I would be there right now.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


beth b - Jan 11, 2009 11:49:35 am PST #7592 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Marley looks lovely -- and that scratch pad is his!

Dog, girl....very pretty.

I think you have to know yourself well before you can get a dog. My sister has two eskies. the boy has calmed down quite a bit, but the girl is still very excitable. They bark a lot. Despite the fact that they go to doggie day care a couple times a week, I still think they could use a good walk almost every day. Which was the original plan. I think my sister would have been better off with dogs that were a little more mellow. Of course naming them Luna and Loki, was asking for it.

DH is not a dog person. Overtime I have convinced him that 90% of the dog problems are owner problems. Dogs are work.

A week after use by, 2 weeks after use by -- unless something has been opened for a while then I toss quicker.

Restaurant meals only get about 24 hours ( too much without refrigeration)

My left overs get a week or so depends how easy it is to thoroughly heat them


Glamcookie - Jan 11, 2009 11:56:12 am PST #7593 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Milk Date Controversy

I will swim against the tide and tell you that I totally dump it when it reaches the sell by date. I am not a big fan of milk anyway, and the thought of accidentally getting icky milk makes me insane. I am also one of those "milk always smells sour" people, so sniffing it doesn't help. Yeah, I know it's rather nutty.

Nora, Marley is v. pretty. Yay for new kitties!

Also enjoying the Gris and girl talk.


vw bug - Jan 11, 2009 11:58:59 am PST #7594 of 10000
Mostly lurking...

I will swim against the tide and tell you that I totally dump it when it reaches the sell by date. I am not a big fan of milk anyway, and the thought of accidentally getting icky milk makes me insane. I am also one of those "milk always smells sour" people, so sniffing it doesn't help. Yeah, I know it's rather nutty.

GC is me in this.

New kitty! Doggie! Pretty girl!


Nora Deirdre - Jan 11, 2009 12:05:32 pm PST #7595 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Oh, my Marley is such a love! I am crazy about him. (I'm hanging out in the spare room with him right now, he's lying down all comfy right by me)

I feel bad about being away all day tomorrow and leaving Marley alone in the room.


Steph L. - Jan 11, 2009 12:12:02 pm PST #7596 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Milk Date Controversy

I will swim against the tide and tell you that I totally dump it when it reaches the sell by date.

I expected way more people to be automatic dumpers, to tell you the truth. All y'all are skewing much differently than my RL sample.


Gris - Jan 11, 2009 12:20:03 pm PST #7597 of 10000
Hey. New board.

I'm having a slow day. I successfully cleaned my apartment, but it took me about 4.5 hours. Now I'm on my bed, trying to convince myself to eat something and grade papers.

I'll do it. I'm not avoiding. I'm just... slow.


DebetEsse - Jan 11, 2009 12:20:06 pm PST #7598 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

One thing that I heard (though I don't remember where) is that milk smells and tastes bad before it will actually make you sick, which made me completely comfortable to be a sniffer.


Cashmere - Jan 11, 2009 3:28:34 pm PST #7599 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.

I'll give it a few days after the sell-by date. I'm a sniffer. Unless it's butter milk. I can never tell so I just dump that on the sell-by date.


meara - Jan 11, 2009 4:05:59 pm PST #7600 of 10000

I tend to only go a couple days after the sell-by date, because milk ALWAYS smells bad to me, so I don't trust. If it's more than like, two days after, I tend to just assume it's bad. Because I can't TELL, otherwise, and I'd rather be out money than be wrong.

The only thing I really tend to assume is good long past the "sell by" date is eggs. ....reading up on that, apparently I should look at the "pack date" rather than the "sell by" date, and get an accurate answer that way. But I normally don't crack them straight into whatever I'm making, so I figure I can tell if they're bad.


Hil R. - Jan 11, 2009 4:19:59 pm PST #7601 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The way to tell if eggs are bad before cracking them is to put one into a glass of water. If it sinks to the bottom it's good, and if it floats at the top it's rotten.