Carol, you are such a love! LOL




0n (24 Apr 07) Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Roger Nelson...

 CS> *** Quoting Roger Nelson from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

CS> Actualy there is a slight sense in both of his methods.  The dishwashing
CS> is best if you start with the things 'not greasy' as the grease will
CS> break down the washing water fairly fast.  That means glasses first
CS> usually.
 CS> RN>
RN> We did it in two separate pans,  One for the greasy dishes and pots an
RN> another for the glassware.  It seemed to work.  The Navy regs must be
RN> more stringent.

 CS> Naw, not Navy regs, just home space and what meant sense.  Didnt have
 CS> to make 2 batches of suds with my way .

CS> Japan, out in town) did i do so on occasion but that was due to lack of
CS> drying space.
 CS> RN>
RN> Drip dry?  (-:
 CS> RN>

 CS> Yup!  Much easier.  I have only a few pieces of 'fine glassware' and
 CS> they are mostly the bar display.  I'll dry those by hand but I only
 CS> used them rarely so mostly it was washing because they were dusty. 
 CS> They are packed in storage right now.

CS> Dusting knocks down dust so vacum it up after, but if you have a poor
CS> vacumn cleaner, it may actually add dust to the air (reverse if so).
 CS> RN>
RN> Dusting and general house cleaning were the order of the day when I wa
RN> a boy. That particular day was always on Sunday, so the only way my si
RN> and I could get out of the house was to go to church,  When we got bac
RN> the chores began.

 CS> Mom wasnt much on church really.  Just enough to be 'respectable'
 CS> (every 2-3 months she'd take us all and we'd get Sunday school which
 CS> was actually fun and I liked being dressed up for the rare occasion).

CS> I used to dip water out from the fish tanks to water my plants, then
CS> refill the tank with more fresh.  This helped the water quality and the
CS> plants love it.
RN> I'll pass that one along.

 CS> It's an old one, works great.  'fish poo is good for plants'.  When
 CS> I'd drain the 70g tank (also in storage), I'd do that to a bucket with
 CS> a siphon made of old hose (tape off the bottom and tuck in a bucket
 CS> then pour water in the top as you dont want to drink fish poo :-). 
 CS> What water didnt go on the indoor plants, went out in the flower
 CS> garden or the roses.

 CS> People used to ask us all the time why our roses would bloom so much
 CS> when they never saw us fiddle with them other than to clip them back
 CS> in late fall.  Easy.  Fish poo water!

 CS> Oh, for aquarium keepers, here's another.  If you need plants and like
 CS> live, they are easy to grow for cheap in a 'plant tank'.  Just put the
 CS> tank in a sunny window and line the bottom with the cheapest clay
 CS> catlitter you can find.  The really cheap stuff has no chemical
 CS> additives or scents and grows tank plants like crazy.  With my 70g
 CS> tank of goldfish, I needed plants very regular and my 20G plant tank
 CS> was able to keep up an gave a bonus I'd trade at the local fish store
 CS> for stuff.

 CS> Wanna kill grass in the driveway and be both cheap and environmentally
 CS> safe? Vinigar will do it and last several rains.  Just get a big jug
 CS> of the cheapest white type (any type will work) and pour it where the
 CS> grass grows.  I have a slab type with 6 slabs and the seams where they
 CS> meet tend to grow grass.  Since sealing it with cement in that
 CS> location means the slabs will crack due to the loss of 'give and take
 CS> in winter freeze-thaw', this is a very easy alternative.

 CS> Got outdoor ant problems and live in the south where grits are easy to
 CS> get? Get a big container and when it's dry (cant have rained recently,
 CS> dry ground) pour a handful on the pile.  They eat it and it expands in
 CS> their tummy but their carapace doesnt allowfor that and it kills them.
 CS>  Kills the queen too. Dont use indoors though as roaches dont act the
 CS> same so you end up feeding them 8'(

 CS>                                        xxcarol

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