the-practical_cat
the-practical_cat t1_ja7r3o7 wrote
Reply to LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1
Cleaning and tidying are habits, just like most daily activities. You can teach yourself to do it if you really care to.
Set an alarm two or three times a day with a fifteen minute timer. When the alarm goes off, spend that fifteen minutes cleaning something. It will be annoying as hell at first-and that's kinda the point, lol. Hopefully it'll annoy you enough that you'll start doing all those little cleaning tasks as you see them throughout the day instead of waiting for the alarm to do them.
the-practical_cat t1_j6wfbuc wrote
Reply to comment by technowarlock in LPT: Microwave food instructions include a wattage that you have to convert for your own microwave. If the package says 5 and a half minutes at 1200 watts on high and your oven is 700 watts, you need to cook it for 9 minutes. by breaktime1
I've never had an issue, so I'm guessing it works the same.
I was taught to cook when microwaves were still considered the greatest invention of mankind, so I've always adjusted to suit whatever I'm cooking. It used to be really common in microwave recipes to start out at 50% and cook things a bit longer (like roasts), then uncover the food and blast it the last few minutes. Most recipes after 1990 or so just nuke everything on 100% and ignore power levels, and it makes a huge difference in how things cook.
the-practical_cat t1_j6we7i0 wrote
Reply to comment by publicbigguns in LPT: Microwave food instructions include a wattage that you have to convert for your own microwave. If the package says 5 and a half minutes at 1200 watts on high and your oven is 700 watts, you need to cook it for 9 minutes. by breaktime1
You adjust the power level lower, not higher.
Though if you figure out how to overclock your nuker, lemme know. I have some ideas...good ideas, really, I swear...
the-practical_cat t1_j6rfghj wrote
Reply to LPT: Microwave food instructions include a wattage that you have to convert for your own microwave. If the package says 5 and a half minutes at 1200 watts on high and your oven is 700 watts, you need to cook it for 9 minutes. by breaktime1
Or you can change the power level on your microwave and cook it at the recommended wattage and time, if your microwave is a higher wattage. So many people "hate microwaved food" because they never read the instruction manual.
the-practical_cat t1_itgbm95 wrote
Reply to comment by i_do_it_all in LPT: Watch how people react when they think you’re in a tough spot. People show their true colors when they think you have zero leverage. by [deleted]
I learned to do the same thing from my dad. Anyone who treated him as "less than" when he was filthy after work would never get his business again, but he'd make sure they knew their competition was getting his cash. And on the rare occasions when he was treated better than average because he looked awful, he'd go out of his way to make sure that business got as many new customers as possible.
the-practical_cat t1_jacuq3k wrote
Reply to LPT Request - how to respond to people who constantly try to one-up you and diminish your accomplishments? by idkifik
Ignore them. They're just looking for attention, and they're jealous that you're getting some.
Before we went no contact with my in-laws, I used to enjoy telling them, "Well, that's nice, but right now it's (insert name's) time to shine," in a school-teacher-talking-to-bratty-toddlers tone of voice, and then immediately turn away from them. This only works in public, and it'll earn you hell once they get you alone, but its worth it to watch them react to being treated like a spoiled child.