Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

[Mrs. Rannous]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

 

[ChiefD]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

:laughedoutloudemoji:

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

:laughedoutloudemoji:

I want ot hear more about this appliance talk. Do you lick the beaters of the mixer?

 

[3C's]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

:laughedoutloudemoji:

I want ot hear more about this appliance talk. Do you lick the beaters of the mixer?

I'm not licking the chocolate cake beaters.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

My wife complains yesterday that she wants a bigger fridge. Our fridge is less than a year old and is a monster.

She says it is too full always.

My wife this morning mixed a full pitcher of crystal light something or other and a full pitcher of iced tea and put it in the fridge.

I counted 33 yogurts in there. We have 4 flavors of cream cheese. All less than two weeks old. We have 8 boxes of butter.

ooh, we play this game as well

we both have nothing to eat & not enough space for all the food in the fridge so we need a bigger one with more storage

eta: forgot to mention that the fridge is built-in to a specific space with cabinets around so a new, bigger fridge, necessitates remodeling the kitchen as wel

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

You guys are just being lazy

what plebes are out here with 36" wide refrigerators? the poors???

Cries in 33” wide fridge

unfortunately that’s the only size that will fit in our kitchen

 

[ChiefD]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

:laughedoutloudemoji:

I want ot hear more about this appliance talk. Do you lick the beaters of the mixer?

Always lick the beaters.

 

[ChiefD]

Most fridges are spec for 36" in width, thats the standard. You only need 1/8 clearance on sides and like one on the top.

It's not the size that's the problem. It's how you use it.

That's what my wife tells me anyway when we talk about appliances.

Listen to her. She seems smart.

:laughedoutloudemoji:

I want ot hear more about this appliance talk. Do you lick the beaters of the mixer?

I'm not licking the chocolate cake beaters.

:laugh emoji:

 

[DA RAIDERS]

My wife complains yesterday that she wants a bigger fridge. Our fridge is less than a year old and is a monster.

She says it is too full always.

My wife this morning mixed a full pitcher of crystal light something or other and a full pitcher of iced tea and put it in the fridge.

I counted 33 yogurts in there. We have 4 flavors of cream cheese. All less than two weeks old. We have 8 boxes of butter.

You could probably save some space by refrigerating a dairy cow.

Seriously though, how big is your family that all those items are eaten before spoiling?

Cream cheese will spoil for sure.

The yogurt will actually get eaten.

The butter will probably get eaten, except the one box of unsalted. I just threw away two sticks of unsalted from last holiday season. It was looking like two flavor hubba bubba. Outer 1/8"-1/4" was almost clear. Inner part was dark yellow.

Freeze the butter

 

[Terminalxylem]

My wife complains yesterday that she wants a bigger fridge. Our fridge is less than a year old and is a monster.

She says it is too full always.

My wife this morning mixed a full pitcher of crystal light something or other and a full pitcher of iced tea and put it in the fridge.

I counted 33 yogurts in there. We have 4 flavors of cream cheese. All less than two weeks old. We have 8 boxes of butter.

You could probably save some space by refrigerating a dairy cow.

Seriously though, how big is your family that all those items are eaten before spoiling?

Cream cheese will spoil for sure.

The yogurt will actually get eaten.

The butter will probably get eaten, except the one box of unsalted. I just threw away two sticks of unsalted from last holiday season. It was looking like two flavor hubba bubba. Outer 1/8"-1/4" was almost clear. Inner part was dark yellow.

Freeze the butter

Good suggestion, but sparing a few sticks of butter ain’t the antidote for food hoarding.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

My wife complains yesterday that she wants a bigger fridge. Our fridge is less than a year old and is a monster.

She says it is too full always.

My wife this morning mixed a full pitcher of crystal light something or other and a full pitcher of iced tea and put it in the fridge.

I counted 33 yogurts in there. We have 4 flavors of cream cheese. All less than two weeks old. We have 8 boxes of butter.

You could probably save some space by refrigerating a dairy cow.

Seriously though, how big is your family that all those items are eaten before spoiling?

Cream cheese will spoil for sure.

The yogurt will actually get eaten.

The butter will probably get eaten, except the one box of unsalted. I just threw away two sticks of unsalted from last holiday season. It was looking like two flavor hubba bubba. Outer 1/8"-1/4" was almost clear. Inner part was dark yellow.

Freeze the butter

Good suggestion, but sparing a few sticks of butter ain’t the antidote for food hoarding.

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Seems mean.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Still don’t have any idea of your family’s size, but you definitely painted a picture of excess beyond the norm.

My one-woman household lacks 33 servings of anything. Instead, we have a half dozen containers with maybe two bites of food, and a handful of single sip beverages. Those would all go bad, if I didn’t go out of my way to consume her micro-leftovers.

Fortunately, her aversion to finishing things hasn’t translated to wanting bigger appliances.

ETA Why does your household consume so much yogurt?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Why do they eat the stuff? I think it's awful.

 

[massraider]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Why do they eat the stuff? I think it's awful.

Because they have sugar in them. But they think they don't

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Why do they eat the stuff? I think it's awful.

Because they have sugar in them. But they think they don't

At least I'm honest with my sugar delivery system.

(Chocolate, cake, pie.)

 

[parasaurolophus]

Still don’t have any idea of your family’s size, but you definitely painted a picture of excess beyond the norm.

My one-woman household lacks 33 servings of anything. Instead, we have a half dozen containers with maybe two bites of food, and a handful of single sip beverages. Those would all go bad, if I didn’t go out of my way to consume her micro-leftovers.

Fortunately, her aversion to finishing things hasn’t translated to wanting bigger appliances.

ETA Why does your household consume so much yogurt?

My wife eats one greek yogurt a day. My daughter probably every other day. It was recently on sale for 2.99 for a four pack and then an extra buck off each if you bought five. Date on it is usually a month out.

The cream cheese is the one that is a huge waste. We wont even finish one of them. So while I am sure it was cheap, it cancels out what she saved on the yogurt and they take up a bunch of space.

The other irritating thing is almost all these containers are round. The pitchers, the yogurts, the cream cheese.

 

[supermike80]

Across the street neighbor has at least 5 cars assigned to their house. They put one in the garage, 2 in their driveway. Think they park the extras outside their house? Nope..They park at least one in front of mine. WHY??????? Annoying

My neighbor did this. I just started parking in front of his

My neighbor parks 2 trucks, 1 SUV and a boat on the street, at least half of which are in front of other people’s homes. None are in their garage or driveway.

Our house gets a full size truck, parked close enough to our mailbox that it forces letter carriers to exit their vehicles to drop off the mail.

I’ve considered reporting him for violating street parking laws, and researched caltrops. My wife insists this is “island style”, and I need to relax

Yeah thats the thing. If our mailbox is blocked, the postal worker just drives on by. Couple times, he has cut across the corner of my lawn to hit the mailbox.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Why do they eat the stuff? I think it's awful.

Because they have sugar in them. But they think they don't

Ive died on that hill so many times.

 

[massraider]

Ive died on that hill so many times.

Ha, I bet.
I love yogurt, I eat it almost daily. But it's just the one vat of Siggi's, plain Greek.

Once the brand adds a flavor, you may as well have a popsicle.

 

[the moops]

Why don't you all by the large tub of Greek yogurt rather than the individual servings?

 

[mr. furley]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Still don’t have any idea of your family’s size, but you definitely painted a picture of excess beyond the norm.

My one-woman household lacks 33 servings of anything. Instead, we have a half dozen containers with maybe two bites of food, and a handful of single sip beverages. Those would all go bad, if I didn’t go out of my way to consume her micro-leftovers.

Fortunately, her aversion to finishing things hasn’t translated to wanting bigger appliances.

ETA Why does your household consume so much yogurt?

married father of 2 daughters here. we go through a LOT of yogurt.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Still don’t have any idea of your family’s size, but you definitely painted a picture of excess beyond the norm.

My one-woman household lacks 33 servings of anything. Instead, we have a half dozen containers with maybe two bites of food, and a handful of single sip beverages. Those would all go bad, if I didn’t go out of my way to consume her micro-leftovers.

Fortunately, her aversion to finishing things hasn’t translated to wanting bigger appliances.

ETA Why does your household consume so much yogurt?

married father of 2 daughters here. we go through a LOT of yogurt.

My daughter thinks yogurt is nasty. My wife gets the vat of plain Greek yogurt.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Of course. I was simply tackling the easy one first. Those yogurts probably have a TON sugar in them as well. Probably why they’re getting eaten.

Lol.

Some things in this world actually are known and understood about women.

They don't eat yogurt for the sugar numbnuts.

Still don’t have any idea of your family’s size, but you definitely painted a picture of excess beyond the norm.

My one-woman household lacks 33 servings of anything. Instead, we have a half dozen containers with maybe two bites of food, and a handful of single sip beverages. Those would all go bad, if I didn’t go out of my way to consume her micro-leftovers.

Fortunately, her aversion to finishing things hasn’t translated to wanting bigger appliances.

ETA Why does your household consume so much yogurt?

married father of 2 daughters here. we go through a LOT of yogurt.

My daughter thinks yogurt is nasty. My wife gets the vat of plain Greek yogurt.

I think yogurt is delicious, though almost never eat it anymore. Nut yogurt is even better.

Never liked Greek yogurt. Plus, it’s supposed to be environmentally unfriendly.

 

[Bossman]

I think yogurt is delicious, though almost never eat it anymore. Nut yogurt is even better.

Can't remember the last time I had nut yogurt.
I suppose during those curious years back in college.

 

[Drunken knight]

Ive died on that hill so many times.

Ha, I bet.
I love yogurt, I eat it almost daily. But it's just the one vat of Siggi's, plain Greek.

Once the brand adds a flavor, you may as well have a popsicle.

during the week yogurt/granola is my goto breakfast. I buy dannon light and fit greek: 8g carb; 7g sugars for the flavored cups.

plus they have a zero sugar line

 

[offdee]

When dudes talk about yogurt for two days.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

When dudes talk about yogurt for two days.

:laughing emoji:

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

When dudes talk about yogurt for two days.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I think yogurt is delicious, though almost never eat it anymore. Nut yogurt is even better.

Can't remember the last time I had nut yogurt.
I suppose during those curious years back in college.

This seems like overshare.

 

[MTskibum]

Ive died on that hill so many times.

Ha, I bet.
I love yogurt, I eat it almost daily. But it's just the one vat of Siggi's, plain Greek.

Once the brand adds a flavor, you may as well have a popsicle.

during the week yogurt/granola is my goto breakfast. I buy dannon light and fit greek: 8g carb; 7g sugars for the flavored cups.

plus they have a zero sugar line

They add artificial sweeteners to most "light" foods, dannon light yogurt is no exception.

That is my pet peeve, i wish companies would make healthy food, because not everything needs artificial/natural sweeteners or 75% of my daily recommendation of salt.

 

[Drunken knight]

Ive died on that hill so many times.

Ha, I bet.
I love yogurt, I eat it almost daily. But it's just the one vat of Siggi's, plain Greek.

Once the brand adds a flavor, you may as well have a popsicle.

during the week yogurt/granola is my goto breakfast. I buy dannon light and fit greek: 8g carb; 7g sugars for the flavored cups.

plus they have a zero sugar line

They add artificial sweeteners to most "light" foods, dannon light yogurt is no exception.

That is my pet peeve, i wish companies would make healthy food, because not everything needs artificial/natural sweeteners or 75% of my daily recommendation of salt.

i measure my blood sugar levels daily. no spikes when i consume those yogurt products.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Kids sports practice that runs past the allotted time. I got other stuff to do coach wrap it up

 

[Gally]

Kids sports practice that runs past the allotted time. I got other stuff to do coach wrap it up

Then you better get your kids there on time. For me (as a coach) one affects the other.

 

[nirad3]

Kids sports practice that runs past the allotted time. I got other stuff to do coach wrap it up

Then you better get your kids there on time. For me (as a coach) one affects the other.

My wife always asks me why we leave "so early" for practices and games. I tell her that if we're "not 5 minutes early, that means we're late". Even if we're the first ones at practice or whatever, I can make my son run a couple wind sprints or stretch to get ready. I hate being late. Never happens (unless the wife is coming with us )

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Kids sports practice that runs past the allotted time. I got other stuff to do coach wrap it up

Then you better get your kids there on time. For me (as a coach) one affects the other.

I do, unless some other coach runs late causing me to be late for another event. Having 3 kids in multiple different activities gets hard to juggle

 

[parasaurolophus]

during the week yogurt/granola is my goto breakfast. I buy dannon light and fit greek: 8g carb; 7g sugars for the flavored cups.

plus they have a zero sugar line

Toasted coconut vanilla of this brand is the goto here. Its like 70 calories i think.

 

[parasaurolophus]

I think yogurt is delicious, though almost never eat it anymore. Nut yogurt is even better.

Never liked Greek yogurt. Plus, it’s supposed to be environmentally unfriendly.

Those bathhouses arent so great for the environment either.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I think yogurt is delicious, though almost never eat it anymore. Nut yogurt is even better.

Can't remember the last time I had nut yogurt.
I suppose during those curious years back in college.

College was definitely a time for experimentation, and fermented dairy was a big part of it. Pre-mixed, fruit on the bottom, and drinkable yogurts were all in my rotation. Never was into the Greek lifestyle, though I dabbled in international flavors, which ended after I put a skyr in me. But I was too naive to realize the joys of soy and nut milk.

That changed in middle age, as I become wiser to the benefits of an alternative palate. Almond, cashew, and coconut yogurts all provide a creamy, cruelty-free treat. Even though broscientists will lament lower protein and calcium content, nut yogurts tend to provide more fiber, less sugar and salt than their cow’s milk peers. All that said, occasionally I’ll walk on the wild side with nice glass of kefir, the champagne of drinkable dairy.

While I wouldn’t recommend flooding the fridge with them, there’s really no harm in reliving your nut milk nostalgia.

 

[Bossman]

My wife waits until the last minute to get ready to go out.
After 45 mins of getting ready, she comes down from the bedrooms and when her foot hits the bottom step I'm expected to have my coat, my hat, phone and wallet and be ready to go ...
Otherwise, if I take 60 seconds to gather the above, it's MY fault we're late.

 

[parasaurolophus]

My wife waits until the last minute to get ready to go out.
After 45 mins of getting ready, she comes down from the bedrooms and when her foot hits the bottom step I'm expected to have my coat, my hat, phone and wallet and be ready to go ...
Otherwise, if I take 60 seconds to gather the above, it's MY fault we're late.

This threw me at first. But then i remembered, montana.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Resealable frozen food bags where the ziploc holds together to itself better than to the bag rendering it not resealable.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I can confidently argue that I have stronger hands than most. At minimum, I have above average hand strength.

I have to use all my mitt strength to open the bags that come from weed dispensaries. I used to just end up breaking them so now I cut them open with scissors and dump the contents into a glass jar.

 

[Sullie]

My wife waits until the last minute to get ready to go out.
After 45 mins of getting ready, she comes down from the bedrooms and when her foot hits the bottom step I'm expected to have my coat, my hat, phone and wallet and be ready to go ...
Otherwise, if I take 60 seconds to gather the above, it's MY fault we're late.

I've been married for almost 30 years; I guess I just assumed this was the norm for the majority of us?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My wife waits until the last minute to get ready to go out.
After 45 mins of getting ready, she comes down from the bedrooms and when her foot hits the bottom step I'm expected to have my coat, my hat, phone and wallet and be ready to go ...
Otherwise, if I take 60 seconds to gather the above, it's MY fault we're late.

I've been married for almost 30 years; I guess I just assumed this was the norm for the majority of us?

From what I read here, it seems likely. I am the queen of punctuality.

 

[Instinctive]

My wife waits until the last minute to get ready to go out.
After 45 mins of getting ready, she comes down from the bedrooms and when her foot hits the bottom step I'm expected to have my coat, my hat, phone and wallet and be ready to go ...
Otherwise, if I take 60 seconds to gather the above, it's MY fault we're late.

I've been married for almost 30 years; I guess I just assumed this was the norm for the majority of us?

From what I read here, it seems likely. I am the queen of punctuality.

I made a big enough "this is really unacceptable and frustrating to me" stink relatively early on in our relationship and consistently held to it and my wife has mostly developed into being on time.

Gotta reward the on time-ness too sometimes.

Without being overly demeaning it's a bit Pavlovian. Humans respond to incentives.

 

[Sullie]

In regard to going to formal events like say a wedding, graduation, a party of some sort, etc. I'm going to admit to something here I would never tell my wife, but I absolutely LOVE and ADORE the fact that we're always late to something. I hate being the first to arrive, I generally don't want to go to whatever event is going on so if we're late, it's more time I get to spend with my wife and less time I have to waste at some event I would rather not be at which almost always involves wearing something formal and being uncomfortable, too cold, too hot, etc. sitting in an uncomfortable chair for too long of an amount of time. So even though I'm ready and waiting on her, secretly, I'm over the moon we're probably going to be late. I'm not being sarcastic; I'm being completely honest here; I absolutely despise formal events with every fiber of my being.

 

[Gally]

I absolutely despise formal events with every fiber of my being.

I concur

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I absolutely despise formal events with every fiber of my being.

I concur

Stop going to them. (Invite your wife to a better event.)

 

[Gally]

I absolutely despise formal events with every fiber of my being.

I concur

Stop going to them. (Invite your wife to a better event.)

We have essentially stopped going to them. Doesn't mean I still don't despise the concept.