The electrician didn't go to the new house yet, but I was poking around, and the power plugs on the house are grounded, but they are grounded on the water meter. This was common practice in old houses, but is unsafe, and currently illegal. I still don't know how much money I'll have to spend, but if all the power plugs are grounded, I'm assuming I won't need to replace and they won't need to open all the walls on the kitchen and living room, they can just change the ground connection from the water meter to the main one, assuming the building has one...
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Maybe an inch of actual snow, and it’s very light and powdery, but nearly three inches of packed snow and ice underneath that I’ll let Mr. Sun take care of.
Maybe an inch of actual snow, and it’s very light and powdery, but nearly three inches of packed snow and ice underneath that I’ll let Mr. Sun take care of.
I have a question for our American colleagues on the forum. Do you eat very little?
I've been working with Americans for the last 6 years and one thing I've noticed is that they eat very little. They will say the food is delicious, but they just nibble at it and leave most of it on the plate. I can't say all my American colleagues do this, but I've noticed it frequently enough that it sparked my curiosity.
So is this usually how you eat? Or maybe my colleagues just don't like our food, but are too kind to say so?
I've been working with Americans for the last 6 years and one thing I've noticed is that they eat very little. They will say the food is delicious, but they just nibble at it and leave most of it on the plate. I can't say all my American colleagues do this, but I've noticed it frequently enough that it sparked my curiosity.
So is this usually how you eat? Or maybe my colleagues just don't like our food, but are too kind to say so?
Well, we have a reputation for overeating, so I don't know if it's that we eat very little.
Your second observation may be closer to the truth. Many people (not just Americans), don't really want to try new things, or unfamiliar things. Also, I know that Americans as a whole have a reputation for being unceremoniously direct, but even that isn't entirely true, and can vary by region. People from the East Coast have a reputation for saying exactly what they think, while people from the South and Midwest have more of a reputation for being polite, sometimes infuriatingly so, because it can often times be difficult to tell what we're actually thinking. I can speak for myself and say that if I came to your house, I'd eat what you made me and tell you it was very good, and thank you for it, even if I didn't really like it, that's just being polite where I'm from. If you made me something that I really, absolutely could not eat, I'd have to feign some upset stomach or blame it on jet lag or something along those lines.
For some folks, the absolute worst thing is to make the host feel bad, so if they have to eat something they don't like and smile about it, or even tell a little lie about not feeling well, it's still not as bad as saying, "I don't care for this."
The weird thing is, if the roles were reversed, I'd want you tell me, so I could make you something more to your liking. Weird, huh?
Yep I figured they may simply not like the food, especially because some of them are overweight...yet they seem to be feeding on oxygen!Well, we have a reputation for overeating, so I don't know if it's that we eat very little.
Your second observation may be closer to the truth. Many people (not just Americans), don't really want to try new things, or unfamiliar things. Also, I know that Americans as a whole have a reputation for being unceremoniously direct, but even that isn't entirely true, and can vary by region. People from the East Coast have a reputation for saying exactly what they think, while people from the South and Midwest have more of a reputation for being polite, sometimes infuriatingly so, because it can often times be difficult to tell what we're actually thinking. I can speak for myself and say that if I came to your house, I'd eat what you made me and tell you it was very good, and thank you for it, even if I didn't really like it, that's just being polite where I'm from. If you made me something that I really, absolutely could not eat, I'd have to feign some upset stomach or blame it on jet lag or something along those lines.
For some folks, the absolute worst thing is to make the host feel bad, so if they have to eat something they don't like and smile about it, or even tell a little lie about not feeling well, it's still not as bad as saying, "I don't care for this."
The weird thing is, if the roles were reversed, I'd want you tell me, so I could make you something more to your liking. Weird, huh?
As someone who is a picky eater I totally understand. I can't tell you how painful my meal times become when I'm traveling in non-western in countries. In China, I could spend over an hour looking for a place to eat. I often feel ashamed of myself for not liking the local food. But I am really a picky eater and I even dislike some extremely popular foods (eg: cheese) and some foods make me nauseous just thinking of them. So yeah, I can't blame anyone for not liking foods that are foreign to them
And for the record, I don't think Portuguese food is anything to write home about. There are some interesting treats (mostly in the sweets department) but most of our food is overly simple. It fits my taste though 
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I've used it on the bottoms of my pans and in my kitchen sink (which is some sort of black material, perhaps vinyl) but never used it in my bathrooms before. I too use CLR for hard water stains. It works okay but not 100%.
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On my stove I use a product called "Soft Scrub" that works very well and doesn't scratch the surface. It does remove stuck-on food pretty well.
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The slow snow melt should have helped a little bit.
I never used to think my MIL was terribly picky, until they came to visit us in England, and then we took them on a long weekend to Germany.
If we cooked at home, fine. If we went out, there would be something wrong with every single menu item. If anything was remotely different than what she was used to, she’d refuse to eat anything.
Wow, that's new. We Americans are usually accused by Europeans as being overeating slobs.
Truth is, it depends on the person, age, metabolism and such. When I was in college and swam 20 laps of an Olympic size pool 3 days week, I ate like a horse. Today, I eat small amounts throughout the day. That works with my metabolism.
I know some people who eat way too much, and others who don't eat a lot at all.
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It was definitely good for hydrating the ground. I haven't looked at the charts to see how it effected the lakes.
BTW, the snow and ice are all gone as of this afternoon.
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You could do a whole thread on picky / whiney eaters.
We have one lady in our dinner club that really gets on my goat.
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How so? What does she do?
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Shes my wifes besty, great lady and friend but when she is handed the menu she takes forever to order then changes it when wait staff return. Sometimes she even changes after entree. When we are already ordered and waiting on our food. Shes always late as well so always behind.
Hell I giggle the restaurant before hand.
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I like to research menus before I go out to eat too. At least I did before Covid-19 when we used to go out. Always disappointed when they forgot to update online and I got there to find out the menu changed. My husband likes to be surprised, he always waited til we got there. But he was always quick to decide.
Your wife's friend would annoy me too.
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