Sadly, I think someone *did* get rid of the cat by dumping her in the country. She's deaf, and when she was found, was near starvation and full of mites. She's definitely a handful, and I've come to believe she was dumped because of the way she freaks out when she wakes up and can't find me or the other cat. Like she's been tossed again. :( Nobody wanted her because she is deaf. I happened to be at a Pet Smart buying food and took her home. I heard a number of people say oh we can't have her because she's HANDICAPPED. She's a little darling. My other cat doesn't even know she's deaf. He calls for her to come play. Just a service announcement: if you have a pet you want to toss in the garbage, please take it to a shelter, preferably a no-kill shelter. Having grown up in the country, we were the recipients of so many dumped dogs and cats. In my grandparents' generation, it generally ended with a bullet because a farm can only support so many dogs and cats. In mine, I tried finding homes, adopting, etc. I'm not accusing anyone here of such a thing, just that a lot of city people don't understand that country people aren't just sitting around waiting to take care of the unwanted pets. Sorry, it's just a thing with me, and my heart breaks when I think of this little miss being dumped. She's a pistol, but so loving. And being deaf, she wouldn't have lived very long. Don't take this as a personal shot to you; I'm really sensitive to animals. And yet, I eat meat. Go figure.

i would like to add a bit of my experience here if i could? I ( not being too proud ) have had the most amazing learning curve of starting seeds. It was nothing more then two things, 1) nothing but time on my hands and 2) lack of patience requiring me to quickly figure out a good method. Granting what works for some may be ill advice to others as they have already adapted their own special way over their trials and errors, but here is a simple one I use.. I have been able to sprout catnip in 2 days., first, I like to get starter rockwool cubes, 1.5 inch cubes. i soak them in nothing but water then cut each cube to get 8 smaller cubes. ( I like to save money and with indoor growing, space is everything ) once soaked and cut, I place them all side by side in a shallow tupperware container, ( take out chinese containers big enough to fit one steak in size ) I place my seeds on a piece of paper, take a q-tip and cut one end flat. I dip the q-tip in water to wet the end, this will hold one seed to the bottom with no effort, then i push the seed into the middle of my cut rockwool, just twice the deepness of the seed ( give or take ) I thought for years that seeds need to be covered by soil, like they were vamps and would die if they saw sunlight, but that is not the case. the only reason why soil growers have instilled in us over the years to do so is two reasons, 1) to keep the seed as moist as possible and 2) to keep birds from finding them and eatting them. Then when you place the lid on top, I cut too small holes. one in each end no bigger then a thin pen. this allows me to forget a day here and there ( like that would ever happen ) and prevents mold from building up. WHICH is what i think is the big hype of lids. We use them to keep the medium moist, but prolonged under the right lights can cause mold which can kill off sprouts. as far as STARVing a plant of oxygen ? well, that is debatable, when a seedling sprouts, how much osygen is it really using in the very beginning of it's youth? now I am not talking months, but days. But everyday we all should be popping that lid to at least say hello to our new friends to be........ Spending that time with your seeds, sprouts, seedlings and plants everyday is after allt he reason why we grow, is it not? talk to them, brush them, breathe on them, it's your zen afterall, and that attention could keep you on top of any issue that could accure.... Since i have two holes in that lid, their small enought o keep the humidity dome effect, but big enough to keep air inside, I do not remove the lid until i see the first seedlings sprout and rid themselves of their shell.. after that, I take the lid off, but keep it on, just add a little more air, even a pencil thickness gap. then you will know when it is time to remove that lid all together, normally a few days after the first sprout I will remove the lid. ~~~~~~~~~~~OK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ now, once you remove the lid there are a few things I always keep in mind. 1) NOT ALL SEEDS will ever sprout and since growing indoors space is limited, thats ok, I only want the strongest of seeds anyhow. so the early spouters are the KEEPERS. 2) now that the lid is off, these cubes are going to dry out over time and attention daily is mandatory...... ( again, like we won't look at our seeds every day we wake up and get home from work right?) Now comes the most important part of my zen, deciding when enough time is enough and those little seeds that still haven't sprouted must be pintched and tossed into the yard. they may grow one day, but their lack of speed is not valid in indoor gardens. depending on how dry the air is or how hot the lights are at this point they will most likely need to be watered ( sometimes twice a day ) now that the cubes have been weeded out, strongest are growing, every morning and when i get home from work i take a turkey baster and the following, schultz fertilizer 10-15-10 7 drop per quart I put 3 drops in a quart, fill the turkey baster and drop this on each cube just till i see water coming from their bottoms, twice a day, sometimes 3 times. repeat ZEN repeat No stress Repeat ZEN once the seedlings grow for a week, I look for the healthiest, greenest, ( you know what your looking for ) once i see just a seeker root poke through the bottom of the rockwool cube, I take them to their next home ( WHATEVER medium , style, method ) you are using....... Sorry if that was winded, It doesn't take too much for me to get into my ZEN with my passion to bring seeds to life, I can tend to get winded and a bit drwan out. but if you got to this point and are still reading,,, Aren't gardens just magic on earth?

Some refrigerators need 3" between themselves and a cabinet or refrigerator panel for air circulation . Some need less than 1/2". It depends upon the type and the model. Most "counter-depth" fridges need very little circulation space, while many conventional depth fridges need significant circulation space. It's not about proximity to a range, it's more about the refrigerator's own heat to escape and not build up.

I agree, clean clothes or sheets won't have a bad odor regardless of air circulation unless they have odor causing soil to begin with. Or if someone put a stinky pair of shoes in with them lol. I know for a fact that some people can take sheets out of the dryer smelling ok, more like detergent or FS than when they come out of the linen closet they stink..the products just mask the odors awhile...what I've also noticed though is people that have the stinky sheets don't seem to smell it. I never could understand how they dont smell the rancid nasty odor. seriously I can walk into someone's house and know right off the bat that they wash in cold or cool water. Their home may be a show stopper, beautiful and clean..yet their bedding reeks to high heaven and the entire house smells if it. I've read posts in different forums of people spending a LOT of money to decorate their home but they cant use white sheets because they always turn yellow..so will the prints just not as noticable..so what a georgous home...but it stinks of old body odor..LOL.