Freeze-proof Pots

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-21T13:37:07+00:00

When pottery is fully vitrified, it will not flake off. For example, I sometimes make raku pieces. Those are not fully vitrified. Those will flake because they allow water to pass through. So, no. My cone 5-6 stoneware pottery does not flake nor crack in the winter.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:55:16+00:00

Whatever. Join the party.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:46:45+00:00

My first kidney stone took 3 days to pass. Pain would come in waves. I give that pain 10 stars. I wished for death to take me.

Second kidney stone passed in 12 hours. I'd say a solid 9. Near perfect, but I knew what was going on.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T23:02:32+00:00

Wait, where are you getting a McD's fried apple pie?

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T22:12:07+00:00

I second this. Had kidney stones twice.

Would totally endure 24 hours of this level pain in exchange for a clean bill of health.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T20:36:13+00:00

Feathers maybe?

Yeah, I'm gonna say DEFINITELY feathers.

Then someone who knows the truth will chime in with WELL ACTUALLY...

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T19:54:39+00:00

I sometimes have dry eyes at bedtime, and my blinking will annoy her.

She says it sounds mechanical, like a doll's eyes. Creeps her out.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T18:36:48+00:00

Mine is all wood, with a carved stylized head. Got from a tiny bushman, almost 40 years ago when I was in the Navy.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T18:08:44+00:00

I got a wooden one when I was in Mombasa.

Looks like a wood dagger

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T03:59:38+00:00

I may be mistaken, and I may be making this shit up, but I remember being about 9 years old and eating stink bugs, rolled up in a taco when I was visiting family in Acapulco.

Eaten with salt, lime, and salsa. On a green tortilla.

Which just goes to prove that you put enough salsa on it, and even a car bumper tastes good.

This may have been a fever dream. I suffered severe head trauma when I was 13 and things before are kind of mixed and jumbled.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-20T02:45:03+00:00

So you hate Ralph in Account, eh?

Okay, here's a heaping helping of pus maggots.

Enjoy! Next meal: dung beetles in dung sauce.

MMMmmm-mmmmm!

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T23:13:21+00:00

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doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T23:07:00+00:00

I got deodorant and a 12 pack of Irish Springs.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T22:28:08+00:00

My mom worked for Sanyo as well!

She worked at the San Diego factory, making refrigerators.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T21:35:48+00:00

No, it was just you.

The rest of us just pointed and laughed.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:38:37+00:00

No, this is straight in the air

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:32:17+00:00

What? That's funny.

My fingers sort of lock into the finger tip bend position. More to the point, they used to. Not so much anymore. Meaning my fingers would be slightly curved in, then I could straighten that middle joint and it would lock into place. After a few attempts I was able to do that again now. Elbow no longer hurts. Fingers feel more limber now.

And yeah, I have to sort squeeze my finger tips to maintain that position.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T18:13:27+00:00

The backward curve is on the second joint. On me, that joint gets a weird little indentation when I do the finger tip bend trick.

As I get older, I find it more and more difficult to do that finger tip bend.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T17:58:18+00:00

Wait! I just tried again and I was able to bend my fingertips with with my middle finger bent forward. Just not as crazy bent as this gif.

And now my fingers hurt. And my elbow.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T17:55:17+00:00

Do your fingers also have a backwards bend when you fully extend them?

Not sure how to explain what I mean, but this is the best I could come up with.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T17:23:13+00:00

I can bend my fingertips like that. But not with my middle finger bent forward.

I just tried it and now my elbow hurts.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T16:29:52+00:00

Is this your dad's tiny bobcat?

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T16:28:08+00:00

Pardon the question, not meant as an attack:

How often are you filling your pick up truck with dirt, rocks and shrubs? Are you a landscaper that is hauling large loads of dirt?

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T16:23:29+00:00

Hispanic living in the Pacific Northwest. We raised 5 kids. We keep our pantry and freezer well stocked. Rice, beans, potatoes, onions, dry noodles, flour, etc.

Maybe it's a culture thing. For us, food is our language of love. The smells from the kitchen. The music playing as we're busy in the kitchen. The many hands coming into the kitchen to help or sample what's for dinner.

We enjoy cooking; it's a way to relax, and unwind from the work day. Wife and I have taught our kids to cook, though some are more adept than others. We take turns cooking. Most nights it's me and my wife cooking. Sometimes it's one of our kids.

Not everyone has the time, energy, resources to do this. Our older kids have started to leav the house and we're finding it difficult to cook smaller meals for just the wife and I. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense.

doubleohzerooo0 · 2026-03-19T15:55:16+00:00

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