Sticker shock, $54 for a pair of socks!
caflowerluver
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skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
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September 13, 2007
Comments (15)Oh what a delightful contribution this morning, Pidge. Your quotes from Emerson were top drawer, but the natives at the party this week want Bombeck and Chocolate. I'm in that mood too. Too many weeks of fighting droughths and heat I think and we're in mental rebellion. I don't, nor never shall (double negative?) understand the washer/sock phenomenon. Both hubby and I agreed ten years ago to buy only one style sock for everyday wear. They're all matches now except our few pair of dress socks. The odd sock still pops up without a mate, but if we wait long enough there'll be another one. We call this lonely sock our emergency sock. LOL. I noticed my weight slowly climbing up the last month or so and nipped that one in the bud pronto before it became an issue. It's a lot easier to lose ten than thirty. When the weather gets a little cooler I think most humans go into a state of preparing for hibernation. Never mind we don't hibernate, rofl, perhaps it's built into our prehistoric mitochondrial dna. I went looking for chocolate chips last night when marketing and was sticker shocked. The price has at least doubled since I last stocked up on them three years ago. I had at least twelve pounds of them in my freezer then....See MoreQuestions for owners of Bosch Nexxt 500 Series washers
Comments (50)After 2+ years of ownership now I will say I would easily buy this machine again... That said I have had 2 service calls... the first time the pump stopped... it was replaced and it's run great ever since...until I washed a rubber backed bath rug and the backing fell apart into crumbs and plugged the line... service cleaned that out for me and it's been great ever since... now that second time was entirely my fault... I knew the backing was old and delicate... but I was trying to push one last wash and a month or so out of the rug... dumb move... Personally the only 'guts' I've gotten near is to open the round 'access' on the bottom front which allows you to open the clean out prior to the pump... when I've checked there (other than with the rug incident) there is never anything of consequence... and it's solely been an 'execrise' in how to do it... That said... be aware that a small item (kids socks, small panties, etc) will occassionally end up in the gasket by the door, and then you have to decide if you're going to hold onto it for another load, or give it a good squeeze out and toss it into the dryer... I have found if I put this type of item in the washer first when loading the problem does not occur as often... maybe once per month or two... not great, but not a deal breaker in my mind. From comments some have posted here is seems that some bosch models do not have a spin option on the dial any longer, so I'd watch for that as IF you end up unbalanced you can get a 'soggy' load at the end and then you just need to re-spin the load after rearranging it... again, not frequent maybe I've done this 3-4 times in 2+ years??? but if you don't have the option to select only a spin, you'd have to rewash needlessly. If you don't currently have a fl machine, be aware, cycles are longer... I find my typical normal regular wash time is about 1 hour per load, unless I select the 'quick' wash of ~25 minutes. good luck with whatever you end up with....See MoreWhat are your arrangements?
Comments (60)This is one of the most unusual and best threads I've read on any forum, anywhere. It is helpful, thoughtful, and in some places funny! Am going to save it. I agree that people should plan and pre-pay their arrangements. If death is sudden the survivors will be in shock, and should not have to make quick decisions. Also, I think that as our parents paid our way into this world, we should pay our way out. DH and I got ourselves motivated and did this four years ago, with the local mortuary picking up the body and managing everything through cremation and handing over the remains. No one will have to do any thinking about "what to do". The mortuary belongs to a country-wide group, so wherever we die. we'll be taken care of. At the time I was shocked at the cost - $3,000 for each of us - but having read various costs here, I feel better. It is a very nice mortuary (on the Monterey Peninsula, where everything is pricey), friends have used it, and I feel secure in their hands, so to speak. :) We would like to be scattered together in the Columbia River, at a beautiful, remote place midway between the homes of our children. However, reading this thread has me rethinking a bit. Would our boys enjoy a road trip to experience our Midwestern roots, from the Missouri River to Lake Michigan? Have also thought about music to go with a picnic, from Beethoven to Elvis (Blue Moon of Kentucky) and Bette Midler (The Rose). I have found that planning, paying, and sharing with our children has been soooo helpful and comforting, even though the kids don't really want to talk about it....See MoreAny Advice Re Modern-Aire Range Hoods?
Comments (40)marthavila: sounds like a good decision based on good advice. All the cfm junkies on GW are nodding their heads. Both changes will reduce noise: the duct upsizing reduces the airflow turbulence, and as you note, the larger blower may run at a lower speed with same cfm output as a smaller unit running harder. The latter is particularly true if you do have a continuously variable fan speed control so you can "fine tune" the blower to what you're cooking. I have a somewhat different take than trailrunner however, on the issue of airflow speed and grease handling. In general, the concept of a well-designed hood is to trap the grease before it enters the ductwork. Once it's in the ductwork, all is pretty well lost, especially if the duct run is at all long. Much of the grease will end up on the duct walls, never to be removed again. As a result, different hoods use different systems to trap grease. There is the Ventahood "squirrel cage" system, which uses a centrifugal fan that theoretically flings the grease particles into the fan housing, where it is trapped, while the air continues up into the ductwork. There is the mesh filter system, which is similar to what is used in most (barely useful) recirculating hoods and UC MW/hood units. The air flows through a metal mesh that is supposed to trap the grease particles. Then there are the baffle systems. These use a system of alternating U-shaped baffles that force the air to make two abrupt 180 degree turns before heading out the duct. At each turn, the grease particles that fail to negotiate the tight turn are trapped by the baffles (and shameless bias--the polished stainless steel baffles on our new MA hood are gorgeous! Almost too pretty to hide under a hood). High airflow speeds likely do not increase grease trapping efficiency: I could imagine that overly high airflow might even facilitate more grease making it past whatever filter system is being used. The reason that high cfm are desirable is not so much to whisk grease out the ductwork, which is unlikely, but to exhaust as much of the fumes/smoke/odor/grease from the temporary confinement in the body of the hood before it can spill back out of the hood into the kitchen. The combination of large capture area, a deep hood, and a high cfm blower should give maximum f/s/o/g evacuation. But totally concur with trailrunner's advice about starting the hood early and letting it run afterwards. Definitely will help....See More
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