*** 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.
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.

Naw, not Navy regs, just home space and what meant sense.  Didnt have 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.
RN>  
RN> Drip dry?  (-:
RN>  

Yup!  Much easier.  I have only a few pieces of 'fine glassware' and they
are ¨mostly the bar display.  I'll dry those by hand but I only used them
rarely so ¨mostly it was washing because they were dusty.  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).
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.

Mom wasnt much on church really.  Just enough to be 'respectable' (every
2-3 ¨months she'd take us all and we'd get Sunday school which 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.

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

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

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

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

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

                                       xxcarol

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