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Fenchurch posted:I have converted my roommate to the way of nachos for dinner, nachos for breakfast, nachos for lunch. The salsa counts as a vegetable, dammit! If you're in New York it sounds like this might be the perfect dinner for you: http://midtownlunch.com/2008/07/09/the-special-vegetarian-sandwich-at-blimpie-new-york-city-nyc/ It is Blimpie, but close enough.
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kastein posted:In the winter, shower with the bathroom door open so you don't want to run the humidifier as much. Win/win, at first I was worried about excess moisture/humidity but it clears up within a few minutes of turning the water off.
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Accidentally bought terrible coffee? Add a sprinkle of ground cinnamon to the grounds before you brew/pour water in your french press. It adds a nice flavor dimension, and covers up stale or cheap beans. 
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I have 2 pairs of slacks which I alternate wearing to work every day. Dry clean only, which means they have never been washed and never will be.
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Mar 17, 2013 00:17
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NorskHotDog posted:I have 2 pairs of slacks which I alternate wearing to work every day. Dry clean only, which means they have never been washed and never will be. Excellent
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chaniara posted:Accidentally bought terrible coffee? Add a sprinkle of ground cinnamon to the grounds before you brew/pour water in your french press. It adds a nice flavor dimension, and covers up stale or cheap beans. Add a pinch of salt to that and it cuts the bitterness from crappy beans too.
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I mentioned one of my bachelor recipes in the last thread (a "chicken" sandwich with a ramen seasoning packet instead of meat), but I just thought of another one. You microwave a pizza-flavored Hot Pocket, immediately make two small cuts in either end of the bottom side, insert a slice of habanero pepper into each of the cuts, and eat it while it's still boiling hot. I called it the "Death Pocket." I believe I only made it once, but that should be enough for most people.
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Mar 17, 2013 02:50
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Great Horny Toads! posted:Bought a little bag o' rice. Didn't want it spilling everywhere in the cupboard. Solution: Empty rum bottle. Captain Morgan's Spiced Rice. Holy goddamn crackers. That is brilliant. My contribution: the little rotating dish thing in my microwave was making squeaky noises when it turned, so instead of finding the replacement wheel things for it, I yanked all the wheels off and replaced them with marbles. My microwave is stealthy as gently caress now.
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NorskHotDog posted:I have 2 pairs of slacks which I alternate wearing to work every day. Dry clean only, which means they have never been washed and never will be. If you're lazy about laundry, the real solution is to buy a bunch of pairs so you don't have to bother for a long time. Are my pink yoga pants dirty? Good thing I have five more pairs in that color alone! I could go a month without doing laundry and wear a new outfit every day. If you have a hardon for designers, buy it off ebay used or go to Goodwill. I've decided that some kind of designer or team shirt, a matching pair of brightly colored yoga pants, and big pair of color-coordinated knock-off Uggs (purchased in the slipper department) are all I need to look presentable day-to-day. Hubs calls my slippers my 'adult booties'. Hell yes. bunnybean has a new favorite as of 03:23 on Mar 17, 2013 |
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I thought that storing rice, beans, lentils and stuff in 2 liter bottles was a standard thing. If you really want to go nuts, you can draw measuring lines on the bottles so you can just pour the right amount into your rice cooker.
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Mar 17, 2013 04:02
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Did something pretty bachelor today. I died alone in my own filth and was eaten by my cats.
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mysterious frankie posted:Did something pretty bachelor today. I died alone in my own filth and was eaten by my cats. did they eat your eyeballs first or is that just a myth
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Christoph posted:did they eat your eyeballs first or is that just a myth It's the crows that go for the eyeballs first. I thought everyone knew that? I just made about a weeks worth of dinners, and probably some lunches, for under $8: slow-cooker chickpea spinach curry. The slow-cooker is one of the laziest ways to create tasty, tasty food for usually very little money as all the cheapest cuts of meat are ideal to slow-cook. And you generally don't have to worry about it boiling over or anything like that. Unless you fill it way too full and leave it on 'high'. If you're dusting (not that everyone here is into that sort of thing) used dryer sheets work really, really well. If, you know, you use dryer sheets. Or do laundry.
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Since my ex is moving out, I've turned the master bedroom in the three bedroom apartment I share into a bitchin' batch pad. Posters of Jim Morrison and Soviet propaganda cover the walls, I disassembled her makeshift pagan altar (old mini-fridge) and moved it next to the bed and filled it to capacity with beer that I can reach over and grab with one movement, I've continued the proud goon tradition of the showerbeer, the bedroom floor is the clothes depository until I feel like folding them, old candles are used to level out tables that are uneven, and I'm seriously considering getting a clear waterbed and filling it with fish because I can.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:I thought that storing rice, beans, lentils and stuff in 2 liter bottles was a standard thing. If you really want to go nuts, you can draw measuring lines on the bottles so you can just pour the right amount into your rice cooker. Or just use jar sizes accordingly. I used to store rice in 1/2 pint jars because that's how much I'd make at a time. Then I got smart and would just fill a 2.5 gallon lidded bucket with rice and use the jar to scoop it. Bachelor 101 is buying stuff with long shelf life (like dry, frozen, and canned goods) in bulk. For those of you out there like myself who are not big fans of beans, dried peas keep well and are nutrient-rich. In regards to buckets full of dried foods, in my immediately-post-highschool bachelor days I had 10 of them in my living room. That's 25 gallons of dry rice, peas, carrots, corn, rotini noodles, rice flour, and other staples. Being a utilitarian, they were used as furniture by resting boards on them (and generally covering them with fabric so it didn't look like I had boards sitting on buckets all over the place). It's kind of a bitch to have to disassemble your coffee table to make a meal, but when you're eating well at less than $100/month rather than putting ketchup on saltines until payday it's worth the 10 minutes of effort. Most bachelor thing I did this week was laundry. On Monday. Tossed a load of shirts in the washer at 1am then ended up falling asleep... didn't remember I had clothes in the machine until Thursday when one of my roomates had to do her laundry. Obviously I had to rewash them, but being twice as clean means I can wear them twice as many times until they need washing again, right? Second most bachelor thing? Used a leaf blower instead of a shovel to clear my driveway/sidewalk of snow.
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bunnybean posted:I've decided that some kind of designer or team shirt, a matching pair of brightly colored yoga pants, and big pair of color-coordinated knock-off Uggs (purchased in the slipper department) are all I need to look presentable day-to-day. Hubs calls my slippers my 'adult booties'. Hell yes. If you're not on your way to yoga, you look ridiculous. It's the spoiled middle-class white girl equivalent to wearing sleep pants to Wal-Mart. Sorry your husband refuses to tell you that he hates it. For content, if I'm making breakfast for myself, and we have leftover pot roast from one meal, and leftover rice from another (we usually do), I'll fry a couple of eggs, heat the rice and meat in the same pan afterwards(add a little oil and milk to keep from drying out), put it all in a bowl, toss some shredded cheese on it, microwave for 30 seconds to melt the cheese, and you have your very own Skip's Scramble.
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kizudarake posted:For content, if I'm making breakfast for myself, and we have leftover pot roast from one meal, and leftover rice from another (we usually do), I'll fry a couple of eggs, heat the rice and meat in the same pan afterwards(add a little oil and milk to keep from drying out), put it all in a bowl, toss some shredded cheese on it, microwave for 30 seconds to melt the cheese, and you have your very own Skip's Scramble. I do this, but I skip the rice and sautee an onion instead, maybe use a little bacon in there too if I have a slice or two around, plus anything else in my kitchen that's not nailed down. Hell, once I used some leftover General Tso's Chicken and added some of the sauce and the end, and it was a really tasty but really unhealthy breakfast.
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Everywhere I've ever had my computer desk at has an accompanying hidden spot for placing boogers.
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HonorableTB posted:I'm seriously considering getting a clear waterbed and filling it with fish because I can. Do not do this. The fish will die. They will not be able to get air properly, and you will not be able to clean it properly. I know they did it in a James Bond movie, but it doesn't work in real life.  You could do it with fake fish or rubber ducks or something, but not live fish.
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Zombie Pirate posted:Do not do this. The fish will die. They will not be able to get air properly, and you will not be able to clean it properly. I know they did it in a James Bond movie, but it doesn't work in real life. Yeah, if you've ever owned an aquarium, you know you have to change a large portion of the water at LEAST every two weeks. There'd be no real way to do that with a waterbed. Not to mention the most obvious problem: how would you feed them?
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kizudarake posted:If you're not on your way to yoga, you look ridiculous. It's the spoiled middle-class white girl equivalent to wearing sleep pants to Wal-Mart. Sorry your husband refuses to tell you that he hates it. Currently eating soup with a ladle. Spoons 
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Poopelyse posted:Everywhere I've ever had my computer desk at has an accompanying hidden spot for placing boogers. I call this spot 'the underside'. 
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Poopelyse posted:Everywhere I've ever had my computer desk at has an accompanying hidden spot for placing boogers. A less disgusting, if more complicated, booger idea is to keep some newspapers or magazines you've finished reading next to your desk or computer chair. When you strike green gold, just tear off a strip of the magazine, put the booger inside it, and crumple it up. Of course, you could also just buy a box of Kleenex, but if you're already wasting money on an obsolete medium you might as well stretch those dollars a little further.
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Crashing on a friends L-shaped couch after a goonmeet and it's about 2 feet too short? Drag an office chair over and line it up at the end of the couch. Sleep in comfort.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Successfully bayoneted a mouse with a Mosin-Nagant M44. My M7 bayonet has tasted the blood of many invading insects.  Thought you were safe in the corner where the boot can't reach you, didn't you, you sons o' bitches!
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Cold in bed in the winter? Put on more blankets. Still too cold? Wear clothes to bed. Still cold? Drink Whisky.
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bobthedinosaur posted:Cold in bed in the winter? Put on more blankets. For a while this winter I had a comforter, two polar fleece blankets, some bath towels, and a summer camping sleeping bag laid out over the sheets on my bed. It was awesomely warm even on the coldest, windiest days of the winter when the temperature dipped into the mid 30s inside overnight.
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I have definitely used laundry and towels at one point or another. Now it's all about an electric blanket under the sheets, under me, and under that bundle of bedding. edit: Crock pots make meals for like an entire week and only take like twenty minutes max for prep. I have survived off my crock pot/slow cooker for years now.
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bobthedinosaur posted:Cold in bed in the winter? Put on more blankets. Don't drink whisky. It makes you feel warmer but it actually lowers your core body temperature. e: vv Granted, just thought I'd mention it. razorrozar has a new favorite as of 09:38 on Mar 18, 2013 |
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razorrozar posted:Don't drink whisky. It makes you feel warmer but it actually lowers your core body temperature.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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bobthedinosaur posted:I have definitely used laundry and towels at one point or another. I need to be less lazy and become more "bachelor" by breaking out my electric blanket and take my crockpot out of the box it's in on top of my fridge. I definitely need a few good recipes before I get it out first.
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CanUSayGym posted:I need to be less lazy and become more "bachelor" by breaking out my electric blanket and take my crockpot out of the box it's in on top of my fridge. I definitely need a few good recipes before I get it out first. Get meat Put in pot Hit button Congrats!
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Awww, man! I'm totally gonna see if I can heat my bedroom with my Volcano vaporizer. Anyone ever try? Does/would it work?
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Today I woke up at 3am and went fishing. Perch for breakfast! Had a pile of fish guts in the kitchen sink while cleaning the fish. Down the garbage disposal they went. The unbachelor part is the timeliness with which I disposed of them and the additional sacrifice of citrus fruit to make the kitchen lemony fresh afterward.
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Dickweasel Alpha posted:Get meat To expand upon this: Get a meat. Preferably lovely stew meat that's dirt cheap. Quarter potatoes and onions. Put in pot. Cover with broth. Hit butan. Go to work/sleep off your breakfast whiskey. Eat delicious stew.
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I hate doing laundry and will put it off as much as possible. When I run out of clean underwear and don't feel like doing laundry, I'll wear the pairs that are least soiled inside out, and I'll take a blow dryer to get that fresh from the dryer feeling. Same thing goes for socks. Usually when this happens it's laundry time. I'll wear the same pair of pants and shirt for a few days, like I'm a loving cartoon character. Even if the clothes are stained. Clean clothes are worn if I'm actually going out to do something. When I actually do get around to doing laundry, I won't bother folding the clothes and putting them away, they'll stay in the basket and I'll take out fresh clothes as I need them. Making the bed is a waste of time and pointless so I don't do it. When I make pasta, I don't bother cooking the sauce, just dump it right from the jar, the spaghetti usually warms it up. I eat leftover pizza cold, I think it tastes better that way. I have wires and electronic crap all over my room.
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cobalt impurity posted:To expand upon this: You'll never guess what comes with the crockpot  
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I stir my tea with spaghetti sticks Also, I used to drink tea out of a 3 liter jug with a straw when I was playing games, so i could just lean over
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