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My days are all about the same. Alone most of the time, although Schultz is always with me. If I do see another human I end up saying "what" a lot because I can't hear them. I'm hooked up to an oxygen machine 24/7 kinda like a tie out chain for a dog. I can stay in my room and go to the kitchen, that's as far as the line will reach. I end up tripping over the tubing 3-5 times a week, have the sore muscles to prove it. Half the time when I get up for something, I either can't remember what for, or realize I don't have an item anymore. I am way past needing a good haircut but see no reason to bother with it. I've become addicted to m&m's out of boredom. The tv is entertaining, except for all the stupid reality shows. I try to read, but by the time I get to page 3 I've forgotten the first 2 pages. The other day I made a pitcher of sweet tea, using flour instead of sugar! One day I scrambled 2 eggs and made toast. Then started cleaning up any mess I made, and then scraped the food off the plate into the trash and washed the plate. 20 min later realized I never took one bite of food.
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Comments (9)I DON'T THINK ANTBODY HAS MY NEW CELL, BUT i am checking my e-mail nowto see if BIZZO HAS MAILED ME. by the way, we actually ran the heater in this truck camper last night for awhile. THE WEATHER IS CERTAINLY BRISK! Sherry, whose frozen fingers keep hitting the caps lock....See MoreHave You Checked Out Your Dryer Lint Filter & Vent? Check Out My
Comments (20)Been there, done that...lint is such a HUGE annoyance to my life. We're in a 2nd floor condo where the dryer vent ducting goes to the roof through the attic over 20 feet and several elbows. My husband bought the condo years before we met, and the ducting was clogged after several years. At the time, he decided to disconnect the vent from the duct. The resulting moisture did some damage to the cabinetry (swelling of the particle board, even under layers of oil-based paint). Soon after we married, he decided we needed to fix the problem correctly. He went up into the attic and disassembled the ducting, brought it outside, and blew it out with his air compressor. I pushed some cleaning tool through it as well. We can't be doing this regularly! I mean preferably, never again! So, I had him put a filter -- a gallon paint strainer -- over the dryer vent where it connects to the machine. This clogs every month or so, we pull the machine out, disconnect the vent, clean the strainer, and put it back. This is still an annoying chore, but not the nightmare of dealing with the whole duct run. My husband had a cool idea, that what we need to do is sew a new, longer strainer that tapers to a skinny point, so that even when it clogs at the point, there can still be air flowing past the clogged strainer, and we should be able to go longer between cleanings. We got a new dryer last summer, and pulled the ducting out of the attic to clean it -- but it was already clean as a whistle. So, our secondary filter system has kept the duct run clean for 9 years. I found you can buy secondary lint traps with a door that opens to clean them out, but we don't have room to install the box in our laundry room, and I don't think it would work any better or be easier to clean than our homemade filter. When I redo the floor, I plan to put magic slider thingies under the dryer feet to make it easier to move in and out, plus I won't want to gouge my new floor. I have researched other solutions. People claim that solid metal vent will maintain better airflow than pleated, but I think it will still clog because we need 2 90-degree elbows to get it connected to the duct in the wall. And if it clogs, how do we pull out the machine with a non-stretching vent? If we could move the duct in the wall to match the dryer vent outlet, that would eliminate 2 elbows and would probably help... I also found you can install a secondary fan in the ducting near the exit, increasing the airspeed in long ducts so the lint won't clog. They cost $150-200, but if I never had to clean out the duct run or pull out the dryer to clean my makeshift secondary lint trap ever again, it would be well worth it. I also think that our ducting is leaky somewhere, because rooms on the other side of the wall (our master bath) get crusted with lint all the time. Finding and sealing those leaks would probably improve airspeed some, plus save me tons of work cleaning the lint all the time. I think the additional fan is the way to go. In 2 other areas where we replaced an ineffective low-cfm cheap fan with a high-cfm good one, like the hood over our cooktop, it made an amazing difference, night and day. Here is a link that might be useful: example of dryer duct fan...See MoreGranite, check. Cabinets, check. Paint color- no idea. pics
Comments (18)Get this magazine. It is such a great magazine to have on hand for any painting project. It's House Beautiful's 500 paint colors. I have Bianco Antico granite,which is close to yours, and I really love a taupe paint with it. I found that the Revere Pewter in our house was very cold and institutional. But that was my lighting. Get this magazine, there are soooo many great ideas and colors in it. Here is a link that might be useful: House Beautiful's 500 favorite paint colors...See MoreRight thinking check out lady
Comments (21)Did the bratwurst guy ask those in line if he could go ahead of them? That seems like a missing piece of what could have happened. Would anyone have said no? I think the clerk was a bit too snappy. The situation could have been handled by her more effectively, more smoothly and with a bit more dignity. Unless the bratwurst guy's other words or conduct had warranted the rudeness from the clerk. "Is this okay with you folks? Anyone in a hurry?" Had I been there in line, I would have reacted negatively to the clerk. And the "jerk" word would have come to mind to describe her....See More- 8 years ago
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Joyful I've always tried to find the giggle in everything. Here at the KT I rarely post on a controversial post. Over the years there has been truckloads of trouble derived from some threads. I've gone the opposite direction. Have even gone a little crazy at times. #halloweenpranks or #bigdaddyrat just for examples. LOL
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