I just bought and am wearing the black of this. So fun! Some came off during tooth brushing but still very even and dramatic
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Wow you have a lot of control over your wake up/get off couch → stumble to bathroom → puke sequence
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Huh, I hadn’t really ever considered that but I’ve never had sudden puke. I usually end up just standing in the bathroom waiting for it.
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We used a metal pot for puking when I was a kid. The handles were nice because it gave you something to hold on to. Also, metal feels more sanitary to me than plastic?
I can still remember the way the puke pot smelled.
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We were also a puke in the toilet family. Luckily I have almost never had an illness where pressure changes release via more than one portal at a time.
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So I have a coworker who loves terrible puns and dad jokes. He’s out of town at the moment, and I need some material to fill his desk white board while he’s gone. Anyone got some favorites?
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What do you call a cow without legs?
Ground beef
What do you call a shady noodle?
An imPASTA
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What did the werewolf say when she stubbed her toe?
Ow-ooooooooooo!
What do you call a ghost’s true love? His ghoul-friend!
What do you get when you cross a snake with a pie? A pie-thon.
What starts with the letter t, ends with a letter t, y has t in it? A teapot!
(I have a joke book for seven year olds in my hand, I can go all day.)
Edit: these might be good since he’s coming back from a trip.
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I usually knit with four-ply yarn, the really common basic yarn. I accidentally bought five-ply “bulky” yarn. If I want the finished hat to be approximately the same size, by how many stitches should I reduce my pattern?
The pattern calls for 70 stitches but I knit tight so I usually use 78 with regular yarn, but I don’t want to make a giant hat. Should I try 70 with the bulky yarn? Less than that? The “bulky” is not that huge, it is a subtle enough difference that I didn’t notice at first.
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4 ply is generally sock or fingering weight yarn, and bulky yarn is just a bit thicker than 2 strands of fingering held together. (4 ply is technically not a weight, but the number of threads twisted around themselves - perhaps you have a worsted weight yarn? that is pretty ‘standard’)
So I don’t think the terms being used here are standard. Do you have the weight and length of the yarn? (e.g. worsted is generally around 200-220y for 100g while fingering is 400y for 100g) or the brands and names you’re talking about so I can check on Ravelry?
what sized needles are you using?
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Nooo I lost the packaging. Cuckoo tore it up. I just remember that the new one said bulky. It was on the clearance shelf at Joann.
Worsted sounds correct for the 4 ply, though. I have a ton of that that I inherited from my MIL’s era stash. I use size 10 needles for the hats because I do tend to knit so tight.
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tin can knits has a bulky hat casting on 70 with size 10 needles for the medium size, so I think that would make sense.
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LOL, the intended recipient has kind of a large head so maybe I’ll do like 74 
. Thanks for sharing, that’s really helpful!
Swatch swatch swatch. And wash and block to get finished dimensions (unless it’s polyester, maybe that won’t change that much? If knotted in the round, do the swatch in the round, it will also likely make a difference vs knitted flat. If you need the yardage you can unravel it and use it at the end.
Seriously, do a swatch with your estimated reduced stitch count/preferred needle size, and see. Both row and column count will (can) change when varying either yarn thickness and needle size, and varying how tightly you knit as well. IMO better to take the time upfront than make a whole thing that ends up wonky dimensions. (Just my opinion. Kind of like measure twice, cut once.)
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Help! Plastic water bottles are supposed to be bad because of the plastic. But all of the metal ones I have for the girls have little rust spots inside! 
Some of these aren’t even that old. Is it ok to keep using them? If not, why is this happening?! I checked my metal cups/travel mugs and there isn’t anything like this in those.
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You can probably get them out with SOS pads. You might be able to get them to stop happening with careful airing. But they might be brands using a metal not designed for this use case. That happened to me a lot when I started with the adult bottles. I used to return them and eventually they made better ones.
For kids we’ve used thermos brand and a local grocery store brand and 2 random brands with no trouble. But also some random brands with trouble.
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3 of them are the Reduce brand from Costco and Target. The other ones are Zak brand from Target. I guess this is what I get for buying the cheaper ones.
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Are you sure it’s rust and not just a bit of tarnish?
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I have no idea. It’s just little specks of reddish-brown. I don’t know if it is safe to keep drinking from them or if I should throw them away?
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