Helpful Household Hint
Posted: 12 Nov 2007, 22:49
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Posted: 12 Nov 2007, 22:56
Can I be the first to say it looks butt-ugly?
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Posted: 12 Nov 2007, 23:11
I'll be the second... 
Posted: 12 Nov 2007, 23:23
Can I just say what a waste of time - leaving an album on a turntable in direct sunlight has much the similar effect........
Posted: 13 Nov 2007, 00:39
Never done anything that creative, although I did once construct a strange puppet using an old 70's Top Of The Pops covers album as a body and Party Fears Two 7" as the head. Can't remember why I made it but quite frankly, that was all the records I used were were good for 
Posted: 13 Nov 2007, 10:53
Looks pretty neat- easy too 
Posted: 13 Nov 2007, 12:06
As in by the Associates?Andrew S wrote:Party Fears Two 7"
Damn, I really shouldn't have fallen asleep when we were going through your records
Posted: 15 Nov 2007, 00:38
I would like to clarify here that I have never been in possession of that record or any other by the Associates. The copy that became the puppet's head was donated by an equally unimpressed friend!Obviousman wrote:As in by the Associates?Andrew S wrote:Party Fears Two 7"
Damn, I really shouldn't have fallen asleep when we were going through your records
Posted: 15 Nov 2007, 01:18
By the way: The 7" would make a crappy bowl. Small with a vast hole in the middle. What would you use it for?
Posted: 18 Apr 2009, 18:08
Got an I dea on reading it again: Use it as holder for the tea filter!
I just knew there must be a thread like this, sadly it was to old for the search function so I googled for it.
Today's hint is about baking parchment boxes.
Since the introduction of baking parchment we are relieved of having to soak the baking sheet in fat as to prevent the food from sticking on it. Just tear a bit of the parchment of the role that's delivered in a box with cardboard teeth on one side to ease the tearing off of suiting pieces.
Sadly those boxes are not very stable, so especially single males are in danger of breaking the box when applying the force to tear off a piece in the wrong direction and even tear the parchment role out of its container. The problem now consists in the parchment role not being supported and thus exposed to gravity. (Remember: You hold the parchment by the sheet!)
It immediately will start unrolling. Now quickly pull up the hand by which you hold the parchment sheet to prevent the role from hitting the ground. One wouldn't want food to be prepared on parchment that touched down, would one?
You'll realise now that the vigorous pull you gave drastically increased the rate of spin of the remaining roll, which accellerates to towards the ground so strongly now that you have no time left to catch the roll itself so repeat the process of gripping the parchment and pulling up the hand.
Repeat process with alternating hands until there is so little left of the roll that it will not spin as well anymore. Make sure that you collected the fifteen feet of parchment in a safe place. I use my arms, holding them basket-shape like here.
Roll up fifteen feet of baking parchment again.
I tried it today, it worked great!
Never mind looking silly while doing so, no one sees a single man in the kitchen.
I just knew there must be a thread like this, sadly it was to old for the search function so I googled for it.
Today's hint is about baking parchment boxes.
Since the introduction of baking parchment we are relieved of having to soak the baking sheet in fat as to prevent the food from sticking on it. Just tear a bit of the parchment of the role that's delivered in a box with cardboard teeth on one side to ease the tearing off of suiting pieces.
Sadly those boxes are not very stable, so especially single males are in danger of breaking the box when applying the force to tear off a piece in the wrong direction and even tear the parchment role out of its container. The problem now consists in the parchment role not being supported and thus exposed to gravity. (Remember: You hold the parchment by the sheet!)
It immediately will start unrolling. Now quickly pull up the hand by which you hold the parchment sheet to prevent the role from hitting the ground. One wouldn't want food to be prepared on parchment that touched down, would one?
You'll realise now that the vigorous pull you gave drastically increased the rate of spin of the remaining roll, which accellerates to towards the ground so strongly now that you have no time left to catch the roll itself so repeat the process of gripping the parchment and pulling up the hand.
Repeat process with alternating hands until there is so little left of the roll that it will not spin as well anymore. Make sure that you collected the fifteen feet of parchment in a safe place. I use my arms, holding them basket-shape like here.
Roll up fifteen feet of baking parchment again.
I tried it today, it worked great!
Never mind looking silly while doing so, no one sees a single man in the kitchen.
Posted: 18 Apr 2009, 19:13
had fun today, jum?
do not, under any circumstances, pour water down the sink AFTER you have ascertained that the pipes are no longer connected.
should you be aware that such a problem does occur from time to time, refrain from storing your kitchen roll under the sink unless you want to test the absorbency of several whole rolls.
do not, under any circumstances, pour water down the sink AFTER you have ascertained that the pipes are no longer connected.
should you be aware that such a problem does occur from time to time, refrain from storing your kitchen roll under the sink unless you want to test the absorbency of several whole rolls.
Posted: 18 Apr 2009, 19:20