I find that if masking tape is left on for a while, the glue stays behind and that is harder to remove than the Sharpie ink.
Things I learned this week...
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I use a white board marker on plastic storage containers. The writing washes off easily.
And it probably smears when it gets wet. That's why I like the "permanent ink" of a Sharpie.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
If you write on a dry lid then freeze the container, it holds up well, especially if the lid has a textured surface. It's also easy to wash off so you can reuse the container.
Yeah, it might hold up in the freezer. I can see that. But, I'm talking mostly about the containers of leftovers that go in the fridge. They get handled more than the ones in the freezer as things are moved around to find something else.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I can remember contents for the three or four days something might be in the fridge. It's the mysteries in the freezer where I need help.
But, at my house, things wander to the back of the fridge and get lost. If it's pesto from a week ago, fine. If it's mystery goop then I want to know if it was meat or veg so I know if it goes in the compost or the garbage.
And it helps Stirling who may not recognize it by colour since he is sort of colour blind.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
This week I learned that my eye surgery was the most part of my becoming depressed. Once I heard it was a go and saw in writing the date, my depression lifted. I also learned that the only thing I can do for my daughter is be there for her. That is all anyone can do. She has to go through this on her own with support from the whole family.
A number of years ago my daughter saw this picture of the Boston skyline at night. List of tallest buildings in Boston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia She fell in love iwth it and wanted a big copy of it for her living room wall. She could never find it. My son #3 enlarged it and is having it matted and framed to give to her as a gift. It should be ready in about a week. The picture was taken from the Cambridge side of the Charles River. (Dirty Waters)
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A number of years ago my daughter saw this picture of the Boston skyline at night. List of tallest buildings in Boston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia She fell in love iwth it and wanted a big copy of it for her living room wall. She could never find it. My son #3 enlarged it and is having it matted and framed to give to her as a gift. It should be ready in about a week. The picture was taken from the Cambridge side of the Charles River. (Dirty Waters)
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Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I have learned a bit more about car batteries and tyres since having new tyres put on the car and having a new battery installed
I think all women should have general knowledge about their vehicles. My youngest daughter could give any man a run for the money when it came to engine work on a vehicle. She came home from many a date with grease on her hands. Every woman should how how to change a tire. It is not that hard. The hardest part is lifting it to put it on and getting the flat tire in the trunk. The rest is just turning bolts and nuts.
I agree Addie, it is a good thing to know as you never know when you will need to change a tyre or fix something under the bonnet
Steve is like me when it comes to cars...he says to me, I am a software engineer, not a mechanic
Steve is like me when it comes to cars...he says to me, I am a software engineer, not a mechanic
Claire
Master Chef
I think all women should have general knowledge about their vehicles. My youngest daughter could give any man a run for the money when it came to engine work on a vehicle. She came home from many a date with grease on her hands. Every woman should how how to change a tire. It is not that hard. The hardest part is lifting it to put it on and getting the flat tire in the trunk. The rest is just turning bolts and nuts.
Absolutely. I joked with someone a year or so ago about the fact that I at one time had a license to drive a deuce-and-a-half. Then his business bought one (and, yes, he is licensed for it). I rode in the back of it for a parade, and then my husband told me it had an automatic transmission. Good grief! I drove one that not only was standard, it had a gear that didn't work and I had to "pop" it from gear to gear. Geese. No wonder I hate driving!
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Claire
Master Chef
I started my adult life as an electronics technician in the U.S. Air Force, actually one of the first women in my field and place (now I can't make my computer work). I learned the basics pretty quickly. I won't say I like it, but in a pinch, I can do it all. Grew up in a family of girls. Again, there were no "boys jobs and girls jobs". Whether it was dishes needing washing or the lawn needed mowing or the trash taking out, we did it all. A couple of my sisters were real tom-boys. But whatever needed doing, Mom had us out there doing it.
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I also started my adult in the USAF. I was a telecommunications operations specialist. Then I went to school to be a computer programer at a time when the only PC's were ones you plugged into your television (no monitors), and the memory was on a cassette tape (recorder plugged into the computer). Anyway, I knew how to program then, and I am still lost now, so I feel your pain. And...I learned as a kid how to do everything my brother learned. One time on the way to a meeting, a cable fell off my car, and I stopped to fix it. I was all greasy when I got to the meeting, and people couldn't believe that I just fixed the car on the way. My answer was, "well, it didn't break at home, it broke on the way so I fixed it there!"
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
There have been a couple of times when I have changed the tire while the male stood there looking at me like I was some alien. "Call a tow truck." I think those were the only words he knew.
This week I learned that steam burns worse than boiling water, I also learned that all polysporin is not created equal.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
There is a purpose in having blisters from burns. The liquid in them is reabsorbed by your body and promotes faster healing. So if you can protect those blisters, by all mens please do. Alix, I know yours was broken by accident. But my heart goes out to you. I know how painful a burn can be.
