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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 15:52:06 JST clacke

   I thought my favorite glass could handle some gentle heating in a water bath on the stove.

   It could not. 😔

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 15:52:10 JST clacke

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     IKEA no longer sells it. 😔
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 15:52:54 JST clacke

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     Looking up borosilicate beer tankards between 360 ml (12 oz) and 500 ml (17 oz).

     I just learned that a pint is 20 oz and almost 20% more than 500 ml.

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     Thomas (tfb@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 16:58:05 JST Thomas

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     @clacke A UK pint is 20 oz yeah. A US pint is 16 oz, to mirror the 16oz to a pound. Also the size of their oz differ :blobcatdizzy:

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 16:58:05 JST clacke

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     • Thomas
     @tfb of course!
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 17:03:26 JST clacke

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     • Tim Lavoie

     @tim_lavoie I don't plan to do it. I do plan for my future stupidity and doing it anyway.

     I only found insulating double-layer clear borosilicate mugs though. Those would be stupid twice to put in a pot for heating.

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     Tim Lavoie (tim_lavoie@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 17:03:27 JST Tim Lavoie

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     @clacke Why borosilicate? Planning to keep heating up your tankards?

     A local artisan specializes in artsy bongs with borosilicate glass, but mixing the two would result in the world's skunkiest beer.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 17:16:48 JST clacke

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     • Thomas

     @tfb From what I can tell, drinking containers advertised in HK use UK ounces.

     It's what one might expect, but on the other hand all "centers" built before Handover are "centres", but *most* (not all!) of the ones built after are "centers".

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 17:16:52 JST clacke

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     (I found colored single-layer ones, but I have surprised myself before and I want a preview of what I'm drinking. I like camomile tea, but *not* when I'm expecting cola.)
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 02:41:52 JST clacke

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     I checked whether borosilicate glass is more brittle than standard soda glass, and it seems in addition to being more resilient against temperature shifts, it's sturdier too, so that's a win win. The only argument for standard glass seems to be cost.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2024 13:07:58 JST clacke

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     The toothbrushes-spoons-and-clotheshangers shop a few minutes walk from here had a glass exactly like the one I broke. I bought two this time.

     A borosilicate pair will arrive some time next week.