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Rosemarie said:
Are the bandanas made of cotton? I was wondering if natural fibres give better protection. I have silk scarves and was debating whether to use those.
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Yes.

They are leftovers from a picnic that I attended several years ago.

shopping

The only thing that I've heard or seen about the choice of fabric is that it should be tightly woven and if held up to the sun it should block the light. I thought about cutting up an old piece of clothing or using a tea towel but then I remembered the bandanas.

I also thought about ordering a couple of masks but I hate to spend the money on what I hope is a temporary situation.

I enjoy adapting my needs to the things that I already have on hand.
 

Yes it's hot here...hotter than I thought it was going to be when I posted this morning, actually closer to 80 degrees by about mid-day , and our garden is s/w facing so get all the sun. Despite having my factor 15 on I've tanned just from yesterday and today already... and finally I was able to put a dress on rather than shorts or crops and been out in the garden for the better part of the day with just a few forays back indoors to cool down .... ☀ :cool:
 

hollydolly said:
Yes it's hot here...hotter than I thought it was going to be when I posted this morning, actually closer to 80 degrees by about mid-day , and our garden is s/w facing so get all the sun. Despite having my factor 15 on I've tanned just from yesterday and today already... and finally I was able to put a dress on rather than shorts or crops and been out in the garden for the better part of the day with just a few forays back indoors to cool down .... ☀ :cool:
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Glad you're enjoying your great temps.......but i am totally envious.......wish i could snap my fingers, and magic, summer heat, the glory of Canadian weather, always waiting on the weather.:rolleyes::oops::cautious:.
 
debodun said:
Doesn't do any good to call. I did about 14 months ago when it jumped $30 and asked if there was nay way to get the price down. The agent said "Sure, if you want to give up something." When Road Runner had it, they wee willing to negotiate and service calls were free. Spectrum charges $50 for a service call.
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All I have from Spectrum is wifi - HAVE to use them - no TV reception, no other service is in the area. I screamed when then raised it $4.00 a month - They said it was "across the board." They are a monopoly here )-; Our only option is to quit and wait (without service) until they start begging us to come back at an introductory rate.
 
Rosemarie said:
I bought my guinea pigs a new cage and plan to use the old one to grow strawberries. I have a problem with cats and pigeons in my garden, so I hope this will stop them digging things up.
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Rosemarie, you might try tossing orange peels around the garden area where they dig as cats hate orange smell. If you don't believe me try peeling an orange and getting a cat to smell your hands, hilarious how quick kitty backs off. Or you can plant rue, another deterrent.
 
Lee said:
Rosemarie, you might try tossing orange peels around the garden area where they dig as cats hate orange smell. If you don't believe me try peeling an orange and getting a cat to smell your hands, hilarious how quick kitty backs off. Or you can plant rue, another deterrent.
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Thank you. I was told to plant mint to deter rats, which seemed to work, so I'll try the orange trick.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Yes.

They are leftovers from a picnic that I attended several years ago.

shopping

The only thing that I've heard or seen about the choice of fabric is that it should be tightly woven and if held up to the sun it should block the light. I thought about cutting up an old piece of clothing or using a tea towel but then I remembered the bandanas.

I also thought about ordering a couple of masks but I hate to spend the money on what I hope is a temporary situation.

I enjoy adapting my needs to the things that I already have on hand.
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Hub and I have been wearing bandanas...hey, we're in Texas...but with that said, they aren't very "comfortable" so going to take them and make regular masks - its easy, no sewing -just use a couple of big rubber bands...lol.
 
Is a mixed bag, here in Manitoba, Canada, woke up to a fairly nice day, sun and cloud, +1, cold north wind, so i'm still wandering around the yard, filling my head as what i want to do this year, usually in my head, the way it works is, if i can't see something to do outside, i will check out my imagination department and create something, when i did that on the farm, usually meant, digging up grass and planting or making something nice, grass has it's place, but not my favorite. Today is pretty fair, left Easter Treats to the last minute, which is not like me, gladly there were some left. Have packaged them up for no contact delivery to my 3 grandkids, always amused by the sugar high, and let Mom and Dad to deal. No big plans for the rest of the day, just exercised by time as a retiree. :LOL::LOL::LOL:.
 
When I went on my early walk this morning around 6:45,temp was in the 30's,refreshing breathing thru my mask.I heard birdies chirping, saw'thumper&thumperina' aka 2 rabbits not many cars or people
On my mid morning walk around 10,sun was out,a bit warmer,went to local co-op store which is 3 blocks from my apt.The main reason I went,didn't have any fruit,bought navel oranges on sale,couple other items.
I was going to walk around our community garden circle after lunch&nap,but the winds had picked up
I called 2 church friends instead to see how they were doing,wished them a Happy Easter. They appreciated the call
 
Some of you may remember that last winter we brought in a bell pepper plant with a great "gro light". Promised to give you an update on it
so will tomorrow...just took a couple pics of it as we'd put it out on our back deck. The pepper plant produced peppers for most all of the winter and now is loaded with small and a couple medium size bell peppers and one or two that need to be harvested. The interesting thing is when we brought the pepper plant indoors with the gro light last winter and a nice big window providing indirect light, the green peppers went red quite quicky.

Now that its back outside and producing flowers by the ton, the peppers on it appear to be staying "green".
Interesting?
 
I received the parts that I had ordered for my Weber Gas BBQ and decided to move forward with the overhaul..

Did you ever notice how any task that looks like it will be simple is always full of surprises?

Figuring out how to get the thing apart and how to reassemble it was the easy part.

What I had not counted on was how badly corroded the hardware would be on a 22 year old Gas BBQ that has been sitting out in the weather for the entire time. I wound up having to go get my 1/2 inch breaker bar from my old auto repair tool box, and I still spent several hours wrestling with stubborn bolts. In one area I had to resort to getting my hack saw and cutting the old part out using a rather crude technique.

My 45 minute task took me 4 1/2 hours, much cursing and two skinned knuckles.

But, I got that devil back together and it works just fine. I probably saved $700 if I had decided to buy a new one. So with a couple of Band-Aids and some whiskey over ice, I am a happy camper this evening.
 
Happy Easter Everyone...
Well finally seeing the light after a long tunnel... We figure it may have been food poisoning also, but about Thursdays the phone calls started and they said beware it could also be COVID 19 because two of the side effects now are diarrhea and throwing up and fever, but never had the fever... think I may have lost a few pounds also... But think we are finally bouncing up again...

I had lots I wanted to write about, but the old brain is playing Hide and thinks again... Or KRAFT... Kant Remember a FU%&ing Thing...

Well maybe later it will come to me, so I will do an edit, or start over... I hope YOU all have a wonderful day.. and the Best Easter that we all can have under the circumstances... Please Have a GREAT day, Stay Safe... and God Bless All...
 
Liberty said:
Some of you may remember that last winter we brought in a bell pepper plant with a great "gro light". Promised to give you an update on it
so will tomorrow...just took a couple pics of it as we'd put it out on our back deck. The pepper plant produced peppers for most all of the winter and now is loaded with small and a couple medium size bell peppers and one or two that need to be harvested. The interesting thing is when we brought the pepper plant indoors with the gro light last winter and a nice big window providing indirect light, the green peppers went red quite quicky.

Now that its back outside and producing flowers by the ton, the peppers on it appear to be staying "green".
Interesting?
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Ok, here are the pics of this potted bell pepper that we kept inside over the winter:
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Pecos said:
I had no idea that this could be done. Thanks, I learn something here every day.
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The interesting thing is, when we brought the plant inside for the winter, the bell peppers started turning red much faster than
when the plant was outside. Can't figure out why, but over the winter we mainly had "red" bell peppers. Now that we've put the plant outside for the last month or so, the green is staying green as the pepper grows. Will be interesting to see how long it takes them to turn red this spring now.
 
@mike4lorie I had exactly the same symptoms 3 weeks ago with the gastric issues . I had a very high fever for a day and a half and then I was able to get up and get around slowly albeit exhausted all the time, and it took a week for me to be better.. ..then my o/h got it 2 days after me but without the gastric issues but with a 3 day fever , , and he was ill for 16 days.., really very poorly, and with a horrible cough as was his work colleague who had run a 5 mile race on the Monday, and couldn't even get up the stairs at home by the Wednesday, and has been totally poorly for 2 weeks with no strength whatsoever, and just sheer exhaustion even just to breathe .. .. turns out we all had variants of covid-19.. 😷 despite all 3 of us being the only ones we knew at the time who actually used disinfectant and rubbing alcohol on everything we touched ..we still got it

I'm very pleased you're feeling much better...(y)..

Today has been another very warm day..80 degrees here, and we've spent most of it in the garden, sorting through storage boxes and sheds, etc...again I kept coming in for a few minutes to sit by the fans....but 5 minutes ago.. from nowhere and a very blue sky,, we got rain and wind from nowhere at all... , and right now it's battering down on the windows. ⛈ at least it'll cool everything down a bit, and it's only supposed to last for a few hours , and the rest of the week will be dry and cooler
 
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MickaC said:
Is a mixed bag, here in Manitoba, Canada, woke up to a fairly nice day, sun and cloud, +1, cold north wind, so i'm still wandering around the yard, filling my head as what i want to do this year, usually in my head, the way it works is, if i can't see something to do outside, i will check out my imagination department and create something, when i did that on the farm, usually meant, digging up grass and planting or making something nice, grass has it's place, but not my favorite. Today is pretty fair, left Easter Treats to the last minute, which is not like me, gladly there were some left. Have packaged them up for no contact delivery to my 3 grandkids, always amused by the sugar high, and let Mom and Dad to deal. No big plans for the rest of the day, just exercised by time as a retiree. :LOL::LOL::LOL:.
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Urgent request - Please keep your wind to yourself! Our weather-folks are warning us about it heading this way and predicting up to 60 mph gusts.... brrrrr.... )-;
 
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