I have a latte cup I bought at Target about five years ago. The sticker/price tag on the bottom is still partly there after numerous washes and scrapings.
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Things are looking brighter now. My position is safe for the time being and I'm starting to believe my boss is finally, after a year of ignorance and opposition, actually beginning to understand the value my project holds... All his other "top tier" projects have collapsed, I guess my stuff is all that's left...
Glad to hear it. A good boss who can inspire their team is hard to come by. I hope your project works out well and you get the credit/reward.
The problem is, "a good wash" might not be sufficient because the container, pan, whatever, might absorb the chemical ingredients in something like WD-40 and therefore no amount of washing could get the potentially toxic chemicals out....
I agree, using Olive Oil sounds like the best and safest solution and I am very happy it worked! I'm going to remember this for the next time I have a frustrating sticker or label with which the adhesive simply will not come off all the way! Thankfully, most cooking or food storage products (not that I buy that many since I am no cook) that I have purchased at least have always put the darned sticker on the outside of the product rather than right in it!
What a joke Facebook is.
A few days ago, I tried to send a friend request to someone, and got the error "It looks like you might not know this person." I know this person very well in real life. Facebook does not get to dictate who I know and don't know!
Then, this afternoon, I went to send a friend request to someone else with mutual friends - and who I also know irl - and get the same message. What is this?!
A few days ago, I tried to send a friend request to someone, and got the error "It looks like you might not know this person." I know this person very well in real life. Facebook does not get to dictate who I know and don't know!
Then, this afternoon, I went to send a friend request to someone else with mutual friends - and who I also know irl - and get the same message. What is this?!
The main ingredient of WD40 is mineral oil and it washes off readily with soap and water, and is biodegradable. It is low toxicity and not hazardous to aquatic animals. While I wouldn't recommend drinking the stuff, using it to remove a sticker and then thoroughly washing said item is totally fine.
This is why I've made my Instagram account private. I can accept or deny individual followers (and can look closely at their profiles to see if they're scams/fake duplicates).
I am on Instagram so that friends or classmates can follow me (and I can follow them). I don't look at the random stuff that's posted on there--just friends' stories. Occasionally I'll upload a post or two to my page.
I'm on Facebook more for professional reasons. I've actually scored some nice jobs through Facebook, and have made some valuable connections, as well. I almost never post on Facebook, unless there's some major thing that's worth posting about. But wow, their friend request system is just unreal. "iT lOoKs lIkE yOU dOn'T KnOW The pErSoN!" WELL YES, IN FACT, I DO!!!
I gave up on Facebook in 2012, but they apparently keep my account ready for me to return, regardless of the six months deletion threat/promise.
I've still got 3400+ posts on Instagram, most sports photos I took, but I cleared out around 1100 followers and 400+ I followed. I now only have three people I knew previously.
I wanted to clear out the whole thing, but I don't want to be unfair to the athletes I photographed.
My shipping issues are not finished.
I called Target about my order that should have been delivered six days ago. They canceled the order and the refund will show up in a few days.
On the two part order, UPS does not seem to know where the smaller piece of the order is. They could have delivered it last Friday, but I suspect that it ended up on OfferUp, due to some seasonal shipping helper.
Back in July, I bought a Razer Edge, Android gaming machine. On December 1st, it died. I had to struggle to get them to accept the problem. Their web form did not allow me to enter data. They entered my address and I went to complete the return and download the shipping label. I got some mysterious error. It's as though the company only tested the sales part of their web site. I got the shipping label through an e-mail that was sent to me anyway and the device is away. I just can't imagine in 2024 that things are worse than they were a few years ago.
I called Target about my order that should have been delivered six days ago. They canceled the order and the refund will show up in a few days.
On the two part order, UPS does not seem to know where the smaller piece of the order is. They could have delivered it last Friday, but I suspect that it ended up on OfferUp, due to some seasonal shipping helper.
Back in July, I bought a Razer Edge, Android gaming machine. On December 1st, it died. I had to struggle to get them to accept the problem. Their web form did not allow me to enter data. They entered my address and I went to complete the return and download the shipping label. I got some mysterious error. It's as though the company only tested the sales part of their web site. I got the shipping label through an e-mail that was sent to me anyway and the device is away. I just can't imagine in 2024 that things are worse than they were a few years ago.
Met a cute Persian girl and asked her to coffee this weekend. Shes very out of my league, just how I like them.
Fire season is what's on my mind again as there's a major fire burning in the mountains along the coast nearby.
Local news keeps showing photos with flames in familiar places....ack
Local news keeps showing photos with flames in familiar places....ack
Best of luck. I am very much an aromantic, I could never do that. I can hardly make any normal friends.
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Stay safe!! Wildfires are a serious issue in a lot of places. Worst one I've ever been affected by was the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in 2022, that damaged much of the water supply. Though no fires in Wisconsin thankfully.
Ah it's a numbers game my friend.
In my experience its the best way to do it, low risk high reward. If they say yes they make your week, if they say no, well you'll probably never see them again
Normal friends are overrated btw
I don't know if they're overrated all the time. Definitely some are though. I'm really trying to grow my friend group OUTSIDE the conservatory. Actually, I should put it this way--I don't have any friends who are NOT musicians. So I'm trying to do that. But then what would we talk about? They aren't musicians. Sports? Don't care about that. Popular TV shows? Also don't care about that.
I am curious to know about people's lives - their education, work, hobbies, etc. That's what I ask people about. If they're musicians, then of course that's a different kind of relationship. But I honestly have NEVER heard ANY group of people in the dining hall, for instance, talk about history - or literature, or chemistry, or any other area of study. Unless they're complaining about their classes. Not to say that that doesn't exist, I've just never witnessed or partaken in it. Music on the other hand is freely and frequently discussed. That's really interesting, I've actually never thought about that.
I really hate the classic "going out with friends thing." THAT is definitely overrated. I'd much rather just one friend come over and we can watch a movie or something. I'm certainly not one for going to the mall (yes, I know people who do that), or the arcade, or the movie theater, etc. Nor am I one for enormous parties, unless it's with family (we've had some of those).
Also, my parents have established dozens of friendships through work, which seems like a rarity. It seems to me their coworkers get along so well that they can be actual friends and go out together, etc. My dad's been at the same place for 30 years, and so have some of his colleagues, so I guess that makes sense. Don't know how my mom did it though. Probably mostly luck, to be honest. And the fact that both are extroverted people.
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Public libraries are on my mind; what a wonderful (and interesting and knowledgeable) addition to civilisation, and the creation and cultivation of cultured urban spaces.
Unfortunately it's still the dry season so rain isn't in the forecast. The most helpful thing would be if the high winds decrease.
Should we thank Benjamin Franklin for that or is someone else truly responsible?
lol. A few 1000 years out!
The first known library was created by Ashurbanipal, the Assyrian king, between 668 and 631 BCE. The library was located in Nineveh, which is in modern-day Iraq, and contained around 30,000 clay tablets. The tablets were written in cuneiform and organized by subject matter, such as history, government, astronomy, and law. The library also included works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Yes, I know, but she wrote "public libraries". Not everyone is a scholar.