Since we've been talking about stains, I thought I would share a cat-
urine removal recipe I got from another list -- and which my SIL used
with great success.
Take 1 cup vinegar, one cup hydrogen peroxide and 1 cup baking soda.
Mix it all together and work it into the carpet. TEST A SPOT IN
When I was a child, among the poems I learned was
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Anybody else know this poem -- any basis in fact?
Susan Webster
Ohio
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What a treat to get 2 digests in one day.
But my take on the Archaic Saying is that the M sound of muddy is
intended (working toward mother) -- just a little surprised that we
are talking about pitch instead of fish as that would seem to supply
the invective not suitable for the ears of
At one time, the head of Internal Audit where my father worked was
Budinski.
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Hello, is this here the Sheriff's Office?
Yes. What can I do for you?
I'm calling to report my neighbor, Virgil Smith. He's drillin' holes in
his farwood and hiding marijuana inside!
Thank you very much for the call, sir.
The next day, the Sheriff and his six deputies descend on Virgil's
I have an Excel file (not of my creation) that solves these miserable
puzzles gg. It is 768 KB or, if you can un-RAR it, 136KB.
If you want it, let me know (and whether to send the RAR version).
Susan Webster
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My mother lives in a home and the home classifies her as being in
independent living. She has a room with private 1/2 bath and she and
two others in her suite share a shower. There are 12 people in the
particular house that she is in and there are perhaps 10 houses in all
-- several giving
There is a woman named Parlin (first name) who makes the most tasty
and interesting shortbread -- about 1/4 inch think and no loft -- in
other words, looks like pie crust.
She is unwilling to give out her recipe ... which adds to the challenge.
I mention her name because I wonder if it might
...about a book by Judith McNaught called Waters Edge.
from web page: http://www.mcnaughtized.com/faqbooks.html
Despite various flagrantly incorrect assertions circulating all over
the internet, Water's Edge was never published. Judith was halfway
through writing it when, according to
Saw a “professional” painting the other day...
Take a piece of plastic (half a garbage bag will do nicely), and lay it
across the roller pan. Push the plastic into the “corners” of the
roller pan as best you can-—won’t fit exactly, of course since the
plastic is 2-dimensional and the roller
Sorry to be behind ...
What continues to tickle my fancy is that
in selling a house, for example,
a new furnace is newer than a newer furnace.
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You may recall from school days the concept of collective nouns -- a
gaggle of geese, a herd of sheep, buffalo, or elephants, or a murder of
crows.
The game is to make up your own. In a group such as this with varying
backgrounds, I thought we might get some goodies.
Possible examples
What lovely sentiments, David. I had almost decided it was an effort
that I would put aside till another time, but you've put a new light on
the subject.
It goes beyond documenting facts. It goes to who I am and why I do the
things I do. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to
Does anyone know the magic of finding the date of Easter 1953?
That would be plain old protestant Easter in US, if it makes a difference.
Thanks,
Susan Webster
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I can't think of the word at the moment, but *my mother told me*
this was something a lady would wear over her hat and tied at the neck
to keep from losing the hat (probably when motoring?). If Mother is in
good form when I see her today, I will ask her what they are called but
IMHO is it
Yet again I call upon the resources of y'all.
We are preparing to sell my Mother's house and there is a large yellow
rectangle on the grey vinyl wallhanging where a picture used to be.
We've tried water with Ivory liquid, Clorox, Murphy's Oil soap and
combinations of the above. It is dimmer,
This is a true story from the Word Perfect Helpline which was
transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department.
Needless to say the HelpDesk employee was fired; however, he/she is
currently suing the Word Perfect organization for Termination without
Cause. This is actual
Here is a link for those who would appreciate seeing a marionette
operated by an artist. Recommended for those with broad band only.
Also, it won't come up in Netscape. But paste the link into IE and
enjoy. If you get there, watch to the end.
Forwarded (with the permission of the author) from WeaveTech
Yahoo is now using something called Web Beacons to track Yahoo
Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where you
are going..similar to cookies''
You can choose to opt out of this.
Take a look at their updated privacy
I live in NE Ohio -- about 60 miles in from both the N and E borders.
About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about 20
miles north of here--and were prevalent. No one I knew had ever seen
black squirrels before. Now there are black squirrels where I
live--both black
I have just been give a handkerchief from about 1900 (maybe a little
earlier). Probably needle lace (one more knowledgeable than I would
know)-- lace border on all sides about 3 to 4 inches deep is in very
good condition. The part that is not the border is, however, worn thin
and ripped. I
Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Mexico City. One
has a cross in front of him, the other one the 'Star of David'. Many
people go by and look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat
of the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest comes by, stops and
watches
A friend of mine, male, age 63, has blood tested monthly (cumadin) and
said that at his last visit his pressure has gone from a consistent
reading of 130/110 to 190/110. He is at a loss to know what might be
causing this and I wonder if anyone from the diverse backgrounds
represented here
I heard it as. . .
A, B, C D goldfish
L, M N O goldfish
S A R.
AB, C D goldfish?
M R no goldfish.
S M R.
And then there's
He had afford
Erased her
Erector
He's hurt
Anaylsis too
Infectious dead
Susan Webster
Canton, Ohio
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John, where Jack had had had, had had had had; had had had had a
better effect on the teacher.
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I just reserved Eats Shoots and Leaves at library -- made me recall a
punctuation problem from years gone by -- includes 11 consecutive uses
of had.
Punctuate the following to make an understandable sentence:
John where Jack had had had had had had had had had had had a better
effect on the
I don't remember where this came from, but its on-topic.
http://www.sydes.net/jokes/flash/beer.swf
(I can also tell you my brother did not think it was funny :))
Susan Webster
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Somewhere in the deep recesses of my memory, there's a half-buried idea
that each other and one another are *not* the same thing, and are
used differently. I seem to remember being taught that one's used when
the interraction is limited to two only, and the other's used when
there's a bigger
Thought this was amusing and ya'll might enjoy as well. My Mother's
best friend is a woman about 10 years her junior, who comes from a
proper southern family but now lives near Mother.
Mother said that her friend had come for dinner and commented that the
cobwebs in the lampshade sparkled so
You may recall that I got some responses after reporting results and
decided to recompile with data received thru 1/31. Here are the final
results (original totals shown in parenthesis). Total participants 52
(42); females 40(31), males 12(11). Number who make no effort at order
13(11);
I've had a number of responses since I thought I had all had all the
answers I was going to get, so ... I will redo numbers using anything I
have by Sat (1/31) and report again.
Susan Webster
Canton, Ohio
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Thank you all for your help. As one of the 25% who make no effort
toward consistency within the closet, this has been educational and fun.
I had no idea it could matter so much to so many.
This all started due to an off-hand comment within my family. When it
grew to the point where a survey
Im conducting a survey. All help welcome provided only one person
maintains the closet in question. If you happen to have two closets
maintained by two different people, it would be great to have a response
from each owner.
Definition: For a garment to face left, the front of the garment
My SIL is manager of small department store in US chain, and she
remarked in passing that given a choice of going around something to
the left or right, people tend to go right. Thinking about this, I
wonder if it is related to handedness, or the fact that in this country
we drive on the
The knitter's frogs go rip it, rip it, rip it...
and thus when a knitter says she is frogging, she is ripping out stitches.
Susan Webster
Canton, Ohio
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I received an infected email last night from [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
sbcglobal.net being my server. The message said there was some
important info about my account in the attachment.
I deleted the mail without downloading (thank you, Mailwasher), but
thought I should tell y'all of this new trick
Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies 1.5 cups unbleached whole wheat flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 banana
1/4 cup soy or oat milk
3/4 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips
1.25 cups old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked
A thousand thank-you'S.
What I now believe is that it is virus (or trojan) called R-Reboot.
Apparently one characteristic is that it puts rundll32 in startup
directory and maybe that is what makes it want to reboot all the time.
What I read today says it loops thru a routine that causes
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