RL: Pearls of Wisdom

[daiseechain]

Some people are younger than me, I have noticed, and may therefore benefit from my wisdoms and ancient knowledges (ancient knowledge here being defined as something I learned decades ago, as opposed to those things I learned last week).

Wisdom No. 1.If you are using superglue (elephant glue, epoxy resin, or similar) always wear gloves. This

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[vilakins]

You could serve Tibetans buttery tea though.

[daiseechain]

That's what I said! I said it would be a taste adventure!

They didn't agree with me. hmpf.

[wwmrsweasleydo]

Yum! Buttercoffee.

Also - wipe the excess superglue off the container before replacing lid - otherwise you can't get the lid off and use the glue again. I have about an 85% record of forgetting that one, so the tubes of glue get one use only. I buy in bulk tiny tubes from cheap shops now to minimise the waste.

Is it weird that I really like that burn you get from superglueing your fingers together and then easing them apart? Just me?

My mother-in-law once put loads of washing up liquid inside our kettle to clean it and failed to own up when everybody's tea was bubbly.

[daiseechain]

You bring sage advice. You are clearly very wise.

Er... might be just you... But then I've gotten old and tired of injuring myself in interesting ways, so it could equally be just me not enjoying the experience.

My mother-in-law once put loads of washing up liquid inside our kettle to clean it and failed to own up when everybody's tea was bubbly.

:-DD How did you know it was her? Was she leaving a trail of bubbles as she went?

[wwmrsweasleydo]

Her (now ex-) daughter-in-law dobbed her in on the quiet later.

I'm older than you are. I'm just weird.

[daiseechain]

You should! For I am very old wise. *nods*

[curiouswombat]

I can add even older wisdom...

Never microwave chocolate in a pyrex bowl - use a plastic one. Otherwise, when you drop it on the floor, you not only have to clean up molten chocolate from a blast radius bigger than your kitchen, but you cut your fingers at the same time...

[daiseechain]

That is wise advice indeed and I shall heed it. You may join the ranks of wise women.

On a related note, did you know that arcroc sweats when you stack large numbers of bowls made of it? I didn't. But I found out when I was working for a warehouse and a stack of it slipped from my fingers and onto the concrete floor...