Ha speaking of irrational anger, my dad HATES that show bcz of mrs bucket. Hates it. Yells at the tv. So funny.
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I adore that show
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Any opinion based on wishful thinking rather than observed reality.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
You don't think Texas is going to go blue any time soon either, amirite?
― pplains, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahaaaa, I was thinking more of my wife's "I'm sure there won't be anyone else waiting for an oil change at the quick-lube center on a sleepy Saturday morning." Only half a dozen people who work all day during the week.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh. my. god. the upstairs apartment has at least 3 children, two of whom run around chasing each other loudly and stomping and screaming. i am sympathetic to the limits to which one can discipline one's children, and so i usually try to ignore it during the day, but once you pass into the evening hours, it becomes really infuriating. twice i've gone upstairs to knock on their door to ask politely if they could stop running around, and the first time, the mom refused to open the door, and the second time, she screamed at me to stop touching her door. aghhhhghghg!!
― rayuela, Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
at least open the door and look at me to my face!
(she screamed at me through the door)
― rayuela, Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
they are so loud sometimes that i was on the phone and during a particularly loud running stomping battle upstairs, the person i was talking to was like wow, i can hear that.
― rayuela, Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hate getting the oil changed. If I was half a man, I'd do it myself in the driveway, but I can barely change the oil in the lawnmower without the appearance of blue smoke everywhere.
― pplains, Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bad coffee. Loud TV. You know the guy's going to go "Mr. Baker, we looked inside your güschenbächer and found a leaky sdkl;aksfjdo;aiklsjdga/ls." and even if what he says is true, I'm going to take the "big" stuff to my regular mechanic anyway JUST GIVE ME THE 24.95 OIL CHANGE THAT I GOT A COUPON FOR OUT OF THE PHONE BOOK THANKYOUVERYMUCH.
― pplains, Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Flights that are supposed to be one airline but 'operated by' another. Checked in on one and tried to check in on the other to pay in advance for extra luggage (which you can only do after check-in) but apparently they don't have a departure option for the airport I'm actually leaving from so can't access it - tried to do likewise with the 'operated by' airline and once you're checked in you can't pay for extra luggage and have to pay full price at the airport GRGRGAGHHGHGHGHAAAGGHHH
― kinder, Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Waitresses who sing along loudly with the radio in diners...fills me with a whitehot rage!
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
mad men being on at 10 this season instead of 9. i'm impatient!
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Monday, 30 April 2012 04:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
this doesn't make me angry, but i don't understand people who run to catch the el train when they see it arriving from outside the station. unless you're super-fast, you're not going to get up to the platform in time, and it's rush hour, so there's another train coming in like four minutes. and now you're sweaty and out of breath and gross.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
speaking of AMC the line up for this year was supposed to include a weekly episode of Breaking Bad starting with the pilot and culminating in the premiere of season 5. The start date was set for some time in Jan or Feb but then nothing happened.Now its all MADMENMADMENMADMENMADMEN. Even my iphone app just goes straight black screen when I click the Breaking Bad schedule link. To make matters worse, I've only seen seasons 1-3 on netflix. I need to see season 4. NEED TO. Its driving me crazy. I dont even know what BOXCUTTER means. FUCK
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
n/a i think that train logic exists all over the world. sydney trains riders used to be the same iirc. unless someone through themselves on the tracks there would be another train coming in like 10 minutes. calm down trainriders.
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
through = threw DUHHHHHH
it sounds like someone is clipping their nails at their desk
it's driving me CRAZYI don't want to investigate bcz I don't want to see someone clipping their nails at their desk
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, this thread alone is 0.1% of ILX's posts.
Has anyone mentioned food packaging designed to maximize spoilage? I'm thinking of tomato paste in cans and cream cheese wrapped in foil.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I finally found a JAR of tomato paste...tomato paste in cans is the worst invention. Who uses THAT much tomato paste at one time?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
unrelated IA: I bought a new girly floral top to wear to work, I thought oh it'll be cute but I am HATING the way it fits. the cut of the neck is slightly too low so I feel like oh hi booby girl and it ties in the back which if it's too loose the neck sags down but if it's too tight it pulls in weird directions and thank GOD I took a light zipup top in case it got cold because this whole thing is just not working for me.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Freeze the tomato paste in ziplock or ice cube trays guys!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Save some glass jars, transfer unused tomato paste to these for storage. I thought everybody had a shelf of empty jars in their cupboard.
― nickn, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tomato paste in those squeezy roll-uppy tubes is the best. Lasts forever
― kinder, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I switched to tomato paste in tubes a couple of years ago, but I still get IA when I see cans of it in stores.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cream cheese in foil otm
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can never find the tomato paste tubes at the stores near me, so i have to go the ice cube tray route. i stopped believing that they exist, but i guess they do!
― rayuela, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I get the practicality of it, but imagining an ice cube tray full of tomato paste makes me want to fucking puke.
― pplains, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Drop tomato paste ice cubes into a glass of vodka for a quick and easy Bloody Mary! /SandraLee
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I freeze fresh herbs in an ice cube tray.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Might try it with tom paste next time though I generally get the tubes too.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's nowhere around here to get tomato paste in tubes, so I finally started mail-ordering mine, tyvm Amazon Prime.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mail order tomato paste. What an age of wonders!
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:24 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i cut my nails doing 80 on the interstate yesterday. is that okay? noone can hear it
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The thing is the cans are like 49c and the tubes are like $6 iirc :(
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Veg, do you have Pumpkin soup available where you are (Cali, right?).Pumpkin soup does not exist in Arkansas and you know sometimes i really really REALLY need pumpkin soup
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why didn't I think of freezing tomato paste?? I freeze everything else.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I cook rice and freeze it. I also freeze cooked pasta. Best time savers I've ever done.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's the thing. say you use a third to half a can of tomato paste. you've got 50 or 60 cents worth of leftover tomato paste to deal with. if that investment is important to you, then freeze it, or come up with some other tomato-paste-requiring thing to make in the next couple days. if not, then just accept that it's gonna go to waste, like the rest of that bunch of cilantro you bought for making salsa.
think the 6oz can of tomato paste thing stems from a time when most americans used tomato paste only to thicken tomato sauce. couple cans of sauce and/or tomatoes, one little can of paste, a pound of hamburger, some garlic onions & herbs = family spaghetti night.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
my "thing" in ref to stevie d's:
Figure I've thrown away at least $20 in furry tomato paste over the years, so it's a wash, roughly, except for destroying the planet with my big ol' carbon footprint.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I got over the aversion to wasting money and food w/r/t tomato paste, but I want to save the leftovers for convenience's sake.
think the 6oz can of tomato paste thing stems from a time when most americans used tomato paste only to thicken tomato sauce.
What else do people use tomato paste for?
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I use it in place of tomato sauce for things like meatloaf or pizza because I find regular sauce too watery. I just throw spices into the paste, stir and use.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
cook your onions, celery, carrot base with tomato paste and put it in stews and soups
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Unrelated to tomato paste (I buy the tube).
It makes me IA when a business won't return my call/email when I am trying to arrange to give them my money in exchange for their goods or services, and it makes me double IA when the business is located in the south or somewhere rural and I start to feel like maybe I'm just being one of them Type A City Folk who talk too fast and want everything yesterday and that my expectations are unreasonable.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, slightly caramelized tomato paste is a great thickening/flavoring agent for all kinds of stuff
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
sadly that's not what the packaging says (tho if I should just ignore the packaging and keep using the tube please let me know), the tubes I get say "use within 2 months of opening" and even then I only make it about a quarter of the way through
(this was true even before I started living with someone who doesn't like tomatoey sauces - tbh now it's more like a small thumb-shaped dent in the tube in two months)
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think you can ignore the packaging. I've had a tube that lasted 4 months and one that lasted 6 months, no apparent problem either time.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
personally I use it until it actually shows signs of perishing
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink