Hellobee Boards

@erinbaderin: haha yes me too on this one! I blame it on the imagined rubbery texture.

@erinbaderin: I have a lot of foods like that. Banana's, Tuna, Crab. I don't remember ever trying them and not-liking them but I'm still not gonna eat it!

@crazydoglady: interestingly, observant Jews try not to let holy books touch the ground. "Sacred books should always be placed in a respectful place. Therefore, one should not lay them on the floor. When picking up a sacred book which has fallen to the ground, it is customary to kiss it as a sign of love and respect for God's teachings. For the same reason, it is customary to kiss a sacred book when closing it and putting it away."

Going one step further, observant Jews do not throw out old sacred texts - they bury them! In some communities, this even includes basic children's worksheets with God's name on them. "It is forbidden to destroy or desecrate any sacred or religious book, whether it is written in Hebrew or any other language. One must similarly be careful with worn or torn books, and even with loose and torn pages from sacred books. All these should be set aside in a special storage and eventually buried."

A little different, but I always use references to landmarks when I'm driving. DH's family uses mile markers and it drives me nuts. Who knows where mile marker 243 is in the middle of nowhere in Montana? But Butte? Yeah, I know where Butte is.

It is totally based on our parents too. My parents use landmarks, his mile markers.

I always leave my socks on in the house and typically my shoes as well. (This may be a learned habit of cold feet and lego-filled floors.)

@Foodnerd81: I think distance in minutes actually is location based! Like, in Los Angeles telling someone that the exit is about 15 minutes down the highway means a LOT less than someone in New England stating the same thing (I say this as someone from New England with baffled family members that live near LA).

For me, there were a lot of wedding related things that we "just did" even though we didn't care (see: guest book). Less so with baby things EXCEPT for throwing a first birthday party. Like, we're DOING one, but only because we're supposed to?

@Foodnerd81: I can tell you that the reason for the dryer sheet one! The oils in the sheets can build up inside the dryer and could potentially start a fire. At least that's what the guy who sold us our dryer said. That said my family always used them growing up and DH and I have used them in the new dryer for six years and never had any problems, so grain of salt. The salesman wasn't trying to sell us something instead of dryer sheets just advising us on how to take care of the new machines.

I hand wash kitchen knives rather than putting them in the dishwasher. Intuitively it seems better, and I've heard that it is, but I have no idea why.

I always boil water before drinking it. We're lucky to have good tap water that doesn't require filters or boiling, but I can't think of something that just came from a tap as drinkable. Then again... It does kind of make sense. As often as the water supply gets tested, there's still a chance of something nasty being missed for a short time, and the insides of old taps are probably pretty gross.

@MrsLonghorn: fascinating! My family hasn't been observant for generations, but the idea of treating books with respect is like breathing. I've only thrown away a book once, and I felt like I'm committing a monstrous crime (it was a really awful book and I wanted it out of the house ASAP, and still...)

@karenbme: do the knives have wood handles? My parents put everything in the dishwasher, and they've ruined every utensil that has wood handles, including their best knives.