Friday, February 27, 2015
I don't understand why everyone around here is grousing about what a bad winter this has been. I absolutely understand why people to the north and east of central NJ would feel that way --- they've been slammed. But it hasn't been that way here.
Yeah, we've had some snow fall almost every week since early January, but we've measured it in single digit inches, usually 2 or 3, 5 or 6 at the most. And in between, we've had enough sun to mostly melt it, so there's not more than maybe six inches remaining on the ground.
Yeah, the temperatures are lower than usual, but I don't think we've gone negative yet, the few teens have been only during the night. We've had little wind, and lots of sun.
So yeah, it's winter, but I don't think it has been that bad around here.
I don't understand.
Maybe people see on TV that it's so bad in other areas, so they feel they should have the right to complain, too?
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
4016 Hair
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
My hair is getting long. It's now to my mid-back. Last summer it was so thick and shiny (ack! no spellcheck on the notebook pad whatever this thing is!). For the last six months or so, it's been shedding heavily. The long stuff is getting thin. There's a lot of new baby hair near the scalp, but that's no help. Hope, but no help.
People will say to just cut it short and then it will be thick again.
I DON'T WANT TO CUT IT!!!! (Lying on floor and kicking heels.)
My hair is in excellent condition. I don't have a single split end or shaft break on my entire head. I've been so careful. No heat, ever. No French barettes. No bare rubber bands. No rollers. No dyes. No bobby pins.
I've always preferred my hair long, no bangs, and I figure now is my last chance to GO FOR IT! I want to be able to sit on it before I die. I want to be that old lady in the grocery store with the hair down to her ass and the hippie headband!
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The one complaint I have about my hair is that it doesn't shine unless it's straight. It has an odd texture, not wavy or curly or straight --- it crinkles. No other word for it. Seen against the sun, I have a corona. So if I want it to look really nice, I have to straighten it somehow.
How, without heat?
I found a way. Vacuum cleaner!
I sometimes dry it with the vacuum cleaner, with the doflinky open for a gentle suction. Not often, just for special occasions. I happen to have a piece of hose extension that has never been used, so it's clean inside. Does a great job getting from damp to smooth and dry, without heat.
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My hair is getting long. It's now to my mid-back. Last summer it was so thick and shiny (ack! no spellcheck on the notebook pad whatever this thing is!). For the last six months or so, it's been shedding heavily. The long stuff is getting thin. There's a lot of new baby hair near the scalp, but that's no help. Hope, but no help.
People will say to just cut it short and then it will be thick again.
I DON'T WANT TO CUT IT!!!! (Lying on floor and kicking heels.)
My hair is in excellent condition. I don't have a single split end or shaft break on my entire head. I've been so careful. No heat, ever. No French barettes. No bare rubber bands. No rollers. No dyes. No bobby pins.
I've always preferred my hair long, no bangs, and I figure now is my last chance to GO FOR IT! I want to be able to sit on it before I die. I want to be that old lady in the grocery store with the hair down to her ass and the hippie headband!
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The one complaint I have about my hair is that it doesn't shine unless it's straight. It has an odd texture, not wavy or curly or straight --- it crinkles. No other word for it. Seen against the sun, I have a corona. So if I want it to look really nice, I have to straighten it somehow.
How, without heat?
I found a way. Vacuum cleaner!
I sometimes dry it with the vacuum cleaner, with the doflinky open for a gentle suction. Not often, just for special occasions. I happen to have a piece of hose extension that has never been used, so it's clean inside. Does a great job getting from damp to smooth and dry, without heat.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
4015 Seat up, seat down
Sunday, February 22, 2015
"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
-- Thomas Carlyle --
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Toilet seat up or down has never been an issue in any house I've ever lived in, because I have one simple rule that is not open to compromise, and every person I have ever lived with has come to see the wisdom of that rule and agree with it.
The Rule:
1. Except for when the toilet is in use, the lid is closed.
2. The lid is always closed before flushing.
The advantages:
- Not a temptation for small humans.
- Not a water bowl or drowning pool for beasties.
- No flush spray filling the air and settling on toothbrushes etc.
- Seat available for sitting, drying feet, setting things down, whatever.
- Neat and clean appearance.
- The Rule requires the exact same effort from both sexes; no one can complain about feeling put upon or disrespected.
Plus there's something inherently ugly and distasteful about the sight of an open toilet glimpsed through a doorway.
I don't understand why the "seat up seat down" argument even exists. it seems stupid when such a simple solution exists.
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"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
-- Thomas Carlyle --
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Toilet seat up or down has never been an issue in any house I've ever lived in, because I have one simple rule that is not open to compromise, and every person I have ever lived with has come to see the wisdom of that rule and agree with it.
The Rule:
1. Except for when the toilet is in use, the lid is closed.
2. The lid is always closed before flushing.
The advantages:
- Not a temptation for small humans.
- Not a water bowl or drowning pool for beasties.
- No flush spray filling the air and settling on toothbrushes etc.
- Seat available for sitting, drying feet, setting things down, whatever.
- Neat and clean appearance.
- The Rule requires the exact same effort from both sexes; no one can complain about feeling put upon or disrespected.
Plus there's something inherently ugly and distasteful about the sight of an open toilet glimpsed through a doorway.
I don't understand why the "seat up seat down" argument even exists. it seems stupid when such a simple solution exists.
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