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expiration dates
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:44 pm
by Herb
My wife was reading about pumice stones and the article says that they expire. WTF is this shit???
When I was working for a company that serviced aircraft safety equipment we had a bunch of things that had to be replaced by/before the expriation date. One thing that I learned is that an expiration date does not mean that the item goes bad on the date. It just means that that time frame (1,2,3,4,5,+years) is as far out as it has been tested and is known to be good.
Now, I happen to know where pumice stone comes from and it is already 10s of thousands to millions of years old so how the hell does it expire?
On the same question, salt has an expiration date also, WTF???
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:40 am
by navigator
Welp, the earth apparently has an expiration date.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:56 am
by Herb
navigator wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:40 am
Welp, the earth apparently has an expiration date.
Hopefully that date is WWWAAAYYY past mine.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:42 am
by Suzuki Johnny
Without an expiration date there is no incentive to purchase that product again....
devilish promotional scheme that gets the more gullible public to respond
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:39 am
by Designer
Suzuki Johnny wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:42 am
Without an expiration date there is no incentive to purchase that product again....devilish promotional scheme that gets the more gullible public to respond
^^^....This is a big part of what Herb first speaks of.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:13 am
by tabasco
navigator wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:40 am
Welp, the earth apparently has an expiration date.
That's easy for you to say, Dave.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:13 am
by tabasco
Designer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:39 am
Suzuki Johnny wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:42 am
Without an expiration date there is no incentive to purchase that product again....devilish promotional scheme that gets the more gullible public to respond
^^^....This is a big part of what Herb first speaks of.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:17 am
by tabasco
The expiration dates I look at are for milk, meat ... perishable foods.
Vitamins, drugs ... pffft ... I got a lot of ibuprofen left from my crash in '14. Ain't thrown it out yet. I'd only take that shit if I was REALLY in pain, so it's there if that happens.
Canned food like beefaroni, chili? I don't even look. If I crack a can and it looks and smells ok, it's good. Never had it not look and smell good.
Thank you for your attention. Please have a nice day. And yes, this is what Herb was saying ...
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:02 am
by Herb
tabasco wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:17 am
The expiration dates I look at are for milk, meat ... perishable foods.
Vitamins, drugs ... pffft ... I got a lot of ibuprofen left from my crash in '14. Ain't thrown it out yet. I'd only take that shit if I was REALLY in pain, so it's there if that happens.
Canned food like beefaroni, chili? I don't even look. If I crack a can and it looks and smells ok, it's good. Never had it not look and smell good.
Thank you for your attention. Please have a nice day. And yes, this is what Herb was saying ...
If the cans aren't puffy, it is probably good no matter how old it is.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:47 pm
by Designer
Herb wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:02 am
tabasco wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:17 am
The expiration dates I look at are for milk, meat ... perishable foods. Vitamins, drugs ... pffft ... I got a lot of ibuprofen left from my crash in '14. Ain't thrown it out yet. I'd only take that shit if I was REALLY in pain, so it's there if that happens. Canned food like beefaroni, chili? I don't even look. If I crack a can and it looks and smells ok, it's good. Never had it not look and smell good. Thank you for your attention. Please have a nice day. And yes, this is what Herb was saying ...
If the cans aren't puffy, it is probably good no matter how old it is.
Pretty much, Tabasco and Herb.
Re: expiration dates
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:21 pm
by hillsy v2
They have "best before" dates on most things over here. But still some meats and smallgoods will have a "use by" date.
It's handy to have if you are grabbing something out of the fridge and don't know how long it's been there.
Other than that, this is just another typical whinge-fest by the resident washer women. Get the fk out and ride your bikes for Chrissakes...