I got myself worked up into a total lather a few years ago when stuff started turning up missing in our house, Seska. A friend of mine was living with us at the time, and it didn't make sense that she'd take the stuff, let alone lie about it. (mostly small kitchen stuff) We freaked out and had the locks changed. To this day, I don't know what happened. So I guess I believe that sometimes stuff just vanishes for no good reason. Kind of. I don't know. It sucks though.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
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Nora Deirdre - Sep 30, 2009 7:25:04 am PDT #24737 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
sj - Sep 30, 2009 7:25:18 am PDT #24738 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Eh. None of it was actually all that valuable. Oddly, we live in a house full of very cheap things that look like they might be worth something. It's just really confusing.
Heh.
I could contact the agency that sent her to us, yes - but it's not like she's going to admit it! So I'm going to have another really good look around the house first. But it's weird.
It still might be good to give them a heads up in case it has happened to anyone else.
tommyrot - Sep 30, 2009 7:30:31 am PDT #24739 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Eh. None of it was actually all that valuable. Oddly, we live in a house full of very cheap things that look like they might be worth something. It's just really confusing.
Back in '92 or so, someone broke into our apartment and took a computer keyboard and (a cheap) computer monitor, leaving the actual computer behind. I'm guessing the thieves didn't realize the beige box was the valuable thing. (And it was only an XT anyway)
This was shortly after a woman in our building sent her 10-year-old son to go door to door, looking for/asking questions about anything that might be valuable. (The kid was so cute, asking, "How much is that bike worth?")
eta: This same woman asked my roommate if she could have some plastic baggies....
sj - Sep 30, 2009 7:35:33 am PDT #24740 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Trader Joe's dough with an sell by date of yesterday is probably still good for making pizza today, right?
Hil R. - Sep 30, 2009 7:37:00 am PDT #24741 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trader Joe's dough with an sell by date of yesterday is probably still good for making pizza today, right?
Yep.
sj - Sep 30, 2009 7:38:23 am PDT #24742 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Hil. I'm even more paranoid about food stuff than normal since the food poisoning the other day.
Ginger - Sep 30, 2009 7:41:22 am PDT #24743 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As Hil says, yes. There's a fair amount of margin built into sell-by dates, plus you're going to be cooking it long enough to kill any evil microbes.
Jessica - Sep 30, 2009 7:43:30 am PDT #24744 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was always taught that "sell-by" dates are set to about 5-7 days before "use-by" dates.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 30, 2009 7:59:34 am PDT #24745 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
This was shortly after a woman in our building sent her 10-year-old son to go door to door, looking for/asking questions about anything that might be valuable. (The kid was so cute, asking, "How much is that bike worth?")
The Girl actually had her bike stolen from our building's underground parking lot - but we're pretty sure that was unrelated. We think it can only have been a neighbour, though - but it's a big building, with 21 apartments. Still worrying, though. But it's London. That's not unexpected. Unlike random suitcases and boxes going missing.
A friend of mine was living with us at the time, and it didn't make sense that she'd take the stuff, let alone lie about it.
Weird. That happened when I was an undergraduate, but that was people living together who didn't know each other very well (and we had lockable room doors, so we all moved everything expensive into our rooms and that was that). But your situation was odd.
It still might be good to give them a heads up in case it has happened to anyone else.
This is a good point. Once I've looked again with PCA's help, I'll let them know.
There's a fair amount of margin built into sell-by dates, plus you're going to be cooking it long enough to kill any evil microbes.
And it's not like it's meat or rice. Dough's safe to use for longer than them.
Polter-Cow - Sep 30, 2009 8:04:30 am PDT #24746 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Update on the cute girl angst: Friday night, she said she'd e-mail me about getting together for drinks or dinner maybe next week. Not having heard from her by Tuesday evening, I left a voicemail checking in to see whether she still wanted to get together, and I gathered that she was busy, but how about dinner Wednesday or Saturday? Still no response.
So that's pretty much a dead end, as far as I'm concerned. Don't know why I got my hopes up. World is back to normal. Paradigm shift my ass.
Instead I told a good friend of mine who lives on the other side of the block that we should visit each other more, and he invited me to dinner tonight, so I'm doing that. Girls. Whatever.