I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[PB]

The weather is warming up but my wife is continuing to run the space heater in her office. It was 82deg in there when I got home from work yesterday…..


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Enjoy it while it lasts; the 180 is coming with menopause.

[spanky]

On the topic of it warming up and the seasons changing. We have two separate zones/HVAC units. It’s not uncommon around this time of year to have the downstairs heat on at the same time as the upstairs A/C.

[Art Shirk]

If only I could upload pics I’d toss some in here. Damn mods.


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[neufox47]

My wife just had a fit about me not buying unsalted butter (I wasn’t told to buy butter at all, I just did) and she could Not make a pie crust with salted butter. According to her baking is chemistry and it’s fine if the salt is added to the mixture but not if it is dissolved in the butter.


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[subtle plague]

My wife just had a fit about me not buying unsalted butter (I wasn’t told to buy butter at all, I just did) and she could Not make a pie crust with salted butter. According to her baking is chemistry and it’s fine if the salt is added to the mixture but not if it is dissolved in the butter.


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You imbecile! It's different Salt! It comes from the Salt shaker totally different from butter salt. EVERYBODY knows that.

[riser4]

Interesting discussion about dishwashers. My wife very much wants our new one to have the third rack on top for knives and miscellaneous utensils. Is it a trap?

Regarding Bosch dishwashers, they don't all seem equal. When we started looking I noticed some very affordable Bosch models. The customer anecdotes online don't look promising for the lower end models. It looks like the most expensive models are the only good ones? I could buy three bottom end ones for the price of the top end.

[XXX-er]

Do you ever read the things a lot of customers write which mean nothing and realize alot of them are idiots ?

I just bought the cheapest bosch and it works awesume

[subtle plague]

I just bought the cheapest bosch and it works awesume

Yeah but you retrofitted it with aquaseal.

[Danno]

Yeah but you retrofitted it with aquaseal, eh.

fixed

[muted reborn]

Do you ever read the things a lot of customers write which mean nothing and realize alot of them are idiots ?

I just bought the cheapest bosch and it works awesume

Ha. are you calling yourself an idiot then?

[XXX-er]

Ha. are you calling yourself an idiot then?

read it again and think about it until your head hurts

[Boissal]

Is Ms B French too? Reason I ask is French butter is the total bomb! IMO anyway. An Italian woman I was seeing told me the Italians say the best cheese in France is the butter.

Ms B is from the US. Her French citizenship would have been revoked at the mere mention of using unsalted butter!

My wife just had a fit about me not buying unsalted butter (I wasn’t told to buy butter at all, I just did) and she could Not make a pie crust with salted butter. According to her baking is chemistry and it’s fine if the salt is added to the mixture but not if it is dissolved in the butter.

As a chemist I disagree with this (salt doesn't really dissolve in butter, it just disperses, not enough water in that mass of fat to really solubilize it).
I suggest you tell her a French chemist said she's doing it all wrong. Make sure to find adequate cover for the aftermath!

Ms Boissal just bought 3 baby car seats. Identical super fancy ones, they were on sale for the price of only 1 kidney, she had to get them. When I had the audacity to ask why we needed 3 she got annoyed. One for her car, one for my car, and one for her parents', obviously. I pointed out that we could probably move the seat between our cars and got a derisive snort back. Don't I know that these things are too heavy to swap easily, almost as bad as a bike rack? OK then, I really don't mind taking my bike rack on and off, which I don't do much anymore cause she already used the argument to get her own (more expensive and less functional) bike rack. I then suggested we try to have a dedicated baby car instead of each having our own vehicle and clinging to it. That wouldn't work either, her car is nicer than mine and there's no way she wants to drive my POS (her words, it's a 2016 Forester, in great condition) more than a couple times a year. She did mention that this policy would likely be lifted once I get a new car, especially if it's an EV. Then she'll be totally fine with swapping cars, especially if we swap once and she gets to keep the new one forever.

Since I'm a glutton for punishment I kept pushing to the logical conclusion: she wants a 2nd kid, if the car seats are on sale why didn't she just buy 6 of them and be done with it? Dark clouds gathered on the horizon. I retreated to my office and she stormed off with the dog and a friend who no doubt is going to get an earful about how much of a cheap idiot I am.

[Danno]

FWIW, each car SHOULD have a car seat, IMO.

[zion zig zag]

I always wondered who bought unsalted butter, now I know. I see it called for in baking but I always just figured, more salt = more flavor.

[Mazderati]

I'm trying to keep it to high lipids or high blood pressure but not both.

[skaredshtles]

I always wondered who bought unsalted butter, now I know. I see it called for in baking but I always just figured, more salt = more flavor.

Seriously - my wife refuses to bake anything with the salted variety.

But I know better than to die on that hill.

I'll just get her some unsalted butter next time I'm at Costco and continue to enjoy her... baked goods.

[leroy jenkins]

I always wondered who bought unsalted butter, now I know. I see it called for in baking but I always just figured, more salt = more flavor.

Theres a lot of meals that the salt can get out of control if you aren't careful. think chicken pot pie filling. You throw just a touch of salt on the vegis you make the roux with, a bit more on the chicken when you sear it, more in the broth, butter, etc etc etc. Can ruin a meal if you're not careful.

[AK47bp]

Ms B is from the US. Her French citizenship would have been revoked at the mere mention of using unsalted butter!


As a chemist I disagree with this (salt doesn't really dissolve in butter, it just disperses, not enough water in that mass of fat to really solubilize it).
I suggest you tell her a French chemist said she's doing it all wrong. Make sure to find adequate cover for the aftermath!

Ms Boissal just bought 3 baby car seats. Identical super fancy ones, they were on sale for the price of only 1 kidney, she had to get them. When I had the audacity to ask why we needed 3 she got annoyed. One for her car, one for my car, and one for her parents', obviously. I pointed out that we could probably move the seat between our cars and got a derisive snort back. Don't I know that these things are too heavy to swap easily, almost as bad as a bike rack? OK then, I really don't mind taking my bike rack on and off, which I don't do much anymore cause she already used the argument to get her own (more expensive and less functional) bike rack. I then suggested we try to have a dedicated baby car instead of each having our own vehicle and clinging to it. That wouldn't work either, her car is nicer than mine and there's no way she wants to drive my POS (her words, it's a 2016 Forester, in great condition) more than a couple times a year. She did mention that this policy would likely be lifted once I get a new car, especially if it's an EV. Then she'll be totally fine with swapping cars, especially if we swap once and she gets to keep the new one forever.

Since I'm a glutton for punishment I kept pushing to the logical conclusion: she wants a 2nd kid, if the car seats are on sale why didn't she just buy 6 of them and be done with it? Dark clouds gathered on the horizon. I retreated to my office and she stormed off with the dog and a friend who no doubt is going to get an earful about how much of a cheap idiot I am.

Ha. First kid I’m guessing.

Your wife is right on this one, take the loss.


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[nickwm21]

Unfortunately… we all end up with a car seat quiver….
- Baby car seat
- Travel baby car seat that is an integrated stroller (Doona)
- A nicer child’s car seat in the main kid shuttle
- Lightweight, cheap child’s car seat in the backup vehicle (also used for travel)


Buying three of the same seat makes no sense…


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[J. Barron DeJong]

Our fancy car seats had seatbelt style buckles on each end of the strap that secured them to the LATCH points. Probably less than a 30 second operation to move them from one car to the other.

We never felt the need for a car seat quiver.

ETA: parent schedules could make a seat in both cars a requirement, but that wasn’t an issue for us.

[neufox47]

FWIW, each car SHOULD have a car seat, IMO.

This. The day will come when one of you were supposed to pick the kid up and can’t and you will rue not having a car seat in your second car. Same with the grandparents.

[BCMtnHound]

With an infant carrier, we had multiple bases. But when she got older to sit upright, we just used one seat across our 3 vehicles. Took 2min to fasten even by the fairer sex. The last was a convertible that components came off as daughter got taller/older.

This morning’s fun. Wife was making her green smoothie prior to work. The vitamix that has like a 100hp motor. I’m in my basement shower. Lights flicker, then go out. I finish my shower, towel off, and she yells down “I think the power went out. I’m off to work, list of something or other is on the table.”

Turns out one leg of the power feed is out, but I spent a bit of time figuring out that it wasn’t my panel. Not sure if her superpowered blender freaked the transformer or not, but I grumbled a bit missing work while she just skips out. Had to go to work and reschedule a couple meetings then return home to make sure Dad is alright and his vac pump has access to the one half of the house that does have power. Will need figure out dinner for Dad and daughter with the outside grill.

Bet I’ll catch shit if the hydro guys don’t get here in time to fix whatever on the street is wrong - cause the internet is out as well, and she’ll want that entertainment after her 12hr acute care shift.

[XXX-er]

I'm not jewish but i use Kosher salt, the box sez for gourmet cooking but safeway sold it to me anyhow, its less salty, good for brining fish

[subtle plague]

fixed

Thanks, eh.
I got some Canadian bacon and now I'm keen to giv'er.

[riser4]

Um, car seats expire. So she might buy ahead thinking she's saving for the next kid. However, you're going to have to toss them at the least convenient time.