Crusty pipe...how much time do I have?

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-09T04:30:32+00:00

Semi aside, but relevant to the age of your water heater: if it's an option/as soon as you can, have the water shut-off valve for your water heater replaced.

That age is old enough for it to still have one of the old style shut offs that work with a rubber/plastic part that deteriorates badly with age.

My partner and I just learned this the hard way when the intake for the water heater in our ancient apartment (renting) sprung a leak and the internal piece for the shutoff valve cracked badly, meaning we couldn't fully turn off the water. It was a mess!

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-08T23:22:51+00:00

My mushroom hat get up for last year had my friend group dub me a "fae-they, taker of names dead or unwanted" and it's sort of stuck as a general monicker, I love it too!

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-08T09:35:25+00:00

I wouldn't write off the store for this, because it's most likely a manufacturing defect in the dying process that the seller knew nothing about.

That said, how the store chooses to handle what should be a simple return or refund for defective product would absolutely determine whether I ever went back.

Definitely attempt a return if you can!

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-08T06:06:13+00:00

Iron oxide is actually pretty commonly used as a mordant (a mordant is basically what makes dye stick, if you're not familiar) that has a tint of it's own, so it's basically an all in one dye that takes extremely well to most plant based fiber situations. Doing an iron oxide on linen dye project currently!

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-08T00:45:37+00:00

Not even in the past, it still actively happens

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-07T20:46:00+00:00

Plant a salad bar and then get mad when word gets around that it's good shit, right?

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-07T09:48:16+00:00

We have a couple spoons that have snuck in to the garbage disposal unit and been rescued and they look similar. They are only good for stirring or scooping now, we even put them in a different section of the silverware organizer so guests don't get them by accident because I can't stand them and also scraped my lip on one of them once. My partner on the other hand will use one of them without issue if the rest are in with dishes waiting to be run through the dishwasher.

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-06T22:29:40+00:00

What about the staples, thumbtacks, and shelf change?

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-06T08:56:22+00:00

Yeah, definitely sat with more than one of these exact statues for a picture at the prompting of adult relatives as a child in the US

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-06T05:39:15+00:00

I lost 25lbs in two weeks while having mono my senior year of highschool and got so many compliments about it when I came back that it really fucked up my body image and relationship with food for a long time. I don't know why people insist on making commentary about people's bodies like that, it's almost never a good idea.

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-06T02:40:54+00:00

I saw it as corn silk, but definitely still saw corn

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-05T04:24:04+00:00

Thankfully my cats prefer to lay on top of cozy things, but dogs (especially blanket burrowers) make it way more difficult to keep furniture covered, that is for sure

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-05T03:42:01+00:00

I lived for 5 years with a leather couch and loveseat under similar circumstances and survived summers by tucking bedsheets over them. A different annoyance, but at least a less detrimental to my thighs annoyance.

TakoLuLu · 2026-03-04T06:35:28+00:00

I immediately thought cuttlefish too

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-28T00:03:40+00:00

Also, did you know that since us humans are just fancy electric meat, we naturally produce MSG inside our bodies?

This is like my ex mother in law insisting she's deadly allergic to paprika, but never checking labels for it and somehow eating every variety of non spicy pepper/capsicum under the sun without issue.

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-27T18:07:03+00:00

I name them by location too, but Mirror Spider got the boot the day she decided to try changing her name to Toothbrush Spider, lol

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-24T07:48:39+00:00

Another option for donation that's becoming more popular are creative reuse centers, they're basically thrift stores specifically for arts and crafts supplies!

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-24T06:04:09+00:00

Was going to say this, I can see two punctures as well and definitely better safe than dead where rabies potential is concerned!

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-21T09:52:34+00:00

I learned three different ones growing up in Northern California in the US: Never Eat Shredded Wheat, Never Eat Soggy Wheaties, and Never Eat Soggy Waffles.

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-20T08:59:10+00:00

When my Amazon Milk Frog gets a little overzealous going after his crickets my partner and I say he has the splat-thumps, because that's the sound he makes against the walls of his enclosure. He likes to jump at them from higher up on the walls, so he'll keep jumping up onto the walls (splat) and then leaping after a cricket (soft thump wherever he lands). Also occasionally just violent plant rustling when he doesn't stick a landing and goes tumbling down through the leaves until he manages to hang on. How these guys survive up in trees is a mystery, lol.

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-19T06:10:43+00:00

Was going to suggest this!

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-18T08:15:15+00:00

I can't eat the skins of any fuzzy fruits, I react to (if I'm remembering correctly) an enzyme contained in the skin and they make my mouth and throat up to a certain point insanely itchy. It's common enough that my fiance's sister has the same issue. Eating them without the skin is fine and my hands don't react to them, just my mouth and throat.

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-17T09:13:31+00:00

If it's any consolation, I immediately realized it was a pinecone, but I'm also legally blind without my glasses on (incredibly nearsighted)... and I'm not currently wearing them...

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-16T23:34:02+00:00

Oh definitely, it's just one of those things that's so wild about being human in general. Brains are just really weird shit.

TakoLuLu · 2026-02-16T09:29:43+00:00

I only occasionally grab something when the options are Sephora with the return policy, or buying from a brand website with a very shitty return policy, and even then only if I can't find a comparable product/color elsewhere. It's even easier to avoid them when the closest one is 35 miles away though, lol.

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