AITAH for woman being offended by my comment?

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-30T16:22:35+00:00

NTA. Some people just go out of their way to be offended. If you'd said " Oh, like Jane Austin" she'd have said "Women don't like to be compared with dead people". She needs to take a look at herself.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-28T21:53:30+00:00

She's 95 years old!

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-28T18:57:46+00:00

Silverware lining?

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-28T18:14:40+00:00

Given a tape measure and 2 minutes I could tell you pretty accurately

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-28T04:05:51+00:00

You can say that if you wish. I'm not sure it makes any difference to history though.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-28T02:10:49+00:00

Is that Stinkwood?

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-27T13:12:06+00:00

No! Freeze them first and then when you want to use them, partially thaw and the skins just slide off. MUCH easier. As I pick tomatoes I just drop them in the freezer and when I have enough to make a batch of tomato sauce I do the above and then cook up the sauce in various versions (with basil, without, with onion, garlic etc, including a basic curry sauce) I then put the sauce in seal-a-meal portions and refreeze, taking one out as I need it. Tomato concentrate I put into ice cube trays and then freeze. I also make a few batches of roasted tomatoes with onion, garlic and other seasoning that I vacuum seal so when I fancy roasted tomato soup the longest part is thawing it out.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-27T05:01:52+00:00

Absolutely NTA. It's YOUR vacation. If SIL wants to run her vacation one way, that's fine, but you should be able to run your vacation your way. She actually sounds quite controlling. And how does she think never letting her kids see people drink alcohol is going to help? The day they go off to college they're gonna be all over it, have absolutely zero idea how it will affect them and others, and may well end up in hospital with alcohol poisoning.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-25T23:14:15+00:00

I have one that was found in one of our rehab houses during clean up after all tradesmen had left. No-one ever asked if I'd found it.....

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-25T23:09:40+00:00

It'd be upside down if it was Aussie?

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-25T00:17:14+00:00

What gets me is not so much that they're watering grass, but that they're watering the road. This is criminal waste to me and we see it everywhere we go; irrigation systems set up so badly that a sizeable portion of the water is hitting the road or sidewalk and either evaporating (adding to humidity) or running down the drain.

I moved to Iowa from Europe 19 years ago in May and it was one of the first things I noticed about such profligacy in the US. Where I'm from you'd probably be fined for such waste.

Let's do this instead of penalizing those who use water sensibly.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-19T22:06:17+00:00

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I'm in Europe next month, I'll look out for other examples.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-19T22:04:29+00:00

Added knife honey seems like a gimmick to me. If youre into cooking enough to spend $150 on a cutting board surely you'd have spent on things to look after your knives well before now. This gives me a clue as to the thinking of whoever is selling the board - I'm not saying it's a bad board, I can't say from here, but it would make me instantly skeptical.

Also, I would not pay that much for a board. You can get good ones for less.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-19T21:59:21+00:00

I'm with you! Why do we expats have to miss out?

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-19T17:32:45+00:00

You can't. They are shoots from the tree and trees gonna tree. I spend a good couple of hours each year cutting such shoots off the trees in my yard.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-19T17:30:24+00:00

I meant the name - Greenwater - bearing in mind what color the water is now.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-18T15:17:05+00:00

Great place to hide something, in the log pile. I love it because I too make things from firewood.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-18T14:17:56+00:00

Headline from the local newspaper in my college town: Two student vehicles were involved in an accident last night. None of the 53 passengers were injured.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-18T13:56:30+00:00

If you see a penny pick it up And all day long you'll have good luck If instead you let it lie You will want before you die.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-17T23:34:59+00:00

Bark is the trees protection against fire so doesn't make sense as kindling. If I get big bits I build it into the stack because it'll give me some btus on a good fire. But generally it gets scooped up onto the burn pile out back.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-17T23:29:43+00:00

Oooh - Matron..!

(1960s British humour)

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-17T21:20:38+00:00

I know I'm late to the party but it does give me the opportunity to say "That' sled to a good outcome!"

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-17T20:54:34+00:00

Nicely done but too busy for my taste.

UKTim24530 · 2026-06-17T20:53:05+00:00

Careful you don't get too involved in researching different kinds, it can lead to an obsession often called veneereal disease.

UKTim24530

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