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What did you break recently? Is it fixable?

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It's not possible to break the sink and make it leak by pulling out the stopper. The only thing you could break is the stopper itself. How long ago did it start? Mold takes time to develop. Most likely the sink was improperly installed and slowly leaking this whole time, developing mold underneath. Your stopper shenanigans probably just opened up some sediment keeping it all vaguely together. Make your landlord fix the whole thing, sink, cabinet, and especially mold. It's a serious health hazard.

Edit: rereading this, do you mean the P trap? Still, they aren't complicated, if three people couldn't put it back together it is fucked and probably already was fucked. Landlord problem.

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That's some seriously bad design. Taking out the stopper for cleaning is normal maintenance and shouldn't require specific skill to put back. Still, you reported it to your landlord, everything that resulted from it further is on the landlord. If you really broke it (doubtful) the landlord should have fixed it and maybe send you a bill (debatable). Leaving it broken is what caused this mess.

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What's the most unforgivable sin done in media that you're still bitter about?

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Not a fan of the ending myself but c'mon, it's been a religious sci-fi since season one, dealing with prophecies, visions and existential questions. God was always going to be a part of the equation. Unless they revealed the nature of god being some machine or a more developed civilization, at which point they would never be able to finish the show because that wouldn't be an answer but a whole new set of questions.

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What's something so easy to cook, that you're kicking yourself for not making it sooner?

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Thanks! If you like firm cheesecake your might want to learn baking it yourself. The firmness comes from high quark content, which is expensive if you're trying to run a business, so it's increasingly hard to find in mass produced cakes. On the other hand, baking a decent cheesecake on a crumb bottom isn't very hard at all. One way or another, I hope you'll be reunited with your perfect cheesecake :)

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Some people try to pass no-bake-quark-jelly as cheesecake, I assume that's what you mean because it is, in fact, soft and icky and has a texture of a jelly that's too ashamed to admit its identity. Unfortunately real, baked cheesecake is also subject to opinions and preferences. For example I like it to contain raisins and candied orange peel and maybe a little grated lemon peel. But I know people who shudder at the idea of raisins in, really, any food item at all. Some people like their cheesecake to be creamy and moist, and - like the recipe above - add extra milk to the quark. A cheesecake like that will be very light coloured in the middle (on my recent trip to Frankfurt, this was the only kind I could find). In general, the darker the drier. Best of luck in your search!

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Good cheesecake is easy to make, great cheesecake is very difficult. It's the only cake I struggled with because I refused to adjust my grandma's recipe but I didn't have her know-how. The temperature, acidity, moisture and fat content of the quark, gently folding the beaten egg whites into the dough... It was worth it though, it's still my favourite and nothing comes close.

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Before oil became common, lard was used - again, because of the high smoking point. The amount used is minuscule and actual lard (not bacon) doesn't have a very strong aroma.

Do you add any fat to the dough? Fat is common in recipes but if you want really thin and supple crepes that don't fall apart, there should be next to no fat.

And if there's too much oil in the pan, it might prevent the crepe from sticking together.

I wish I could just give you a recipe but I've been eyeballing it for the past 30 years, since I learned it from my mum, who was also eyeballing it.

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Today, I'm defeated

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See, it's probably one of those things that people "just know" if they were raised around cars, and wouldn't ever think of if they weren't. I was raised very much in the spirit of equality, but was never invited around for car stuff (granted, my dad died when I was 13 and I was quite wild before that so maybe it wasn't really very safe). All I know about cars is stuff my husband taught me + some YouTube videos but there's still so much I don't know and maybe wouldn't think to ask. That's why my daughters learned how to top up wipers liquid as soon as they were tall enough to reach the intake and it goes on from there 😂

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Ms Rachel has to ask the world to investigate hanging black people

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the family admitted that the victims was constantly being bullied, so good chance for suicide there too

Or, the victim was constantly harassed until being found hanging from a tree, so there's already a motive and likely a handful of suspects

According to the CDC about 12,000 people a year hanged themselves

Any estimates on how many did it outdoors, where they're likely to be interrupted? See, this is the suspicious part. Basically no-one ever attempts hanging in public. Here, you have seven people over a year and the police just shrugs.