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Washcloths and old towels may "need" to be tumbled briefly in the dryer with no heat. Other things, I just snap them thru the air a few times before folding and they're fine for our purposes anyhow. I actually like how "stiff" shirts are from drying on the line vs in the drier... they fold so...

It is not merely a matter of planning and waiting and paperwork, though. I know that, when I immigrated here 9 years ago, there were certain criteria you had to meet to even be ELIGIBLE to apply for immigration (including what job sector you were qualified to work in) and then it could take...

The main difference IME is that a dee snaffle gives you better ability to haul the horse's face vigorously to the side for emergency turns or if the horse has never been trained properly in the first place. I am not saying I approve of routinely doing this. I'm just saying that's its purpose --...

It is extremely common to have cup fungus or ink-cap mushrooms (either or both -- they're two quite different things) growing on horse barn compost, especially if it's on shavings or shredded paper as opposed to straw. AFAIK they will not affect your garden plants at all. The fungal mycelia are...

Of course in reality the limiting factor would be, what country would let you IN. It's not like you can just move anywhere you want. Pretty much everywhere has immigration restrictions, mostly much more stringent than the US or Canada (and neither of THEM are all that easy to get into either...

The commercial "packed in oil" ones are processed at extra high temperatures/pressures, vs botulism -- you can't achieve the same result at home. I freeze mine. Especially if you're going to puree them for soups (but even if they will be used in strips or pieces, for pizza or pasta or...

Exactly!!! (also applause for rest of what you wrote, I didn't quote the whole thing cuz it's just up there a couple posts above this, but I agree with every word plus it's very well put) Pat

The inherent problem is that EVERYONE is a special interest. Budgetary waste isn't just to jolly up corporations etc who finance campaigns -- it's also, in very significant part, to jolly up the actual voters whom a politician needs votes from. Getting local/regional projects done, tax...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I weenied out of trying the neti pot type thing though... considerably to my own surprise, I am just extremely weirded out by the idea of squirting water in one nostril til it comes out the other (if I am understanding that correctly). Which means I will have to...

I am quite sure that just walking within a half mile of a freeway and breathing the air for ten minutes puts a LOT more toxins into your body than storing dry goods in a clean sound new-looking-inside steel drum that has had a dry liner in it that's since been removed. You might fill the barrel...

If you're going to do that, definitely use BEANS not peas -- peas are not heat tolerant and also do not get as tall or dense as beans. Scarlet runner beans are nice (and yes, the beans are edible), but any pole bean will perform similarly in terms of screening. HOWEVER if it is a really hot...

I'm so sorry, free. <big hug> Pat

Don't know nuthin' bout no netti pots. Is this something that a person could improvise, if so, how, and what do I do? It doesn't feel any worse now but it doesn't feel any better either. Although it has cleared my sinuses AMAZINGLY well (although no amount of sinus-clearing could be worth...

Oh man... I was sitting here eating a very hot-spicy piece of homemade candied ginger, when I had to sneeze suddenly and without thinking of anything other than not spraying pieces of ginger all over the keyboard, closed my mouth and nose so as to withhold the sneeze. Well of course you know...

Yesterday I blew pretty much the whole day painting the kitchen/diningroom ceiling.... and unfortunately was soooo tired and sore by the end that I screwed up the finish on the dining room half, and will probably end up having to do it over. Sigh. But it should be a lot easier the second time...

No, they are not. They are privately owned and operated. They operate under government regulations (in the US and Canada both), the difference w/r/t recent economic events is simply that the US had somewhat differently written (and more permissive) regulations for banks than Canada did. Pat

If you are not sure you would eat something (e.g. carp or catfish) it'd be better to either try it first or not stock it for food purposes ;) Both are perfectly well edible, the former quite frequently eaten, the latter considered a trash fish in North America but eaten plenty in other...

Yup, but it isn't MY idea... unfortunately I forget who started it a year or two ago so I can't thank them, but I was just too lazy to use "search" so I started a new thread to resurrect it. Monday's plans: -- take son to Early Years for an hour or two DONE -- stop by library, pay fines, get...

I don't see any real reason to forego deliberately growing mullein -- it's an introduced weedy species, sure, but I've never seen anywhere that it's a big ecological *problem* (maybe somewhere like that exists but it is not true of most of E North America anyhow). And in any case, you can just...

You know, maybe they quite legitimately are NOT aware you can play a dvd in your computer. I wasn't (til now), although I suppose if I had been nudged in the right direction I might've figured out since I do know you can play a cd that way. Not everyone is equally tech-savvy. Perhaps if you...