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"The Frugal Gourmet always chanted, "Hot pan, cold oil, food won't stick!" and I find that largely to be true, for a certain set of circumstances. Proteins in general will stick until the Maillard reaction occurs which is why woks don't..." [
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13 days ago
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"If you still smell it after you clean the drain, you may want to start the shower with a bucket in hand, get yourself several cups of water in the bucket, take the bucket out of the bathroom, and then get your face down to the bucket and smell...." [
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13 days ago
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"This is a good time for your daughter to learn one of the unfortunately necessary skills of the working world: document, document, document. Your examples sound vague, possibly because her examples to you are vague, and it's going to be really hard..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by corey flood, pointystick
3 weeks ago
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"Vinegar gets more vinegary as it sits, in many cases, which may be part of the problem. You may want to try a shot of citrus juice with the vinegar, to bring out the flavors. Salt, too, can help. For commercial preparations, I would assume sugar..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chara
3 weeks ago
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"Ask him what it is about the blowout wedding that's really important to him, the actual individual factors, and you may find out some really interesting things. But, bottom line, if he earns more than twice what you do and still wants you to go in..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by ifjuly, Melinika, languagehat, andifsohow, JakeLL, Asherah, mynameismandab, lemonwheel
2 months ago
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"I have noticed that there's a much higher amount of non-sequitur tolerated in geek circles than other ones. My geek husband and I will be sitting around or in the car or whatever and he'll say, "So, have you ever thought about what it would be..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by vers, bluishorange
2 months ago
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"It's hard to think about right now, but advise her to keep every receipt, copies of every tiniest bit of paperwork and documentation of the incident and her losses, all documentation of Red Cross and other assistance, and use a qualified, capable tax..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by you're a kitty!, Skorgu
3 months ago
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"Poopcoach, awesome. None of my cats accept a closed door of any kind, opening cabinets (or trying to open them and they thu-thu-thunk closed over and over and over again) and banging on the bedroom door like the damn SWAT team. That noise makes me..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by JDHarper, ztdavis, olya, Zosia Blue
3 months ago
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"My beagle mix definitely fits the description everyone else has given: godawful bray, goes over fences, goes under fences, fast, sneaky, sly, way too smart, stubborn. Ours appears to be crossed with greyhound or something similar, and it takes two..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blucevalo
3 months ago
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"A crate is really the best way to immobilize a recovering cat. It's just about impossible to stop a cat from jumping up, it's just what they do.
What you might do, though, in the crate, is provide a ledge. When my cat had a broken leg, she spent..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by watercarrier
5 months ago
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"(languagehat, it was the previous Mr. Wrong who dismissed the behavior as harmless flirting - she hasn't discussed it with Mr. Right Now.)
Terra, you are trying to talk yourself out of being upset with behavior that is clearly upsetting to you. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
6 months ago
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"Hit up pawn shops and/or secondhand music stores. Call it "proof of concept" - if he uses the hell out of the cheap guitar he gets first, then he can upgrade. He can learn on anything (and I suspect electric is the way to start here,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by logicpunk
9 months ago
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"I think your anger is pointed in an odd direction, since you are the architect of your own misery. It doesn't sound like the two of you ever really act as a team, but that's the only way you're going to get through this. You guys need to start..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by 45moore45
9 months ago
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"If your employer has an HR department, you can probably give some poor HR person a heart attack with one phone call. Be pleasant and polite and just ask how they'd like to arrange your termination paperwork and everything, since you'll be needing..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Laura_J, willie11
10 months ago
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"It's normal, it's going to happen to just about everyone repeatedly over the course of a lifetime. Sometimes that feeling will be a crushy one for a person romantically, or for a hobby or work or a friendship.
A feeling is not a mandate, however...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by splendid animal
10 months ago
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"Not that they're not acting skeevy with other things, but I can see a number of liability reasons a dealer (or any mechanic) wouldn't tell you the secret maneuver to turn that light off, or how to turn off the seatbelt beep, or how to hack your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misanthropicsarah
10 months ago
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"Not really binge territory. If there's pizza left, you're far outside the boundaries.
You may be overeating/drinking due to hunger or low blood sugar, though, if you're prone to skipping meals. You are kind of carb-bombing with pizza and wine,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
11 months ago
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"Stop taking her around other dogs. Get a behaviorist. Read Cesar Millan's "red zone" information in his two books to help you think about where you need to draw the line between fixable and not.
I believe in the adage "if your dog..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mosk
11 months ago
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"The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO is actually the Shining hotel. It's gorgeous and there are pleasant non-skiing things to do in the vicinity." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
11 months ago
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"I think mostly he would learn that moms read lame stuff, and then maybe be squicked out about his mom (or any mom, somebody's mom) reading it. Romance novels are, to teenagers, largely the province of housewives and other adults of limited..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by crabintheocean, Student of Man, Ziggurat
Last year
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"This isn't about dumping, it's just about accepting that you can't make something happen if it isn't happening. All that stuff about relationships taking work: yes, they do, but it's teamwork, not trying to force someone to be what you want them to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by RussHy, jayder, logic vs love
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"Do you have a cat, or perhaps a friend with one? Take a few clumps of used litter and put them underneath the car when it's parked. Predator pee smell is a rodent deterrent. You can buy the stuff from various garden supply vectors (used to keep..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
Last year
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"If you have a contract that says the seller was going to fix something, and the seller didn't fix it, take action against the seller, get your sink fixed, and keep the receipts. If you have moved into a place with a condo association that repairs..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by croutonsupafreak
Last year
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"So, by "repair this situation" you actually mean "make my sister and my mother do what I want them to do?" You can't. You don't get to control other people. If you can't talk to her without spouting off about how horrible she..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by elisynn, loiseau, BrotherCaine
Last year
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"He doesn't know HOW to clean, like how to perform the individual steps, and may also have enough ADD to make it even worse. The hyperfocus on tiny useless tasks is the tip-off there; my husband makes himself lists of specific tasks to perform..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last year
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"You can be timid and continue to get mired in unhappy situations or you can be straightforward and save yourself a lot of grief.
You'll be better off adopting a more old-fashioned or conservative mode of interacting with women. You are going to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
Last year
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"Think about it this way: is this guy a model you want for your child? You have kind of a unique opportunity here, in that you know what you need to do, and you're having a hard time doing it for yourself, and normally you need to do these things..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by minervous
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"This is exactly the scenario I use as an example of "ready for marriage." In the course of your married life, there will be other people with whom you have chemistry. Chemistry doesn't MEAN anything, it's not a mandate, it's not something..." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by sondrialiac, marble, srrh, Phire, niles, frognuts, blueberry, splendid animal, kaseijin, drezdn, TungstenChef, dness2, pardonyou?, zebra3, tristeza, milarepa, Miko, misskaz, dreamsign
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"I really think the right way to deal with this is to get away from it. She's not just difficult to work with, she's sabotaging your career. You've described a chain of command that's not going to do anything to her until she makes a mistake so big..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zippy, zaphod
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"In my opinion, living a low-drama life is living well. Aim for that. You know your sister is a drama queen, and you know that particular friend is as well, and you'll have to adjust your interactions with them accordingly. Drama-fiend friends can..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by andraste, tehloki, Optimus Chyme, scody, elisynn
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"Her coworkers aren't going to tell her how to feel about it; she can go and pretend she thinks it's just hilarious or that she's too cool to care or whatever, while her actual feelings about it can be kept private. You're wanting her to walk into..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by beth, hot soup girl, Many bubbles, arha, andraste, metabrilliant, agregoli, small_ruminant, infinityjinx
Last year
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"What individual therapy does is give you a safe space to examine and sort out your feelings without doing further damage to the relationships in your life. Do that, by whatever means you do believe in.
You cannot use your wife as your therapist,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by minervous, 4ster, houseofdanie
Last year
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"You could get a little fireproof document safe (about the size of a cashbox) and laptop-cable it to a seat strut or something otherwise fairly permanent.
I am a veteran of trunkless cars with tiny gloveboxes, locking or not, and I just put that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mphuie
Last year
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"Go back to normal. Moving out of the room isn't helping your cat feel any more secure or normal. You're punishing her (actually, you're being kind of a doormat, but from her perspective you're punishing her by removing your presence), and that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Arqa
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"My panic attacks are hormonal and come on at completely random times (relative to stressors), to the point that I thought I had a very mysterious food allergy until I was in my mid twenties. The misunderstanding served me well, though, because I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
Last year
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"Just a data point for a potential career path: I'm an ERP software consultant, and we are desperate for people who are technically savvy AND understand accounting. And we have customers large and small who ought to have a person like that on staff..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KokuRyu
Last year
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"Might not "comfortable shoes" carry the same implication?
No, comfortable means cheap. Expensive (women's) shoes don't look comfortable - perhaps some of them secretly are, but they're built to look anything but. It means the same with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
Last year
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"You do need to vacuum more often, and since vacuuming itself can kick up dust that won't settle for a while after you vacuum, I keep a big spray bottle with a weak mix of fabric softener to water. I mist that over the carpet about half an hour..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by melorama, invisible ink
Last year
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""Don't treat me with kid gloves, I WANT to be impulsive, am willing to take the risk because I don't have any serious expectations, so stop worrying about it." He then dismissively said something about him being confused about what I was..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LobsterMitten, MsMolly
Last year
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"Thirded. Heartbreaking, for sure, but I think you need to discuss a permanent arrangement with your super-cool roomie. Short of that person and her dog coming to live with you, there is pretty much no way to maintain your dog's quality of life..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nita
Last year
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"Possibly if you were not aware of the biological workings of the female sex organs, your skills are not as mad as you think they are. Books are sexy, maybe you guys could learn together...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by divabat
Last year
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"Please do not try to bribe or trick her into bathing. Treating someone like a child or a mentally ill person is inappropriate unless they are one or the other. "Look at this lovely bath I ran for you [, Stinky]" is right up there with..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by pyjammy, beth, hazyjane, smashingstars, By The Grace of God, srrh, Danila, sephira, Cyrie, librarina
Last year
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"To prevent just these kinds of resentments, we pay proportionally into our joint account, from which all rent/bills/expenses are paid. Our own shares go into our own accounts, and while everything is transparent (all the accounts are under the same..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by k8t
Last year
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"I'm not sure it matters what it is as much as how you do it. I like getting together with my coworkers now and then, but I hate Enforced Fun, especially when it's during non-work hours and/or other inconveniences that clearly display that management..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jess the Mess
Last year
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"When a person is unwell, whether it's depression or anxiety disorder or mono or food poisoning, whatever, it's really easy to perseverate on something like video games, to get stuck and get enough reinforcement to keep going back to it. Those things..." [
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