What manufacturer's recommendation do you completely ignore?

That (or close to that) actually is current code. But yeah, I just bought a dehumidifier that says “put in room you want to dehumidify. Don’t put in a room with a gas appliance. Don’t put on the same circuit as anything else. Don’t use an extension cord.” Umm, yeah, I bought it for the laundry room, and I plan to use it in the laundry room. Despite there being a gas drier. And despite needing an extension cord. I did buy a heavy-duty extension cord designed to use with appliances, though.

It looks like “refrigerate after opening” is the new one. I grilled burgers for dinner last night. My wife was supposed to clean up, but this morning I noticed that the ketchup, mustard, and mayo were all still sitting out on the counter. No big deal for the ketchup and mustard, but the mayo… :open_mouth:

On the other hand, my wife is the only one who uses the mayo, so if anyone gets food poisoning it will be her.

These productt safety warnings are such a drag.

I hand-tighten the blade on my chainsaw while it’s running; No problems yet.

The mayo should be fine if it doesn’t have a bunch of food debris in it. Mayo gets a bad rap, but the commercial stuff is actually pretty safe at room temperature. It’s not terribly hospitable to pathogens. Your wife will be fine.

It’s actually a squeeze bottle, not a jar. I think it should be OK. It probably has a ton of preservatives in it.

The Jeep has an orange notice on the sun visor, so you can’t not see it.

“Always” this, and “Never” that, avoid such-and-such, Read the Manual.

Sheesh! Takes all the fun out of it!

I have a huge bottle of Tabasco that expired in 2018 but it still tastes fine. I at least keep it in a cool dry cupboard.

In fact around here (and possibly throughout the US and Canada) electrical code requires new construction to have special 20A sockets at regular intervals above the kitchen counters. These have a T-shaped slot on the neutral side to accommodate both normal and high-amperage appliances, whose plugs have a horizontal blade on the neutral side. Those appliances are fairly rare but it’s still nice to have ample capacity in the kitchen so I can, for instance, operate both the air fryer and the microwave at the same time without risk of tripping a breaker.

I’ll have to look for that. I don’t remember seeing the t-shaped outlets in houses. What kind of kitchen appliances would need 20 amps?

In an ideal universe, sure. That would be fantastic. Considering this is probably my last address, I’ll never live in “new construction.”

In my house in the country (built ~1940), I always had to be aware of what appliances I could or could not use together. Even after I moved to the 1925 house in the city, which the landlord told me had been rewired when HE moved into it (when his now college-age kids were little), I discovered that I couldn’t run my electric fireplace in the living room and the microwave in the kitchen at the same time. I pasted a note on the front of the microwave: “Turn off living room heater.” Makes me think of-- what show was it? Green Acres? where you flipped a switch in the kitchen and the doorbell rang, or flushed the toilet and the TV came on.

This building where I live now was probably built ~2000. The facility was shut down for a few years around 2010, I think, and then re-opened about four years ago. I doubt if they did much rewiring at that time, if any.

I swear at least some hot sauces(and steak sauces) seem taste BETTER if you let them age a bit past their “EXPIRATION” date,