Wives and the Stupid **** They Say/Do

[ACamp1900]

She did, she just assumed they wouldn't/couldn't destroy the seasoning with one bad use. She knows it's a hearty pan, but I don't think she realized it's so durable and "foolproof" because I make sure to use it and treat it correctly. I can tell she feels bad about it, so I'm going easy on her. Learning experience.

‘Much like it’ll take time to reseason this cast iron, it’s gonna take many steak and bj Thursday’s for you to regain my trust,........’

 

[NDRock]

You got volunteered to do something that you usually charge for? Oof.

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Yeah, she’s from Germany. I accuse her of being a socialist all the time.

 

[gkIrish]

Basically yes, but it's one of those things that can be done wrong very easily. You can put on too much oil and make it sticky, you can overheat the pan after applying the after-oil and burn on the oil, you can use oil that has too low a smoke point, you can cook something acidic in the pan too early in its "life" and dissolve your seasoning. It's one of those things that's simple, but has a lot of caveats. If you've just started, you'll understand soon enough. As weird as it sounds you develop a pretty deep affection for that pan.

Thanks. So far I've been getting that shiny coating after applying the oil and haven't noticed any stickiness so hopefully I'm doing it right. The food tastes magnificent.

When I use the sponge, should I just be getting off any cooking residue or should I actually be scrubbing it relatively hard as I would a frying pan?

 

[greyhammer90]

Thanks. So far I've been getting that shiny coating after applying the oil and haven't noticed any stickiness so hopefully I'm doing it right. The food tastes magnificent.

When I use the sponge, should I just be getting off any cooking residue or should I actually be scrubbing it relatively hard as I would a frying pan?

Its not super important to get it really really clean because cast iron is going to get hot enough to kill anything anyway. I used to scrub pretty hard, but that's because I had a really good seasoning and I wasn't concerned about hurting anything. If you're just getting started, I would just get off the food residue.

As far as avoiding the stickiness thing, the best piece of advice I can give is that after you apply oil, dry it off with a clean kitchen towel as much as you can. The coat of oil you want on there is so small that you want to not be able to get it off without resorting to using water.

 

[ACamp1900]

SIAP grey but what oil do you use?? Always curious about other’s takes on this

 

[greyhammer90]

SIAP grey but what oil do you use?? Always curious about other’s takes on this

When I initially got the pan I scrubbed it down to the metal and used a high quality flax seed oil to season it and used that until I ran out of it. Then I just used a good vegetable oil from then on out.

 

[ulukinatme]

Yeah, she’s from Germany. I accuse her of being a socialist all the time.

Germany, huh? Well, at least she's kinky in the bedroom!

 

[Irish#1]

The wife has this little greenhouse about 2’ X 5’. It’s real light and made to be portable. She wants to pour a small concrete pad to sit it on. This is her project so I’m minding my own business. Lol She buys 8 bags of mix and digs her hole..I tell her that’s more than 3” inches and looks to be 5” when she says “There’s no way that’s 5” inches.” I grab a tape measure and say “You’re right, it’s not 5”, it’s 6”!”. She laughed then asked if I could help her finish it.

 

[NDRock]

The wife has this little greenhouse about 2’ X 5’. It’s real light and made to be portable. She wants to pour a small concrete pad to sit it on. This is her project so I’m minding my own business. Lol She buys 8 bags of mix and digs her hole..I tell her that’s more than 3” inches and looks to be 5” when she says “There’s no way that’s 5” inches.” I grab a tape measure and say “You’re right, it’s not 5”, it’s 6”!”. She laughed then asked if I could help her finish it.

My wife would struggle with that too, as I've been lying to her for years how long 6 inches actually is.

 

[Irish#1]

My wife would struggle with that too, as I've been lying to her for years how long 6 inches actually is.

Repped you for that one.

 

[ulukinatme]

The wife has this little greenhouse about 2’ X 5’. It’s real light and made to be portable. She wants to pour a small concrete pad to sit it on. This is her project so I’m minding my own business. Lol She buys 8 bags of mix and digs her hole..I tell her that’s more than 3” inches and looks to be 5” when she says “There’s no way that’s 5” inches.” I grab a tape measure and say “You’re right, it’s not 5”, it’s 6”!”. She laughed then asked if I could help her finish it.

Of course, I would have said "Great 3" hole, honey" then got the hell out of there

 

[Bishop2b5]

Last night my brother reminded of a couple of things my ex-wife did 25 years ago that I'd forgotten about. My dad gave my then wife a bag of peaches one day while she was visiting my parents. She put the bag in the floor behind the passenger's seat and forgot about them. They sat there for days until they turned to mush in the heat and fermented. Her car smelled like peach schnapps for months and the carpet was forever stained.

Around the same time she left two half-gallon containers of ice cream in the trunk during summer. They melted, ran all out into the carpet of her trunk and spoiled. She didn't think about them again until a few days later when the smell became overwhelming. It was stomach-churning. It would've smelled better if she'd driven around for a month with a dead body back there. It took months of cleaning and spraying and lots of Carpet Fresh and cleaner to finally get rid of that smell.

 

[IrishLion]

Last night my brother reminded of a couple of things my ex-wife did 25 years ago that I'd forgotten about. My dad gave my then wife a bag of peaches one day while she was visiting my parents. She put the bag in the floor behind the passenger's seat and forgot about them. They sat there for days until they turned to mush in the heat and fermented. Her car smelled like peach schnapps for months and the carpet was forever stained.

Around the same time she left two half-gallon containers of ice cream in the trunk during summer. They melted, ran all out into the carpet of her trunk and spoiled. She didn't think about them again until a few days later when the smell became overwhelming. It was stomach-churning. It would've smelled better if she'd driven around for a month with a dead body back there. It took months of cleaning and spraying and lots of Carpet Fresh and cleaner to finally get rid of that smell.

Two kids under four in my house, so we have sippy cups with milk in our cars often.

I make sure to clean up anything the kids bring into my car. My wife, on the other hand, will let things sit in her car for a few days until she realizes we're running low on cups, THEN she'll clean her car out.

A few months ago, a sippy cup got hidden between one of the car seats and the center arm rest/divider in her back seat... the cup was tilted pointing down. So there was a slow drip of fermented milk getting into the seat cushions in her car over a warm weekend. The smell when we opened her car doors on Sunday night to take a drive was horrendous.

I've blasted the back seat, the arm rest, the car seats and seat covers with industrial grade odor eliminator from the body shop, but the smell persists.

My next course of action is to see if I can grab replacement seat cushions and covers for the back seat.

After that, she's SOL and getting a new (cheap shitty) car lol.

 

[ThePiombino]

Two kids under four in my house, so we have sippy cups with milk in our cars often.

I make sure to clean up anything the kids bring into my car. My wife, on the other hand, will let things sit in her car for a few days until she realizes we're running low on cups, THEN she'll clean her car out.

A few months ago, a sippy cup got hidden between one of the car seats and the center arm rest/divider in her back seat... the cup was tilted pointing down. So there was a slow drip of fermented milk getting into the seat cushions in her car over a warm weekend. The smell when we opened her car doors on Sunday night to take a drive was horrendous.

I've blasted the back seat, the arm rest, the car seats and seat covers with industrial grade odor eliminator from the body shop, but the smell persists.

My next course of action is to see if I can grab replacement seat cushions and covers for the back seat.

After that, she's SOL and getting a new (cheap shitty) car lol.

Sounds familiar...

 

[Irish#1]

Last night my brother reminded of a couple of things my ex-wife did 25 years ago that I'd forgotten about. My dad gave my then wife a bag of peaches one day while she was visiting my parents. She put the bag in the floor behind the passenger's seat and forgot about them. They sat there for days until they turned to mush in the heat and fermented. Her car smelled like peach schnapps for months and the carpet was forever stained.

Around the same time she left two half-gallon containers of ice cream in the trunk during summer. They melted, ran all out into the carpet of her trunk and spoiled. She didn't think about them again until a few days later when the smell became overwhelming. It was stomach-churning. It would've smelled better if she'd driven around for a month with a dead body back there. It took months of cleaning and spraying and lots of Carpet Fresh and cleaner to finally get rid of that smell.

Probably would have been easier just to buy replacement carpet for the trunk.

Two kids under four in my house, so we have sippy cups with milk in our cars often.

I make sure to clean up anything the kids bring into my car. My wife, on the other hand, will let things sit in her car for a few days until she realizes we're running low on cups, THEN she'll clean her car out.

A few months ago, a sippy cup got hidden between one of the car seats and the center arm rest/divider in her back seat... the cup was tilted pointing down. So there was a slow drip of fermented milk getting into the seat cushions in her car over a warm weekend. The smell when we opened her car doors on Sunday night to take a drive was horrendous.

I've blasted the back seat, the arm rest, the car seats and seat covers with industrial grade odor eliminator from the body shop, but the smell persists.

My next course of action is to see if I can grab replacement seat cushions and covers for the back seat.

After that, she's SOL and getting a new (cheap shitty) car lol.

 

[Irish#1]

Of course, I would have said "Great 3" hole, honey" then got the hell out of there

A little more to the story. When I got the concrete, she had me pick up pavers to put on top of the pad so it would match the patio. While driving yesterday I asked her if she had measured the pad so we (I) wouldn't have to cut any of the pavers. "I never thought of that" was her reply. Today I get a text from her asking me to pick up 20 more pavers. lol

 

[ulukinatme]

Last night my brother reminded of a couple of things my ex-wife did 25 years ago that I'd forgotten about. My dad gave my then wife a bag of peaches one day while she was visiting my parents. She put the bag in the floor behind the passenger's seat and forgot about them. They sat there for days until they turned to mush in the heat and fermented. Her car smelled like peach schnapps for months and the carpet was forever stained.

Around the same time she left two half-gallon containers of ice cream in the trunk during summer. They melted, ran all out into the carpet of her trunk and spoiled. She didn't think about them again until a few days later when the smell became overwhelming. It was stomach-churning. It would've smelled better if she'd driven around for a month with a dead body back there. It took months of cleaning and spraying and lots of Carpet Fresh and cleaner to finally get rid of that smell.

Can't rep you again yet. My wife likes to leave all kinds of stuff in the car too. One time she left a few 12 packs of pop in the back seat of my car. Extreme temperatures caused them to explode all over the seats, turning everything sticky. She had of course opened the box to get a few cans out already, and the hole allowed more of the liquid to escape than should have. I was not happy.

Two kids under four in my house, so we have sippy cups with milk in our cars often.

I make sure to clean up anything the kids bring into my car. My wife, on the other hand, will let things sit in her car for a few days until she realizes we're running low on cups, THEN she'll clean her car out.

A few months ago, a sippy cup got hidden between one of the car seats and the center arm rest/divider in her back seat... the cup was tilted pointing down. So there was a slow drip of fermented milk getting into the seat cushions in her car over a warm weekend. The smell when we opened her car doors on Sunday night to take a drive was horrendous.

I've blasted the back seat, the arm rest, the car seats and seat covers with industrial grade odor eliminator from the body shop, but the smell persists.

My next course of action is to see if I can grab replacement seat cushions and covers for the back seat.

After that, she's SOL and getting a new (cheap shitty) car lol.

Yeah, I think our wives are related. Can't tell you how many times I ended up boiling sippy cups to avoid yet another trip to the store to replace them. That was 3-5 years ago, now that my kids have all finished toddler stage I've quit trying to impress upon my wife to change her habits and I'm instead trying to force kids to eat and drink at the dinner table only. I've been more successful at changing their ways as oppose to hers. I can tell you that boiling the cups was the only thing that successfully eliminated the rotting milk smell from plastic, but I never had any big spills with milk in the car that we didn't know about. I wish you good luck.

 

[Irish#1]

Yeah, I think our wives are related. Can't tell you how many times I ended up boiling sippy cups to avoid yet another trip to the store to replace them. That was 3-5 years ago, now that my kids have all finished toddler stage I've quit trying to impress upon my wife to change her habits and I'm instead trying to force kids to eat and drink at the dinner table only. I've been more successful at changing their ways as oppose to hers. I can tell you that boiling the cups was the only thing that successfully eliminated the rotting milk smell from plastic, but I never had any big spills with milk in the car that we didn't know about. I wish you good luck.

Pretty sure all are born with the same genes. Lol

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

The future Mrs. Leppy and I moved in together this weekend. Got a 2 bed 2 bath apartment for a year to save up for a house. No one warned me what I was in for.

We combined my 1 bedroom and her 2 bedroom into a 2 bedroom. I thought this was going to be a 4-5 hour conquest at most. It was a two day job, we still haven't unpacked everything, and we definitely don't have a spot for her Peloton.

We also rescued a dog last week (really bad timing) and that dog has pissed more times in the apartment than I have. She is not happy with us.

My God we're not moving again. That is all.

 

[ulukinatme]

The future Mrs. Leppy and I moved in together this weekend. Got a 2 bed 2 bath apartment for a year to save up for a house. No one warned me what I was in for.

We combined my 1 bedroom and her 2 bedroom into a 2 bedroom. I thought this was going to be a 4-5 hour conquest at most. It was a two day job, we still haven't unpacked everything, and we definitely don't have a spot for her Peloton.

We also rescued a dog last week (really bad timing) and that dog has pissed more times in the apartment than I have. She is not happy with us.

My God we're not moving again. That is all.

The old school, religious mindset has always been not to live together before marriage, but I'm convinced that wives concocted that rule to prevent men from seeing their darker side prior to sealing the deal. It's easy to hide bad habits and potential deal breakers when you know the day and time a potential mate can come over. If you're living together you can see someone at their worst and all the annoying habits they may have As such I suggested to my buddies to break with tradition and do a trial run living together with potential wives. If you can handle her messy bathroom and chewing her toenails, then put a ring on it.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

The old school, religious mindset has always been not to live together before marriage, but I'm convinced that wives concocted that rule to prevent men from seeing their darker side prior to sealing the deal. It's easy to hide bad habits and potential deal breakers when you know the day and time a potential mate can come over. If you're living together you can see someone at their worst and all the annoying habits they may have As such I suggested to my buddies to break with tradition and do a trial run living together with potential wives. If you can handle her messy bathroom and chewing her toenails, then put a ring on it.

lol on the bold. we were living together part time anyway so not much has changed other than now we're both working at home together all day every day and rescued a dog last week. Football season can't get here soon enough

 

[IrishLion]

The old school, religious mindset has always been not to live together before marriage, but I'm convinced that wives concocted that rule to prevent men from seeing their darker side prior to sealing the deal. It's easy to hide bad habits and potential deal breakers when you know the day and time a potential mate can come over. If you're living together you can see someone at their worst and all the annoying habits they may have As such I suggested to my buddies to break with tradition and do a trial run living together with potential wives. If you can handle her messy bathroom and chewing her toenails, then put a ring on it.

My wife and I went to college together, and she lived with her parents in a neighborhood that is technically on campus property.

I worked on campus when I wasn't in class, so I basically lived at her house for four years. It was useful for figuring out what I could get away with in terms of my own habits, and what I would need to close my mouth and deal with when living with her.

It helped that her parents are super chill and didn't mind all the times we stumbled in drunk at 3am. They're good people.

 

[Irish#1]

The future Mrs. Leppy and I moved in together this weekend. Got a 2 bed 2 bath apartment for a year to save up for a house. No one warned me what I was in for.

We combined my 1 bedroom and her 2 bedroom into a 2 bedroom. I thought this was going to be a 4-5 hour conquest at most. It was a two day job, we still haven't unpacked everything, and we definitely don't have a spot for her Peloton.

We also rescued a dog last week (really bad timing) and that dog has pissed more times in the apartment than I have. She is not happy with us.

My God we're not moving again. That is all.

However much time you think you need to move, double it unless you can get a lot of help. We moved eight times since we married. Been in our current house since 88 and I am not looking forward to the day we move in about 3-5 years. I've already started trying to get rid of a few things knowing what lies ahead. A very large garage sale will be a necessity.

The old school, religious mindset has always been not to live together before marriage, but I'm convinced that wives concocted that rule to prevent men from seeing their darker side prior to sealing the deal. It's easy to hide bad habits and potential deal breakers when you know the day and time a potential mate can come over. If you're living together you can see someone at their worst and all the annoying habits they may have As such I suggested to my buddies to break with tradition and do a trial run living together with potential wives. If you can handle her messy bathroom and chewing her toenails, then put a ring on it.

I remember when "shacking up" started to gain traction back in the 70's. A lot of gossip and shaming before it became common enough that no one blinks an eye anymore.

 

[NDdomer2]

I dont know if any of your kids were daniel tiger fans but it is my sons favorite show.

They have an episode that includes a song about doing new things that goes "when you do, something new, lets talk about what well do"

I come upstairs the other day and hear my wife singing to lil man, "when we do, what we do, lets talk about what we do"

prayers for my son yall

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

However much time you think you need to move, double it unless you can get a lot of help. We moved eight times since we married. Been in our current house since 88 and I am not looking forward to the day we move in about 3-5 years. I've already started trying to get rid of a few things knowing what lies ahead. A very large garage sale will be a necessity.



I remember when "shacking up" started to gain traction back in the 70's. A lot of gossip and shaming before it became common enough that no one blinks an eye anymore.

There were 4 of us physically moving stuff. To get it done in one day I needed a high school football team. Lesson learned.

 

[ACamp1900]

I moved a five bedroom from Cali to Texas,... I was basically all by myself in the packing as my wife moved ahead of me. It was like a two month process.

 

[NDdomer2]

i have moved with my wife 5 times. 3 while dating, 1 while engaged, and 1 while married.

It is truly amazing how much stuff you amass over the years, especially after you get a house.

If we ever move again, its movers for sure.

But we fought less ever time we moved and the first ones (with the least stuff) were def. the most stressful. So it's good relationship building I suppose.

 

[Irish#1]

I moved a five bedroom from Cali to Texas,... I was basically all by myself in the packing as my wife moved ahead of me. It was like a two month process.

I remember one of our moves when we just had two little ones. It was cold, snowing and it was just the wife and I. On the last trip as we were almost done unloading help finally showed up. Go figure.

It is truly amazing how much stuff you amass over the years, especially after you get a house.

That's what has me trying to plan ahead. It is going to be a nightmare.

 

[NDohio]

I moved a five bedroom from Cali to Texas,... I was basically all by myself in the packing as my wife moved ahead of me. It was like a two month process.

When we moved from OH to SC, we had a ton of help on the front end. Neighbors and friends packed us up and we were off. Get to SC, it's raining like crazy and it's just me, my wife, and two teenagers...oh and a bunch of new "neighbors" sitting on their front porches watching us. Glad we only rented that place short term. To top it off, I had to be in Birmingham, AL by 9:00 AM the next morning - what was I thinking? What a nightmare.

 

[GowerND11]

When we moved from OH to SC, we had a ton of help on the front end. Neighbors and friends packed us up and we were off. Get to SC, it's raining like crazy and it's just me, my wife, and two teenagers...oh and a bunch of new "neighbors" sitting on their front porches watching us. Glad we only rented that place short term. To top it off, I had to be in Birmingham, AL by 9:00 AM the next morning - what was I thinking? What a nightmare.

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