But somewhere inbetween there, it's "there's mold growing and you just can't see it YET", and so I throw things away.

Me too. Also, food mold is one of the few things that will really gross me out, so if there's something in an opaque container that I've already used at least once and is even a little bit past the sell-by date, I'll take the waste of throwing it out rather than chance opening it and having to see the mold.

I read something years ago that stuck with me, "spoilage" is largely a cultural norm. People in cities used to think meat was greenish.

True, and life expectancies used to be shorter for people than for goldfish.

People in cities used to think meat was greenish.

Eeeeeuw. Wasn't that why everything was salted back in the days before Frigidaire?

Trudy- Did you do any training to be a legal secretary? And is it silly to do if you already have a bachelor's (in theatre?) and 6 years of regular secretarying?

My bachelors is in theatre! When time came to pick a day job I temped around and realized that law firms paid more and gave more vacation time (which allows me to still do some projects). My first permanant job in a law firm as a receptionist/jr. secretary and then sorta woked my way up. I know askye did a certificate program. I'd say with six years experience you should talk to someone in placement and see how transferrable your skills are.

True, and life expectancies used to be shorter for people than for goldfish.

Very true. But I imagine that meat-borne ickys were more cumulative than 'take a bite and drop dead' or no one would have eaten the stuff at all.

Well, people also used to eat a lot less meat.

thanks, Trudy!

Very true. But I imagine that meat-borne ickys were more cumulative than 'take a bite and drop dead' or no one would have eaten the stuff at all.

Also true, though if one makes a habit of letting meat go bad, that's not necessarily of much comfort. Plus, y'know, you don't have to be dead to experience the regret of unfortunate meat choices.

Just for the record, my father-in-law buys frozen ground beef in tubes. It's very disturbing. I like my styrofoam, thank you.

We would get our hamburger that way whenever we payed someone to butcher a cow or a heiffer. We'd end up with this huge freezer completely full of hamburger and steak.

Huh. I just read a Yahoo! headline as saying "Leahy to Back Robots for Supreme Court Justice."

Meanwhile! Brendan has bought the first three seasons of Blake's 7! We watched some quality sci-fi last night, let me tell you. Blake and Avon, the original Odd Couple! Brian Blessed as a power-hungry theocrat! Was there shouting? Do you really need to ask? THERE WAS SHOUTING! The scenery was riddled with the ample bite-marks of the Blessed.

Oh, and I'd forgotten about their marvellous teleport effects. How could I have forgotten?