You know what, while I certainly don’t think it’s optimal… presuming that she knew he was poly and understood what that meant when they got together, and this fulfills other needs for him and helps him feel more fulfilled… it’s a long way down a sad road but if they want to keep doing it then it’s what works for them.

Normally relationships between Poly and mono people just don’t work out long term.

Eating a plate is a bad idea. You should not eat any plate.

If a plate breaks, or chips, you should not eat any of the fragments of the plate, the food that was on the plate when it broke, or continue using the plate. You should clean it up, put the fragments in a sealed plastic bag, and put it in an outdoor trash can as soon as you can.

My guess is that a Corelle plate is more likely to meet US standards for plate safety at time of manufacture than any brand of imported plates. My guess is that even a pre-2005 Correlle plate is less likely to be problematic than an inexpensive plate manufactured and imported in the last 6 months.

If you are concerned about lead in your dishes, buy new, high quality, Ameican made dishes, make sure to inspect your dishes before use and stop using anything that has a chip, a crack, or that the glazing has any change in appearance, and make sure the plate has no metallic looking decorations. Do not buy or use cheap plates, or expensive, decorative plates.

If you do break a plate, do not eat the food that was on the plate, or near the plate when it broke. If you can ventilate the area, do so. (Turn on an exhaust fan, open a window.) If you happen to have an N-95 mask handy, go ahead and wear it while you are cleaning up the mess. Use a wet paper towel to pick up the plate pieces, and another one to wipe down the area where the plate was. Put the plate fragments, any nearby food, and the paper towels that you used to clean up in a plastic bag, seal it, and take it out to an outdoor trash can as soon as you finish up cleaning. Wash your hands with soap and water, and be sure to scrub thoroughly, including under your nails. Have people avoid the area where the plate was broken until the air has had a chance to be vented.

Now, my bet is someone is going to say that this cleanup plan is unrealistic and silly, and is overkill. They will have a point, but... the question is understanding the risk and deciding what is right for you. And that is the entire point of the question, now isn’t it?

I’m going to keep eating off of vintage Corelle, and even more stupidly, cheap imported third world country plates. Been doing it for decades. That is a small risk, since I live in a pre-70’s house, on a pre-70’s street, near industrial areas, in a region where coal is used to generate electricity. But yeah, I am going to wipe down the area where that plate breaks and take out the trash and wash my hands, and open a window.

If this actually happened recently, you probably want to talk to your school administrator about this before she does, just to make sure that they get the right facts, and to make sure that they know what’s going on.

There’s an old saying that you should never attribute to malice what stupidity can explain, but the flip side is advanced enough stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

Going to the administrator and mentioning it will help if she goes on the warpath. Because trust me, she’ll show the names in the cups as proof and leave out the whole she wrote them on afterwards part…

Sometimes the answers also come for political or project management reasons, as much as physics and scientific reasons.

The ISS is slightly risky. It is hard to know how much longer the ISS will be there for. It is currently funded and authorized through 2030, with deorbit scheduled for 2031.

There are other reasons that could potentially shorten the lifespan of the ISS further.

A sample return mission might take 10-15 years (or more) to plan, get approval and funding for, to build the hardware for the mission, to launch that hardware, and the time to get to and from the sample location. (In addition, often these are tacked on to other missions; which might include a science package that has more duration.)

If a mission would use the ISS as a critical component for it's return journey, that means that the mission assumes extra risk based on the likelihood of the space station being available for it's role in the mission at the end of the mission.

And while we can certainly assume that the Space Station will be funded for longer... the PM and approval teams cannot assume this. This means that if the project is expected to take 10 years, the project cannot use the ISS, because on paper the ISS will be gone by then.

So the question becomes: does using the ISS as a return link outweigh the risk and scheduling complications? Given u/electric_ionland's very nice response, my guess is "no".

Note that I don't work for NASA, any governmental agency, or any governmental contractors.

More cast iron chunks:

- a lid to fit that pan, so you can use it in the oven. Great for pizzas and roasting veggies or small amounts of meat, like a mini Dutch oven.

- a Dutch oven. I like bare metal, because it’s bomb proof as long as you take care of it. You do have to maintain the season, and you do need to be careful about rust. (Note that a rusty pan can be saved, it just takes sanding it down or sand blasting it, then building a season again.)

Stainless Steel Cookware:

I would probably get two sauce pans, a skillet, a Dutch oven, and a stock pot.

I really like Reverewear. It is no longer made. It must be purchased vintage. Check your local Goodwill and vintage stores, sadly, lots of grandmas are no longer needing their pans. Do not be concerned about oxidation or residue, some copper scrubs, a scruffy pad, and some stainless steel pot cleaner will make them look like new surprisingly easy. The handles may not shine up, but replacements are available if it bugs you.

Ikea 365, the higher end pots and pans, seem quite nice. Their cheapest pots are surprisingly well made, particularly for the price, but are not BIFL. (I use one for my fry-pot, which will just destroy the pot. If I had but $20 for a pot and two sauce pans, this would be what I would buy, hands down. If fact, If I had to buy new and was limited to under $100, it’s what I would buy.)

Remember: Stainless Steel pots and pans never go above medium. Never, they will warp. They will also burn your food, too, so there’s no use. Even on Medium, don’t let the pan get too hot.

Non-stick is for a good time, not a long time. It is disposable. If you take care of it, use plastic implements, hand wash it, and never let it get too hot… it will last longer, but it will still go bad.

2030 is in 7 years, people. 7 years.

Massive shifts are not going to happen, or more importantly, unlikely to be forseen.

For example, gas. I think we all know what is going to happen with gas: first, it will become cheaper, as demand falls due to electrical vehicles, but the oil companies will continue to produce using existing refineries, which will slightly oversupply the market, bringing prices down a bit. The oil companies will also do this to reduce the switch to electric vehicles.

However, at some point, the refinery plants will start deteriorating, and will either become uneconomical to run or require significant reinvestment, which the oil companies will not do, which will re-constrain the availability of gas, which will drive prices up, until eventually gas will be in such low demand that it is primarily a curiosity, not easily available, and it will mostly be the domain of hobbyists for operating antique vehicles for parades and joy rides, not actual transportation. (I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of hobbyists convert their gas vehicles to run on ethanol, which will be much easier and cheaper to get.)

At that point, most vehicles used for day-to-day transportation will be electrical; potentially with hydrogen also thrown into the mix.

But there is no way this happens by 2030. By 2030, in the USA, most vehicles on the road will still be gas. You might start seeing gas prices softening a bit more than normal by then as demand falls, but probably just the beginnings of it.

About the only thing that I know of... there is a good chance that by 2030, the Cavendish banana will be functionally extinct as the primary banana cultivar. You will be able to buy "a banana", probably for about the same price as currently, but it won't be a Cavendish banana, it will likely be a Goldfinger Banana or a different cultivar. Getting a Cavendish banana will be expensive, to the point where the humor in the phrase "It's a banana Michael, how much could it cost, $10?" would be lost.

This bank does business in my area, and I was curious as to the odd name.

Turns out the current corporation was formed when two smaller banks merged, in order to have a better shot at making it. During this time period, banks were normally named things like “First National Bank or Podunk”. The larger bank was the 5th national bank, and the smaller bank was the 3rd National Bank. When they combined, they took both names and because the 5th / 3rd National Bank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Third_Bank

I really hope that mine is just a manufacturing defect or something. I figure it is… it (the new one) still seems well made (as heavy duty and out of quality materials), but…

(edited for clarity…)

I have an old Swingline opener that is probably a decade or two old. Works perfectly.

I bought a second one last year for my RV, and it failed within months. It just refuses to grab the can seam to move the blade forward. I can’t even figure out how it’s wrong.

There are a few people who are allergic (as in anaphylactic shock deadly allergic) to it though… It is fairly rare but not unheard of.

Quantum computers taking over in ten years?

Sure, as long as we can get COBOL running on it…