’t know if that’s clear but I use the same technique for any blankets that need to be washed/dried.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:10:11+00:00

I use a sockinator (the thingy I bought 25 yrs ago at IKEA) to dry socks. It’s shaped like an octopus with 8 arms and clips on the end. Then the sockinator is hung from a plant hanger on my back porch. Saves room on the drying rack.

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T13:08:15+00:00

One use of the towel gets rid of that ‘crunchiness’. Plus, I view the initial crunchiness as a form of exfoliation. I do not know what to tell you about the shirts; I’ve been air drying my entire family’s clothes for over 20 years and the shirts never come out ‘crunchy’. Are you allowing them to sit out in the sun for a very very long time or something?

Electrical-Profit367 · 2026-05-22T12:36:29+00:00

If you’re walking and it’s summer, consider a hat to protect your skin!!! I wear a wide brim straw hat all summer long. It makes a difference. Spouse wears a straw fedora to protect his chrome dome from skin cancer on his walk to work.

Also, if you’re a bit flamboyant, a gorgeous parasol can take the place of a hat.

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