(Plumbing washers, the kind found in a faucet, serve a third purpose, namely to provide a water seal, but that's a subject for another day.). The two most common improper uses of washers are: 1  To allow use of a bolt or nut too small for the hole in the part being secured, or. 2  To make it possible to tighten a bolt or nut that's too long.
Sure, youâve heard that wine should always be stored on its side. But grocery stores and even many wine shops display their bottles upright.rong. Storing wine in the vertical position, especially if youâre trying to age it, is a big mistake that can ruin your wine. Hereâs why: your wine shares a fickle friendship with oxygen. Oxygen reacts with the chemicals in your wine to change its flavor compounds. In other words, without oxygen, wine could not age.
Oysters live in the cupped part of the shell, so to store, he suggests keeping them in a cold part of your refrigerator where they can breathe cupped-side down. Keeping oysters alive for months seemed preposterous to me, so I looked for validation on the web. Most sites recommend storing them for no more than seven daysâLinton Seafood was willing to go up to two weeks. Only British sites like Martins Seafresh mentioned the cupped-side trick.