We wouldn't have crossed paths at Longleat, then. I'm pretty sure I'd grown out of looking at the outside of the exciting things by the end of the 70's.
My dad used to borrow my nail varnish to make his own circuit boards. He'd paint the copper he wanted to keep on the plastic backing board before soaking it in some solution. He was ridiculously nerdy.
I once dragged my daughter around a museum of packaging and advertising in Gloucester. Is there a nerd gene?
I've just read there are two types of compostable plastic: industrial, that requires temperatures of 70C to break down; & home compostable which breaks down at ambient temperatures.
Of course, new chemical plastic is the cheapest moneywise and we have been ignoring the enormous cost to the environment and our health.
Home compostable is the most expensive, but when we recycle, any contaminants result in whole batches being disposed of. That means if we don't sort properly, or make a mistake identifying packaging everything gets binned, or burned.
Consumer power forces change. The more we spend our money on sustainable options, the more sustainable options will be marketed.
It's not like we have to be fully self-sufficient, or sustainable. If we all do as much as we can, we have a collective impact. Even growing herbs and salad leaves on a windowsill cuts down on plastic packaging and transport.
I try as much as possible to buy groceries packed in glass, compostable cellulose plastic, recycled paper, or packaging free.
I reuse and compost as much as I can, but still end up with plastics and print/plastic contaminated paper/card that I put out for kerbside collection.
I've got my landfill down to about a carrier bag full a year.
All retailers need to use sustainable, reuseable and recyclable packaging, Going back to selling products unpackaged and for refill would benefit local businesses that have lost custom to internet shopping.
We all need to think twice everytime we pick up an item with unsustainable packaging. Plastic isn't just bad for the environment, it's linked with health issues like cancer and obesity.
Although it might be difficult to disqualify Trump even if he becomes a convicted felon, campaigning while incarcerated has it's limitations.
Whilst convicted felons have run for office, no convicted felon has ever won.
Why would the republican party take the risk of backing Trump given the current circumstances?
And isn't it slightly bonkers that a convicted felon in the US, even a currently incarcerated one, can in theory become president, but in only two states and the District of Columbia can an incarcerated person vote for a president?
When you get to the stage when a 'god' comes across as emotionally immature at best and a genocidal maniac at worst, it's time to re-evaluate the way you conceptualise the thing that's bigger than you, but you can't quite put your finger on.
If they have already been frozen, but the packaging says they can be frozen at home, the food has been treated under very specific conditions that have been lab tested for safety.
It's not the same as freezing twice at home in uncontrolled, unmonitored conditions.
I can see how it's not worth the physical health risk as you said, but getting stressed everytime someone sinks their choppers into food you're not confident about is unhealthy too.
I think it's E.coli where a piece of raw meat with three organisms left at room temperature for 10 minutes can develop enough multiplying microbes to severely injure, or kill.
It doesn't happen very often, but you can't tell by looking at it, or sniffing it.
We had an outbreak of E.coli here about 20 years ago which started in a school kitchen and then spread like wildfire from one small child to another throughout the county. One wee lad died, many were hospitalised in intensive care units.
Bear in mind that even if the top millimeter layer of raw meat has defrosted and is then re-frozen, pathogens have the opportunity to multiply.
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RE: New rule! I know, another one.. Hear me out!
There are many facets to group belonging: community is one; persecution is another.Your rule ignores the extremes, subtleties and complexity of group dynamic.
It's not healthy to be dictatorial about 'we', whether you're demanding it, or banning it.