Refreshing is for the WEAK. You took a risk, friend. Be proud.
GasBandit
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Hrm... TV rots your brain? Rock and Roll turns children into devil worshipers? Don't flash your lights at people who flash theirs at you because it could be a gang initiation?
Oh I know one. "The cops live next door, you know." No matter where I went or what fun we got up to, there was always some wet-blanket killjoy who had to cross her (usually her) arms and frown at us and utter that old chestnut. The cops live next door. They always live next door. Could go way out into the country on a farm and "you know the sheriff's farm is just down the road."
I want two good burgers for $7, please.
Of course the coldest water in the world come out of the garden hose when it is 102 out...
Yeah, but I actually believe that's true. I mean, maybe not physical decay, but television is basically a machine pumping lies and narratives into your life, beseeching you to avoid searching for the truth while they sell you Febreeze, and fuck you Febreeze. I hate Febreeze. Anyway, TV totally rots your brain.
No, I swear, a friend of my brother's friend was driving on the road one night and...
Makes good, scientific sense. But sip, don't gulp. Give your body time to reach osmotic equilibrium and actually take up that liquid (or else drink isotonic liquid).
I wonder whether SIDS won't ultimately turn out to be babies who smother in their own exhaled CO2, just because they literally did not yet know any better.
--Patrick
We had a baby monitor that detected breathing movement. Worked fairly well... though the few false alarms we had scared the absolute crap out of us.
Well, right after the sear-the-skin-off-your-hands -hot water is flushed out. Gotta remember to do that, hurts like hell to burn your lips. (at least that's what I'm told)
GasBandit
Staff member
Euphoria-inducing brain-shredding parasites.
GasBandit
Staff member
I thought of another one. That there's a place in France where the naked ladies dance.
I'm a Canadian, from a place more northern than most Canadians (born in the NWT). I have a separate minifridge that I keep at a temperature much, much lower than I keep my regular fridge. It's my drink fridge. Most soda in there starts to develop ice slivers in it (but not all the way frozen).
I love this fridge.
I love cold drinks.
Fuck Russia.
I love this fridge.
I love cold drinks.
Fuck Russia.
figmentPez
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Actually, if the ice bin at a restaurant isn't cleaned regularly and properly, bacteria can grow. Houston news legend Marvin Zindler used to cover health reports from restaurants with his trademark phrase "Slime in the Ice Machines!", and it's not just a joke. If you've ever seen the mold and bacterial growth that can happen... it's pretty nauseating. I'm not sure if any of the microorganisms involved cause health problems if you're not allergic to them, but ice can definitely have a higher bacteria count than water.
EDIT: Doing a little bit of googling, contaminated ice can be a big problem. Bacteria and viruses can be transferred to stored ice, just the same as any food. I'm not sure how this compares to the contamination of water or drinking vessels, but I'm betting it's easier for harmful bacteria to spread around an ice container than it is to get around glasses or into water pipes.
GasBandit
Staff member
I had a 2 liter of soda in such a fridge, drop to such low temperature it became de facto supersaturated. When I poured it into a glass, the fizz froze into slush immediately. It was awesome.
I miss Marvin Zindler. (EYE-WITNESS NEWS!!) Even though he closed down harmless whorehouses what weren't hurtin' nobody.
Nope. Me, too.
Theoretically, ice water should be less contaminated than room temperature (or freezer temperature) water. However, ice is often kept in (open) containers, which are rarely cleaned "because it's just water, it doesn't get dirty", while water is usually either from a tap (running water, so less bacteria etc) or from closed bottles.
I drink lots and lots and lots of water, and I ahve bottels scattered throughout the house - but when I find a bottle that's been open a week or so, I give it to the plants because the bottle'll start smelling old and musty. Not dangerous or anything yet, but unpleasant.
Honestly - if you got your water from a bucket that had been standing open outside for a few days, you'd be disgusted. An ice bucket out in the open in a cooler box or something, next to a buffet? Nobody raises an eyebrow.
Anyway, I prefer my drinks on the temperature where their taste is optimal. Sodas/pops/whatever you call them, around 2°C-7°C (freezer or slightly colder). Bottom fermented beer, 6° to 8°. Top fermented beers, somewhere around 12°.
The colder something gets, the less you taste of it, because the cold numbs your taste receptors. Any type of beer saying you should drink it "freezing cold" (like most South American beers for example, which are tapped at below-freezing temperatures in frosted glasses, preferably) are actually saying "we taste like shit, but cold enough you'll just taste something slightly bitter and really cold, thus feeling refreshed". Of course, the opposite holds true as well (too warm and your taste buds are less sensitive too), and what temperature is ideal for what drink depends on which aromas you want to activate or to be more powerful. The same beer, 10° apart, can make for a very different taste sensation.
Ice has no business in drinks, excepting water. If I wanted my beverages to be watered down, I'd add water.
If it's not cold when you drink it, you took too long to drink it... but then again, I drink a 44oz cup of water in 10 seconds or so, so this might be somewhat of a biased observation
If it's not cold when you drink it, you took too long to drink it... but then again, I drink a 44oz cup of water in 10 seconds or so, so this might be somewhat of a biased observation
GasBandit
Staff member
Nations that use it as a home construction material have no input on ice's proper use - in beverages. All beverages, every time.
how... how! That seems mad.
GasBandit
Staff member
How ISPs are sabotaging video streaming, such as Youtube and Netflix
Sky: *opens, unleashing a sea with vertical slits cut into it*
Five minutes into this deluge, with no signs of stopping.
Sgt: "I need a unit to respond to this scene to man the tape and control access.
Me: *checks board, see that I'm the only one unassigned*
Five minutes into this deluge, with no signs of stopping.
Sgt: "I need a unit to respond to this scene to man the tape and control access.
Me: *checks board, see that I'm the only one unassigned*
Wait a minute...
It's not even a secret here. Our ISPs up here have been trying to find ways to ban Netflix in Canada altogether, or at least force it into regulations that would make it unprofitable. That's how our ISPs/telecoms work. They don't improve services or provide anything of value, they just legislate competition into bankruptcy seeing as how their former and future executives run the CRTC.
can't help but take that as a more subtle "you're like a brother to me."If it helps..... I totally would.
N-no homo...
N-no homo...
I see what you did there
You are not their friend. You are the parent and your word will be law, and they will remember if you break your word. The kids will test you, they know they are testing you (even though they can't say it that way) and you have to pass the test without any instructions on how to take the test. Discuss with your wife what you two want the rules to be, and allow yourself to be the hard-assed bad guy when enforcing them. Later, after the boundaries have been established you can back down, but now, you have to be "mean." Quoting Cosby, "I have had ENOUGH! The beatings shall now commence!"
I'm not joking, and I respect the spot you are in, because what you are going through isn't easy. (I'm not saying to beat your children either, but sometimes a single swat, especially to a diapered butt, can do wonders)