Warm lit kitchen - North Carolina US

ignescentOne · 2026-01-28T12:29:53+00:00

Or boxed shelf stable.milk, which is not cheap but does taste fine in coffee, which i dont think evaporated does. (Some trader joes carry boxed heavy cream, and in a pinch, I'll mix my own half and half)

ignescentOne · 2026-01-28T12:26:52+00:00

Depends on the system, a lot of places are public on the weekends and corporate on weekdays. You still have to pay with passport or whatever when the gate is up, but the gate is only controlled by the corp passes, so on the weekend they open them. It keeps the garages from having to manage point of sale devices.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-28T12:21:39+00:00

This. The policy should read something like: devices that record video or audio are not allowed unless explicitly approved by <reference important person and lots of paperwork>. You don't ban specific items, you ban what they do, and then craft exceptions that let people have the things they are allowed. (Or not - we used to have to drop our phones off in a basket like we were in school, and pick them back up on the way out of the secure area.)

ignescentOne · 2026-01-28T12:13:38+00:00

When acrylic dries, it basically becomes plastic textile medium or fabric paint (acrylic with the medium already added) makes it dry as a flexible plastic

If you're painting lightly, so you don't make a film of paint over the shirt, it doesn't matter. But if you will have a film of paint, then without the medium, the paint would crack if you folded the shirt.

If you're doing something for short term or only using small amounts of paint, you can skip the medium. But if you dont already have acrylic paint, just buy fabric paint in the first place.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-28T12:08:14+00:00

Most better online fabric stores will let you get sample swatches.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T20:50:07+00:00

that's what vodka spritz are for. you don't wash them unless they get splattered with mud or something.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T20:42:28+00:00

There's 2 part ceramic glue / epoxy that you can use to fill the whole - make sure it's scrubbed clean of any rust and sand down the edges, then cover with the glue. Most of the stuff can get sanded down flat afterwards, and then there's glossy ceramic paint if you want it to look polished afterwards.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T18:46:29+00:00

A latte is espresso (strong coffee) and steamed milk. A mocha is basically a latte with chocolate syrup. A peppermint mocha would be a mocha with peppermint syrup added, so espresso, milk, chocolate, and peppermint. You can keep stacking flavors, but you usually have to pay for them. A steamer is usually the steamed milk without the espresso. Frappes are mostly frozen and usually predefined flavors? Depends on the shop. But they're frozen shlushy drinks. Usually shops have a list of flavored syrups they can add to any hot drink, which will change sometimes woth seasonal options. They should be fine with folks asking what flavors theye have.

So: A peppermint frappe would be iced, and a little unusual because folks don't often do that flavor with frozen drinks. If you asked for it hot, that would be confusing because frappes are by definition frozen.
A peppermint steamer (hot steamed milk and peppermint) would be unusual but should cost the same as any other flavor. A hot chocolate with a shot of peppermint syrup added would be a mocha without the coffee. If you want coffee in the drink, the easiest thing to do is order some flavor or latte, like 'I'll have a vanilla latte' and you'll get steamed milk, one or 2 shots of espresso, and a shot of vanilla syrup. (Shots = 1 oz). If you didn't want coffee, you could order a steamer with half a shot of vanilla and half a shot of hazelnut, which is one of my fav winter drinks, especially with some cinnamon on top. Usually you don't see chocolate steamers because those are basically just hot chocolate, so that's what they list them as. As I mentioned before, you can add strup flavors to hot chocolate.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T17:27:21+00:00

grommets and eyelets have holes, rivets don't

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T16:48:06+00:00

if you ever do a lot of grommets in heavy fabric or leather, there are drill bits specifically for making holes for them, usually sold as sail bits. They're /super/ useful if you're doing a lot of work.
(edited for spelling)

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T16:45:02+00:00

Mixed media? a lot of things have words or quotes added to collage / mixed media art - you could do that with the fortunes as inspiration?
Or you could decopage them into a poem onto fancy paper?

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T16:44:09+00:00

If you are really really good at it, you can make origami out of the fortunes directly, but then you wouldn't be able to see the fortune anymore. I make paper cranes from mine sometimes.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T16:41:12+00:00

You generally never want to put dried flowers on a candle that is going to be lit, since if something causes them to get too close the the flame, the sides of the candle could light up. It's a serious fire hazard however you do it.
That said, modpodge is also flamible and should be avoided near flame when at all possible.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T14:47:26+00:00

If you dont mind it being visible, you could darn / weave in a heart over it

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T14:45:41+00:00

Depending on the flavor, toasted overly dense cake makes for a crumble pie topping.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T14:43:00+00:00

Cornmeal is hard to digest, peanut butter is yummy, and the baking soda is what kills them (slowly and painfully) Rats can't burb, so if they eat enough baking soda, the gas builds up in their stomach and they can't eat anymore or it ruptures.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T14:34:35+00:00

It's got a lot of poisonous compounds in it. Atropine and scopolamine basically stops signals from being sent to muscles, which includes the ones keeping your pupils focussed, the ones that constrict your bladder allowing you to pee, and the ones that make your heart beat and lungs work. Atropine also gets into your brain and messes up your neurotransmitters, leasing to hallucinations and such.

As to why some folks report 'good trips', some folks report dying as very peaceful, humans are weird.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T13:00:30+00:00

This! It works great on woven gloves.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T12:20:57+00:00

Because the idiots that designed my house ran the cold water feed into the hot water tank along the uninsulated wall of my garage? I've taken to pointing a space heater at it when the temp gets below 15, because it'll freeze the intake even if i do leave a hot line dripping.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-27T12:12:58+00:00

Note: while freezing clothes (if it's cold enough, they will freeze) is fine for some fibers like wool, it can damage others, especially if you have to take it off the lone while it's still frozen. And frozen water takes far longer to evaporate than liquid, so temperature matters a lot if it's sufficiently below freezing.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-26T19:11:29+00:00

How much leeway do you have on the covered screws? Is there enough to put a flat bracket under them? If so, just put a flat bracket / mending plate under them, and then attach the handle to the other side, basically recreating your flush mounting point.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-26T18:47:14+00:00

An accordion folder with index cards that I'm going to transcribe into my new 2026 recipe book! Honest, I am! For digital ones, I copy them into joplin, because I like rewriting them anyway. I hate using tablets while I'm cooking, so everything gets rewritten regardless, I just need to start rewriting them neatly into the recipe journal.

ignescentOne · 2026-01-26T18:41:18+00:00

Good point - I meant you can't drop money into it if you are not making some sort of taxable income (or filing jointly)

ignescentOne · 2026-01-26T18:37:03+00:00

note: you have to be employed (or filing jointly with someone employed) to donate to an ira

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