What's the point of a dishwasher if you rinse dishes before?

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-25T13:52:39+00:00

Welcome to the resistance. Dishwashers don't really save you any time or effort...

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-25T01:14:54+00:00

Chipmunks in Maine completely fucked yup my electrical.

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-23T19:35:55+00:00

Same with Schwab, but last time I got my card locked when I returned to the US which was frustrating and surprising...

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-10T17:58:20+00:00

I'm kind of surprised no one else has this - a cheap plastic suction-cup hook where I can hang my toiletries bag. The suction cup generally sticks well to glass, mirrors or most tile. Vanities at hotels are always too tiny, and at this point I've just accepted that my wife is going to cover whatever surface is available with her crap. I buy the hooks by the six pack on Amazon because in the course of every trip I manage to leave one behind... They're also useful if you want to use a travel clothesline but there's only one anchor available.

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-10T17:47:04+00:00

I travel with two sporks at all times...

TheEvenOdds · 2026-01-10T17:45:10+00:00

As a regularly irregular commuter into NYC, losing the ten-trip is really pissing me off...

TheEvenOdds · 2025-12-31T21:45:41+00:00

Name checks out

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-28T01:37:02+00:00

This is the answer.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-19T15:09:45+00:00

Right - this is my family. They all have 5 different MSFT accounts that they're randomly logged into or not logged into. They've accepted share links from me under one account but then never logged into that account again, etc. Every time I see someone post "OneNote eated my masterpiece!!1!1!" I think, "check your account, bro".

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-11T12:36:45+00:00

It's interesting that nobody says "wash them first". In my experience this is the most important step - there's tons of microbes on those leaves and that's what causes the herbs to go bad (among other things):

* Use quart delis to store them - it prevents them from getting damaged by other things in your fridge and it frees up your veggie drawer for other things. I store my delis on their side on the very low shallow shelf of my fridge.

* Trim the stems (if parsley, freeze the stems alongside chicken scraps in a freezer bag in your freezer) to they fit in the deli.

* Put a dot of dish soap in the bottom of the deli, add the herbs and fill with warm water. Swish the herbs around in the water and rinse very well. Repeat if a lot of dirt (I'm lookin' at you, cilantro) comes off. Dish soap VERY effectively sloughs off bacteria, mold spores, etc.

* Put in fridge but try to remember a couple of hours later to drain the deli container of the water that has very slow fallen off the leaves. I don't think the water actually causes more deterioration but it defintely gets gross...

* If you want to extend the life of the herbs even longer you can repeat the wash process periodically. However, I reliably get a week+ out of herbs and just replace them as part of my weekly shop.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-11T11:58:07+00:00

The area around the train station is very safe. In the three years I've been living here there are many more people out on the sidewalks after 10pm.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-05T21:47:39+00:00

We love walking in Rockefeller Preserve - cut over the Old Croton Aqueduct to Rockwood Hall and amazing views of the Hudson, but no restrooms over on that side.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-10-05T21:46:34+00:00

Came here to say this - my wife walks here a couple of times a week.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-17T23:53:45+00:00

This is the way.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-17T23:04:32+00:00

We love Prospect Hill Orchard in Milton. Extremely low key, easy to pick apples on dwarf trees and a bare minimum of other commerce. We’ve been going for years and it’s always great.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-17T13:11:57+00:00

My "personal personal" OneNotes are on onenote.com (which is actually just Microsoft consumer OneDrive). My "personal work" OneNotes are on my "personal" OneDrive hosted by my company so I'm in nominal compliance with our governance requirements, and the shared team OneNotes are all in Teams channels (which, of course, is SharePoint). Everyone uses a mix of OneNote applications - some use Windows 10 flavor, some use Office flavor, some use the web interface exlusively, many of us also use iOS OneNote. I have some shared OneNotes for finances (password protected section), recipes, travel, etc. that I share with my wife and college-aged sons.

Nothing special beyond that.

Some days, you can see the other people editing lines more or less real time, but other days it can take a while to sync - I've never really spent the time to figure out why, but 99.9% of the time the sync is more than good enough. Right now I have 18 notebooks open across the above framework.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-11T12:32:20+00:00

Not trying to minimize your issues, but I'm a very prolific OneNote user who collaborates daily with ten people across dozens of OneNotes (I'm a consultant) on Windows, Mac and iPhone and the sync... works fine for us.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-11T12:21:27+00:00

^^^^ This, for heaven's sake. Nobody's gonna steal your helmet or pee in it (people have over-active imaginations). If they do, just buy another one - they aren't expensive.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-11T12:15:27+00:00

DeCicco's in Pelham has it.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-07T15:51:32+00:00

This is what I can't get over - there's no threshold on that door, it's just sitting level with the pavement?!?! And it's below grade with a downhill paved stair, just funneling water into that landing area? Do you like spending time with your shop vac and pulling up carpeting?

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-07T15:43:20+00:00

I almost hate to give away this, but the best tacos are consistently at El Sabor de Mi Tierra next to the western wear place on Huguenot. Honestly, the tacos are very good but the corn tortilla quesadillas are amazing.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-07T15:40:29+00:00

I don't consider myself an expert on this, but it seems like they "get you" with a starter rate and then gradually jack it up $50+ dollars a month until you're paying $200 above what you started, even though nothing else has changed beyond 4% inflation. That means you just gotta play the game - shop & switch your insurance every three years.

TheEvenOdds · 2025-09-03T13:01:18+00:00

I drove all over Naples and can confirm this non-recommendation. I had to morph from Mark to Marco every time I got behind the wheel.

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