jrubal1462

@jrubal1462@mander.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In our area, the only water supply WITH Fluoride serves an area with a median HOUSEHOLD income of less than $40k with more than 25% living below the poverty line. For communities like these the fluoride is critical because there will be a lot of children that don’t have access to fluoride supplements, or regular care from a pediatric (or regular) dentist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get even more granular than that. CDC maintains a list of water systems and whether or not they add fluoride. CDC My Water System. To give you an idea of how granular that is, there are 78 different water systems in my county alone. For most of my life I assumed we had fluoridated water but apparently only 1/78 of our water systems are. I only checked when we had kids and I needed to know whether or not I needed to give them Fluoride Drops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What good thing just happened in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We switched my son’s Pre-K for a number of reasons. Mostly because they didn’t have room for him in the older class (where he belongs), but also because it was kinda trashy, kinda franchisee, and every day we dropped him off he was crying and clinging harder and harder. The new school is just some lady running something out of her house.

  A friend asked him what he’s thankful for last night and he said, “My new school” 😭😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Similar to my experience. I enjoyed reading but hated the process of finishing a book, finding a new, one, and getting started again. T. Clancy books were my go-to because they were interesting enough and WAAAY longer than they had to be so I could just keep on reading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a very strange question about washers, dryers and the Middle East.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On my dryer, mirrored from the holes for the hinge, latch, and contact switch, there are another set of holes that have been punched out and covered with plastic caps.

  I’m not 100% sure, but I think you could take off all that hardware, move the caps, and flip the door to the other side if that would work better for your setup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I eat a ton of garlic, and you eat a ton of garlic, can one of us recognize the smell of the other?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Years ago, my friends hosted a garlic-themed dinner. I rode a motorcycle there, and it was raining on my way home.

  For the rest of my life, I will remember having to choose between opening the face shield and blinding myself, or closing the face shield and choking myself on garlic fumes.

  My guess is that 2 mutually garlicked people will be able to smell each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you eat nothing but smoothies, do you still poop?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think breast milk might hold the secret to the answer here. When our baby was newborn and breastfeeding, she was healthy and strong and everything, but BARELY ate enough to sustain and grow. She would go 5+ days without pooping with no signs of constipation. The doctor told us “don’t worry about it. Breast milk has all she needs. Nothing more, nothing less”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sugar vs baking soda to neutralize acid in canned tomatoes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what my Mom always does. If you grow up eating sauce without sugar, then it it just tastes wrong.

  I’m not saying my sauce is better than sauce with sugar in it, I’m just saying that’s not what I grew up with. For me, I can only rate sauces on a scale of 1-“exactly my Mom’s”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's inaccurate plastic animal skeleton season again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do blow-molds technically count?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In America, I’ve seen nurses and diabetics use deciliters in reference to medication or concentration before.