Older stoneware in the microwave can be dangerous!
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Comments (4)You need to come up with a plan. Don't just call an electrician and tell him to re wire the whole house. Find a small electrical contractor who is willing to spend a few hours helping you design a plan. Ask around your friends and neighbors to find a good one by referral. Then figure out where you need or would like new circuits, for more capacity and for grounding. The kitchen and bathrooms will be the best places to add new 20 amp circuits, due to the heavy loads used like microwaves and hair dryers. Plus your fridge really should be grounded. Also, the washer should have a grounded, 20 amp circuit. Grounded circuits are also recommended for your computer & equipment. Most of the old 2 prong receptacles in your living room and in the bedrooms are fine for the lamps, clocks, radios, vacuum cleaner, TV's, etc that they serve. These items all have 2 prong plugs anyway, with the exception of some large TVs and vacuum cleaners that have a carpet cleaning function. It makes no sense to run a grounded circuit to a location where a grounding plug will never be used, if the existing 2 prong system is in good condition. So basically, put new wiring where you need it, and if the old wiring is in good shape, leave it there. If you want to check the condition of any wiring in any house, remove the kitchen light. If the insulation on the wires is still in good shape at the kitchen light, you can bet the rest of the wiring is ok. The wiring above lights gets the most heat over the years, and the kitchen light is the one that gets the most use. It's also the one that gets overlamped the most. If you find the insulation to be crispy, you will need to start checking other places. Most of all, try to find someone to help you tailor a plan....See MoreSemi-pro range and long hair: possible danger to keep in mind
Comments (21)Ever considered those commercial hair nets? I'm happy to see prevention is happening at home in this thread. I get so sick of people whose kids get hurt, then they want the manufacturers to change their designs, layouts, etc. Instead of looking at their own, well, I'm going to say "lack of forethought" for things they themselves take for granted but must teach a child. SO much of common sense begins at home. It doesn't necessarily come out of the blue. Cooking is a great place to start. Plus, it's a life skill. No one has mentioned what happens if and when someone gets hurt!?! Burns: ICE on them. Not butter, not oil, not cucumber, not tomato, not a bandage. ICE. So the burn doesn't continue to burn down into other layers of skin. Teach them basic first aid, too! Ask them how to incorporate their safety lessons from school into the kitchen. The firemen come to the schools, what would they tell them here in their own home? Much of what is not taught is what to do next. After the injury. After the call to 911 (which can be dialed from the phone in the kitchen, right?). After they run into the house, school or knock on a stranger's door when someone accosts them. (TELL SOMEONE!) So incorporate that into your lessons. It's not just cooking that these things can affect. (or is it effect?) Hair nets. There you go....See MoreDoes island seating become more important as kids get older?
Comments (27)Chanop -- great pic! I was never really able to let my older son help when he was little because he has special needs. It's really only this year (he's 9) that he's able to do things even close to properly. If I'd given him a rolling pin before now, he would've swung it around until it broke a window or a nose, or bashed a knob off the range, etc. We could never predict what he was going to do. He also could not follow directions at all ("No" meant nothing to him until about a year ago). I guess that's really what stifled my desire to have my boys in the kitchen. Older son was just too difficult and unpredictable until now. And now, my younger son (6) is a speeding bullet! He vibrates and can't sit still or keep his arms in place. They're always waving around, knocking things over. But your post reminded me of something both my boys have been GREAT at for the past year: making homemade corn tortillas! I roll the balls, and they take turns using the tortilla press. Somehow, there's never been a struggle having them help with that. And...we do that at the island....See MoreGetting older, sometimes means asking for help
Comments (58)Oh boy, you are singing my song! I really get aggravated thinking about all I used to do and now can’t. I have three joint replacements and those suckers just do not bend like the originals...especially since I had a blotched one leaving me with dead nerves, resulting with a terrible limp. I have been banned from and ladders, step stools, etc because of balance. I have had two back surgeries that weren’t very successful, but what the heck, I manage to live alone and take care of the inside of the house...so thankful for that! Everything outside requires my finding help...mowing, landscaping, snow removal, trim painting, etc...everything I “used” to be able to do. I just do what I can...then the old back has to get laid down with ice. I so miss the former me, but it is what it is!...See MoreTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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