I have a very nice GUI ftp program, but sometimes it’s just faster and easier to use the command line ftp. Especially when you know how to use regular expressions.
I haven’t used vi in a while, though. I used to use it for everything. In the mid-80s it was the best cross-platform editor I could find. I had versions on DOS, Solaris, BSD, Aegis (the Apollo OS) and Mac. I seem to remember it being the first command I typed when I first loaded Linux. If I remember correctly, I even had vi for OS/2 Warp.
I should probably look into VIM, since it’s bundled with every Mac nowadays.
Me three. My husband had a rice cooker but I never used it so I think it went to Goodwill.
I refuse to use the food processor. I don’t know how and have no desire to learn how. It seems like a big PITA and I actually enjoy chopping veggies and stuff when cooking anyway.
If I am ever making something that absolutely calls for it and I can’t get away with using the blender, I ask my husband to do it for me.
I do use one of those Pampered Chef mini choppers occasionally for onions though. Just makes for less tears.
Me too. I know what a rice cooker is, but only from my relationship with a Thai girl, and this thread is honestly the first time I heard of making rice in the microwave. You can do that?
When my gf makes dinner (and I help) we make everything from scratch. For a pasta dinner that means starting with tomatoes, oil, garlic, etc for the sauce. Herbs are harvested from her garden. While the sauce simmers, we make the pasta using flour, water, egg (she has 3 hens), etc. We start around 3 pm and eat at 9.
When the mood strikes, I’ll make my own bread from scratch. And by that, I mean mixing, kneading and shaping by hand… the bread machine I got for Xmas a few years back gets very irregular use.
We tend to make most of our soups, broths/stocks, pestos, and pasta sauces from scratch as well. I’ll admit to buying the canned/jarred stuff to keep on hand in case of emergency, but it rarely comes out to play. We’re working our way up to making our own pickles, jams and other condiments.
I crochet and sew, albeit not as much as I’d like due to lack of free time plus my epic procrastination skills.
I code HTML in WordPad. I don’t trust WYSIWYG programs - though I’m sure they’ve come a long way since I last bothered with one.
I still use a shaving brush, mug for shaving soap, and ye olde safety razor to scrub my mug. I tried a straight razor, but just never got the hang of it.
I do have an electric razor for days when I’m in a hurry. But I like the leisurely morning ritual of whipping up my shaving soap with the brush. It’s very Zen.
Cooking–I make almost everything from scratch. We buy bread, pasta, condiments… a few other things, but 'most everything I do from scratch. It’s partly a creative exercise, partly for frugality, but mostly just because it tastes better. I even kill and butcher our own meat when I can arrange it.
I can pickles and preserves. I never use frozen pie crust. I sometimes make my own bread. I never buy salad dressing - I like to control what goes in it.
I really don’t understand why anybody would buy baking mixes, either - make your own, it’s cheaper and you control it. It isn’t hard.
I rarely use the microwave - well, I do use it to reheat stuff. That’s it, though.
ETA - and pasta sauce? Ugh. I never buy that, either. I don’t understand why you’d want to “buy jarred and add to it.” Why not just do the add to it part?
Oh, and since Himself has opened a film camera store I do my own photo processing. (I mean, not for everything - I use my digital for just “pictures”, I use the film one for “art pictures”.)
sounds like fun, but maybe once a month I’d have that kind of time. What, no kids?
For me:
I prefer washing my car myself to the drive through car wash (not sure that’s really “less rational” as I do a better job–and only do it occasionally anyway)
i prefer wooden pencils to mechanical ones, despite the need to sharpen
I refuse to get any kind of fireplace/stove except one that actually burns wood. My gf wants a gas one in the bedroom to avoid splitting wood and carrying it all the way up there. I want a real fire or none at all.
Well, my gf has none and mine live with their mother, but we have gotten the kids involved as well. My son (14) now makes himself a great tofu frittata and my seventeen year old daughter likes to bake. It’s a good thing, as their mother doesn’t do kitchen.
I pay bills by check. I enjoy sitting there and physically writing out the check and then putting into an envelope with a stamp. I look forward to geting my monthly statement in the mail, with the returned checks, and balancing my checkbook by hand.
I actually have online banking. I use it to track the debit card purchases (and keep tabs on my wife’s shopping!). Bu for me it’s only for keeping an eye on things, not for paying bills, etc.
And here’s another vote for avoiding drive-throughs at all costs. I like to be able to relax and peruse my options and then order at my leisure, even if I’m taking the food to go. I don’t want to feel rushed if there is someone behind me in a car. Also, the line inside is usually shorter anyway.
I own a dishwasher, but have always preferred to do the dishes by hand and use the dishwasher as a dish drainer. Generally I’ll suck it up and run the washer once a month or so, but with only two of us at home, eating erratically, it takes days to fill the dishwasher, and I hate the though of crusty, manky dishes sitting in there. Besides, I tend to use the same few pieces over and over.
