Why, did you use it before me?
quote:The good news – your suit is already wet and no need to remember to lower the toilet seat.
It's just harder to Pee in your goggles while in a Wet Suit
M said:
quote:You can do better than that? Then again ...
Why, did you use it before me?
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Why is that? Does Jake have Polish ancestors?
Can you explain this post Rick. I don't understand what your reason was for the above comment?
I think this particular thread has pushed the boundaries of bad taste about as far as they will go and I don't want to be around when someone breaks through to the other side - I think it'll take more than a can of coke to clean up the subsequent mess!
GG
GG
This thread has 45 replies, while Mory’s “Fortune Cokkie III” only has 25, so it must have some interest.
It's now 46 to 39.
Make that 47 to 50, and counting.
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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
But then you'd lose a perfectly good excuse to buy and drink some Coke! Isn't orange juice acidic, too?
I would need more of an excuse than that to drink very much Coke!
All citrus fruit juices are acidic - citric acid. I buy citric acid from winemaking suppliers for cleaning brass - cheaper than lemons!
Mike, would you be willing to give me some advice since you know something about cleaning brass? My house was built in 1925 and uses the old brass hinges and skeleton key door plates. They have multiple layers of paint on one side and nothing on the other side. I've been having a really bad time trying to get the paint off without damaging the brass. Paint remover might damage the metal so I've been soaking and scraping them. It takes forever. Brass cleaner doesn't get the paint off. Would citric acid be a good choice for cleaning them?
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But then, perhaps you are much too young to have heard the expression of not touching it with a ten foot pole!
If there was ever a reason for a ....
THIS would be it!!
Falcon Gal;
Have you tried using a hot air gun? I'm not sure whether my caustic solution would effect brass or not (it eats aluminium), but I've had a lot of success with using a heat gun on painted metals, not plastics obviously.
GG
Have you tried using a hot air gun? I'm not sure whether my caustic solution would effect brass or not (it eats aluminium), but I've had a lot of success with using a heat gun on painted metals, not plastics obviously.
GG
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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
Mike, would you be willing to give me some advice since you know something about cleaning brass? My house was built in 1925 and uses the old brass hinges and skeleton key door plates. They have multiple layers of paint on one side and nothing on the other side. I've been having a really bad time trying to get the paint off without damaging the brass. Paint remover might damage the metal so I've been soaking and scraping them. It takes forever. Brass cleaner doesn't get the paint off. Would citric acid be a good choice for cleaning them?
Hi FG
I would say that scraping is likely to cause more damage than paint stripper, as the latter is usually sodium hydroxide based and will not affect brass.
As GG suggests, heating them up would probably remove the paint safely, as will a soak in cheap cellulose thinners (gun wash) from an auto paint store.
When the paint is off, give them a soak in vinegar overnight, and then scrub with a nylon brush, or some 000 steel wool if scratched.
You can then polish them with metal polish, and lacquer them if you want.
HTH
Thank you very much, Gardengnome and Mike. That sounds much easier than what I've been doing. These cut glass door knobs with brass plates look so nice that I really didn't want to replace them. Now I know what I'll be doing this week. 
Mory,
I haven't been to Italy in years but around the coliseum if you ate at a restaurant with outdoor seating they had two prices, one for standing up and one for sitting down. I found this out when I ordered a small spumoni standing up and then sat down and ate it and the bill was double.
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I haven't been to Italy in years but around the coliseum if you ate at a restaurant with outdoor seating they had two prices, one for standing up and one for sitting down. I found this out when I ordered a small spumoni standing up and then sat down and ate it and the bill was double.
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I learned that with my first slice of
PIZZA - it was large and unwieldy
so I sat at a nearby bistro table to eat it. I was immediately brought a glass of water by a waiter with a new
check for sitting at the table. Pizza is done in a big kind of natual {ln Italy} square.You indicate with hands about the the size you want and then it is put on a scale and priced. This is great if you want a sample of several kinds. or a childs portion for a finicky child. The fillings change after breakfast as do the
drinks. In the morning it's coffee - Latte - Tea - Chocolate and by noon its soda. I
think the breakfast pizza with eggs sausage and cheese is fantastic but was told it was just made for tourists. Tastes are changing and we all are drinking much more water. Italians Eat while standing but not walking. In the US you can see someone Eating, smoking, talking on a cell and even driving at the same time - with many more accidents happening. I used to be bothered by
people smoking while eating now its everyone
talking on a cell and phones ringing - and everyone talking on a phone louder than
necessary. I have a cell but turn it off while dining or with a friend or in the
theater. Eating a Pizza & talking on a cell at the same time is --------(we need a new word for it)......
PIZZA - it was large and unwieldy
so I sat at a nearby bistro table to eat it. I was immediately brought a glass of water by a waiter with a new
check for sitting at the table. Pizza is done in a big kind of natual {ln Italy} square.You indicate with hands about the the size you want and then it is put on a scale and priced. This is great if you want a sample of several kinds. or a childs portion for a finicky child. The fillings change after breakfast as do the
drinks. In the morning it's coffee - Latte - Tea - Chocolate and by noon its soda. I
think the breakfast pizza with eggs sausage and cheese is fantastic but was told it was just made for tourists. Tastes are changing and we all are drinking much more water. Italians Eat while standing but not walking. In the US you can see someone Eating, smoking, talking on a cell and even driving at the same time - with many more accidents happening. I used to be bothered by
people smoking while eating now its everyone
talking on a cell and phones ringing - and everyone talking on a phone louder than
necessary. I have a cell but turn it off while dining or with a friend or in the
theater. Eating a Pizza & talking on a cell at the same time is --------(we need a new word for it)......
quote:A local radio station asked people to call in who ate while driving. One guy said he eats a bowl of cold cereal with milk while driving to work every morning.
and even driving at the same time
Well, maybe the Harmonica is OK but a LA commuter was cited for playing his violin - the traffic was so slow. I just think it pours fuel on road rage. And once resuming speed set down the violin.
Violin?, wonder if the music was propped up across the windshield? I could play my trombone in the backseat but not the front.
I loathe people who talk on the phone whilst driving, I must admit I can just about eat anything whilst driving though
I am just the greatest at steering with my knees (although my gi-normous belly seems to get in the way at the moment).
Talking on your mobile (cell) here is very illegal, you can even get fined for eating certain items when driving.
On the news the other week, the local police got a call from a concerned driver about the lady that was breastfeeding her baby while negotiating peak hour traffic
I am just the greatest at steering with my knees (although my gi-normous belly seems to get in the way at the moment).
Talking on your mobile (cell) here is very illegal, you can even get fined for eating certain items when driving.
On the news the other week, the local police got a call from a concerned driver about the lady that was breastfeeding her baby while negotiating peak hour traffic
It’s illegal for the driver to eat, but it seems harsh for it to apply to passengers as well. Fast food drive-thru’s must be illegal – the equivalent of open container laws in the States.
I guess corn-on-the-cob and watermelon would be types of foods that would be considered illegal.
I guess corn-on-the-cob and watermelon would be types of foods that would be considered illegal.
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Originally posted by Mory:
I used to be bothered by
people smoking while eating now its everyone
talking on a cell and phones ringing
I, too, have absolutely no desire to be forced to listen to others' private conversations, even if they are running commentaries on what they are doing.
Smoking should be banned where people eat; it already is in the Republic of Ireland, and in the UK fewer places are allowing it.
If the puff-and-cough brigade want all their food and clothes to smell of bonfires - fair enough, but I do not.
People who smoke while driving usually throw lit dimps out of the car window - cyclists must love them, and those who have to clean litter up and put out moorland fires. Don't they fit ashtrays in cars now?
Ashtrays are usually next to the outlet(s) for the much needed driver-assisted electronic gadgets. It is more troubling to me that cars don’t come equipped with spittoons.
Ever see anyone smoking while riding a motorcycle (helmet laws applicable)? Too bad there aren’t more pipe smokers.
Don’t know if they still run it, but Trigger Happy had/has a very funny bit about loud conversations on cell phones.
Ever see anyone smoking while riding a motorcycle (helmet laws applicable)? Too bad there aren’t more pipe smokers.
Don’t know if they still run it, but Trigger Happy had/has a very funny bit about loud conversations on cell phones.
OLD FASHIONED PUMPKIN PIE.
This is the Pillsbury style with all the perfect smells and flavors and creamy texture like Grandma never made
Roll out your best one crust pastry or buy a frozen one, Heat Oven to 425 degrees.
In a bowl - mix 2 large or 3 medium eggs - Add a 12 oz can of evaporated milk - 3/4 cup of sugar - 1/2 tsp salt -leave out the salt if your controling your salt.
1 1/2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice - then wisk in one large 16 OZ can of Pumpkin.
Now that is simple - tip if your spice is old - use a bit more AND let the mix sit for an hour. Bake this 425 for fifteen minutes then lower to 350 for another 40 - until a knife stuck in the center comes out clean. If you want a country Maple Pie add 1/2 cup real Maple syrup and cut back the Evap Milk and In a Southern version of this after 10 minutes sprinkle on top a cruimb mix made with 1/4 cup of brown sugar - 2 tab lespoons flour -1/4 cup of butter and half cup of pecans. This Praline top is great. Let the pie cool... Real whipped cream is mandatory on top for Thanksgiving.
For those using Cool whip - mix in one small 3 oz cream cheese - 2 tsp whole milk and a tsp of grated orange peel. Thats using the small 8 Oz tub of topping.
Refrigerate-- also good with a fine
vanilla Ice Cream. If you bake in a glass dish you have to protect the pastry edge with foil during baking - but thats a good idea anyway..
Enjoy - Mory
This is the Pillsbury style with all the perfect smells and flavors and creamy texture like Grandma never made
Roll out your best one crust pastry or buy a frozen one, Heat Oven to 425 degrees.
In a bowl - mix 2 large or 3 medium eggs - Add a 12 oz can of evaporated milk - 3/4 cup of sugar - 1/2 tsp salt -leave out the salt if your controling your salt.
1 1/2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice - then wisk in one large 16 OZ can of Pumpkin.
Now that is simple - tip if your spice is old - use a bit more AND let the mix sit for an hour. Bake this 425 for fifteen minutes then lower to 350 for another 40 - until a knife stuck in the center comes out clean. If you want a country Maple Pie add 1/2 cup real Maple syrup and cut back the Evap Milk and In a Southern version of this after 10 minutes sprinkle on top a cruimb mix made with 1/4 cup of brown sugar - 2 tab lespoons flour -1/4 cup of butter and half cup of pecans. This Praline top is great. Let the pie cool... Real whipped cream is mandatory on top for Thanksgiving.
For those using Cool whip - mix in one small 3 oz cream cheese - 2 tsp whole milk and a tsp of grated orange peel. Thats using the small 8 Oz tub of topping.
Refrigerate-- also good with a fine
vanilla Ice Cream. If you bake in a glass dish you have to protect the pastry edge with foil during baking - but thats a good idea anyway..
Enjoy - Mory
Lexie, was the woman driving while breast feeding? If so, here she would certainly be arrested for child abuse because the baby must be in a rear facing car seat, preferably in the rear of the car. Her ticket would be heafty and she may end up with jail time!
Yep Mrs M - she was driving at the time.
Australia has the strictest safety standards in the world for baby related products, so she will be paying off this fine for a very long time.
Is oleo butter kinda like "I cant believe its not butter" butter?
I dont like people...was going to say guys, but sometimes I see females (wont use the term ladies)...who spit out windows or on footpaths. Disgusting. I also hate seeing the front of shops littered with cigarette butts.
2 states here have just introduced that Smoking will be banned in Niteclubs and Pubs in the next 2 years.
YAY!! I say. Nothing worse than going home stinking of cigarette smoke from a nite on the town.
When that law comes in - there wont be any places indoors (or too many public outdoor areas) where you can smoke.
Australia has the strictest safety standards in the world for baby related products, so she will be paying off this fine for a very long time.
Is oleo butter kinda like "I cant believe its not butter" butter?
I dont like people...was going to say guys, but sometimes I see females (wont use the term ladies)...who spit out windows or on footpaths. Disgusting. I also hate seeing the front of shops littered with cigarette butts.
2 states here have just introduced that Smoking will be banned in Niteclubs and Pubs in the next 2 years.
YAY!! I say. Nothing worse than going home stinking of cigarette smoke from a nite on the town.
When that law comes in - there wont be any places indoors (or too many public outdoor areas) where you can smoke.
Many states have smoking bans in all public places, including bars. It was a little bit of a culture shock to move to NC where it is not yet so.
Spitting, I have never quite understood. Must be a nervous habit because I don't feel the need while driving down the street or walking down the sidewalk. Maybe women loose the urge to spit when as infants, they are potty trained??!!
Spitting, I have never quite understood. Must be a nervous habit because I don't feel the need while driving down the street or walking down the sidewalk. Maybe women loose the urge to spit when as infants, they are potty trained??!!
quote:NC is a major tobacco growing state, so while it remains so, it is unlikely all the bans that may be passed in other states will ever see the light of day in NC!
Many states have smoking bans in all public places, including bars. It was a little bit of a culture shock to move to NC where it is not yet so.
That is true, Jabber, of course! But you know what is funny? I see fields and fields of cotton growing, not tobacco! I wonder if they are slowly replacing their crop?
For some, their driving is similar to their parenting – they go from one accident to the next.
Given enough laws, no one will have to decide, just remember.
Odd to consider the past “bans” in some states and the struggles, as well as the suffering, they have caused.
Given enough laws, no one will have to decide, just remember.
Odd to consider the past “bans” in some states and the struggles, as well as the suffering, they have caused.
Some day I hope to see a road sign that says, "You decide".
Montana has been a you decide state -with narrow 2 lane roads and unlimited speeds. Few laws and fewer police - But the sheriff and his posse are just around the bend. Tourists really get a surprise when they decide to speed across a bridge only to realize its only one lane and a car is coming at them. New York is almost all two lanes except when the road passes under a train crossing its only one. When transporting a child anything distracting the driver should be ilegal. They haven't been able to widen roads going under tracks as the railroads usually own the right of way These are local county roads and they don't have the money to fight the railroads. The state condemns property in the public interest all the time to widen state roads - even bypass whole towns.
If you have ever seen a seat air- bag deployed you would never let a child sit in front.
If you have ever seen a seat air- bag deployed you would never let a child sit in front.
I think the safety experts recommend putting young children in a child car seat and putting them in the back seat to avoid the air bag problem.
Child car seats are required here by law for children under a certain size, age, and weight. Unfortunately (in my opinion) this law can't be enforced on the Indian reservations and I see a lot of kids riding in the backs of pickup trucks. Many times there is no adult back there with them. Pickup trucks are the most common type of vehicle on the reservations and more than once I've been behind a pickup with a young child leaning over the side. This scares me to death!!!
Child car seats are required here by law for children under a certain size, age, and weight. Unfortunately (in my opinion) this law can't be enforced on the Indian reservations and I see a lot of kids riding in the backs of pickup trucks. Many times there is no adult back there with them. Pickup trucks are the most common type of vehicle on the reservations and more than once I've been behind a pickup with a young child leaning over the side. This scares me to death!!!
"If you have ever seen a seat air- bag deployed you would never let a child sit in front. "
When I was in Biloxi a couple of years ago, a lady had her grandchild, about 5 years old, in front. She hit a curb while parking and the passenger airbag deployed, killing him!
Falcon, many states have no law against riding in the bed of a pickup! Unconscionable!
When I was in Biloxi a couple of years ago, a lady had her grandchild, about 5 years old, in front. She hit a curb while parking and the passenger airbag deployed, killing him!
Falcon, many states have no law against riding in the bed of a pickup! Unconscionable!
Spitting is really encouraged by chewing a chaw of tobacco. I had to buy a spitoon for near my pool table. Since few people
hit it I potted it with cactus. Now they spit on the cactus or in the ash trays. One chrome ashtray has had the finish completly eatin off - toxic stuff...
I dump all the ash trays in a crock and pour it in soil when planting spring
bulbs -the moles and squirels hate it and
have even used it on plants for aphids slugs and white fly.
My newest find is bounce dryer sheets -
bugs and small animals hate it. I am planting strips of it with bulbs and tying strips inside branches of my small pine trees - to keep the deer from munching them bare. This winter I am doing a test with the bounce sheets wrapped around the small fruit trees.
The dryer sheets are expensive but have found a generic brand at Aldee and it seems to have the same chemical. I planted used dryer sheets with my Dahlias this year and got two plants six feet tall with blooms ten inches across. When I dug tubers they were clean and double in size. So the tobacco juice is history.
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hit it I potted it with cactus. Now they spit on the cactus or in the ash trays. One chrome ashtray has had the finish completly eatin off - toxic stuff...
I dump all the ash trays in a crock and pour it in soil when planting spring
bulbs -the moles and squirels hate it and
have even used it on plants for aphids slugs and white fly.
My newest find is bounce dryer sheets -
bugs and small animals hate it. I am planting strips of it with bulbs and tying strips inside branches of my small pine trees - to keep the deer from munching them bare. This winter I am doing a test with the bounce sheets wrapped around the small fruit trees.
The dryer sheets are expensive but have found a generic brand at Aldee and it seems to have the same chemical. I planted used dryer sheets with my Dahlias this year and got two plants six feet tall with blooms ten inches across. When I dug tubers they were clean and double in size. So the tobacco juice is history.
Sorry still no correction icon. or word from Infopop as to where they went.
Good tip, Mory! I like to put one of the sheets in each drawer and closet also. It keeps spiders , etc. out and smells good also.
It's hard to imagine but Oleo created in 1877 is still around. The new butter substitutes are mostly spreads with yogurt
whipped into them which gives the butter flavor - but they still run about 5% fat. I had the Brummel product on fresh corn this fall it was fantastic. But my VA dietician ask me to go back to butter.
So I am using butter again - just less..
whipped into them which gives the butter flavor - but they still run about 5% fat. I had the Brummel product on fresh corn this fall it was fantastic. But my VA dietician ask me to go back to butter.
So I am using butter again - just less..
Driving a car requires a person to past a test – not true for parenting and voting. Perhaps parenting and voting are considered harmless activities.
On the other hand, it somehow seems a pity that there’s so many “unqualified” parents which require that there be laws to protect these parents’ children from their parents. Maybe another urban myth, but it seems like I’ve heard that child can sue their parents. Gives a new meaning to Planned Parenthood. Perhaps some day parents will be able to sue their kids because of the stress the children put their parents through. Perhaps children should come with a money-back guarantee, or even a 90 day trial.
On the other hand, it somehow seems a pity that there’s so many “unqualified” parents which require that there be laws to protect these parents’ children from their parents. Maybe another urban myth, but it seems like I’ve heard that child can sue their parents. Gives a new meaning to Planned Parenthood. Perhaps some day parents will be able to sue their kids because of the stress the children put their parents through. Perhaps children should come with a money-back guarantee, or even a 90 day trial.
No amount of legislation will ever replace common sense.
Instead of all the laws to protect us from morons, and morons from themselves, they should just make it against the law to be a moron.
When issued a drivers license, they should also issue a paintball gun. If you see someone doing something stupid, take aim and fire. Of course it would have to operate on the honor system, so that may be a bit of a snag, but to many colors on a car or the person... they get a ticket for being stupid.
To bad that what should be, and what could be are so different.
When issued a drivers license, they should also issue a paintball gun. If you see someone doing something stupid, take aim and fire. Of course it would have to operate on the honor system, so that may be a bit of a snag, but to many colors on a car or the person... they get a ticket for being stupid.
To bad that what should be, and what could be are so different.