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Comments (11)I'll update my experience with the seedlings grown from the horse chestnut tree in downtown Edmonton. First the results were somewhat favorable, though that's now turned into failure. They had been grown on for several years and set out as 3 ft specimens, most had not made their first winter and died right back to the ground. About one in five survived with only the top buds dying and the plant then being able to recover and do pretty good in that season, though these have also all now perished. I did have one that was seemingly superior in hardiness and having much more attractive foliage than the parent tree. It was about 4 ft tall and went through two winters without any tipkill whatsoever, though last winter it was struck right back down to the ground, maybe the nasty October had done it in? I'll give it time to see if it recovers. Even the established horse chestnut at Wellington Garden Center (north Edmonton) had a fair amount of dieback after last winter. Terry...See MoreNew to contacts, much harder than thought.
Comments (35)UPDATE: Went to practice session #3 at the eye doctor and was able to get contacts in and out of both eyes. The left eye was harder. The way I got them in was to NOT look in a mirror, pull down just the lower lid, and stare straight ahead. Another optician joined in to help. She saw my nails which were as short as they can be. She said I need to pull the contact down with the pad of my middle finger and then try to pinch the contact off my lower lid. They were out of the lenses with my prescription so they sent me home with just practice lenses until a trial set come in. I need to practice everyday putting the contacts in and out. I am so relieved to have gotten this far! I'm actually glad to just have the practice lenses for a while. I forgot to ask about the mono or multifocal. Thank you all for the help. I did make a word document with all the advice. I may need to refer to it sometimes if I run into trouble. edited to add: I ask about those plunger things to put in contacts. Those are only for hard contacts which I will not be getting. This post was edited by debrak2008 on Tue, Jun 10, 14 at 7:20...See MoreChoosing a washer is harder than choosing a new car!
Comments (12)Constanceann; Sorry to hear that you are having a problem picking out your new washer. I would like to say this to you though; Many of the post that you read out on the net that are reporting problems, Alot of them are user error. I'm not saying that all are and that there are not problems with machines, however, most people will only speak/post about problems and people who don't have problems rarely say/post anything. An example of this is on the sears website. On the 5th page of reviews for Kenmore FL model 48116 the person reports that clothes don't get wet that are in the middle, and that they don't come out rinsed. Well, with a statement like that she actually says two things here. One is that she is overloading the machine. She states that she can only fill it 2/3 full--hhhmmmm something doesn't jive here. I also know that this machine does 3 rinses in it's cycles. I know this as a friend of mine has this machine (3 yrs now) and I get to see it run. There is also the option for extra rinse on this machine for a maxium of 4 rinses. My HE3 that I bought 5 yrs ago only does 2 rinses in its cycles with an extra rinse option for 3 rinses. Most odor/smell problems comes from people keeping the door cloesed after use and not using enough detergent for their soil/water conditions or using too much and not using hot water and bleach for whites. As stated above, I have had my HE3 now for 5 yrs, It's been moved twice, and as of this post today, I have not had one repair done on this machine. In my manual it said to throw out the shipping bolts once removed and if moving the machine, us a dolly from the side, not the front or back which I did when I moved it. I have not had any issues with mold or a smelly drum. When I moved into my new house 5 yrs ago, it was on well water with a whole house water softner. Even so the water had a very high iron content. I went to the store and got some "yellow out" to wash my whites with once a month. Now I'm on city water which is medium in hardness. I do switch back and forth alot from liquid to powder detergent. In my personal experience I have found that using the sears ultra plus seems to clean the tub and seals as well as strips the laundry from any detergent build-up. As far as tangling goes, yes, sometimes I do have tangling. That is when I was a load that contains alot of PJ bottoms, and long sleeve shirts. I reduce this by folding the PJ bottoms and placing them in the drum. It has been discussed on here about a learning curve when going to a FL, but I never understand that statement cuz I never had that issue. Yes, you do have to sort laundry differenly to wash similar fabrics together, but you should be doing that in any washer. I'm going to leave it at that. My point is, some people will exaggerate issues they have and makes easy fixes into huge problems. Again I'm sure that there are issues out there, but also try and read between the lines as......See MoreDIY Granite - Easier than you might think
Comments (14)Thanks Joseph! I routed 1/8" into the substrate to ensure the sink sits flush with the plywood so there isn't any pitch/gradient difference where the sink is. I weld so if there is ever an issue with the sink I can either fix it in place OR cut the plywood from the underside, knife out the silicone from the top (where the reveal is), and drop the sink that way without damaging the granite. I would likely then use the Hercules harness or other fastening system on the new sink. PS, I've been reading a lot of your helpful advice on Houzz and you're a very knowledgeable and helpful contributor - I've been very impressed with many of your posts! "telluwhat"; Thank you for the question. As stated, my 'execution' isn't poor RE the seam as it is fully supported and hence, no structural issues. I assume you're asking more about the aesthetics? The two slabs that we purchased were 96" in length each. The single run of counter that we needed where the sink is located was 140". The dead center of the window (where we wanted the sink) was ironically 70". From the off-cuts we also needed to save two 24" pieces for each side of our range which is on the other side of the kitchen (so we only really had less than 4 spare inches of granite left after all of the cuts and factoring in blade thickness and our seam placement options were quite limited. In addition, we wanted the 'smallest' seam possible - in every sense of the word. By placing it at the sink, the seam is 4" long at the front of the sink and hidden at the rear by the faucet - it is nearly invisible the way we have it mounted; yet still structurally sound with plywood substrate and 4,000 psi epoxy that's bonding 8" x 3/4" surface area (24,000 lbs of holding strength). A few more pictures so you can get an idea of the seam - these are unedited/unaltered....See More- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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