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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 1:43 pm
Kady, I think you could use that material they sell to stop rugs from slipping....
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 1:45 pm
Kady, I don't know if they make anything in particular to solve that problem. However, I wonder if you perhaps could use the "no skid/slip" material that goes under area rugs, etc. The name for it escapes me at the moment ETA: What Juliboo just said 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 1:58 pm
You can also buy rolls of non-skid stuff that they sell as drawer liners. I've used it to put on a couple of slick surfaces and then put a towel over that, so when the cats jump up onto the towel (in a window niche), they (and the towel) don't skid right off and into the window.. it really WORKS! The product I bought was a bright blue.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 2:04 pm
Extra strong sticky velcro! Works great on my couch cushions!
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 3:50 pm
such simple solutions...just don't know why my simple mind couldn't think of them. thanks 
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:06 pm
Anybody have any experience with automatic litter boxes? Good? Bad? Recommendations? Thanks.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Monday, January 16, 2006 - 9:14 pm
My daughter has one and loves it. She has two cats.
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:36 am
I've been going thru mom's house trying to decide what I'd like to keep and what will go in the estate auction. She has 4 or 5 original oil paintings, landscapes, that I do not know where they came from. They are signed "Zavdza" or "Zavalza". Can't figure out if the "al" is really a "d". They are dated 1952. I can remember them being in our house for decades. Has anyone heard of this name associated with oil paintings? I'm going to post this question in my folder in hopes even more people will see it.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:52 am
i did a search on the name. zavdza = a danish word, don't know what it means. zavalza = a spanish last name. no big artist name comes up. maybe that helps a little.
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:56 am
Thanks Landi! I'm not sure what that tells me, but if I find out anything, I will let you know just for curiousity sake.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:30 am
Probably not the right artist but just in case there is some Luisiana connection to your mum... http://www.artsnetswla.org/artist_directory.html#Margarita_Zavalza
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 11:54 am
That's interesting, Kitt. I think mom had an aunt that lived in the south for some time before coming back here. Might be a connection. I'll keep digging.
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:00 pm
Nightcrawler wants me to post a question here for him. He often has a rather severe cold during the winter months. Long story short he has a weakened immune system from some childhood diseases. Anyway, he has had a cold for two weeks. Today he realized that he can't smell or taste anything for the last two days or so. His nose is not congested much. He has been coughing a lot. He is just a little concerned that he has lost these two senses. Any ideas or personal experiences?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:10 pm
I don't have any answers for you Bookworm, but I often lose my sense of taste and smell at the end of a long cold. All of a sudden I'll realize, "omg, I can't taste or smell things!" and I get into sort of panic. It always surprises and scares me when I realize that, but it always passes. Try not to worry!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:26 pm
Under the heading, "Art is Blooming" (#6), I see the same Margarita Zavalza. http://www.timessw.com/archive/viewarchive.asp?SID=997
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:41 pm
Bookworm -- the same thing happens to me EVERY TIME I get a cold. It doesn't even have to be a really nasty cold... just enough to let me know I'm sick and BAM, senses gone. I was eating nachos loaded with jalapeno's and hot salsa, and while I could *feel* the burn, I couldn't taste a dang bite of it. Tell your man not to worry -- it's common, and it will pass. (Maybe get him to clean the litter for once while he can't smell anything, too! I always try to cook something that I know my BF loves but I can't usually stomach when I'm sick like that (olives, feta, etc.) 'cause I know I won't taste it, anyways. lol!)
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:43 pm
Bookworm that happens to me everytime I get a nasty cold. I'm hoping he went to see the doc to get some antibiotics so it doesn't turn into something worse.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 6:53 pm
I think the others are correct, and it's probably just the side effects of the cold and will go away soon, but... my mum had a cold five or six years ago, lost her sense of smell and it never returned. It does sometimes happen, is more common in women than men, and the only thing I've heard about a cause is that if you take cold remedies that contain zinc, rarely the zinc can be inhaled(??? don't quote me on that) which damages the smell sensors in your nose. As taste is strongly linked to smell, that diminishes too, even though the taste sensors aren't directly affected. I'll try and find a link
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 7:01 pm
This is the thing I was talking about. Zicam and other nasal sprays containing Zinc gluconate. Apparently it's not been proven http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA350157/ All the other links I found just mentioned sinusitis as causing problems which hopefully go away with time, but sometimes take up to six months. Hope he gets better soon.
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Nightcrawler
Member
02-12-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 7:31 pm
thank you all I'm sick all the time in the winter this is the 1st time I'v had this happen to me I guess I'll wait and see what it's like on monday the cold I now have is not very bad at all this time thats why I was suprsed about loosing mY smeller and taster thank again nc
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 10:42 pm
Get well soon, NC.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 10:54 pm
I was sick for a week last year, unable to eat/drink for three days. When I was finally able to keep something down, I had a really hard time finding something my mouth would accept. All the old stand byes for soothing a cranky tummy just tasted like paste in my mouth. I could barely handle the taste of water! I remember looking in the mirror only to find my tongue with a solid white surface! It was the weirdest thing! It eventually went away, and my sense of taste came back (unfortunately, along with my weight! LOL). Can't help ya on the sense of smell thing. I've always had a weak sense of smell.
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Tagurit
Member
04-09-2003
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 2:56 pm
Just have to chime in here about the loss of taste and smell......it may very well be from the cold BUT your sinuses play a big part in the loss of those two senses. Nightcrawler may not have a cold he may have sinusitis. With all the researching I have done and what I have seen on the internet, a cold lasts about 10 days. Anything over that time frame you should look to the sinuses to see if that is the culprit. Is the coughing worse at night? With sinusitis, the coughing is worse at night and can keep you up.....I once went two and half weeks with a horrible cough at night and never slept but an hour a night.....this was before I realized it could be sinusitis. I have been plagued with chronic sinusitis for the past several years. But for the very first time ever, I lost my taste and smell back in June. I was stuffy and thought it was allergies but it just all went "poof" one day. lol Went through all the therapies the ENT knew and long story short.....I just had sinus surgery last Friday. I would suggest getting a doctors appointment to pin point the problem. If it is only a cold....woohoo! If not, he'll get some antibiotics to get rid of the sinusitis and he should get the senses back. Also, you might want to pick him up some saline nasal mist for him to spray his nose with. It cleans out and moisturizes his nose. It isn't addicting and you can do it as many times as needed during the day. You can find the mist at your local drug store. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 7:47 am
Can anyone help this sweet boy?
He has such unhandy parents. He is a tiger cub scout and the cub scouts do a Pinewood Derby each year. Well, his parents (and even his grandparents) are of no help to him with this project. He was given a block of wood, four tiny nails and four wheels. And he's supposed to come up with an aerodynamic car? Can someone direct us to a "building a derby car for dummies" site or book? Any tips? We don't even own any tools other that a hammer and a few screwdrivers! No saws for sure. This poor kid really got some bad parents (in some areas!) He isn't very good at a lot of stuff, (poor kid really got a lot of his mom's athletic ability!) so I am so hoping he can be a "contender" in this race... Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 7:48 am
Oh, it's supposed to be something like this:

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