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Comment on Healthy Cookware and Healthy Food Storage – Plastic vs Glass by RT Cunningham

RT Cunningham — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:19:17 +0000

I rarely use it while living alone. When my son was still living with me, we used it for heating up frozen burritos. Nowadays, I find reheating left overs on a stove to be just as easy.

The plastic containers I *do* have, are certified as containing no BPA (I had to look that up at the time) and I don’t even use them for food storage.

Comment on Healthy Cookware and Healthy Food Storage – Plastic vs Glass by Lin

Lin — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:49:58 +0000

I haven’t ever tried to actually cook anything in a microwave, but have heated some things it in the past. I haven’t used it for anything in quite awhile and dont miss it.

Comment on Healthy Cookware and Healthy Food Storage – Plastic vs Glass by Lou

Lou — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:44:25 +0000

This is an interesting post! We are very careful about putting water in non BPA plastic but I hadn’t really thought about all our plastic storage at home. We were on the cusp of buying some more plastic containers because we’re running low, but now I’ll think about getting some glass ones instead…

Comment on Healthy Cookware and Healthy Food Storage – Plastic vs Glass by RT Cunningham

RT Cunningham — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:03:25 +0000

I don’t have the “luxury” of keeping plastics around. With the exception of one or two containers (that aren’t used for cooking), everything is non-plastic such as glass or ceramic.

As far as a microwave oven goes, I only use it for heating or reheating, not for cooking. I tried cooking by microwave in the 80s and it turned out horrible-tasting.

Progress, as it seems, isn’t always progress.

Comment on Boomerang Kids: How to Kick Grown Adult Children Out of the House by Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:45:15 +0000

I wanted to update my situation. My daughter is still living with her mom 3 years later, but finished medical training certification and is now looking for a job. I expect she will be independent soon. In retrospect what needs to be done in the situation of a boomerang kid is that you can help them to a degree, but you have to make them understand that the help is temporary and conditional in that you will only help them if they make an effort to better themselves and the amount of help they recieve is directly proportional to the amount of respect they give you. I got to the point where I told my daughter I would completely cut her out of my life, cut her out of my will and cease all contact unless she made an effort and got some training so she could work. Whenever she has misbehaved I have cut back contact, when she behaves correctly I start to have more interaction. It has worked pretty well. There is a point as a parent when you have DONE YOUR JOB and its now up to them to do theirs. You have to create limits that if they cross will have dire consequences. Thats the only thing they will respect.

Comment on Boomerang Kids: How to Kick Grown Adult Children Out of the House by cozz25

cozz25 — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:56:36 +0000

Thanks so much. Yes ive finally finished and am now a qualified nurse. Cant get a job I live in QLD australia and the gov is butchering our health system… 1000 nurses got the sack… 3 billion dollar budget cut… plus theyre trying to combine out emergency services into one. Idiots.
Without my mum I dont think I could handle it anymore.. lol hes getting on her nerves now too. He chooses to work prettt much 24/7. Leaves for work at about 6 but was up since 4 doing work…. goes to work.. works… comes home does more work (laptop & paperwork everywhere) until 8 at night… this is all day everyday.. when he gets home he dumps his crap all over the place… mum and I have both gotten over having to pick up after him and dont even bother trying to keep the house tidy anymore. And he does nothing but whine… midlife crisis perhaps? He puts rubbish on the ground.. like if he takes the paper intp the loo he will kick it out into the hallway and leave it there instead of putting it in the bin… our dvd cabinet in the lounge is always covered in cans, bottles and boxes that he leaves there for weeks before taking them out to the bin… maybe its cause he is getting on in years?
Hes not really mean to me anymore.. sure we clash but not in any magnitude previous… prob cause I can shut him down before he even gets started. He always drops hints about moving out… I am 25 now… and if I complain about anything around the house he will say if you dont like it leave.. lol :-/ he doesnt badher me for money either… prob cause I have none… ive finally paid off my first car.. and only have the one now which is halfway paid… im looking into more study next year to become a paramedic… I work casually because its so hard to get a job without experience… but all in all there is finally some peace in this house.