Things you should know by now, but only just discovered

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Why are you reheating pizza? Leftover pizza is a dish best served cold.

Because I'm not a goddamn savage. Or I just felt like a hot lunch, and not the sexy kind.

Why can't it be both?

Also, I would argue that refrigeration is less savage than reheating food.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Radical Ans wrote:

I like to reheat my leftover pizza in the oven.

As do I, but they won't let me have a real oven at work.

Do they even let you have pointy scissors?

Not since the incident.

Since the incident, we've had signs around the toaster oven reminding us of the company policy to always use aluminum foil when using the toaster oven

That was a sad day indeed.

McIrishJihad wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Why are you reheating pizza in the microwave?

FTFY - toaster oven is the only way to go.

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Jonman wrote:
McIrishJihad wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Why are you reheating pizza in the microwave?

FTFY - toaster oven is the only way to go.

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

That sounds awesome, actually.

Pan fried pizza FTW!!!

Never had it but it sounds awesome. Wish we had a toaster over. Wish we had room for a toaster over.

Jonman wrote:
McIrishJihad wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Why are you reheating pizza in the microwave?

FTFY - toaster oven is the only way to go.

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Interesting. Any oil in the pan or anything to keep the cheese from sticking? How long, like 60-90 seconds?

Minarchist wrote:
Jonman wrote:
McIrishJihad wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Why are you reheating pizza in the microwave?

FTFY - toaster oven is the only way to go.

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Interesting. Any oil in the pan or anything to keep the cheese from sticking? How long, like 60-90 seconds?

Use a non-stick pan. There's plenty of fat in the cheese and toppings too.

Probably 2-3 minutes. Depends on the thickness of the pizza.

Jonman wrote:

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Am I the only one more amazed at the source of the idea than at the actual reheating method?

(no judgements, BTW)

sometimesdee wrote:
Jonman wrote:

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Am I the only one more amazed at the source of the idea than at the actual reheating method?

(no judgements, BTW)

To be honest, I'm more surprised by the skillet technique with this being a part of the Internet and all. I did reread 'Wife's boyfriend' but was too embarrassed to ask.

Pringles are made out of pressed mashed potatoes, not sliced whole potatoes. That's how they can form them all into that uniform shape (and consistency).

Instapaper. Oh man, such a wonderful thing. I'd heard of it, but never actually looked into how it works until a couple days ago. Airplane reading!

sometimesdee wrote:
Jonman wrote:

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Am I the only one more amazed at the source of the idea than at the actual reheating method?

(no judgements, BTW)

Y'all must be new 'round here.

Jonman's got this whole thing figured out beautifully.

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:
Jonman wrote:

Not true. Wife's boyfriend has set up, owned and run 3 pizza restaurants for over a decade, and has fed me the nicest pizza I've ever had that was cooked in someone's home. Dude know his pizza. His preferred solution is to reheat the pizza, topping-side down in a medium-hot skillet.

Am I the only one more amazed at the source of the idea than at the actual reheating method?

(no judgements, BTW)

Y'all must be new 'round here.

Jonman's got this whole thing figured out beautifully. :)

Just had the second anniversary of dating my girlfriend.
9th wedding anniversary with the wife is later this month.

I've posted on here about it from time to time. Further reading in case you're interested....

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

fleabagmatt wrote:

Instapaper. Oh man, such a wonderful thing. I'd heard of it, but never actually looked into how it works until a couple days ago. Airplane reading!

Ditto. Plus, it's pretty! Who knew?

S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

clover wrote:
fleabagmatt wrote:

Instapaper. Oh man, such a wonderful thing. I'd heard of it, but never actually looked into how it works until a couple days ago. Airplane reading!

Ditto. Plus, it's pretty! Who knew?

Might I also direct your attention to Flipboard? It's my go-to app on my iPad for consuming my Google Reader feed, and plugs right into Instapaper. Anything I don't have the time to read right then and there I can spool out to Instapaper for later.

Ooh, I love consuming things!

Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

It is amazing how much work it takes to maintain < 1 relationship

/forever alone

Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Imagine the really old days when big men in many (most?) parts of the world had 3, 4, 10 wives in most parts of the world. Sounded intresting untill I was actually married.

Archangel wrote:

Pringles are made out of pressed mashed potatoes, not sliced whole potatoes. That's how they can form them all into that uniform shape (and consistency).

By the way, when they first came out, the commercial touted, "Pringles newfangled potato chips", and they were actually called potato chips.

But a while later, they had to change to crisps since (like you said) they are not actual potato chips, but rehydrated potato mush squashed into a wavy shape.

At the time a family member worked for Procter & Gamble and the reason they were in the tube was so they could be manufactured in one place and shipped all over the country (unlike bag chips which would be destroyed in shipping).

Ashley Wallbridge is a dude.

Miashara wrote:

Ashley Wallbridge is a dude.

Ah, yeah. That could throw you. Ashley can be both a male and female name in the UK.

Haakon7 wrote:
Miashara wrote:

Ashley Wallbridge is a dude.

Ah, yeah. That could throw you. Ashley can be both a male and female name in the UK.

I've been a fan of his new album for a bit and am finally getting around to buying it from Amazon. I was previewing to one track on Youtube, and instead of the usual abstract graphic or random hot chick, there's this dude staring smolderingly at me. Who the hell is this guy?

Oh. Right.

Tenebrous wrote:
Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Imagine the really old days when big men in many (most?) parts of the world had 3, 4, 10 wives in most parts of the world. Sounded intresting untill I was actually married.

I doubt very much that Billy McOldytimes would have treated any of his 10 wives with anything like the respect and equality you and I treat ours with.

What I'm trying to say is that it's a cinch to have 10 wives if you keep 'em all locked in a cage.

Jonman wrote:
Tenebrous wrote:
Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Imagine the really old days when big men in many (most?) parts of the world had 3, 4, 10 wives in most parts of the world. Sounded intresting untill I was actually married.

I doubt very much that Billy McOldytimes would have treated any of his 10 wives with anything like the respect and equality you and I treat ours with.

What I'm trying to say is that it's a cinch to have 10 wives if you keep 'em all locked in a cage. :)

I worked with a student from Saudi Arabia on my senior project in college. He talked about how weird the nuclear family was to him. He said that everyone had a huge family with one male head of household and multiple wives. IIRC he had at least 14 brothers. He was also confident that he had never met all of his aunts, uncles, and cousins that lived in the city he grew up in. I don't know how the respect and equality works exactly over there, but culture seems to be the most confining aspect of 'family.' I wonder what family-dynamics I never knew about that are prevalent today or died out a long time ago.

S0LIDARITY wrote:
Jonman wrote:
Tenebrous wrote:
Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Imagine the really old days when big men in many (most?) parts of the world had 3, 4, 10 wives in most parts of the world. Sounded intresting untill I was actually married.

I doubt very much that Billy McOldytimes would have treated any of his 10 wives with anything like the respect and equality you and I treat ours with.

What I'm trying to say is that it's a cinch to have 10 wives if you keep 'em all locked in a cage. :)

I worked with a student from Saudi Arabia on my senior project in college. He talked about how weird the nuclear family was to him. He said that everyone had a huge family with one male head of household and multiple wives. IIRC he had at least 14 brothers. He was also confident that he had never met all of his aunts, uncles, and cousins that lived in the city he grew up in. I don't know how the respect and equality works exactly over there, but culture seems to be the most confining aspect of 'family.' I wonder what family-dynamics I never knew about that are prevalent today or died out a long time ago.

Now imagine where did all the extra women come from given the male/female birthrate is about even. Yep, it sucks to be a poor male in these types of societies. Marriage tends to be a great social stabilizer, in that it incentives otherwise risk taking young(er) males to provide for their families and generally buy into some version of the existing social structure. Polygamy makes this harder, increasing social instability. This is also why you see older, usually poorer, men marring children. See picture below from Afghanistan.
IMAGE(http://unambig.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/child-bride-afghanistan1.jpg)

Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Kudos to you for being able to pull it off. Not everyone can.

sometimesdee wrote:
Jonman wrote:
S0LIDARITY wrote:

@Jonman, That's fascinating. Maintaining one relationship is often too much work for me. I'm impressed.

Totes. Maintaining >1 relationship is a damn-site more work than maintaining exactly 1 relationship. It's not easy. But it is worthwhile.

Kudos to you for being able to pull it off. Not everyone can.

Thanks, but meh, kudos schmudos. Not everyone pulls off monogamy either. Relationships are tricksy, regardless of the shape of them or the number of people involved. Poly certainly forces you deal with different issues, and it's tougher to skate by without actively working on your relationships than monogamy tends to be, but neither are straightforward.

Can't half-ass poly. Not for long, anyway.