OK, I wasn’t sure.I meant that as a humorous reply Eddie.
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phillymatt53
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Indeed, the internet with all it's so-called wonders, cannot replace actual live conversations.
Nor can it also convey when a person jokes around with another.
Me?... I'm a jokester that my friends all know all too well.
I look at it this way, the way the world is these days, with the drama, the crime, and all the rest of that crap, a little humor to break things up and make someone smile, is a healthy thing.
phillymatt53
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So I noticed!
Matt, none of your posts are ever humorous but are generally insulting, fact less or opinionated 
phillymatt53
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Thank you.Matt, none of your posts are ever humorous but are generally insulting, fact less or opinionated
Since I'm an East Coast Conservative, I'll make a note of it.
I was strictly brought up not to waste food because many of my parent`s generation still remembered the meaning of hunger first hand.
Of course I didn`t like those rules as a child growing up in a time of abundance and argued how does it help the poor in Afrika if I eat something I don`t like or what difference does it make if I don`t throw it away.
Today I try to throw away as little as possible.
Apart from the money it`s also about ethics and moral.
Just thinking about how much suffering and pain is involved in a jug of milk, a carton of eggs, a can of tuna or a steak I cannot justify a half eaten plate going back into the kitchen.
Even the critters on my vegetables and bread have died a slow and painful death when the farmers sprayed their fields.
None of it can be seriously avoided and have no plans to become a vegetarian but I think it`s a matter of respect to award those creatures and give them a meaning by actually feeding me and not by throwing food away.
On the other hand when shopping groceries I always reach for the freshest stuff on the back of the shelf which makes me such a hypocrite because I`m very aware that such behavior leads to more food waste on the part of the supermarket. But no matter what you do there`s always something. LOL
Of course I didn`t like those rules as a child growing up in a time of abundance and argued how does it help the poor in Afrika if I eat something I don`t like or what difference does it make if I don`t throw it away.
Today I try to throw away as little as possible.
Apart from the money it`s also about ethics and moral.
Just thinking about how much suffering and pain is involved in a jug of milk, a carton of eggs, a can of tuna or a steak I cannot justify a half eaten plate going back into the kitchen.
Even the critters on my vegetables and bread have died a slow and painful death when the farmers sprayed their fields.
None of it can be seriously avoided and have no plans to become a vegetarian but I think it`s a matter of respect to award those creatures and give them a meaning by actually feeding me and not by throwing food away.
On the other hand when shopping groceries I always reach for the freshest stuff on the back of the shelf which makes me such a hypocrite because I`m very aware that such behavior leads to more food waste on the part of the supermarket. But no matter what you do there`s always something. LOL
I have to also agree, about the effort and life of animals sacrificed for making what was meant to eat, and hate seeing those things spoiled, damaged or expired causing waste of... Not to mention the packaging, too...
If stuff doesn't sell, into the big dumpster it goes, just for more of it to be overproduced, and hopefully sold honestly, not subject to theft or lowering prices for... Or failure to thwart off the shortened shelf-life even from mark-downs or a buy one, get one free-sale, product must go, at cost, below cost, during prime periods and times of honest sales, making profits, or becoming what's almost always, a loss...
Hmmm, thought about this when I put a pan with cooking oil I didn’t wipe off with a bread loaf-end I’d give outside to the critters or at least wipe off with pancakes I’d made with oil followed by sausages that I’d normally wouldn’t just put in the dishwasher…
Hope that helped, somewhat, if everything got clean, save for my slow cooker stoneware food usually gets stuck on and a second, sometimes third washing thoroughly gets off…
Hope that helped, somewhat, if everything got clean, save for my slow cooker stoneware food usually gets stuck on and a second, sometimes third washing thoroughly gets off…
So long wafer buoy…
Can’t stand how a good, full, fresh bar of soap becomes a tiny, useless, little sliver…
And every time I have a ceramic liquid soap dispenser, it will fall and break wasting its contents everywhere…
Doesn’t help when I’m filling a dispenser that the soap I’m pouring in overflows everywhere—the built-in one on my kitchen sink is an example of that…
PS My coffee maker failed to pump out all its water in its last brew, so I scrapped my fancy Mr. Coffee in favor of a no-frills Toastmaster that I can unplug and plug in when I need without resetting the clock and worrying about accidental starting…
Can’t stand how a good, full, fresh bar of soap becomes a tiny, useless, little sliver…
And every time I have a ceramic liquid soap dispenser, it will fall and break wasting its contents everywhere…
Doesn’t help when I’m filling a dispenser that the soap I’m pouring in overflows everywhere—the built-in one on my kitchen sink is an example of that…
PS My coffee maker failed to pump out all its water in its last brew, so I scrapped my fancy Mr. Coffee in favor of a no-frills Toastmaster that I can unplug and plug in when I need without resetting the clock and worrying about accidental starting…
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Most major US brands of bar soap are soft and dissolve in short order. I like french milled soaps, they seem to last a bit longer. Maybe try one of the Dr Bronner's flavors? They'll cost as much as cheap soap, though, $3-$5 a bar... I haven't bothered with a Mr Coffee in 40 years, they were best known for burning one's house down. And the super popular Keurigs seem to last only a few years, they hate being left unused as well, I think minerals gum up the pump valves. Plus you get to pay around $0.50 for a $0.10 cup of coffee, and the machines are $50-$150...
vacerator
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We alternate daily between Dove for men bars, Cremo body wash, and Old Spice.
If you want your bar soap to last longer buy it far in advance and store it for several weeks or months before using it. This allows the excess moisture to evaporate and the soap to harden and then it won’t melt away so quickly.
I buy Ivory Bar soap and Zest in paks of 8 to 12 bars remove the cellophane package wrapper and store the individual bars under the bathroom sink, using the oldest bars first. Ivory Soap is especially soft right outta the wrapper these days, I can almost push a finger through a new bar. But after letting it age for weeks or months the bars last a long time, just like soap used to. Ditto for Zest, which we use in the shower.
Better yet if you have the room in your Linen closet, unwrap the new bars of soap and store them with your towels and sheets. This will accomplish both the hardening of the bars even faster and scent your linens too.
Eddie
I buy Ivory Bar soap and Zest in paks of 8 to 12 bars remove the cellophane package wrapper and store the individual bars under the bathroom sink, using the oldest bars first. Ivory Soap is especially soft right outta the wrapper these days, I can almost push a finger through a new bar. But after letting it age for weeks or months the bars last a long time, just like soap used to. Ditto for Zest, which we use in the shower.
Better yet if you have the room in your Linen closet, unwrap the new bars of soap and store them with your towels and sheets. This will accomplish both the hardening of the bars even faster and scent your linens too.
Eddie
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My Aunt Doris always did that with soap she bought. She said that's what my grandmother did with soap after she made it. I always heard in was made in the "witch's pot", a large cast iron cauldron which sat in the back yard.
