ECLECTIVES
ECLECTIC PERSPECTIVES
On A Smattering Of Matters
I'm a believer in enablement and practicality. I don't mean just for the small guys' needs, or the big powerful guys' needs, but the practical needs of your average Tom, Vic, and Carrie as well. Because alot of "small-time" frustrations which are not countered by practical solutions can add up BIG time!
So here's a [partial] listing of some of my wishful ideas and amateur sites, with the common theme being "needs enablement". Never mind that the powers that be aren't listening...
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OTHER PRACTICAL IDEAS:
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* KEY (Taster Type): "S"=Supertaster "M"=Medium Taster "N"=Non Taster "?"=unsure
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Pau D'Arco Tea
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Anon
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M
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Bitterish but I got used to it
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Bitterish aftertaste; I did not discern aftereffects & found it healing.
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Pau D'Arco Tea
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SensitiveMe
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S
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Bitter, horrible, ugh!
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Bitter & left a really weird metallic aftertaste on my tongue for hours.
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Persimmons
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kookoo
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Sour
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Left a furry coating on my tongue
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Cold Eeze (cherry zinc lozenges)
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Gavin
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Sweet
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While sucking, was sweet & smooth; afterward, left a drying-out effect in my mouth, and also dried out my mucus (thus leaving irritating effect on nasal passages & throat
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- TABLESPOONS: People who buy fancy silverware and think they're getting a good deal - think again! Because the fancy tablespoons are usually thick, and therefore cannot be used to efficiently scrape out a bowl. Also, for example, when eating a melon, thick spoons cannot efficiently "slice" out pieces the way non-fancy spoons can. Also, it's ridiculous how many tablespoons are designed with an impractical pointy shape, instead of being a more rounded oval. Something to think about - hmm?
- REFRIGERATORS: First of all, I wish that Maytag, Frigidaire, Kenmore etc. would implement the same track-type of shelving system for the freezer compartments of their refrigerators, as they do in the frig compartment beneath; i.e. there should be two separate adjustable shelves. One on the right, the other on the left. This way, if you have, say, a huge container of ice cream (or whatever), you would then need to adjust only one of the freezer shelves to make room for it. That's just one example, but that's the general idea. Also, I wish that side-by-side refrigerators wouldn't have inflexibly built-in icemakers which take up so much valuable freezer space. Design them so that people can have usable shelf space instead. And design some of the door shelves in the refrigerator section to be shallower, to allow for a few deeper shelves in the main compartment.
- I have more ideas, but they're health-related (or other), and thus separate.