Weird spots showing up on my cotton T Shirts after washing--HELP!
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crazy weird obsessives with cotton buds.
Comments (17)Anybody else want to run out and rent "Best In Show" with Fred Willard & Eugene Levy???? I was also going to add "what Jaxondel said"; however, I had to look up "cotton buds" because I was not erudite enough to know they are "cotton swabs" (I thought we were talking about cotton balls). The bright side of this coin is firstly, that I can now share some wonderful information on the history of the cotton 'swab' (if I may, Suzy?) or what we call the Q-tip (not to be confused with the rapper): Cotton swab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_bud I also feel duty bound to mention that the "Q-tip" moniker is now owned by the British conglomerate Unilever who bought Cheesborough-Ponds, so perhaps in a few years you may have to transition, Suzy! And for those who've been titillated by this information, I have only scratched the surface on the history of the humble cotton swab (which I must admit I thought was interesting because I know I can safely do so in this company): Q-tips: History http://www.qtips.com/history.php Finally, in the interest of full confession, disclosure and, dare I say competition? I fully admit cotton swabs are one of my rare brand snob purchases, I prefer Johnson & Johnson swabs because the 'buds' are bigger ;-) G'night all......See MoreWeird: Black spots on Knockouts, but none on 10 Austins
Comments (22)I think Kate misunderstood me. The public looked at me as BAD, NOT you. This happened 15 years ago when I was spraying my roses with chemicals. A neighbor walked to me and said, "why do you even bother growing roses with all these spraying?" It's even worse now, like the protest of bee keepers in France against Bayer. My observations do not apply to anyone else, since it's different with them. If I live in a hot area, I would pile up the bark mulch. But I live in a wet area - where it's more conductive to fungi growth. My defense is with the OGR and the fragrant Austins. These get the bad rap of black-spot prone, poor disease resistance - and less people bother to grow them. I did not want to buy Radio Times and Wise Portia because of the bad reports about their poor disease resistance. They were the only ones available, so I had no choice. Now both I and the bees enjoy these. I have never seen any bees on Knock-outs. We tend to reject certain roses as being disease prone, rather than seeing what we can do to protect them. The fault lies in us, and not in the roses. How did these old fragrant rose flourish in the old days without chemicals? Chemicals get the bad rap. Roses get the bad rap as NEEDING chemicals. Then Knock-outs take over the land. I'm trying to find a way to break this cycle, making roses to be more environmentally friendly. Lainey2: you don't have to dig down to get to the bottom. It's a big pile higher than a house. Actually it's easier to get the bottom, most aged stuff, since it's at your height. You would have to climb up a big mountain to get the fresh manure on top....See MoreOT: why does my email address show after my name?
Comments (5)hi joan... you need to click on "Your Profile" at the very top of the page in the green banner, next to where it says "Welcome". but like anettacm posted, it's gone in your second post. i also had a weird thing happen like this on one thread where it had "person_id:nnnnn" show up in that same spot. i emailed gardenweb, but never heard back. and it's still showing up like that, i just checked. gremlins......See MoreMen's 100% cotton dress shirts
Comments (9)As someone who works in the clothing world: you get what you pay for in this case. "100%" cotton shirts can be lovely...or dreadful. The longer the cotton fiber, the less it wrinkles and the better it lasts. Longer cotton fibers are often from Egypt.. American cotton is the stuff that packs the top of aspirin bottles. You can buy whatever you want,, but this may be the case of "poor can't afford to buy cheap." Find a good dry cleaner who will launder and press your shirts well. Most places will offer a choice of getting them back on a hanger or folded....See Moreenduring
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