Most of my work is at pits supplying backfill material for our jobsite. The dust is often as fine as talcum powder that the winds carry unmercifully. The resulting dust storms often cause our construction project to be closed for the day.

One "pit "is on level ground surrounded by a 30 to 50 foot high wall of dirt. It now resembles a huge bowl with holes in about one third of the wall, a result of all the material which has been removed. This makes the winds to swirl around. Tumbleweeds and styrofoam coffee cups do funny dances blowing up and down the slopes, hardly ever clearing the tops of the rim of the pit. The unpredictable winds are the cause of frequent Aggie Showers. Mucho fun.

How long do you keep food after the "sell by" date?

Rusty was less than humble questioning the parentage of the coworker who threw out a perfectly good 2/3 gallon of his milk. "It wasn't any good, the date had expired." "What the hell's the matter with you? That's the SELL BY DATE!!! It can still be good FOR DAYS. If it was bad I'D have thrown it out. Y'all just wanted room for all the stuff  you put in there while I was gone."

I don't know how of the polled coworkers were just taking up for the subject of my tirade but several admitted that they always threw out food after the "sell by" date. One even said that he "wasn't gonna get sick from drinking "that old milk".

Where did this practice become common with some people?   Before refrigeration? Old wives' tales. Superstition?