Thursday, November 13, 2014

How come no one ever told me??

You’ve probably been ignoring this feature.
You've probably been ignoring this feature.
 
Most aluminum foil boxes have press-in tabs that secure the roll in place, so you don’t have worry about it flying out every time you rip off a sheet.

You’ve been dispensing Tic Tacs the hard way.

                               
You've been dispensing Tic Tacs the hard way.                      
You know how when you violently shake a container of Tic Tacs into your palm it seems as though you always end up with zero or seven? Avoid that altogether by letting a mint gently glide into the tiny lid crevice
 
 
 
You haven’t been using ketchup cups to their full potential.
You haven't been using  ketchup cups to their full potential.                      
Instead of grabbing multiple cups of ketchup, simply pull apart at the edges for twice the space.
 
 
 
Chinese takeout containers are actually made to fold out into plates.
Chinese takeout containers are actually made to fold out into plates.
 
The containers actually are meant to unfold into a makeshift plate, which you can easily reassemble into a box for storing leftovers.
 
Greek yogurt containers are meant to be folded in half.
Greek yogurt containers are meant to be folded in half.                      
Chances are you’ve been scooping the toppings with your spoon onto the yogurt.
                      
But, have you realized, the topping holder folds over, so you can pour the toppings DIRECTLY ON TOP?

You’ve probably been placing toilet seat covers in the wrong direction.

You've probably been placing toilet seat covers in the wrong direction.
 
The flap is meant to be placed toward the front. This prevents the agony of sitting down on a toilet seat, only to realize you’ve dragged the cover down into the bowl.

Soda tabs double as straw holders.

Soda tabs double as straw holders.
 
Turn the tab around so that it acts as holder that can stop the straw from raising out of the can as the soda fizzes.
 

You probably don’t realize it, but your pots come with built-in spoon rests.

You probably don't realize it, but your pots come with built-in spoon rests.
 
             

Soft-drink lids can double as coasters.

Soft-drink lids can double as coasters.

Posted by Steve Sinai

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

someone has way too much time on their hands.

jim said...

thanks steve. refreshingly uncontroversial. simple, enjoyably informative, and of course the first comment has to be a dig. jeez!

Anonymous said...

Pacifica is just like Nascar. Drive until you run out of gas and or crash, just like how Pacifica has.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Heloise for your Helpful Hints.

Helpful Hippie said...

Stop building tacky homes on our hillsides. Eat the Rich. Let's Tax ourselves to repave our streets and fix sidewalk cracks and potholes like they do in L.A.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/new_districts_could_allow_angelenos_to_tax_themselves_to_fix_their_streets.php

Anonymous said...

We need warlords. They'll get us those city services and real motivated emergency responders. Warlords. Right idea, right place, right time.

Anonymous said...

Pacifica needs a junta. Too bad everyone is too apathetic, stoned, busy,

Too bad no one could get their shit together long enough to get these clowns out of city council.

Omnibus Fester said...

We need district elections. Split the city into five sections. Let council members wheel and deal. Better decisions for the entire city will be the result.

Anonymous said...

Fester, you're nuts. District elections in a small town where a few thousand votes elect city council members would result in much worse decisions. What if the only person who lived in your district who would run for council was someone who you disagreed with completely? What if the only people who ran in some districts were stupid or crazy? At least with city-wide elections, you get whoever the most voters support, not your neighborhood crackpot or the fool on the hill.

Anonymous said...

605 We need a military dictatorship. No votes, no meetings, no whining. One official explanation for everything. Pony up your 20% monthly donation. It covers all your services--funeral and otherwise. Security forces will empty your neighborhood for demolition real soon. Construction will be 24/7 and that's not the sound of music those hills are alive with.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of elections. 11/14 update from the county:

Sue 5118 20.24%
Mike 4357 17.23
John 4220 16.69
Eric 3550 14.04
Victor 3260 12.89
Matt 2703 10.69
Therese 2075 8.21

Sue widened her lead. Gap between Mike and John widened to 137 from 101 and gap between John and Eric widened. Final update 11/18.

Anonymous said...

605 Not quite everyone.

Fester Omnibus said...

With a name like Fester, I have to be a little nuts 11:09! Living in Pacifica as you know also has it's prerequisites.

I do not see Pacificans ever voting for or supporting district elections, but district elections could be pressured or brought about by the courts on the basis of Civil Rights.

Watsonville is a smaller town has about 45,000 persons. They have district elections there. There was some sort of lawsuit on behalf of hispanic voters that brought it about. I don't know if that has worked out better or worse for them.

More recently, Here in San Mateo County, supervisorial district elections came about as a result of pressure and lawsuits from advocates of asian and hispanic voters.

Pacifica has a concentration of asian residents in Fairmont, Westview and other skyline neighborhoods. There was a discussion of incorporating part of Pacifica into the Daly City Supervisorial District District 5 when they were trying to decide boundaries to catch those voters into a "asian voter unity community district". According to census, there were as of 2010, over 7000 asian residents in Pacifica, nearly 20% That is a pretty substantial number. No asians on council or ever ran.

In San Francisco during the 1970s they said district elections would be "undemocratic", and of course the tragedy of Dan White, Harvey Milk and George Moscone got many to advocate going back to at large elections. But it has been that way for a long time. It seems to me district representatives would need to be more accountable and more accessible to their districts, and thus more democratic. More people would be engaged politically, and not less, to the argument that lower-rate candidates would appear does not hold much water to me. We have smart, sophisticated voters here in Pacifica, I think it could work out. Those who have most to lose are the two who live within a few blocks of each other and might find themselves in the same district.

Finally you say,
Let's see, you say here: " What if the only person who lived in your district who would run for council was someone who you disagreed with completely? What if the only people who ran in some districts were stupid or crazy? At least with city-wide elections, you get whoever the most voters support, not your neighborhood crackpot or the fool on the hill." I think with 5 districts of let's say 2,500 voters, properly gerrymandered, of course, you can get more than one crack-pot or crazy person to run. As our last election demonstrated, you got at least one person you completely disagreed with elected, using the highway issue as example. If only a crackpot, stupid or crazy person is running in your district, you will surely step up and run yourself against said crackpot, why would'nt you, unless you too were a crackpot, stupid of crazy, right? Give your fellow Pacificans a little more credit on brainpower accounts friend at 11:09!

Anonymous said...

Fester

Are you related to uncle Fester?

Fester Omnibus said...

I am an uncle, therefore, I am Uncle Fester!

Anonymous said...

My TV memory ist verklimpt. Was Fester the deputy on Gunsmoke, one of them Beverly Hillbillies, or part of the Adams Family? I'd vote for Marshal Dillon if he lived in my 'hood. Gonna pass on voting for hillbillies and the undead. Been there, done that.