Chalk me up to the “I never knew why things weren’t dishwasher safe and assumed it was the heat” too.
I ran into a Sears sales clerk years ago who had no idea what Velcro was. Not only did she not know what it was by the brand name, she still had no idea what it was after I explained it at length, giving several examples of how it’s used and an audio demonstration of the noise it makes. I was nearly apoplectic by the conversation’s end.
I haven’t read this whole thread, so forgive me if this has been pointed out at any length
You CAN put metal in the microwave. It won’t necessarily blow up, or something. Many microwavable foods come with a metal ring or metal element that goes into the oven. People microwave spoons (left in cups by mistake) all the time. At my first job, there was a sign on the micreowave in the lunch room warning against putting metal in it. One of the scientist put a note on it, proclaiming this a myth.
Have a look here for More Than You Wanted To Know about it:
The bottom line:
Spoons aren’t bad. Foil and forks and twist ties are awful for microwaves.
But there is one non-metallic thing you definitely should put in the microwave:
An unbroken egg.
It’ll explode.
At one of my jobs a few years ago, the boss decided he was going to microwave an egg, but he was going to avoid the explosion. He put the egg in a cup full of water. The idea was that the microwaves would heat the water, which would then cook the egg.
It didn’t work. The water didn’t absorb all the microwaves. The interior of the egg heated up, and it still exploded.
IT BLEW THE DOOR OFF THE MICROWAVE.
Scattered bits of partially-cooked egg everywhere, too. Smelled awful.
Guess nobody told your manager eggs are full of water.
However, it is common knowledge that it is polite to move over if there is no other car on the road and someone is merging on. YMMV.
Do you mean a minimum purchase to use a credit card at the store? Because those are legal, up to $10.
Given that Labrador does not technically have a “capital,” it’s an understandable matter of confusion.
New Jersey may have a state law that supersedes this guide from the FTC. New Jersey has…interesting…laws.
Doesn’t federal law supersede state law? It’s not just a “guide” from the FTC, it was passed as part of Dodd-Frank in 2010.
I tried analogy, but it just wouldn’t sink in. I really have no idea why this was such a hard thing for her, but it was.
An acquaintance of mine (a New York woman in her 40s or 50s) thought that the US population was 1 billion, and that 100 million houses had or were being foreclosed or in risk of being foreclosed.
Oh, I guess if it’s particularly fatty, sure. That’d be like 70-30 meat to get that amount of grease. There’s a good number of dishes I do that don’t have the browning step, like Cincinnati chili, for example. You just dump the meat into the sauce. I do the same for bolognese to maintain the soft texture. But even if I brown, I usually don’t drain the fat for my sloppy joes. I like my fat. 
Yeah, I just don’t trust myself learning a potentially dangerous tool from instructions. Maybe from a video (or several), but definitely with someone who knows their stuff.
How to drive in the right line of the freeway, realizing that folk will be merging onto the highway, and acknowledging just because you merged on one exit back, you don’t own the fucking road.
Naturally, I wouldn’t put an egg in the microwave otherwise, but the top of this is lined with metal that blocks the microwaves from hitting the eggs directly. They heat the water in the bottom half, which steams the eggs. I have one of these, and it makes perfect hard boiled eggs.
Federal law is considered the higher law, but often states will pass laws that are stricter than the corresponding federal law. In those cases the stricter law will carry despite it being the lower law.
Bless your heart! (I mean that in the nicest way.) Aren’t you living in Indiana (as I am)? This is par for the course. This year, during kindergarten orientation, we had several parents asking for help filling out paperwork because they simply couldn’t read the very basic forms. The teachers aren’t pulled from a different stock. For a state that has such a plethora of high-ranking universities, it is amazing what passes for “educated” here. I do not count myself amongst the educated, just so you know.
Nevertheless, if a primary school teacher can, at least, make herself/himself understood by the average parent in these parts, I count that as a resounding win. I am not very prescriptivist, myself, so what you are describing sounds…not too bad. Your second example is grammatically incorrect, but in these parts that would be considered more “stilted” diction as opposed to flat-out “wrong.” In other words, the teacher was “trying,” so her construction had a decent chance to be passed as correct when she was in school herself. I’m not kidding in the slightest.
What stars are…
The thing I’m surprised more people don’t know is that different dialects of English are not incorrect, and claiming they are is very close to racist, or at least classist, most of the time.
You don’t mow the yard in flip flops. I see this occasionally when I’m driving home.
Two reasons.
- No traction. You can easily fall. You better hope the safety kill switch stops the blade in time.
- No protection for your feet.