I just finished installing a new faucet. Instead of waiting around with a flashlight to see if it leaked, I put a piece of tin foil underneath it, cracked open an ice cold Stella and just listened.
I use newspaper when I mess with plumbing, because it turns that wonderful, impossible to overlook shade of, um … wet newspaper.
Huh…both are much more practical than my method of sticking a Gremlin under there and seeing if he pops out a few siblings.
But not as much fun.
If you’re making bread, and you’re wondering how to tell if it has doubled in size, here’s one way. You can put the dough in a big jar with straight sides (pickle, apothecary, whatever.) Stretch a big rubber band around the jar at the top of the dough. When the dough is twice that high, it’s doubled.
My brother has a different method, and he thinks I’m a dimwit. He has thought I’m a dimwit since I was born.