Plans for today (2023)

Plans for today are to make 4 kgs of piccalilli.I've probably sold most of it already. Why? Because Xmas time in Venezuela involves making hallacas (pronounced " Aee YAK as"), a traditional local tamale, stuffed with pork, chicken, maybe beef, chickpeas, and a rich, complex sauce, then wrapped in plantain leaves and cooked. Making the sauce (known as the "guiso") involves dumping a jar or two of mustard pickle into the mix.
I think it's a waste of good piccalilli, but who am I to judge? :D
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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
The quality of tap water in Spain is very variable. Over 70% of Spaniards drink bottled and of course they have a problem with waste plastic.
It varies from region to region according to the taste of the water with it being as low as 26% in some regions where water tastes ok. In some areas due to intensive farming the nitrate levels are so high they’ve had to request people stop drinking it and are bringing water in tankers 😔

I find the water where I live in Spain doesn’t taste nice. Even my super duper ‘Zero’ filter can’t cope with whatever awful stuff is in the water, the water quality meter I use shoots up after just three days. So what can you do? It’s either continue drinking water with unknown unwanted extra’s or buy bottled 😢
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Tap water in Texas is not very tasty. Where I live, it is not bad, but not great. it is safe, but not great tasting. It is worse in summer than winter, because it comes from a lake (reservoir). In summer temperatures, lake water gets a bit funky.

But, my pretty basic water filter which includes a charcoal filter makes it taste just fine. People here don't NEED to drink bottled water, they just do it because they think it is healthier. It's not.

CD
 
Tap water in Germany is told to be good, but all the people who've money buy bottled water. So all the intellectual people are drinking water with a higher carbon footprint to make sure they're not getting any problems from the drugs (baby pill etc.) that can't be filtered out.

We're basically doing what Trump says, years before he got elected. Strengthen yourself and your friends and family and fight everyday with all your focus to gain more of the good things they don't have in 3rd world countries.
 
PabloLerntKochen said:
Tap water in Germany is told to be good, but all the people who've money buy bottled water. So all the intellectual people are drinking water with a higher carbon footprint to make sure they're not getting any problems from the drugs (baby pill etc.) that can't be filtered out.

We're basically doing what Trump says, years before he got elected. Strengthen yourself and your friends and family and fight everyday with all your focus to gain more of the good things they don't have in 3rd world countries.
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Trump lives on McDonald's cheeseburgers and KFC chicken. Every now and then, he eats a steak, cooked well done, and served with ketchup. He doesn't drink bottled water. He drinks Diet Cokes.

Nobody should be "doing what Trump does."

CD
 
Wasn't it all about pushing yourself to the limits? Drink good quality water, eat good so you can perform good on your job, do the right things to gain more wealth and power? I thought it was all about observing your own performance and ignore the poor and sick people around the world.
 
Here in Portugal the bins are: green for glass, blue for paper, yellow for plastic and black for everything else that can be recycled. Then there are specific places that have bins to recycle batteries and electronics.

Everyone is supposed to sort out their own trash and place it in the correct bin. But a lot of the stuff that goes into the recycling bins doesn't get recycled at all because Portugal does not have enough buyers for the products of the recycling.
 
PabloLerntKochen said:
Wasn't it all about pushing yourself to the limits? Drink good quality water, eat good so you can perform good on your job, do the right things to gain more wealth and power? I thought it was all about observing your own performance and ignore the poor and sick people around the world.
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The “I’m alright Jack” “Taking care on number 1” “Look after you and yours” mentality has always been popular with a certain section of society.
 
LissaC said:
But a lot of the stuff that goes into the recycling bins doesn't get recycled at all because Portugal does not have enough buyers for the products of the recycling.
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That's the case in a lot of places. The US used to sell a lot of it's recyclable garbage to China, but China stopped buying it when Trump launched his tariffs on Chinese products and materials. BTW, China did not pay those tariffs, American companies (and consumers) paid them.

A lot of recyclables, especially plastics, don't get recycled because nobody wants to recycle it. Nobody recycles anything unless they can make a profit doing it. That's a basic fact of life.

If you must buy packaged water, you can get it in aluminum cans instead of plastic bottles, although it's not as plentiful. Aluminum cans get recycled in much larger quantities than plastic bottles.

CD
 
caseydog said:
That's the case in a lot of places. The US used to sell a lot of it's recyclable garbage to China, but China stopped buying it when Trump launched his tariffs on Chinese products and materials. BTW, China did not pay those tariffs, American companies (and consumers) paid them.

A lot of recyclables, especially plastics, don't get recycled because nobody wants to recycle it. Nobody recycles anything unless they can make a profit doing it. That's a basic fact of life.

If you must buy packaged water, you can get it in aluminum cans instead of plastic bottles, although it's not as plentiful. Aluminum cans get recycled in much larger quantities than plastic bottles.

CD
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Yes, there's a list of things that are more likely to be recycled than others (like clear plastic is more likely to be recycled than pink plastic etc). I don't think I make a lot of waste though, I am quite conscious about reducing waste and plastic in my house. But I still make waste of course.
 
LissaC said:
Yes, there's a list of things that are more likely to be recycled than others (like clear plastic is more likely to be recycled than pink plastic etc). I don't think I make a lot of waste though, I am quite conscious about reducing waste and plastic in my house. But I still make waste of course.
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I don't make a lot of waste... except when I eat too much fatty food. That's probably TMI. :oops:

Seriously, I roll my trash and recycling carts to the curb every two to three weeks, while almost all my neighbors roll full carts out every week.

CD
 
I need to go to COSTCO today and stock up on Kleenex and TP. I know I'll end up buying other things not on my list. That is a COSTCO tradition. :facepalm::laugh:

I also need to drop something at the post office. What could it be? :scratchhead:

CD
 
So I saw a program on tv about an aussie company that made cisterns with half flush on them. Half or full flush. By using half flush you could save so many Olympic pools of water in a year.
So I started not using half flush after a wee. Wife went nuts. I said about saving water, she said "we" flush after every wee.
Cant win.

Russ
 
Btw my wifes sister and her husband are top recyclers and have a gold bin for recycling. Only the best get them.ivan even cleans and flattens cans. Bundles paper in categories.

Russ
 
rascal said:
So I saw a program on tv about an aussie company that made cisterns with half flush on them. Half or full flush. By using half flush you could save so many Olympic pools of water in a year.
So I started not using half flush after a wee. Wife went nuts. I said about saving water, she said "we" flush after every wee.
Cant win.

Russ
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Every toilet here has dual flush options. And that's quite common around the world. You don't need a full flush to dilute urine.

There is also the motto that kids are taught
"If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down".

Personally, we go by the smell in the bathroom. If you can smell it, then it needs flushing. We frequently don't flush after a number 1. It's a waste of clean, fresh drinking water and a precious commodity.
 
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