Food expiry due dates. It’s smell-test all the way for me.
I eat Greek yogurt even if it’s a few days past the “best by” date, as long as nothing fuzzy is growing along the top.
If I tested my smoke alarms weekly my dog would hate me. Besides, my wife makes pizza every week or two.
You’ll love Ol’ Steve, he of the 'Nice Hiss". Even if it doesn’t smell edible, the odds are he’ll still taste it.
I do soak the Brita filter before using. But I don’t fill up the pitcher and discard the contents. I just use it.
And I change it about every 3-4 months. Not montly.
I do pretty much the opposite. When I go to the oil
change place, they put a sticker for the next change something like 3000 miles down the road. I use synthetic, I don’t even start thinking about changing it untill 8000 miles at least. Never had a problem so far as I can tell.
My mother asked me last week If I had some baby powder she could use.
So I looked and found some in the back of my bathroom cupboard.
So I gave to her and she has been using it. It smells fine and everything.
Then I thought to myself I have had this powder for a LONG time I wonder what the expiration date is.
So I looked…
ANSWER
AUGUST 2003
One reason I sold my GTI was the pricey service, when I was barely putting any miles on it. So I was pissed when I replaced it w/ a freaking appliance, and they recommended oil changes every 6 months! Now that it is out of warranty, I’m definitely dtretching that.
Yeah, for me it’s about 12-18 months that I go on my 2014 Mazda 3. I did the same with my 2004 Mazda 3 that I ran for about 10 years (bought it two years used). I do the same with all my wife’s cars (she’s had three different ones since '04, IIRC). Never any issue. Never any loss of mileage. Never any mechanic saying “HOLY SHIT!! YOUR OIL LOOKS LIKE MUD!” It’s just one of those things I don’t stress about. Which reminds me, I am way overdue even for myself for getting my wife’s oil changed. I think I was supposed to do it around last July. (ETA: Oh shit, I’m way over on this one, even on my schedule. Sticker says 3/24, but I usually add around six to nine months to that. Mileage is more like 12.5K since my last chage, so I had better get on this one.)
as someone who’s brother is a plumber, this is sound advice!
One thing to keep in mind is that there are at least three recommended oil change intervals for a vehicle, and they usually differ:
- Oil change interval recommended by vehicle manufacturer.
- Oil change interval recommended by mechanic or service facility (independent garage, quick oil lube place, dealer, etc.).
- Oil change interval practiced by… you, the car owner.
As mentioned above, I tend to ignore #1 and #2. For all my vehicles, I change the oil & filter every 5K to 6K miles. YMMV, of course.
I haven’t changed the oil in my Honda mower for a couple of years at least. I was thinking it was about due, so before I mowed the other day I pulled out the dipstick, expecting the oil to be thick and black and maybe a little low. Nope, it’s full to the top of the stick and looks like I just put it in yesterday. I think I can go another couple years at least.
No, I’ve kept track of that. My mileage hasn’t varied. 
d&r
When cooking things in a microwave oven, I usually read the instructions, then set the oven for twice the time at half the power. Or thrice the time at one third the power.
I do both.
But then my filter is not Brita, it’s a cheapo version with cheapo filters
that i get from Amazon, and the water for the first 1 or 2 jugs can
be a bit grey !
I don’t think I’ve run a table saw with a guard on it since, well, as long as I can remember at least.
Riving blade, absolutely. Guard, no.
All fingers are still intact, last time I checked.
If ever a product warning was given with a broad wink from the manufacturer, that’s the one. They know.
I once became deathly ill after using a brand-new water bottle without washing it out first. So this is now something I do religiously.
Like @Crafter_Man I ignore both my vehicles’ manufacturers’ recommended oil change interval (8k miles) and my mechanic’s recommended interval (3k miles – WTF?) and simply change the oil in all my cars every ~5k miles. I’m somewhat more religious about it in my '23 Kia as (a) they’re prone to oil consumption problems and (b) it’s still under warranty. My other cars – a '14 GMC Terrain with 50k miles, an '03 F150 with 155K miles, and a '11 Mustang with 95k miles – I fret less about if the oil change interval runs closer to 6k miles. I run full synthetic in all of them. The F150 has the Triton V8 but is not the problematic 3 valve design so early (3k miles) oil changes aren’t needed.
For many of my kitchen appliances I will remove the power cord, which is invariably about 8" long, and replace it with a nice l-o-n-g cord that makes the damn thing actually useable. I’m sure the manufacturers’ lawyers would frown at me for doing so.
Lancia, do you have any Lancias? I love the 1300HF and the old Flaminias
(Apologies for the sidebar)
Edit, its the 1600hf, the V-4 one.
My method for testing smoke detectors is when they go off for no reason (and this is inevitable), I wrench them off the ceiling and throw them into the snow (if winter) or a bucket of water outside (if summer). This quiets them.
Wish I were kidding.
In business this isn’t one to skip.
Our floor vendor is replacing a deck for $14000. (Not my deck, a clients). Their hardwood installer set up his cutting station on the deck without protecting it. Got glue and dents all over it. Their site tech went to remove the glue with the recommended solvent but didn’t test in an inconspicuous spot. There are bleached out spots everywhere he used the solvent.
I could have had a touch up specialist fix the dents for a few hundred bucks. Now they have to replace the whole deck.