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Failing with container veggies
Comments (8)It's important that you do not water your plants if the soil feels wet. That's how root rot starts. And the guess what the primary symptom of root rot is? (wilting) Sometimes, large-leafed or thin-leafed plants wilt in the heat because their evapo-transpiration system cannot keep up with the amount of water that they need to stay turgid. In other words, more water is leaving the plant than is going in. This doesn't necessarily mean that the plant has shut down, though quite often, the stomata will close temporarily in order to prevent water vapor from escaping. As soon as the foliage cools somewhat, the plant recovers quickly. This is a perfectly normal phenom, and nothing to worry about...unless you have some root rot going on, too. By the way, containerized plants feel the heat and the cold much more than their in-ground counterparts. Add to that the fact that many of us place our containers on the patio and near the house where reflected heat and sunlight can cause even more difficulty....See MoreOur marriage is failing
Comments (12)Dear all, Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I know I wrote a long post, but mkroopy, I do not expect everyone would understand my position in a short post. Thank you Sylviatexas, Readinglady and Justmetoo. You have been very understanding. In explanation to my position : 1. Before I got married, my parents had warned me that is anything were to happen (Inter-racial marriages in my country had boast issues like this before) I am not to return home crying when my marriage fail. I know my parents loved me and meant well, they only warned me of what would happen and they were absolutely right. but they are now retired, I cannot bear to burden them with my issues. If I am to find money, it will be on my own responsibility. 2. Like I mentioned above, by Muslim law, a wife can only divorce her husband for several reasons. You can refer to this : "Men have the right to divorce. If a man dislikes keeping his marriage for any reason, he divorces his wife and compensates her financially by paying her what is termed mut'a payment. This is in addition to the regular financial sustenance for her living, in case she has the custody of their children. Divorce becomes in effect once the husband utters or writes down any of the legal formulae of divorce such as: �I divorce you� or �you are divorced��etc. The husband can do these either by himself or through a messenger. In case it is the woman's desire to end the marriage, the situation becomes different. Her reasons might be that she has received ill treatment, the husband is unable to sustain her financially or he is sexually impotent. She can prove these defects in front of the judge, then the judge grants her divorce with a full access to all her financial rights. Also, if the husband was good to her but she does not want to keep on for an emotional reason, then she asks for what is termed khul'. This means to be granted divorce but without any access for financial rights, plus paying back the husband the dowry that he already paid on marrying her." I have made it clear to my husband that I don't want anything from him if he divorces me, but it seems like he is smart, he knows I won't be able to find a reason to divorce but for emotional reasons. I'm sure do hope that I'm wrong; I hope he doesn't want my money, after all his late wife did leave some for him. I am just like a pawn, I am only to suffer in a position where there is nothing I can do. 3. To Justmetoo, the solution you proposed was exactly what I did. Like I mentioned above, after my parents told me to ignore her coz eventually she will leave, I did exactly that. I ignored her. I stopped whatever I did before ie.plates to the dishes, pick up your mess, ask for permission first, spend your money wisely, you don't need another concert etc, MY HUSBAND DEEMED ME UNCARING. And again I say, I had established an understanding that I am not going to do anything anymore to make it better with her, unless she starts to do so herself. This are how things are now, she doesn't need my permission for anything, and in fact even if she does ask me, it is because she was told to by her father. And even if she did, it was, "I'm going out now, Ok Annie?" or "I'm going to borrow the bathtub, OK?" or "Can you send me to my friend's house later?" I know because her father asks her to do so, she knows I was the one who made the changes in the first place, so she behaves worst. 4. About her mother's things, you are terribly right. It was definitely my fault for clearing up the things. I just couldn't bear to live in the bedroom, which is the house under he name willed to the daughter (we are moving out sometime in 2013, AT LAST =( ) with no where to put my things. I felt really not at peace living here, everywhere I look it was just her possessions and reminders of her. Like I said, my Husband seemed very ignorant about how I felt. He had in fact mentioned I didn't know her and had no rights to hate her. She cheated on him and I didn't, I still don't understand why I get treated as if I was the one who did him wrong. I hate her terribly, It was because of what she did, that my husband is bitter and refused to clear up the mess. It was his responsibility and he dutifully neglected it and left me with the bitter consequences. I was told that the daughter was not very close to the parents. In fact, with both working adults and one spending too much time with someone else, a lot of things were left to other people to be responsible for. The maid handles a lot of things and she was given all she wanted so she wouldn't whine and cause troubles to her parents. Most definitely, I read her blog and she wrote that "my mum bullies me and don't support me" and "I didn't cry when mummy died." In fact, there wasn't an issue at all, until I came in the house. God knows what did she realize, but I doubt she appreciated her mother much until she realized someone else became the new woman in the house. The only thing I can think of now, is to live like nothing happened. Ignorance is not my forte, my blood boils to see her mess and her unthoughtful attitude about eating her share of food at home. It's makes me terribly sad that my husband says I don't care for either of them. I would have to save up my money wisely, study hard and start building a better life for myself in the future. Meanwhile, I would just have to take everything thrown at me. PS : My husband has mentioned in the past the one thing he wont tolerate is cheating and that consents a divorce. I can't do that, and even if I faked it, the bad would just be reflected on me. My husband is very smart of pretending like everything is beautiful and on cloud 9 in front of people. No one would believe of his character or assume something is wrong with our marriage....See MoreElectric Smart Meters
Comments (19)Smart meter installed a bit over a year ago, began billing using its reports about mid-winter, if I remember correctly. It checks time-of-day usage, with peak, mid-peak and low levels (and the peak and mid-peak rates interchange from summer to winter). About 6, 9 and 10 cents/kwh. So far, that is ... but the gov't. contracted with some large private agencies to install a lot of solar panels and wind turbines, and the original offers were that they'd be paid 80 cents/kwh. when their generation was added to the grid. Now, in some rural areas, they're delaying allowing those builders to add their power to the grid, as it can't handle it ... or something. They used to read the meter every three months, with I reporting the reading in the other two if I so chose, or they'd estimate it. The smart meter reports electronically to headquarters, as I understand it. My monthly bill shows the amount of usage per each level, and the price pre kw. on each. As I'm something of a night hawk, the major part of our usage is in the lowest rate, off-peak period. Last month I received an estimated bill from them ... and it showed no usage on peak or mid-peak times. When the landlord installed electric service into his shop, they told him that if he had a separate service, there'd be an extra charge of about $40.00/ mo. ... ... so he instructed me to notify him of the amount that he owed me for the shop usage ... and we usually agree on about 10 - 15% (settled up annually). Power bills seem little altered after the billing was according to the smart meter's reports: just a bit under $100.00/mo., usually - between $1,100. and $1,200. per year, if I remember correctly. We settle landlord's share after year-end. ole joyful...See MoreIs a “Smart Home” smart?
Comments (51)trashcanman, I meant cat 6 obviously. I've had this argument further up on this thread (where I did say cat 6), but you just can't convince some people that technology improves/changes. "If you have neighbors close by, you are sharing that wireless space with them, and as they add more devices, your speed and reliability will trend downward". Just to reiterate, this is a dated way of thinking... there is very little to no interference with modern 5G routers. Anecdotal proof: I am sitting in my tiny temporary city apartment where there are 28 other wifi networks available, and I can still watch perfect 4K TV through my wifi and my internet is super fast. In 10-15 years, those of you running cat 6 will have to tell stories about the old days when the internet ran through wires and devices had these strange "ethernet ports" every time a kid asks about the strange useless outlets on your walls. artemis_ma, I did run audio wire for speakers.... even though Apple is convinced that wireless sound is ready for prime time, I don't think we are quite there yet. I think we will be soon, but I am not willing to wait a few years to listen to music (also speakers in the ceiling do need power some how). I am pretty happy with Spotify for what you are describing, but that is an entirely different conversation....See More
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