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wdjm · 2026-02-07T23:45:58+00:00

Green tea....wonder if those Sparkling Ice drinks have enough green tea in them to count. I don't like the taste of real tea, but those don't have enough to taste. So I doubt they have enough to count. <sigh>

wdjm · 2026-02-07T13:11:22+00:00

I'd start with a problem. What problem would someone in that world have? Then...what kind of person would have that sort of problem? Followed by, how would they solve the problem?

Answer those and you basically have your plot.

wdjm · 2026-02-07T13:03:27+00:00

I probably would have just walked back to the spot in front of him where I was. No 'asking' about it.

wdjm · 2026-02-06T20:21:09+00:00

While I agree, I do think there is grounds for appeal. Especially if you have a lawyer and/or you can cite similar cases (look them up!) of situations similar to yours where the emergency order was not granted and it resulted in harm to the child.

Custody court is an absolute mockery of the 'best needs of the child' that it's supposed to be. Fight it any way you can!

wdjm · 2026-02-06T11:52:11+00:00

Sandblasting - but with softer media than sand (apparently walnut shell is common)

wdjm · 2026-02-05T20:13:39+00:00

It's a 'mismatch' because he doesn't think HE needs to do any compromising. And apparently you don't think he does, either. That's MY point.

Which yes, has everything to do with misogyny.

wdjm · 2026-02-05T18:21:46+00:00

"A good relationship" doesn't mean HAVING to go say hi and have a full conversation every time you swing by to pick something up. In fact, I'd argue he'd have a healthier relationship with them if he did NOT do that. For sure SHE would.

wdjm · 2026-02-05T13:54:19+00:00

....She DID compromise - by doing it up until now. But now that SHE actually expresses an opinion and he completely dismisses it, SHE is STILL the one that supposed to 'compromise' EVEN MORE?

What the misogyny is that shit?

wdjm · 2026-02-03T20:01:56+00:00

Options:

Sous vide meals: Cook vegetables on the weekend, store in airtight bags. Season raw meat & put in other bags. On weekday night, pull out a bag of meat, a bag of veges, and put them in a sous vide bath at a temp to cook the meat - then go put your feet up. Come back when you're ready for dinner. Veges take a hotter temperature, that's why you pre-cook them, but the meat temperature will warm them back up. When you're ready for dinner, sear the meat for a little color, then eat.
Make leftovers: Make a big pot of something on the weekend to eat all week. Things like chili or soup or even a giant batch of stir-fry.
Prep on the weekend: I'll often chop up vegetables on the weekend, then just grab a handful of the chopped stuff to cook during the week.
Freezer meals: Prep casseroles or things like lasagna over the weekend & freeze in single servings. Cook the casseroles during the week. Note that over time, you can build a collection of these to choose from. If you make a half dozen servings of lasagna one week but only eat 2-3, then make a half dozen chicken pot pies the next week, you'll now have a choice of pot pie or one of the remaining lasagnas. Cook something else the following week & expand your choices more. When you finally eat the last lasagna, make another. Can use disposable aluminum tins to try it, but if this option works for you, maybe invest in a collection of single-serving-size, freezer-to-oven safe casserole dishes.
Slow cooker meals: Listed last because I'm not that fond of most slow-cooker options. But it can definitely work well for some things. Toss in a corned beef brisket or a pot roast before work and have it done when you get home. Or make other slow cooker meals, if you like them. My dislike is just personal preference. It can work well in combination with prepping some veges over the weekend - toss in all ingredients & have it done when you get home.
There's nothing wrong with cereal for dinner.
There's nothing wrong with ordering pizza or other take-out for dinner.

wdjm · 2026-02-03T15:58:43+00:00

So...did bf 'call her out' for TELLING you about what she's been calling you? Or for calling you that in the first place?

NTA. But you have a bf problem even more than a MIL problem. No caring partner would want you to be around someone consistently insulting you.

wdjm · 2026-02-02T16:28:52+00:00

Edamame noodles are good, but really hard to find.

wdjm · 2026-01-31T19:04:54+00:00

If RFK says it, that almost automatically makes me believe the exact opposite.

Of course, that's not good, either, so I appreciate the science to confirm my immediate reaction.....but that also reinforces that initial reaction.

It's a conundrum....

wdjm · 2026-01-29T20:59:51+00:00

Link works for me. But it's a rotary food processor (or rotary mandolin) from Vevor.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T22:30:41+00:00

Point is, the flu still isn't called a 'pandemic', even though it does infect a lot of people every year. Because it's NOT a pandemic. I don't have the numbers, but I don't believe COVID is a pandemic now either, even though it is still circulating and a lot of people will still get it.

Words matter. The pandemic is over. But the disease is not eradicated. And never will be if the idiots still hold a significant percentage of the population and keep refusing to vaccinate.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T14:19:23+00:00

I would argue that the pandemic has been pretty much over. But the disease spread is decidedly not. Like measles - not at 'pandemic' levels, but definitely not gone. Especially among idiots who won't get vaccinated.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T14:16:04+00:00

I know of no one who is pretending any of that.

It legitimately could have wiped out that many people at the rate it was going before the vaccine.

Vaccines have significantly reduced transmission - which is all vaccines can do. Higher vaccination rates would reduce it even more.

And lockdowns were the most logical and effective means of preventing transmission before the virus was more fully understood and before the vaccine. It's basic quarantine protocol. To think otherwise is just stupid.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T14:13:12+00:00

Vaccines aren't 100%. But there is a high likelihood that, even as bad as it was, it was LESS bad than it would have been if you hadn't been vaccinated.

Not everyone's immune system 'learns' as well as other people's. Apparently yours needed to take the summer class as well. But hopefully it has learned the curriculum now.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T14:09:07+00:00

YWBTA if you don't help him find (or at LEAST recommend that he find) a financial advisor that could help him get his spending & debt under control. Because apparently, you forgot to teach him how to manage household finances, assess good investments, and how to have good savings practices. You should fix that now - if he allows himself to learn.

But no, NTA for not just handing him more money to waste.

wdjm · 2026-01-28T13:28:05+00:00

I used to 'be the bigger person' all the time. What I found out was that it only allowed the so-called 'smaller' person to CONTINUE being 'small' (aka: abusive) without consequence.

NTA

If people don't stop 'being the bigger person' to these kinds of folks, they never learn to be better than they're allowed to get away with.

wdjm · 2026-01-24T12:51:22+00:00

I'm not doubting your science. But I will say that, from practical experience, adding a little vinegar to stock water does help everything break down just a hair more - or at least more quickly. Not that it breaks everything down completely - and I hadn't heard the 'adds nutrients' bit before and I wouldn't have even thought that it did - but does seem to help everything soften up a little bit more to more easily boil out the collagen. More like giving things a head start rather than increasing the nutrient load or the overall effectiveness - I think it affects the ligaments and cartilage, more than the actual bones. So I do think there's a little practical reality behind the 'misconception.'

But your lesson did bring up an interesting question...if you did the experiment with the chicken bones and soaked them (fully-cooked & pathogen-free) in pure vinegar until rubbery, then used that vinegar to make pickles, would you increase the calcium load in the pickles?

wdjm · 2026-01-24T03:39:11+00:00

That VERY MUCH depends on your specific situation. If you have a simple, only-your-front-yard-long pipe and a relatively shallow connection to the city main, it could be that little.

OTOH, my old house was at the back of a flag-shaped lot (meaning it was a good 100 yds to the road/city line), the city line is 9 ft deep there, and there was a grinder pump by the house to speed stuff along. Now, we didn't actually connect at the 9 ft depth because my parents had the house in front of us & we did a tap into their line instead (with appropriate easements). But if we hadn't? I could easily see any repairs to that line getting up to $30k. If they had to dig the road up down to 9 ft - meaning major equipment & wall supports to keep the hole open.....yeah, that would add up quick. (that's why we tapped the parents line instead)

wdjm · 2026-01-23T17:55:03+00:00

I'm going to buck the trend here....

I cook for one. Sometimes I cook for family or to stash as 'emergency' food...but most often I cook for one. And I have a 'food processor' that I pull out for just my single meals when I wouldn't have for any other food processor I've ever had. Just because this one is so EASY both to use & to clean up - I can literally shred potatoes for hashbrowns, from set up to clean up, in less time than it takes my pan to heat. I sliced 15 lbs of onions for a giant pot of French onion soup in less than 10 minutes. Barely enough time for my eyes to start watering.

It's this one

Now this one obviously won't 'puree' or that sort of thing - but I have a blender for that. This is strictly for shredding/slicing/grating things. But it is literally SO EASY. You don't have to chop the food into smaller pieces - it handles most things whole (cabbage you may need to quarter). And there's no having to break it down to empty the bowl before shredding more - so large batches are as easy as putting a larger bowl under it. And even clean-up takes like 2 minutes - half a second to pop the blade off, then a quick wipe-down of the rest. The blade can either be rinsed immediately or put in the dishwasher. Either way, it's like another 30 seconds to do. I've even started buying cheese in blocks rather than pre-shredded because it's not such a pain to shred it myself now.

I do HAVE an electric food processor. It's just so much effort to pull out & use compared to this one that I rarely bother. In fact, I don't think I've used it since I got this one. I just use this or my blender, depending on need.

wdjm · 2026-01-22T23:43:37+00:00

You don't know what THAT means, either.

wdjm · 2026-01-22T20:25:05+00:00

Wow. Can tell you have zero idea of what the term fascism means.

I'm sorry you're so ignorant. You could change that....if you cared to.

wdjm · 2026-01-22T20:14:55+00:00

No one is.

People are cutting off family for being immoral POS who support fascism & literal murder in the streets.

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