Minor things that please you

[Scott5114]

We have a bunch of magnetic letters on the fridge that my wife and I sometimes use to spell out messages to each other. The traditional way to acknowledge the message is then to anagram it into something else. Then we take turns scrambling it more and more, never actually talking about it out loud, just knowing that the other person saw the previous message because they changed it.

We started with a "welcome" message on the fridge when we moved into this house, and now it has become "What moron smacks a gold bee", which is obviously a question we all should be asking ourselves every day.

[kphoger]

We have a bunch of magnetic letters on the fridge that my wife and I sometimes use to spell out messages to each other. The traditional way to acknowledge the message is then to anagram it into something else. Then we take turns scrambling it more and more, never actually talking about it out loud, just knowing that the other person saw the previous message because they changed it.

We started with a "welcome" message on the fridge when we moved into this house, and now it has become "What moron smacks a gold bee", which is obviously a question we all should be asking ourselves every day.

The best are when you can make dirty messages for the other to find.

My wife sells Scentsy, and there's a wax warmer in the laundry room downstairs that has letters you can spell things out with—kind of like a fast food restaurant sign.  She didn't like it when I turned a bible verse into something about sex...

(Those days are gone, with two teenagers living in the basement.)

[GaryV]

She didn't like it when I turned a bible verse into something about sex...

Aren't there quite a few of those that exist without changing them?

[kphoger]

Aren't there quite a few of those that exist without changing them?

Yes but, unsurprisingly, those aren't the ones she had displayed on the warmer to begin with.

[1995hoo]

"Thou shalt commit adultery."

[kphoger]

"Thou shalt commit adultery."

Similarly, my dad was once officiating at a wedding, and the groom was so nervous that he vowed, "I pledge to you my faithlessness."

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

[JayhawkCO]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

[JayhawkCO]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

Do you ever think about doing cold soak meals?

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

Do you ever think about doing cold soak meals?

I use them on the occasion I have long enough hike (usually multi-day).  Today was a pretty simple series of small hikes.  I recently found out the Stagg Tree in the Alder Sequoia Grove didn't burn in 2020.

[Scott5114]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

I would have to see a picture of the cooler to know whether this would help or not, but have you tried pushing the lid more firmly closed while undoing the latches? (This was a trick that got me into many a slot machine that wouldn't come open back when I worked on the floor.)

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

I would have to see a picture of the cooler to know whether this would help or not, but have you tried pushing the lid more firmly closed while undoing the latches? (This was a trick that got me into many a slot machine that wouldn't come open back when I worked on the floor.)

I'll have to give that a try the next time the lid becomes locked again.  It depressurized enough to open around 5 PM yesterday.

[kkt]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

Pull over to admire the 4000 foot elevation sign and open the cooler for a second then.