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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 13, 2015 12:12:57 GMT -5
I will have to check on the possibility of a damper Sam. Thanks for sharing. I would have never thought about that. I lived in a townhouse in college where the ductwork wasn't right and you just had to deal with it. My brother suggested turning the fan on. Have to figure that out on the programmable thermostat. It was so hot the other night I woke up and my throat was so raw it felt bloody. I'm cold natured but that was insane! Don't turn the fan on the furnace unless you want a really high electric bill to go with it! Our damper was located near the furnace. The previous tenants had marked it winter/summer to make it even easier on us Thanks. I will check. The electric bill is nearly non existent. Its the gas bill that is the killer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2015 12:16:43 GMT -5
One night at work I couldn't figure out why my underwear were so damn uncomfortable. Went to the bathroom to investigate and found I had them on sideways with my waist in a leg hole. Not comfy.
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -5
I tried to turn the channel with my e cig a week or two ago. I was sitting there pushing the button not able to figure out why the channel wouldn't change. Thing 1 (the baby lost so many years ago) looked at me like I was stupid and proceeded to tell her friends about her idiot mother.
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Post by swamp on Jan 13, 2015 12:58:52 GMT -5
I've gone to work without combing my hair.
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Post by Jaguar on Jan 13, 2015 12:59:46 GMT -5
I've gone down to see my doctors with my top on backwards and inside out.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 13, 2015 13:34:41 GMT -5
I've gone to work without combing my hair. Did you have on non matching shoes to go with the uncombed hair
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2015 13:41:10 GMT -5
I tried to turn the channel with my e cig a week or two ago. I was sitting there pushing the button not able to figure out why the channel wouldn't change. Thing 1 (the baby lost so many years ago) looked at me like I was stupid and proceeded to tell her friends about her idiot mother.Pardon?
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jan 13, 2015 13:42:54 GMT -5
I've gone to work without combing my hair. Mom made it to my wedding that way.
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 14:00:24 GMT -5
I tried to turn the channel with my e cig a week or two ago. I was sitting there pushing the button not able to figure out why the channel wouldn't change. Thing 1 (the baby lost so many years ago) looked at me like I was stupid and proceeded to tell her friends about her idiot mother.Pardon? Look at my post at the top of the last page.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2015 14:34:01 GMT -5
Look at my post at the top of the last page. LOL omg! I thought you were talking to ghosts!
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Post by giramomma on Jan 13, 2015 14:35:58 GMT -5
I've gone to work without combing my hair. I did that this morning when I was dropping the kids off at school. Thankfully, by the second time I went to their school this morning and actually had to go into it, I had time to comb my hair. In my defense, though. Our bedroom was like a scene from Noises Off from 10pm last night until 4 this morning. And then at 4 am..the littlest serenaded me with a Halloween song she learned at preschool, after she threw a tantrum about not having her crib anymore.
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Post by flamingo on Jan 13, 2015 15:31:34 GMT -5
Ok, another blunder made by my lovable DH. His car was in the shop and I was out of town for work so he was using my car. I had an SUV at the time so he thought, hey, I should go to walmart and stock up on all the big items we need the SUV for. He walks out of walmart an hour later with a full cart. As he's walking into the parking lot, he can't find the car. He walks up and down the rows looking for it. He's panicking because he's thinking, OMG my wife's car was stolen, she's gonna kill me!! So he calls the cops to report it. Nice lady answers, says an officer will be there within about 10 minutes. At minute 9 it hits him-he's been walking around looking for HIS car, not my car. Whereby he proceeds up the right aisle, directly to my car, opens the door and puts the stuff in. (He did have MY keys in hand the whole time as well-he just wasn't smart enough to look at them to realize they belonged to my car not his). He waited til the cop showed up to explain what happened and apologize. DH said to the cop "I bet I'm not the first guy who's ever done this." The cop said to him "Uh, sir, yes you are!"
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Post by Cass on Jan 13, 2015 19:48:45 GMT -5
I'm not generally blind/ stupid, but today was a doozy. First, I didn't realize how low the temperature had dipped overnight and broke the key off in the frozen lock on the truck. Called work to tell them I would be late and hopped on the bus. Hopped off the bus onto ice and did the chicken dance before falling down hard. It was 8 am and I work next to a high school, so that was fun. Get to work and realize that my shoes are still in the truck from last night. Spend shift in my sock feet. Misread the bus information and spend about half an hour standing in the above mentioned freezing temperatures. By the time the bus comes, I have to go to the bathroom so bad I get off at the mall several stops early. Grateful for the bathroom, I fling my coat and scarf onto the counter. And return to find that they have somehow triggered the automatic sink and are both soaking wet. Wait for the bus again. In freezing temperatures with a wet coat A friend is having a Karaoke Birthday party tonight, but with the day I've had I don't trust myself around alcohol
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 13, 2015 20:10:25 GMT -5
This isn't something "blind" I did - but what my father did years ago.
The man couldn't find his way around a kitchen if he tried - even with a road-map . My mom did all the meal prep. (Not sure he could even manage boiling water).
One day my mom was out running errands or doing something so that she wasn't home at lunch time (must have been a weekend, since dad was a teacher and wasn't usually home for lunch during the week).
He was hungry and decided to make himself a sandwich. How hard can that be, right?
When she finally did get home, she asked him if he wanted some lunch. He told her he made himself a sandwich. She asked what kind? He said he used up the rest of the opened can of sandwich meat that was in the fridge.
Mom said "What can of sandwich meat?" He said "the one that was in the fridge". She looked in the trash can, and discovered it had been a partially used can of soft cat food.
We ribbed him for years after that whenever he visited - asking if he wanted his favorite sandwich for lunch.
My mother was in the hospital during Thanksgiving one year. My father decided to surprise her with a Thanksgiving turkey. He cooked it and lovingly wrapped it in newspapers so it would stay warm. When she cut into it, it all but squawked and took off. He had roasted it at 500 degrees for half an hour.
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 20:15:38 GMT -5
I'm not generally blind/ stupid, but today was a doozy. First, I didn't realize how low the temperature had dipped overnight and broke the key off in the frozen lock on the truck. Called work to tell them I would be late and hopped on the bus. Hopped off the bus onto ice and did the chicken dance before falling down hard. It was 8 am and I work next to a high school, so that was fun. Get to work and realize that my shoes are still in the truck from last night. Spend shift in my sock feet. Misread the bus information and spend about half an hour standing in the above mentioned freezing temperatures. By the time the bus comes, I have to go to the bathroom so bad I get off at the mall several stops early. Grateful for the bathroom, I fling my coat and scarf onto the counter. And return to find that they have somehow triggered the automatic sink and are both soaking wet. Wait for the bus again. In freezing temperatures with a wet coat A friend is having a Karaoke Birthday party tonight, but with the day I've had I don't trust myself around alcohol That sucks! If you ask me, it's all the more reason to drink!
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Post by Cass on Jan 13, 2015 20:37:48 GMT -5
I twisted the crap out of the spare key too. Went to a locksmith and he hammered it out and made me a new one for... $5.65!! I seriously would have paid him many times that to get back in. So I keep my YM card
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 21:20:30 GMT -5
I was curling my hair this morning with a flat iron. For some reason, I decided to grab a hold of it with my other hand. I have a burn now in a straight line across my hand.
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Post by vonna on Jan 13, 2015 21:28:13 GMT -5
Well, as far as the blind part goes, I have just ordered my first pair of "progressive" lenses, so once I get them and slap them on my face I hope the blindness won't be as apparent as it is now.
And I refuse to answer the "stupid" part!
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 21:33:34 GMT -5
So as I'm sitting here thinking that I need a personal hair dresser, I am remembering how I once was straightening my hair and grabbed my ear with the straightener. I heard it sizzle and everything! Maybe I should just stop trying to use the flat iron.
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Post by bookkeeper on Jan 13, 2015 21:34:36 GMT -5
We had a new golden retriever puppy that was interested in chewing on our furniture. I stopped by the vet office and they had a bottle of "triple no chew spray". I used it where the puppy was trying to destroy things and it worked well. Fast forward a year or so, DH grabs the bottle of triple no chew spray out of the cupboard and proceeds to clean his glasses with it. We were on our way to church. He cried through church and coffee hour even after washing the stuff off his glasses. Basically he washed his glasses with pepper spray.
I have had my own moments, however they have been archived for another time.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 13, 2015 21:41:03 GMT -5
I was curling my hair this morning with a flat iron. For some reason, I decided to grab a hold of it with my other hand. I have a burn now in a straight line across my hand. Is this you? Her expression when she realizes what she did! So as I'm sitting here thinking that I need a personal hair dresser, I am remembering how I once was straightening my hair and grabbed my ear with the straightener. I heard it sizzle and everything! Maybe I should just stop trying to use the flat iron. Yes, get rid of it! It's stupid!! Says somebody who paid over $100 for one that still sits in the box because I couldn't ever figure out how to use it.
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 21:48:18 GMT -5
I think I just might die if I burned a chunk of my hair off. I just manage to burn my skin, as if that's any better.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 13, 2015 22:03:52 GMT -5
I was really interested in getting the Conair Curl Secret curling tool til I watched a few videos. It sucks your hair into the device as quickly as slurping a Pepsi through a straw. Then it seems to give off a steam (or maybe it's smoke) as you wait for the three "beeps" before releasing your tresses from the wand.
The woman in the video also seems to have trouble with tangling about mid-video. I'd worry that with the force it sucks your hair strands into the curler, it would suck your remaining brain cells out of your skull at the same time.
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 13, 2015 22:13:16 GMT -5
I wanted one too unil I heard about that happening. I am pretty good at straightening my hair with a flat iron, just not so good about not burning myself. I manage to hurt myself doing all kinds of daily activities.
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Post by swamp on Jan 13, 2015 22:27:50 GMT -5
I got a hair straightener/flat iron for Christmas. I'm afraid to,try it.
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Post by msventoux on Jan 13, 2015 22:40:03 GMT -5
We had a new golden retriever puppy that was interested in chewing on our furniture. I stopped by the vet office and they had a bottle of "triple no chew spray". I used it where the puppy was trying to destroy things and it worked well. Fast forward a year or so, DH grabs the bottle of triple no chew spray out of the cupboard and proceeds to clean his glasses with it. We were on our way to church. He cried through church and coffee hour even after washing the stuff off his glasses. Basically he washed his glasses with pepper spray.
I have had my own moments, however they have been archived for another time. A friends husband is an avid hiker. He had a can of bear spray attached to the outside of his pack. Which he set on the floor by his recliner. Later that night they were watching TV and heard a slight hiss. Then they were enveloped in a cloud of bear spray. Their Saint Bernard puppy had punctured a hole in the can. They had to evacuate the house for about an hour. The puppy was monster size at 9 months old or so and seemed perfectly fine. Them, not so much!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jan 14, 2015 13:00:24 GMT -5
A tale of Virgil being dumb from about a decade ago, before I was married (slightly risque, hence read at your own discretion): If you've ever lived in a small apartment with a wooden floor, you know how much hair can build up. I was picking up a vacuum canister full of hair each week. Since my hair was cut very short at the time, I knew it had to be hair of the "other" variety. So in a moment of epiphany, I hatched a plan: Why not just shave it all off? After all, it was always covered by underwear; nobody would know. And if my nether regions got cold or I didn't like the change for some reason... well, the hair would just grow back. In the meantime I wouldn't have to deal with "shedding" all over the apartment. It was a risk-free proposition. Hence I used my beard trimmer and straight razor to eliminate the problem hair, which is why I (or any other man who's been dumb enough to do this) can tell you that it's a phenomenally bad idea. One of the things I learned is that if you've never shaved a particular patch of loose skin before, it really doesn't like getting shaved. It's hyper-sensitive, inflamed, and the follicles become swollen and unbearably itchy. Another thing I learned is that if male pubic hair is between a millimeter and a centimeter long, it feels like you've got a flaming porcupine in between your legs no matter how many pairs of underwear you put on. I couldn't walk properly for the better part of two months. During the same two months, sitting down on any hard surface felt like dipping "them" in freezing water. Thankfully my "it will eventually grow back" failsafe did hold up, but it was a pretty unbearable two months until that happened. I don't recall whether my vacuum was picking up less hair than before, but that might have been because I was cringing in pain with my hand cupped over my groin the entire time I was vacuuming during that period. Hence, to all the men reading this: don't mess with your fur. May my dumb decision be dumb enough for us all.
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Post by The Captain on Jan 14, 2015 13:23:26 GMT -5
(the visuals nooooooooooooooo!!!)
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Post by andi9899 on Jan 14, 2015 14:09:32 GMT -5
You were vacuuming up an entire canister of pubes?! Even I don't pick up that much hair in my vacuum with 3 long (head hair) haired girls in the house!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 14, 2015 14:16:56 GMT -5
A tale of Virgil being dumb from about a decade ago, before I was married (slightly risque, hence read at your own discretion): If you've ever lived in a small apartment with a wooden floor, you know how much hair can build up. I was picking up a vacuum canister full of hair each week. Since my hair was cut very short at the time, I knew it had to be hair of the "other" variety. So in a moment of epiphany, I hatched a plan: Why not just shave it all off? After all, it was always covered by underwear; nobody would know. And if my nether regions got cold or I didn't like the change for some reason... well, the hair would just grow back. In the meantime I wouldn't have to deal with "shedding" all over the apartment. It was a risk-free proposition. Hence I used my beard trimmer and straight razor to eliminate the problem hair, which is why I (or any other man who's been dumb enough to do this) can tell you that it's a phenomenally bad idea. One of the things I learned is that if you've never shaved a particular patch of loose skin before, it really doesn't like getting shaved. It's hyper-sensitive, inflamed, and the follicles become swollen and unbearably itchy. Another thing I learned is that if male pubic hair is between a millimeter and a centimeter long, it feels like you've got a flaming porcupine in between your legs no matter how many pairs of underwear you put on. I couldn't walk properly for the better part of two months. During the same two months, sitting down on any hard surface felt like dipping "them" in freezing water. Thankfully my "it will eventually grow back" failsafe did hold up, but it was a pretty unbearable two months until that happened. I don't recall whether my vacuum was picking up less hair than before, but that might have been because I was cringing in pain with my hand cupped over my groin the entire time I was vacuuming during that period. Hence, to all the men reading this: don't mess with your fur. May my dumb decision be dumb enough for us all. Lol! You really are something of a wuss. "Giving blood hurts too much!" "Shaving hurts too much!" Women do both all the time. I can just imagine if you had to give birth.
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