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Aaron · **01-19-2015, 04:04 PM**

Im good at doing math in my head.

I took the SATs math part without a calculator or scratch paper, still got a decent score on it it even if barely.

That was about 5 or something years ago though. Ever since then I never have touched another math test.

Zyrusticae · **01-19-2015, 05:10 PM**

Come to think of it, I remember taking a "number sense" class in middle school that taught me a lot of really neat ways to work with and think about numbers, which I imagine is somewhat related to common core math.

In some ways the change was a long time coming, really. We already had elements of it being taught in specialized classes. They just weren't core curriculum yet.

Kage · **01-19-2015, 05:22 PM**

I had phonics.

Zyrusticae · **01-19-2015, 06:25 PM**

(01-19-2015, 03:22 PM)Illira Wrote: I'm being reminded now of when I once covered pancakes with parmesan cheese by accident... I'd thought it was powdered sugar and kept putting more on because I was so confused by why it didn't look right.

That's...

That's not Parmesan cheese. That powdered crap is like... I don't even know what it is, but it ain't Parmigiano-Reggiano.

I'm kind of resentful that the FDA has allowed sellers to outright lie to consumers about stuff like that. It's really weird. Same thing with Champagne (which, in other parts of the world, is only made in Champagne but, again, the FDA lets sellers lie to consumers). They're basically selling you imitation crap that has only the slightest of relation to the real thing.

Real Parmigiano-Reggiano is so far and away superior to the fake, powdered crap that it's utterly criminal that people associate the name with it. It can be a bit expensive and you might have to order it online but, gods damn it, the real stuff is INCREDIBLY SUPERIOR.

Figured I may as well rant about this since the thread is ranty anyway.

C'kayah Polaali · **01-19-2015, 07:56 PM**

(01-19-2015, 06:25 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:
(01-19-2015, 03:22 PM)Illira Wrote: I'm being reminded now of when I once covered pancakes with parmesan cheese by accident... I'd thought it was powdered sugar and kept putting more on because I was so confused by why it didn't look right.
That's...

That's not Parmesan cheese. That powdered crap is like... I don't even know what it is, but it ain't Parmigiano-Reggiano.

I like you! Big Grin

And yes, if that's your only experience with "parmesan" cheese, you owe it to yourself to go buy a chunk of the real thing. Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum.

Mae · **01-19-2015, 08:11 PM**

Some days, I miss my last job. Other days... not so much.

Every April to December 24th, I worked almost exclusively in the garden center of <insert big name hardware/home improvement store> as a cashier, because for some reason I knew more about plants, seeds, soils, and fertilizers than 80% of the garden department. That whole situation can have it's own discussion another time... I wanna tell stories about what I would do from December 26th to when the garden center re-opened after the winter:

Returns Desk.

Doing a return should be an easy task. You come in with the unwanted/extra/wrong/broken item along with the package and your receipt before ninety days pass. I check the item, ask you why you're returning the item, you answer truthfully, I scan the receipt and item, stick a tag on it, hit a few more buttons, and you get your money back in a way that reflects your original purchase. The ONLY trouble we should have is if the package was destroyed/lost and I need to manually search the system for a UPC or SKU.

But some people want to make up stories. Or prove that they shouldn't have bred, or just be all-around pains in the butt. Sometimes they're innocent and it's just a horrible misunderstanding... but that was always VERY rare.

---

I don't remember if it was 2008 or 2009 that the New England area was hit by a really massive ice storm that destroyed a good portion of the electrical network. Almost everyone experienced blackouts, some for weeks and months before power was restored. Anyways, it was about two weeks after the storm had gone through and a man came in. He was angry, I knew he was angry before he even got into the building because I could hear him shouting out in the parking lot. He comes in with a door and practically throws it at me while screaming.

Customer: I came here just after the storm because someone broke into my house during it and destroyed my back door and I needed a new one! I didn't have the extra money, so I got the cheapest door I could find, got it home and put it up, but since I didn't have power I went to stay with relatives and when I came back all my pipes had frozen and burst and now I'm going to sue <insert company here> for the damages and repairs cause I don't have the money and you sold me a defective door!

Me: ... *looks at door* How is the door defective?

Customer: It let in a f'ing draft!

Me: ... Let me get you the store manager... *looks at the screen door* (... The draft is between his left and right ears... and they don't pay me enough to deal with crap like this)

---

Man walks in carrying a log splitting maul. A BIG man, as in tall and broad.

Me: ... Can I help you?

Customer: *with a VERY heavy, eastern European accent* Yes. Would like to return axe. Does not fit in suitcase.

(Note: area I lived in had a very high population of eastern European immigrants. This man was a repeat customer, he had only moved to the US from Russia about five years prior. He meant to say "tool box", so this was more of a WTF moment)

---

Customer: What do you mean, I can't pay with this check that wasn't signed by the account holder and you won't accept the three different forms of identification that I carry that all have different names next to my picture, and none of these names match the two on the check?! <insert President at the time> is a Lizard Man and he's turned you all into sheeple for his race to eat!!!

Me: *shoots supervisor and manager a look of "Please, save me..."*

---

Customer: I'm returning this wallpaper remover solution because it's known in State of California that consuming this stuff will cause cancer.

Me: (... Whhhhy are you drinking wallpaper remover solution..?)

---

Me: ... Christmas trees are not returnable...

Customer: But it died, and you have a one-year guarantee on shrubs!

Me: The tree was already dead when you bought it, though. It was a cut tree.

Customer: The needles are all falling out!

Me: ... If this had been a problem before December 24th, we would've exchanged it. But it's the second week of January.

Illira · **01-19-2015, 08:13 PM**

(01-19-2015, 07:56 PM)Ckayah Polaali Wrote:
(01-19-2015, 06:25 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:
(01-19-2015, 03:22 PM)Illira Wrote: I'm being reminded now of when I once covered pancakes with parmesan cheese by accident... I'd thought it was powdered sugar and kept putting more on because I was so confused by why it didn't look right.
That's...

That's not Parmesan cheese. That powdered crap is like... I don't even know what it is, but it ain't Parmigiano-Reggiano.

I like you!

And yes, if that's your only experience with "parmesan" cheese, you owe it to yourself to go buy a chunk of the real thing. Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum.

Totally agreed that real parm is completely different and way better, if it had been real parm the mixup could never have happened :p I'm not really a cheese fan but I do so enjoy good hard cheeses.

I should probably further explain that this incident happened at a 24 hour dinner that served everything at all hours. My friend had ordered spaghetti and I ordered pancakes. It was very late and for some reason I thought the container held powdered sugar, a sprinkling of which sounded hood. Unfortunately... It was powdered parm cheese instead.

Cliodhna Eoghan · **01-19-2015, 08:36 PM**

*insert rant about everything that's been happening to me the last little while*

ugh....it's just been stressful...i'm gonna hide over here and draw till i feel better.

also putting worcester sauce on rice when you think the bottle is soy sauce is horrible.
flipping that and grabbing the soy sauce when trying to make a marinade for meat is also bad.
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Kage · **01-19-2015, 10:08 PM**

Soy sauce can be good for meat marinades if it's not too much.

Can also be adjusted/fixed if you didn't leave it to actually marinate for a long time.

Cliodhna Eoghan · **01-23-2015, 11:15 AM**

thankfully i caught it after i added only a little. i was just more frustrated because i try to cook low-sodium for heart healthy reasons. sill; the worcester sauce on rice was enough to make me throw out the bits that got hit by it....it tasted awful... >.>;;

Warren Castille · **01-23-2015, 11:34 AM**

I intended to add chili powder to a pan of meat I was browning to use in a Shepard's Pie look-alike and accidentally dumped cinnamon in.

It was still delicious. Just... odd.

Coatleque · **01-23-2015, 11:39 AM**

Cinnamon is good to help regulate blood sugar.

Well, maybe not regulate, but just 1/2 to 1 tsp of cinnamon causes it to crash almost immediately. To the point that it causes drowsiness even. I used to put it in capsules and take one before bed to help me sleep.

Warren Castille · **01-23-2015, 11:47 AM**

Cinnamon is truly the best spice. Cassia also counts, being grandfathered in as the younger, less-hot sister to True Cinnamon.

SessionZero · **01-23-2015, 02:11 PM**

Just to sidebar back to the Common Core debate...

I have a three year old son, so it'll be awhile yet before I have to play proxy math teacher.

I'm a strong advocate for progressive science and understanding. Even when I was in high school, I figured most of the stuff they were feeding us was misunderstood or outright BS because I know we are in a constant pursuit of true knowledge of all facets of our world, so believe me when I say that creating new standards or methods of teaching any given subject are typically a-ok with me.

My problem with the Common Core method would lie with those students who aren't grasping it. E.g. if my son was having a hard time grasping the Common Core method, I would expect his teacher(s) to be doing anything they could to help him achieve understanding, because gods know I'd be useless at it. If you're going to introduce new methods of teaching and stir up the older established methods that we parents have been teaching our own children ourselves from day one, then you'd damn well better be prepared to back up and reinforce those methods when someone doesn't get it. By all means, provide my son with a newer, different understanding of mathematical concepts. But by those same means, make absolutely sure he can understand them.

Coatleque · **01-23-2015, 02:14 PM**

Or, you know, we could just continue to memorize our multiplication tables like we did in the "good" old days and forget this BS altogether.

So long as they can come to the correct answer to the problem, who cares what method they use?

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