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I could never do this either. Churns the stomach thinking about putting something in lab glassware in my mouth. Biohazard and biosafety!!

I borrowed this book from the library a couple months ago, and actually, the book encompasses a pretty good spread of Asia. Sure, not all of the countries are represented, but the book is not solely referring to East Asia.

No need to get offended with this...

You can buy reusable N'esspresso and K-cup coffee pods (and probably tons of other kinds). You just scoop in your ground coffee into their reusable pods, and get your coffee right away. Then you take out the pod, dump out the grounds, maybe rinse it out a bit with water, and bingo-bango, you're in business for another cup. Easy and more environmentally friendly! Just google it.

Electric kettle all the way. Super fast tap water to boiled water time, plus the auto shut off means I don't need to wait around to make sure things are safe.

I'm not a biochem expert, but...I believe leaching of BPA is usually only dangerous if the food that is in the product is warm to hot. If you are only transporting cold sandwiches, I don't think this would be a problem. Even if you had a hot sandwich, you could wrap it in some parchment paper and the leaching would probably be avoided.

I seem to be the only one who prefers living with people.

I have always lived with others, be they with family, roommates/friends, and now, my husband. Perhaps briefly (when my roommates would go away on vacation), I lived alone. Sure, there are benefits- going to the bathroom with the door open, eating whenever/whatever I wanted, walking around naked.

But I thoroughly enjoy and prefer living with others. The companionship of living with someone else is something that I need... I even turn the TV on when I take showers if I'm the only one at home. I just like being able to annoy someone else when I'm bored, and being able to split the chores down the middle when we need to clean, and other boring, everyday things. And if I didn't have a human to live with, I'd at least get a cat to keep me company.

@DUANE HILL: that was what I was thinking too, because a standard hardwood staircase can easily cost upwards of ten grand... not something that you would want to do with a rental unit. Plus, putting in a new staircase is a nightmare in logistics, as you would literally have to rip the entire structure out and replace it with another entire staircase... again, not something the typical renter would want to do

PS: I forgot to add that normal people other than surgery staff and meat processing staff should not be using anything with antibacterial chemicals. If you must, use rubbing alcohol.

Maybe you could embrace it for the time being by painting the walls and maybe the cabinets a different colour so your bathroom doesn't seem so industrial/cold. Also, light fixtures make a hell of a difference in a bathroom.

I know that this comment section is pretty much over, but I just wanted to say that we purchased a reel mower (Brill powercut 33, if anyone's interested), and it cut fantastically. We had longish grass by the time we got around to it, and the thing went right through it. Quibbles are that it's sort of narrow (33 cm), it clips the grass at a maximum height of just about 2 inches which may be too short for some people, and it tosses the grass clippings behind it, which, because we waited a while before cutting, was quite a mass of clippings. Being the lazy gardeners that we are, however, we let it sort of 'melt' into the lawn and now the clippings aren't visible. All in all, a Great purchase.