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Post by prometheus76 »

rramadass wrote: post #622
prometheus76 wrote: post #43

Chef knives are designed to be held by pinching the blade between the forefinger and the thumb, and wrapping the rest of your fingers around the handle. I used to wrap all my fingers around the handle, until Jacques Pepin showed me how to do it properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMA2SqaDgG8

Dang! I just finished watching your half-hour video on how to cut/dice vegetables :-) There is something which grabs your attention and fills you with admiration when you see a Master displaying his expertise so effortlessly and easily. I am now going to watch more of Mr. Jacques Pepin.

Wait until you find the series that Jacques Pepin and Julia Child did together. Absolute gold.

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Post by xyzelement »

karaterobot wrote: post #800
xyzelement wrote: post #19

I used to assume the religious people were missing something and missing out on the latest and greatest. Now I am seeing that often it's us the non-religious that have lost something of value and are trying to replace it with things that don't work as well.

Same. I met so many religious people who were smarter, more widely read, and wiser than me that my childhood prejudices about them had to be drastically re-evaluated, even though my fundamental position on the existence of God is unchanged. Faith is now on an entirely separate axis from intelligence or wisdom for me.

That's kinda my process as well. The next step was to be curious and ask those people - you are so smart how are you engaging with this thing that makes no sense to me at all. They may give an interesting perspective.

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Post by aussieshibe »

exogen wrote: post #736

OK here's a dumb one. You know how the label on EVERY toilet bowl cleaner bottle always says "Step 1: flush toilet"? I always dutifully followed those instructions, thinking "hmm, the extra splashing water must be pretty important and help it mix or something." But no. One day I realized it's just that my toilet always started from a flushed state... like a normal person. But they knew somewhere out there, someone wo…

Ooooooohhhhhhhhhh.

I often thought: It seems like flushing first makes much of the cleaning product run right into the water rather than sticking to the bowl, but there must be a reason they say to do it.

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Post by onecommentman »

andersthue wrote: post #366

Being arrogant for 47~ish years, did nothing good for me. Now I work hard on being friendly, curious and kind towards others.

"In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." ― Elwood P. Dowd

Main (human) character from the movie “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart, 1950.

"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened." ― Lawrence Durrell from the novel “Clea”, 1960.

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Post by pgt »

ralmidani wrote: post #125

Putting off an annual checkup with a PCP (I’m 42, and the last PCP I had was a pediatrician). I had long suspected my cholesterol and triglycerides were high due to family history and my excessive love for cheese, and last week that suspicion was confirmed. I’m now more resolute than ever on lifestyle changes (exercise, less red meat, getting most of my calcium from 2% milk). On the bright side, I also got reassuranc…

Study: No association between eating eggs and blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, or mortality in 177,000 people in 50 countries.

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-article-abstract/doi/1...

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Post by entropicgravity »

I've always thought the sun was some kind of yellowy orange. It's not, it's bright white. Not entirely my fault because if you check the NASA images of the sun they are all yellowy orange so either they are helping to perpetuate the conspiracy or, they don't know what color the sun is either!

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Post by wingworks »

machiaweliczny wrote: post #646

Swallowing ;) I learned from ortodontist that the reason I don’t have nice teeth arch and the reason that I have trouble with pills is because of „infantile swallowing”, basically pressing tongue to lower teeth and not lower palate. Learning this solved so many of my problems. This lowers efficiency of breathing and make you snore and might be related to sleep apnea and this makes you tired and depressed so please ch…

So you shouldn't place your tongue on your front lower teeth? Or you should? Sorry, It's not 100% clear to me in your text.

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Post by entropicgravity »

yamtaddle wrote: post #79

Not using an electric toothbrush. First time I used one it felt like I'd had a proper dental cleaning. An extremely half-assed effort with that kind of brush beats a thorough one with a manual brush. I thought they were a gimmick, but no, they're amazing.

BBC has a good article titled "90% OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT BRUSHING PROPERLY" and they are right. Well worth googling.

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Post by wingworks »

colinsane wrote: post #849

when regulating temperature, the body does better at heating than cooling: i sleep better and all the way through the night with a wool blanket @ 10C than with thin sheets @ 20C.

This, and also the way our bodies go to sleep is by dropping it's body temperature a bit. If it's hot in your room, or too many blankets, you're body will struggle to cool down and thus you'll struggle to get to sleep.

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Post by wruza »

dangwhy wrote: post #568
michaelchisari wrote: post #396

My doctor had me work on increasing the amount of water I drink in a day until I hit the recommended amount, and journaling the result. Turns out, I had spent most of my life dehydrated. I feel so much better when I drink a ton of water.

Curious. What changes have you observed from drinking more water.

For me it was better digestion and less headaches. The downside is kidneys aren’t ready for that amount of water (or are, depending on perspective) and you need to pee much more often, like every 1.5-2 hours. I use around 3l/100kg/day.
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