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Comments (21)Tad, That same area I love is on the northmost edge of Murfreesboro, so as close to Nashville as you can get and still be in Murfreesboro. Communting from West Nashville to Murfreesboro was pretty difficult when I was trying to get home for anything like picking up kids from school. Traffic can get pretty dense right about exit 70, Almaville Road/Smyrna until at least exit 74 where you can exit to the edge of Murfreesboro. That four miles can be really difficult during the commute home. The commute to work gets dense right about Hickory Hollow to Harding Road. And the ways around it, aren't much better. Too many lights. But if you don't mind driving for 45-90 minutes to get home, it's worth it. There is enough in Murfreesboro to keep you happy, it's less expensive, more relaxed atmosphere, close enough to Nashville for anything it doesn't have. I can't speak to the benefits/problems of Franklin, but living in Franklin, it seems like my youngest brother is really struggling financially to live there. And at no other time have they struggled. Is it worth it? Dunno. All places have good schools. _____________________________________________ Murfreesboro school rating: http://www.greatschools.org/tennessee/murfreesboro/ Franklin school rating: http://www.greatschools.org/tennessee/franklin/ Nashville school rating: http://www.greatschools.org/tennessee/nashville/ And because I know my hometown, more Nashville ratings http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/metropolitan-nashville-public-schools/hume-fogg-academic-high-school-18154 (Gold ranking from US News and World Report #54 in the nation) http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/metropolitan-nashville-public-schools/martin-luther-king-jr-magnet-at-pearl-high-school-18163 (Gold rating from US News and World Report and ranked #73 in the nation)...See MoreNeed a 3" long 10-24 screw. Do they exist? If so, where?
Comments (9)I need them to replace too short pin head screws that go through the center of some ceramic cabinet knobs we bought. Our children love the decoration on the knobs, but they screws they came with are so short they don't go through the cabinets. They also have no place on the head for a screwdriver, but since I can't find any long enough that are plain heads I figured I'd have to resort to regular screws and just have it not be as nice looking, unfortunately....See MoreSo where in Europe would you buy a vacation home?
Comments (31)Well, Gooster, a lot of people think it will keep dropping. so maybe you will have plenty of opportunity; who knows. I did want to chime in re Chile. We were in Chile this past December. It is a very lovely country, and it sure does have a ton of coastline! We did a day trip to Valparaiso (very disappointing and a dump, frankly) and to Vina del Mar (I think it's most famous beach town). To me, Vina del Mar looked like Miami before its revival. Lots of 70s and 80s high rises, things in poor repair, stray dogs on the street, traffic, vendors selling lots of total junk. Thumbs down. We did have the great fortune of going to Zapallar to visit a Chilean family we had met earlier in our travels and Zapallar is gorgeous; looks a bit like the French riviera. That said, pretty small, very few amenities and overwhelmingly local. I am not sure if I would want to be in a place that did not have more of an international community? Oh and Chile's on-again-of-again dalliances with socialism might concern me as an investor. And overall, South America is a frustrating place --- just not well run at all....See MoreSO where's my cooking wine ....
Comments (47)Re wine temp, "room temperature" does not refer to American houses. It's about old European stone houses, and in the mid-60s F. Storage temperature should be literally cave temperature, which is the mid-50s. Most of the year my kitchen is 75-80°F. For reds, cool, not cold or warm brings the best flavor balance and appreciability. Warmed wine isn't usually good, unless it's rich, not so complex and full of mulling spices. I.e., you're not really tasting the wine. The reason for putting opened wine in the fridge is to keep it from deteriorating as fast. Pour a glass and let it come to temperature before drinking it. Whites are different. Most are better cold, but Northern river cold, not icebox cold. This brings out the crispness. Too cold and it doesn't taste like much. This is orthodoxy, of course, but I've experienced it myself, and really, since that's the temperature the vintners are assuming it's going to be served at, it would make sense that the wines are optimized for that temperature. I will put a red in the fridge to cool down if it's been in the kitchen, and forget it, so have experienced it too cold. I have left it on a sunny counter, and experienced it warm. Best is cool. At the time approved temperature. This is not scientific, of course, but I figured there are plenty enough out of the boxers to challenge the orthodoxy, and I haven't heard anyone seriously wanting to upset this apple cart. From Wikipedia: TRPM5 is a calcium-activated non-selective cation channel that induces depolarization upon increases in intracellular calcium, it is a signal mediator in chemosensory cells. Channel activity is initiated by a rise in the intracellular calcium, and the channel permeates monovalent cations as K+ and Na+. TRPM5 is a key component of taste transduction in the gustatory system of bitter, sweet and umami tastes being activated by high levels of intracellular calcium. It has also been targeted as a possible contributor to fat tastesignaling.[7][8] The calcium dependent opening of TRPM5 produces a depolarizing generator potential which leads to an action potential. I only understand part of that, but I notice that it doesn't affect all taste sensors. That may explain why some foods taste better hot or cold but I don't see how it implies warm is better for wine. Dcarch, do you prefer warm wine??...See More
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