AustrianHealthCareFilter: How do I go about getting minor post-surgical care in Vienna over the holidays? [more inside]
posted by klausness on Dec 16, 2009 - 0 answers

On a bit of a whim, my brother who can barely cook a cheese sandwich decided to have about twenty live lobsters shipped out for everyone who is coming to my other brother's bachelor party this Saturday. We're all very much from flyover country (Minnesota), and backyard steaming of lobsters isn't really in our repertoire. How do I help ensure it doesn't turn into a very expensive mess? [more inside]
posted by hobu on Jul 27, 2009 - 28 answers

Help! I'm in Japan, and I have a painful boil on my back from several weeks of carrying around a heavy backpack. I used this and Neosporin a few years ago in a similar situation in the US, but I don't know what to look for at a drugstore here. Any ideas? (I can speak only a tiny bit of Japanese, but I can read Katakana, in case that might help)
posted by anonymous on Jun 30, 2009 - 6 answers

It seems like my tea kettle (on a gas burner) boils more quickly when there's a large volume of water in it than if there's just a bit. Am I imagining this, or is there a reason it might happen?
posted by Mayor Curley on Apr 3, 2009 - 15 answers

My wife thinks we should be boiling all drinking water here in Pittsburgh, I don't think it's necessary. What references should we look up, or experiments can we run, to determine what to do? [more inside]
posted by jasonhong on Feb 2, 2009 - 23 answers

I have some sort of bump on my buttock. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 6, 2007 - 12 answers

We're under a boil-water advisory. No outbreak, just a lot of grit in the water from landslides in the resevoir. Why is it not safe for me to wash vegetables in untreated water, but it's ok for me to wash my hands? [more inside]
posted by Salmonberry on Nov 21, 2006 - 10 answers

Um.. now that I have 20 pounds of crawfish, what do I do with them? [more inside]
posted by Ugh on Jul 1, 2006 - 23 answers

Qs about hard boiled eggs and egg salad: a. What's your fave recipe for egg salad? b. how long do shelled hard-boiled eggs keep? c. is there a good formula for hard-boiling multiple eggs? [more inside]
posted by dobbs on Mar 30, 2004 - 14 answers