No, mean girl...Tide Pods are just too special for you! :p

If you were nicer, the Tide Pods wouldn't itch.

I'm too cheap to pay the extra for Tide Pods (or Tide in general), but now that I'm using a coin laundry down the hall, the convenience might change my opinion on that.

And some people REALLY need to get over themselves. There have been some unnecessarily snarky comments on GC from time to time, but none I've seen recently and certainly not with the most recent slew of upcoming fall rushees.

I hold grudges.

See above.

good NIGHT.

I just re-read the assignment of Meanie Brigade titles in the WDIFLSRN? thread. THAT was comedy.

Royally yours,

Her Royal Highness, the Princess Insufferable-Know-It-All of Hogwarts

Meh - it's my fault. I'm no stranger to writing letters when warranted, but I really feel like this was my mistake. These things are designed to dissolve/melt in a washing machine that probably reaches far lower temps than a hot car. Plus, if it's a dissolving issue, if only one of the pods burst/melted, it would dissolve the others it came in contact with. While I didn't notice any warnings on the packaging, it's common sense to remove potentially-melty stuff from a car on a hot day. I don't leave my lipstick in there, and I don't think there are warnings on lipstick packaging. So yeah, I take the blame for this one. Perhaps that's why it makes me SO ANGRY!!

Oh, I've already tried them. They're the bomb. I bought a smaller package so I could try them out before committing to the jumbo package (and, of course, Murphy's Law would dictate that the jumbo package would be the one to get destroyed). I love them. Between them and my Bounce bars, I don't have to measure anything, I don't get detergent/fabric softener spots on my laundry, and I don't have to worry about drips. Love it.

Tide makes me itch, too. Target has Purex pods, though, and they're awesome.

OMG...the Bounce bar. I love the Bounce bar, too! Anything to avoid those stupid sheets stuck to everything, showing up down a pants leg when you least expect it. Love, Love, LOVE!

Gain has a dryer bar now too- and it fits in the Bounce Bar holder thing. I just wish I could just buy refill bars- I don't need the part that attaches to the inside of the dryer every time I buy a new one.

Too much detergent talk; not enough anger.

How about both? If we get the apartment we've been in negotiations for in Brooklyn, it won't have a washer/dryer hookup, and we'll have to go to a laundromat, and that will make me angry. :mad:

Our dryer is broken. That makes me pretty mad.

Back when we lived in the tiny city apartment with no laundry - I just bought a whole lot of extra underwear so we didn't have to do laundry so often. When we did have to to go to the laundry, we would get up early, pack up the car and drive to the laundromat before there was anyone there. Then we would fill 7 or 8 machines with laundry, go next door and grab a pastry and coffee and do all the laundry at once.

If you get there early enough - you can do all of it at once and before the homeless guys are up to ask you for quarters.
Ah- memories....

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

SydneyK: leave all your car windows cracked a bit, your car interior won't get nearly as hot. And park where there's shade, even if it's a mile from the store. Everyone in AZ knows that. Duh.

I have to go to Discount Tires today. It doesn't smell like TidePods or Bounce or whatever. I've never been to Brooklyn. I have my own washer and dryer. I'm tired of being angry, mean, and evil; Princess Insufferable, have at it.

You know what makes me angry? Heli-parents.

This salesman on the phone was trying to make a point about government bureaucracy and started talking about having to call the government for his son, because he was turning 21 and his licence was expiring. He's an adult, making him call himself. Geez.

That would be why I am busy hiding this week.... :cool:

Want to meet for lunch? I'm not hiding; I'm just not returning calls/texts/emails etc. Done with all that. Do not owe anyone anything. Good bye.

and give away the location of my secret lair?!? :eek:

Suffice to say it is much too far from the Valley of the Sun to meet up with you....

As long as this thread has swerved multiple times, I really do have 2 questions about Tide Pods:

1) Do they cause any problems like those dishwasher gel "pellets" -- because those things ruined the surface on most of my Airbake pans. When I bought new ones, they had a warning sticker than said "don't use the gel pellets" -- too late. Do not use those. They really are Evil.
2) Do the Tide Pods come in an He version? Yes, I could probably look this up on my own or look at the store, but I can't be bothered....


Regarding the snarkiness, I cut PNMS a lot of slack, because I know my own 18 year old has a lot of questions. And, they're 18, so I expect them to need some guidance.

I get quite a few annoying e-mails from prospective graduate students, and sometimes from current students, which do annoy me, and I think this points to people wanting instant information instead of researching it themselves, such as:

1) Prospective graduate students who want me to tell them everything about the program I coordinate, via a time-consuming e-mail. Apparently, they could find my contact info. from the website, but they couldn't read any of the details, course listings, requirements, etc., and expect me to retype it. In the interest of PR, I do, and then half the time I never hear back from them. Not even a thank you for the information. And I am always extremely polite and welcoming.

2. Students lose their planned program and want me to e-mail back and list all the courses they still need to take. 'Cause keeping that important document, and looking in the catalog (also available on-line) is too much trouble.

3. Students e-mail me and ask when the courses are scheduled, because they apparently can't be bothered to look at the schedule of courses that is available on-line a full year in advance.

If they'd done some legwork and were just double-checking, it would be one thing. If they scheduled an advising appt. and came in during office hours, I would be OK with it. But, to expect an e-mail where I have to spend a half hour typing all they want to know (and is readily available on-line)...that is annoying.

The irony here is just bloody brilliant. :D

I just bought the Tide Pods - haven't used them yet, but have used other detergent pods and had great success with them.

You put your Airbake pans in the dishwasher? I don't put any pots or pans in the dishwasher, cheap or not, because even though it has a "pots and pans" setting I find that it does a shitty job and/or ruins your pots and pans.

I can't imagine the problems would be the same though, since the pods are cleaning clothes and the pellets are cleaning dishes.

I believe so. Perhaps when you go to buy more laundry detergent you should check the aisle. They'll be with the rest of the packets in the detergent aisle.

I used to, and regular detergent (liquid or powder) never caused a problem. Now I hand-wash the new ones with TLC, because I didn't want to take a chance again.

The pods are a different gel. The pellets for dishes are pretty caustic - (very basic) so that is why they tell you to try to avoid touching them. It works great to dissolve or digest food particles and grease/oil on ceramics or glass. They can ruin the coatings on anything non-stick over time. They will react with many pots (example Calephelon) and turn them white. This is likely the formation of alumina (aluminum oxide or the aluminum version of rust.)

The pods are really just a very concentrated laundry soap inside a dissolvable pouch. I would imagine they would be fine for most things - but might cause problems in a front loading washer or not dissolve all of the way if you have hard water. Tide also recommends a separate spot remover.

^^^ Sciencewoman loves a chemistry lesson! Thanks for additional info.! Even if I was being "ironical" in my request, I very much appreciate the scientific explanation behind what went wrong with those dishwasher pellets.

well, you know, we could skype or facetime or whatever.

I'm gonna track down AZ-Alpha Xi, I owe her a lunch. Having dinner with a Sigma Kappa tomorrow, another big get-together with a group of advisors from most/all the UofA chapters next week, just an end of year wrap up (Panhellenic love)... I enjoy meeting with the other advisors, we laugh a lot. It helps to have that support.

so go ahead and rejectment me, HQWest, and I will just deal with it. What other choice do I have?

Another reason not to put non-stick pots and pans in the dishwasher. (Or as far as I'm concerned, another reason to avoid non-stick cookware altogether. Not a fan.)

As for pots and pans:

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...dad94f_300.jpg

It keeps me from getting angry when I do dishes.

I can find refills for the Bounce bar.

Well, maybe if I were in AZ I'd do that. It doesn't generally get that hot here, though. Also, I really had forgotten about them. Had I remembered they were back there, I would've taken them out. But then, none of this lovely Tide pod sidetracking would've happened. So, you know... You take the good, you take the bad you take 'em both and there you have the Facts of Life...

Amen!

1.) I haven't experienced any problems with the laundry pods. And
2.) Yes, they come in HE version.

My washer is a front loader and the pods work just fine.

/end laundry tangent. Angry posts may re-commence...

I'm getting a cold sore which is making me angry. I haven't had one in almost five years.:mad:

This has been a very informational thread so far. I'd never washed pots or pans in the dishwasher before, but had been debating it since the apartment dishwasher has a setting for pots and pans.

This stuff is the BOMB. It even polishes brass. But I ran out recently and haven't been back to the store to get more. this makes me angry.

Oh and 4th grade helicopter parents that get mad at the teacher for deducting points when the kids turn work in late. The teacher was shocked when I asked her to take points off my son's project because he turned it in late. She actually thanked me for trying to teach him a lesson.

Yes barkeepers friend rocks!!

Also non-stick pots are bad for your health unless you take the utmost care of them and replace them every 5 years or so. Never use anything that could scratch the coating. Also do not stack your non-stick pans unless you place something in between to protect the coating.

HAHAHA.

Non-stick pans make me angry. They are an abomination.

Y'all are making me angry with all the nonstick pan hate. I can barely cook as it is, and now you want it to stick!

You're the meanest meanies ever! I'm flouncing out of here because you just don't understand how special I am and how unique my situation is.

I'm angry right now because there are people here that insist on keeping the thermostat set to Popsicle. When it is 80 degrees out, don't come in here in pants, a long sleeve shirt and a cardigan and crank the AC, that's just ignorant.

LOL Facetime - I guess we could have a GC advisers AIM or gotomeeting sometime?

No, no, no, no, no. We want you to use a good pan and a good oil or butter.

Just for you, special snowflake:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hz72-vv7Xh...137233c6b0.jpg

Briefly returning from my flounce to acknowledge the awesomeness of the photo.

Flouncing out again.