Archive through April 14, 2002
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Archive through April 14, 2002
Tess | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 12:20 am     Whoami, I am by no means a meat expert but I've never had that much liquid come out of my ground beef and that is over 40 years cooking experience. This just doesn't sound right to me. This may be another question for our friend, Weinermr. |
Schoolmarm | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 05:46 am     Adding water or moisture adds to the weight of the meat. You are paying for that! Some places add "juice" to ground meat or chicken, and this ups the weight. OR your meat may have seen the freezer before you bought it and you did have frost build up. |
Twiggyish | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 06:04 am     I never thought of it like that, but it makes sense. ..just another way to rip off the public. |
Meme9 | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 08:25 am     A lot of meat departments get their meat for hamburger in a frozen block and then they saw it into smaller pieces to fit into the grinder. I used to work in the meat department back in the early 70's, and my bro-in-law owns a grocery store, I've also see them do this. I think this is usually done on the cheaper hamburger. |
Tksoard | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 08:31 am     Meme, isn't it dangerous to re-freeze hamburger after it's been thawed?  |
Lobster | Friday, March 22, 2002 - 11:21 am     Tk, it's not dangerous. Because the frozen lean meat is defrosted in the cooler, it doesn't build up extra bacteria. That's where the dangerousness comes in. If you defrost something on the counter which many people do, it builds up bacteria and refreezing and defrosting will just make more bacteria which will make you ill. If you defrost something in the refridgerator, it never gets warm enough to build up the extra bacteria. You lose a lot of flavor when you freeze something even once, so I wouldn't recommend freezing something twice. But, it probably wouldn't kill you if you did. |
Whoami | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 09:44 pm     OK, time for the dumb question of the day/week (how come I come up with most of the dumb questions? Am I the only dummy?). Anyway, does anyone know how to remedy a squeaking shoe? I actually don't have the problem myself. Someone posted this question in an "off topic" folder at the figure skating board I frequent. I thought I'd ask you all here, since there are so many crafty, creative and intelligent people here! The person has Reboks that squeak. Any solutions? They can't take them back, cause the shoes were bought too long ago (they just started wearing them). |
Tksoard | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 10:08 pm     WD-40. It stops all squeaks.  |
Max | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 10:36 pm     Squeaks in athletic shoes are usually because of an air leak in the support structure. I'm not sure if you can fix it or not. Might try taking it to a shoe repair shop (there are still a few around, usually repairing heals and resoling men's shoes) and ask them. Maybe they can identify where the squeak is and repair it for you. As much as athletic shoes cost these days, there oughta be a way to fix 'em! WD-40 does fix squeaks, but where would you put it?  |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 11:00 pm     Weinermr will know. |
Car54 | Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 03:24 am     Sometimes a little baby powder in the shoe helps. |
Teatime | Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 03:51 am     Whoami, I had a squeaky Reebok in recent history also. Just one squeaked, the whole life of the shoe. Extremely annoying. I should've returned them immediately, of course, but kept thinking it would work its way out as I walk quite a bit. I think Max has it pegged exactly, at least in my case - I always assumed it was air trapped in the support structure somewhere as I was never able to remedy it. Must've been a design flaw in that one style. Did I swear off Reeboks? No, I just swore AT them for awhile. Next time, the squeaky shoe goes back to the dealer, I don't care how old and dirty! Sorry I couldn't help, Who, but I can empathize. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 03:45 pm     Okay, this is not a dumb question, just an ordinary puzzling question. We have three rather ordinary recessed light fixtures (circa 1971, I am sure) in our kitchen. Well, come to think of it, we have that same type in the bedrooms too. They each take one regular light bulb. We usually put a 100 watt light bulb in there. Two of the lights in the kitchen burn out quite frequently, way more frequently than the third one in the kitchen and way more frequently than the others in similar or identical fixtures in the bedrooms. When the kitchen lights are on, probably no more than three hours per day, all three lights in their separate fixtures are lit. By the number of times I have changed one bulb, I would estimate we are getting about 90 hours per light bulb out of that fixture rather than the 750 the package says we should get. The second kitchen fixture/bulb seems to last about twice as long, but I still have to change it way too frequently. The third kitchen fixture/bulb seems to be normal. The bedroom lights in seemingly identical fixtures also seem to be normal. Anybody got any ideas why these two kitchen fixtures would be burning out so frequently? Anybody want to place any bets on whether Weinermr knows this one? Can somebody ask Mr. Wizard?
We have been in this house less than a year, so can't say what the fixtures have done over time. |
Car54 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 03:56 pm     Weiner will know. Juju... don't want to sound paranoid here but it is my belief that there is a vast secret light-bulb conspiracy out there. I have been a victim of all my light bulbs burning out the same week for years... (this can be a very expensive week when it happens!) Go to Home Depot when they are having their coupon dealie and get you some of those new-fangled curly long-life lightbulbs. They are really expensive in the stores, but when Home Depot (or sometimes WalMart) has the coupon, they are affordable. For the coupon deal you have to fill out your address and other personal info, so as a slap against the evil Light Bulb Empire, I fill them out with fake names and addresses so they will not track me down and burn out my new expensive curly light bulbs. I replaced ALL the lightbulbs in my house almost 2 years ago and I have never burned out another bulb. It is all an evil plot...nothing to do with science at all. |
Buttercup | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 03:59 pm     Weinermr knows this! I will put virtual money on it!  |
Car54 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:02 pm     NORM would know too. |
Labmouse | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:04 pm     The answer cost me $300.00 when I had to call in an electrician for the same problem with my lighting. He basically said it was spikes in voltage, wattage, and amperage. He then installed some sort of regulator. I should have asked him to show this to me. I can't find any regulator, and my lights still burn out with abnormal frequency. |
Car54 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:09 pm     Get the curly lightbulbs, I am tellin ya. |
Fruitbat | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:23 pm     Hang garlic on your front door. |
Firebird05 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:29 pm     ROTFL Car. I Believe you 100% on that vast light bulb conspiracy. I always thought it quite odd that the bulbs all burn out the same day weather they are turned on daily or just once in awhile. Hmmm. I think I will try some of those curly bulbs, Thanks for the heads up on the name switch thing. I certainly would not want them to find me again. |
Car54 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:33 pm     Oh, I forgot, be sure to wear your tinfoil hat when you remove the old lightbulbs...then they will not be able to detect the switch and you will be safe! |
Fruitbat | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:39 pm     What! without a green sponge underneath! What are you trying to do to the poor dog? |
Car54 | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:52 pm     <car rolls her eyes...> Bat, this is not Voo-doo! This is fact...it is rumored that Vice-President Dick Cheney was part of the Light Bulb Empire before his return to politics!-Ask anybody! |
Lobster | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 04:56 pm     Juju, I just talked to my brother who is an electrician. He says that you need an electrician. LOL There's too many factors to take into consideration. Is the wiring in the house old or new? If it's the old knob and tube wiring, then the bulb wattage could be too high, and causing cicuit overload because of backfeed on the neutral. Also if the original wiring was 120v and it was rewired to 220v, and not done properly, that could cause the bulb to burn out. He said the wiring in the fixture should be tested with an electric meter to find out how much voltage is going through the fixture. |
Lobster | Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 05:02 pm     I knew I was forgetting something, you could also have to many things on one circuit. And if you do have old wiring mixed with new wiring you should think about having the old changed to new. |
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