Okay, that checks out. I always have trouble seeing things that are a few feet away but when they're 238,900 miles away it's like it's in 4K.

If terrestrial bodies can see then I reckon the earth has seen more of what’s happened to us than the moon?

De Cecco makes a fusilli corti bucati that is little coiled up lengths of bucatini, like little telephone cords. It’s delightful and fork friendly.

https://www.dececco.com/us_us/product/fusilli-corti-bucati-no-198/

The Log Cabin on Bailey Island, ME where I grew up 😅 It’s solely a B&B now but was a restaurant and I worked summers from 94 to 97 or so.

I worked summers at a seafood restaurant in Maine. If this lobster stew is anything like ours was, the red is a very substantial layer of lobster flavored butter floating on top. Much whiter/pinker dairy base underneath.

I didn’t think this cut it as a top level answer, but for OP or anyone else curious, there is a term you can google, “hyperpalatable”. These are foods which are engineered to get you to eat way more of than you need, and to be addictive in a way. Everything at an Applebees is hyperpalatable. Doritos are hyperpalatable. Etc.

All of this. It’s not (necessarily) controlling to have boundaries and to expect your partner to take steps to help you feel secure in a relationship. I try not to hang out behind closed doors with people I have history with, and I personally would certainly have major reservations about my partner being domiciled with someone they had a relationship with.

I wouldn’t bother if you’re on the fence, it was nothing special at all in my opinion. In fact the real highlight of that dinner was my wife finally taking revenge on the horse that kicked her in college by eating one of his cousins.

Yakiniku is grilled meat - there’s probably a grill in the middle of the table. It’s not going to be that photogenic after cooking tho. That steak is going to get kind of transparent. Sometimes it just goes ahead and lights up like a candle.

My partner is out of my league looks wise and of course it drives me to be a better person. My looks are pretty much established at this point but I can be kind and be a good listener and take care of her and be a good provider.

Since it’s been covered, I’ll just add that based on the coefficient of thermal of expansion of mercury, a 10mm blob of mercury at 60F will become a 10.003mm blob of mercury at 70F. So while you could design a thermostat based on thermal expansion of a mercury blob, it would have to be seriously precise, and resistant to arcing.

Ty! Fixed.

It looks great!

This ATK recipe helped me up my piccata game and also taught me a new-to-me method for getting nice cutlets out of a chicken breast.

Oops! Correct link https://youtu.be/vp_fnC12UrQ

I think carrotlike might be a better descriptor what with them being orange and carrot shaped