Tedda 2006, that's a nice-looking piece you have there, and like somebody pointed out, it looks a lot like the stuff that first started showing up in mass quantities in this country back the 197Os, when it seems like every illegal loft in New York suddenly broke out in stripped antique pine furniture, macrame & ferns. Lots of historic paint--the kind that people go to great pains to simulate these days and that goes for megabucks if it's genuine & intact--ended up as toxic sludge at the bottom of a vat of lye in order to keep up with the decade's demand for "natural" finishes. Anyway, this is a handsome, well-proportined piece, and even in its current finish it's attractive enough to get by with nothing but that mineral spirits cleaning & a good coat of wax: not French Polish (which labor-intensive process would never have been wasted on cheap pine) and certainly not a coat of poly-anything. Just good old-fashioned paste wax. It's too bad Stocky bailed on us. Sure, digital slap-fests generate a lot of heat and very little light, but I still think it's better to have a back-&-forth "dialogue" between Poster A who's all wet, and Poster B who knows what's what than it is to for those with knowledge to abandon the field to the most ignorant, since, like the poor, those folks will always be with us. I just ignore them. And it's not even just with US. Those folks are everywhere, even in places where you would like to think that people know what they're talking about. I just followed that link above over to the Antiques Roasdshow site about the Roux-attributed cabinet and noticed this little gem of spurious scholarship: "The sideboard in Reno, like the other four Roux sideboards, was done in what was known as the Rococo Revival style, based on the Rococo Style popular in 17th-century England." Wrong century. Wrong country. What a Bozo. And he gets paid for this? Anyway, with "authorities" like that flapping their lips on TV in front of millions of people, it's no wonder that most people are full of misinformation. We're just fortunate that here on this board, we have a few regulars who have a broad base of knowledge that they're willing to share with the rest of us. It doesn't matter how many clueless know-it-alls there are spouting their nonsense: like Thoreau says "Any man more right than his neighbor is a majority of one already." Regards, MAGNAVERDE.

As others have said, fluid buildup is a real problem with congestive heart failure. Diuretics are given to alleviate the excess fluid. There is a possibility that the diuretics left his system out of whack, so to speak, and that caused his dizziness. There's also the possibility that any new medications he was given also left him weak & dizzy. Sometimes it can take a month or so for your body to adjust to new medications. I know when my husband came back from his stint in ICU, after being first diagnosed with congestive heart failure, he was dizzy, slurring his words, and could barley walk. It took him a while to adjust to all the new medications and now he's his old self (not sure if that's good or bad). Obviously, with the falls, the doctors are running more tests to see if there are other problems. That's a good thing. As others have said, talk with the doctor and find out everything you can about his condition. There's no cure for congestive heart failure, but it can be managed.

Lowspark - I love your widget. You have such lovely taste, You really do. However - just a tiny thought here (I have done a lot of decorating for my friends): Your widget placement bothers me. Could you possibly move your stove to the opposite wall? I'm thinking that the refrigerator which is currently there would look better closer to the sink anyway. Of course you'd have to remove the upper cabinet, but as you've said in another thread, the cab in your guest bath does need changing out. Then you could position your darling table against the empty wall. I'm wondering if the table should be pink, though. Could you repaint it? A cream paint with crackle-glaze would look lovely. Do you see where I'm going here? You could also repaint that wall - in a rich red, for contrast. Just thinking out loud here. Place the table against the wall, put your sweet widget on it, and that widget is going to pop! Then you wouldn't need so many hoo hoos, although I'd keep all the ding dongs. I don't suppose you'd change out your kitchen hardware to match the ORB of the widget, would you? Simply trying to be helpful (I am a decorator, of sorts). My rabbi agrees that if a widget is glass, it can definitely be kashered for Passover. But - not trying to be irritating - if the widget has plastic, it's never going to be kosher and also, it was made by DuPont, and we all know about them.

Thanks for the response, newbeginning. I don't think lemon juice and vinegar are 1 T. I read "1 � Tablespoons lemon juice" and "1 � Tablespoons cider vinegar". Not sure if other browsers will see the ? between the 1 and the Tablespoon, as I do. The measure for fresh grated onion IS 1 T. Note that "Tablespoon" is singular here. Not a serious problem. I agree that I can guestimate 1 1/2 for lemon juice and vinegar and 1/2 for garlic. Edited to add this: With suggestions from others, I changed settings in the View menu, as I explained in a later text. I can read the original, but this one turned into upside down ? marks. Weird. Oh, well. They mean 1/2. This post was edited by Bellsmom on Tue, Mar 11, 14 at 16:09