Rant 690 / Now With Ten Times As Many 69s!

My modem, as expected, recovered last night. This time I'm not going to cancel the technician's appointment. If they ever call me back to confirm the time, that is.

Still got to wait till March before I get my fibre optics cable point installed, then a little longer to get the new broadband plan.

It's actually cheaper to use the broadband plans for the fibre optics cable but there has to be a catch somewhere.


Meanwhile, my bro has gone to his gf's place and staying there for an unknown period of time partly because of the temporary death of the modem. He didn't actually say he was staying there for the internet access but he has, in the past, admitted that both his gf and him prefer his room to hers. So whenever he stays there, we know it's not because he likes to sleep in an intimate position with her on her tiny bed.

No sarcasm here. They do stay here together much more often than they do there.






Here's an interesting article about different types of plastics and food safety regarding them.

If you spy a number 3 or 7, well, those containers should probably go to the craft room or garage to store buttons or screws rather than food.

1. Know your plastics. Plastic items are marked with a resin identification coding system (the number surrounded by arrows), which stand for:
1 polyethyelene terephthalate (PETE)
2 high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
3 vinyl, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
4 low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
5 polypropylene (PP)
6 polystyrene (PS)
7 other (includes polycarbonate, acrylic, polylactic acid, fiberglass)


2. When you need to use plastic, these are the safer choices to use with food: 1, 2, 4 and 5.

6. Never microwave foods in plastic containers. “Microwave safe” means the container won’t melt or warp, but doesn’t mean it won’t leach. Heating plastics increases the potential for leaching of chemicals into your food.

I know those numbers in the triangle at the bottom of most plastic containers help recyclers differentiate between the types of plastics, but I never found out what they really meant. And point 6 was not obvious at all. How could anyone know instinctively that "microwave safe" doesn't mean it's perfectly safe to cook food in?





Things to note about McDelivery's breakfast menu:

If you are going to order combo meals and ala carte items, pick the right ala carte items.

For example, if someone wants a Sausage McMuffin w/ Egg combo and another wants just a Big Breakfast, order a Sausage McMuffin by itself and a Big Breakfast combo instead.

Why?

Because upgrading a Sausage McMuffin w/ Egg to its corresponding combo meal costs an additional $2 ($4.05 -> $6.05), while doing the same for Big Breakfast only costs $1.35 ($4.95 -> $6.30).

As for the other items, Big Breakfast Deluxe requires an extra $1.75 to upgrade, both McGriddles require $1.95 and everything else requires $2.

If you order both breakfast and lunch for multiple people like I do, the differences can possibly add up to an additional McMuffin.

When you are keeping things for lunch, things grow cold and soggy. This means ordering hashbrowns for your lunch item is not a very good idea. Therefore, skip the combo and just get the ala carte stuff.

Also I remove the lids for Big Breakfast and Hotcakes and open the wrappings for all the McMuffins if I'm not eating them immediately. None of the items on McDonald's menus taste good soggy, and fortunately I have no bugs in my room.







Just found this website called Cuisine Xpress that looks quite interesting. However, prices are at restaurant levels and can get quite expensive. For example, I randomly checked 4 main courses in one of the available restaurants located in Holland V (it's got lots of restaurants on the list) and I managed to exceed S$100.

May look at the other restaurants next time but for now, I'm not going to try it till I have a very good reason to do so.