27th July 2011, 04:48 AM
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"I got the weeds in my planter box blues
those damn things grown when I snooze It really annoys me, I'm just about to light the fuze That's why gardening is hard, no matter what happens I lose" - Blind Mellon Larsen 
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27th July 2011, 03:50 PM
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Oh, god, oh god.... The train home was packed-no open seats-and the AC was broken. It's 90 and muggy outside.
 I came home and walked straight into the shower. Work was insane--3 meetings and one volunteer activity (serving lunch to employees). I'm tired. Yesterday was so nice out, weather-wise, and now we are back to this crap. When is summer over? Soon, please?
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27th July 2011, 04:28 PM
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Pics or it didn't happen!
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27th July 2011, 05:53 PM
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We are having a nice thunderstorm here. Much cooler now.
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27th July 2011, 06:32 PM
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Damn it! I opened a can of Diet Coke and I don't know where I put it!
I've got spaghetti meat sauce cooking and soon will boil some thin s'getti noodles to go along with the meat sauce. Mr. Taters asked me to cook it. I really didn't want to, but it's not like it's all that difficult; so I did it. Work was frustrating, but then it always is, I don't know why I keep expecting it to change. I must be insane. My son went out and purchased a dorm foot locker and he's out looking at laptops too, so he can tell us what he wants. My plan is to take a little cash out of my home equity line of credit to help ease the pain a little in our checking account. I didn't really want to touch it, but I gotta eat and pay bills too. It's hot in here, but I think it I only feel that way because I've been cooking. Tomorrow is my Friday and I'm very happy about that. My daughter asked Friday was my RDO and when I answered in the affirmative, she asked if she could bribe me to dye her hair. I told her I'd be happy to do it and to just let me know when she's coming down. I hope the easement/title issues can be worked out, Ninety. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and sending all the good vibes I can. Well, I better check on the water for the noodles. Man, I am just not hungry today. I better eat though, because dinner will be the only food I've eaten today.
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27th July 2011, 06:59 PM
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Well, Pratchett gave me quite the scare this morning--managed to bull his way through his enclosure and was nowhere to be found. Went out back, sure enough he'd managed to climb his way up onto the bookshelves and out into the cat run, probably fell off the catwalk since his back legs are still way wibbly and couldn't get back in. Had to schlep him back around the house into the library again, bitching and wriggling to beat the band. Figured if he can do THAT he can at least make a stab at litter box so I put one in there and he keeps going in but can only squeeze out a little drop on his own like an old man with prostate troubles. He does it every time he sees me, I guess he's hoping to avoid the squeezing but that's still what's moving things along for him. He's very happy to have something to dig around in though, he's a very excavational cat.
 Had a good day at work today, no disconnects, yay! I've been sweating it hard because last week I had several days in a row where I was firmly on the disco train and my numbers were sucking--as in "no commission for YOU" level suckage. The reporting tool updated to last Saturday and that was a good enough day that now I'm back in commission territory and if I can bust ass tomorrow and Saturday I might be able to get another ride on the gravy train, w00t. So, who's fixing me dinner tonight? 
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27th July 2011, 07:24 PM
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Kinesis is busily fixing dinner now, Aleq- how long til you can get down here?
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27th July 2011, 08:44 PM
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Back from the gym, had a shower and now the Diclofenac is spreading warm joy throughout my elbows.
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27th July 2011, 09:19 PM
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I twiddled with my truck more. The hoop I put in to support the canopy wasn't quite high enough, and also the dent in the top needed a wider base of support. I fixd'd both problems by sliding in a 2 x 3 ft chunk of 1/2" plywood between the hoop and the top. Of course it had to be sanded sorta smooth and painted black first. I had to do the 'Atlas shrugged' pose and really shove to get the plywood in there. But now the top is smooth and solid.
Then I made a little 2x4 A frame to go between a jack in the bed and the canopy. I used that to jack up one end at a time, scrape off all the old gunk, and stick on some new foam weather stripping. While I was at it, I sealed up a couple corners with goop and painted a few more details. Of course the edge banding around the bottom of the canopy decided to start coming off, and by the time I was done I had peeled it all off, scraped off the old gunk, and glued it back with super duper contact cement. After I got the canopy set down exactly where I want it, I bolted it to the bed rails in eight places. It's a 4x4 that gets tipped over pretty far sometimes, and I don't want that fucker coming loose on me. It had better be water tight after all this. It doesn't look bad at all, but it's not the same color as the truck. I can still paint it to match the truck without too much trouble, though. All I have to do is unbolt it and slide it back a few feet. Then mask off the truck with a drop cloth and go for it. But right now I think I'll get busy on the valve adjustment, the front brakes, and perhaps front shocks. I need to get at least another 100K miles out of this one, and with a little maintenance it should be no problemo.
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28th July 2011, 03:19 AM
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MORE rain. More heat. More humidity.
Ugh.
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28th July 2011, 04:19 AM
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28th July 2011, 05:02 AM
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Hot, humid, plus ants in the fragging dishwasher. I sprinkled black pepper on the floor to direct the ants into the baits, and dumped white vinegar into the dishwasher to persuade the ants to KEEP THE FUCK OUT.
How do I sanitize the dishwasher? Right now I'm thinking I scrub it down with kitchen disinfectant wipes, then run a full cycle with soap. I think the full cycle with soap will also suffice to kasher the dishwasher. How do I make sure the ants stay the fuck away? I left a message for the condo property manager last night, asking about the exterminator.
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28th July 2011, 05:06 AM
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IIRC, cinnamon works to keep ants away. You're supposed to put a line of it down by the doors, along the bottom edge. They don't like it and will stay away.
Of course, an exterminator is always good, too.
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28th July 2011, 05:12 AM
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Don't you have to heat the dishwasher to a red heat to purify it?
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28th July 2011, 05:23 AM
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@Burnt Toast: My research showed that strong-smelling spices disrupt ants' scent trails, the stronger the better. Hence cinnamon, garlic cloves, black or cayenne pepper, fresh mint leaves, etc.
@Solfy: Thanks for the tip. I'll run a rinse cycle after cleaning out the dishwasher and getting any remaining ants out. Then... @Wolf: I would if the innards were bare metal. For the kind I have, I need to put a mix of olive oil and sheep's blood on certain spots.
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28th July 2011, 05:32 AM
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28th July 2011, 05:43 AM
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 There are no commercial vendors of sheep's blood that have the necessary kashrut supervision. All I've been able to find is the frozen stuff, and for purification usage the blood has to be fresh.
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28th July 2011, 06:13 AM
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A couple of decades ago, something happened that was sad, but had a funny aspect. A large kosher slaughtering house in Pennsylvania closed down, putting 70-odd Rabbis out of work. That was the sad part. The funny part was a picture of the line at the unemployment office. Yup. all seventy+ in line to file for benefits.
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28th July 2011, 06:34 AM
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You all may or may not remember that I was "referred" for two jobs last April. I interviewed for one and never heard a peep about the second one.
I was referred for both jobs April 13th. A couple of days ago, I went into our "Answer" system just to check things out and found out they had cancelled the recruitment on the second job. Effective date? 13 July!! Three months! I'm not surprised, because this organization is in a bit of a financial crunch. Still, I look nearly every day because I want out. Saw a job that had promotion potential and that I probably would have qualified for, but unfortunately, it was open only to employees of that particular federal organization. I have a serious case of the donwannas and dongiveadamns today. I will have to pull myself up by my straps though and tackle my work.
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28th July 2011, 06:50 AM
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Ben, I discovered that cinnamon does more than just disrupt trails, I sprinkled it on a couple carpenter ants and they acted like it was a magnifying glass in the Mojave. Then they died. It was awesome. I freaking HATE carpenter ants and I get a bunch of them going through every year--but not THIS year. Because I'm a Cinnamon Girl!
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28th July 2011, 07:12 AM
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I did some searches. Cinnamon and other finely ground powders apparently clog ants' pores, causing them to suffocate.
So black pepper to disrupt their scent, cinnamon to suffocate them, both directing the smart ones into the ant baits to kill the colony.
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28th July 2011, 03:26 PM
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Plan B.
Or maybe plan Z. My head hurts. The car purchase has gotten complicated. I hate my life.
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28th July 2011, 03:59 PM
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I made myself a little steak, some fries and corn on the cob for supper. It was most excellent.
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28th July 2011, 04:35 PM
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Well damn, rigs. That sucks. I hope you can get it squared away.
It's my Friday! Woot! Freedom from the suckage pit for three days! I'm not happy about that; nooooo, not at all!  One of the dogs, and I'm sure the culprit was Brandi, went nuts in the kennel today. There were three big holes, all new. So, I grabbed rocks aplenty, put them in the holes and then filled them the rest of the way with dirt. I'll have to get dinner going in a bit. It'll be leftover spaghetti. It's always better the next day, anyway. I also need to hop on the treadmill.
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28th July 2011, 04:55 PM
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taters: Scoop up the dog poop and put that in the hole and then dirt. They won't dig there again!
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28th July 2011, 07:57 PM
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Lovely evening, but the bugs were out. Almost managed to ride fast enough not to get bit.
Almost.
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28th July 2011, 09:05 PM
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Just had to go see TO after work, been missing my bebeh so very much. He's finally been approved to get tubes in his ears next month, hooray! I've been concerned about his language acquisition, with as communicative as he is he should be more verbal by now. He's also teething again, which is amazing because I swear he has like a hundred teeth! Which I got to see up close because I wouldn't let him stand on a wooden chair and rock it back and forth so he hauled off and bit me, the little beast. He was way tired and cranky and he's getting that defiance thing going, whacking the dog with his drumsticks and smacking the tv with his grubby little mitts. He's still ridiculously adorable even when he's being bratty, quite the talent.
Sorry you're having troubles, Rigs, anything we can help with? Fingers crossed, Ninety!
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29th July 2011, 05:48 AM
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My dear bride and I are still figuring out this whole "OMG we're married! We live together now!" thing. I haven't had a meat meal at home since the wedding, as we have dairy dishes about. See also the ant issue. Last night I baked tuna steaks, basted with teriyaki sauce. My bride asked for steak sauce -- and was pleasantly shocked when I had not one but two varieties (regular and "bold"). Commentary ensued about steaks, preferences, kashrut, and the tradition to not eat meat during the Nine Days (so named because it's the first nine days of the lunar month of Av beginning Sunday evening, through the Black Fast of 9 Av). So in two weeks I may get the privilege of broiling steaks for my bride! With fresh steamed corn of course. This guy is going nom nom ->  eta @ Wolf Larsen: One of the many things we loved about Hawai`i is that there were few to no swarming biting insects!
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29th July 2011, 05:54 AM
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scuba ben - being married is awesome, you get to do so many fun things together. (In addition to that.)
Sqweee! My Phaleonopsis is putting out a new leaf! I think I may re-pot it this fall and then see if I can convince it to bloom again. Blooming is really metabolically expensive, so I've been letting it rest and grow for a while.
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29th July 2011, 07:57 AM
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- Put dog poop in the hole, cover with dirt - Put cayenne pepper in the hole, cover with dirt Note, this can and does backfire if your dog likes hot spicy food. Our Siberian Husky dug up the whole damn yard after we tried this one, looking for more Cayenne Pepper, and boy was he pissed that there wasn't any more. - Put BBQ ash in the hole, cover with dirt Worked on 2 of our dogs. Jeremy on the other paw likes all of the above items, to one degree or another, and our yard looks like a minefield now.
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29th July 2011, 08:24 AM
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I use the dog dug holes to get RID of the poop! My 4 have never bothered a burial site.
I guess YMMV!
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29th July 2011, 10:23 AM
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231 pages!
231! Holy moly, and this thread is still ticking along nicely. People of Ghi-Raff - I must salute you. Way to go. I wonder if this is some kind of record.
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29th July 2011, 10:44 AM
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I'm only seeing 116, but I have it set to (I think) 100 posts per page.
We're closing in on 12,000 posts!
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29th July 2011, 12:21 PM
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I don't want to catch any of you all not drinking!
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