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I thought Whataburgers were almost exclusively a Texas chain. I loved eating there when we lived in El Paso. Not quite In-N-Out but it will give McDonalds or Burger King a run for their money.

I think typically in all US homes, the gas connection is inaccessible when the stove is in place. Turning the valve on and off between uses wouldn’t work in most situations. I personally never bothered with any knob covers or other baby proofing in the kitchen and just used a baby gate to...

The postwar housing boom led to the necessity of using less material and creating more affordable housing, hence lower ceilings. Also, the fashionable look was more of a sprawling, low slung style rather than towering which also translates to lower ceiling height. I personally really hate low...

Modern business practices have ruined the world. It’s not just GE, so many of America’s bedrock companies have been stripped from the inside and made hollow, all while showing a bright and shiny exterior to entice new investment and keep the shell game going. It’s not a direct corollary but look...

My husband and I both use Straight Talk. We pay cash for our phones, instead of financing them like the major carriers have you do, and our plans are $35 a month each. We use our phones quite a bit and rely on our data as well but if you had simpler wireless needs you can get away with pay as...

It’s coming up on the anniversary of my grandmother passing away which has made me think of some of the things we cleaned out of her home before selling it. One thing that at the time seemed so silly and useless that no one even considered saving it was a file cabinet with every piece of...

The cost of the washer isn’t terrible I guess (more than I would personally spend) but I can’t imagine buying a machine completely sight-unseen. There aren’t even good pictures. I’m also failing to see what the selling point would even be here. Not to mention, their dryers start at $900 and...

The living conditions of conventionally farmed chicken is a huge reason I decided to start raising my own small flock for eggs. I don’t raise chickens for meat, yet, but we do slaughter and eat them when they get too old to lay. I don’t buy chicken meat frequently but when I do, I buy whole...

The answer to Chernobyl and Fukushima is easy, and it’s been around for decades as a solution, you literally just build reactors that are NOT water cooled. Reactors that are not water cooled do not require any external power source, can safely shut themselves down without any humans even being...

I have never really wanted a huge aquarium or anything, honestly mostly because I would have no idea how to decorate around one or know where to even put such a thing. My son really loves fish though so I bought him a betta fish for his birthday with a little 2.5 gallon tank. I got a little moss...

I’d be concerned about the weight first of all. I inherited my grandparent’s old card table, which was probably purchased in the early 1950s, and it is built better than modern ones but I certainly wouldn’t stand on it (and I’m only about 115 lbs) let alone put a washer on it and THEN let that...

Funny coincidence, I was going through some books in my dad’s basement and found this book.

The first question that comes to mind for me is to ask yourself if you would likely have even survived childhood in those days. I feel like I probably had a fairly good chance, my parents were fundamentalists so medical care was extremely minimal for me growing up. I do know that I would have...

Are there any problems using STPP with certain fabrics? 99% of what I own is cotton, which would be fine but what about other things like polyester or even wool or silk?

Can this be added to all modern machines without problems? I’m very curious about this. What other restrictions or suggestions for use are there? Can you use it with any detergent?

My fridge has cabinets surrounding it so there’s not much space on top. I do have the habit of throwing odds and ends up there that I have confiscated from my kids. For some reason it just seems really practical to toss something up there after I’ve taken it away. They can’t see it or reach it...

I use King Arthur flour for everything! I get more consistent results in my baking and I think the flavor is better. They have a ton of different varieties for whatever you’re using it for too.

Welcome to the world of cloth diapers! I’m sure right now you feel like you’re in the weeds but I promise it will get better and you will look back with pride knowing you saved a LOT of disposable diapers from ending up in a landfill and saved a good deal of cash too. I take it you’re using...

One of the apartments I rented in my younger days was all electric. We had a mild winter that year and I kept the thermostat low but my bill was hundreds of dollars each month all winter long. It’s still the only time in my life I’ve ever cried over an electric bill. If I had had any children in...

I use half a Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day dryer sheet in all my loads except towels. Besides only using a half sheet, which they conveniently perforate each one so using half is super easy, their sheets are far less waxy and gooey feeling to me than other brands that I’ve used in the past. I also use...