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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 4:07 pm

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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 4:24 pm
Boy Juju has you fooled, doesn't she? Juju is actually a personality in someone else's psychiatric disorder. Unfortunately, I think that means the rest of us are too LOL.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:03 pm
LOL, you all have been watching way too much TV.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:38 pm
<spins head backwards>

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, June 05, 2009 - 11:51 am
A question or two up-thread concerned temperatures for washing clothes. I wash red clothing in cold, delicates in cold, towels/washcloths and dishtowels/dishcloths in hot, "medium colors" as we call them at my house in warm. Everything is rinsed in cold water here. My question: I use generic laundry soap because Gain, Cheer and Tide are so darned expensive. Short of making my own laundry soap like the Duggars do, is there a way to buy name-brand soap at an affordable price? I buy Purex or Sun because that's all I can afford. I LOVE the smell of Gain, however.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, June 05, 2009 - 12:18 pm
Sia, amazon.com do bulk purchases in their grocery dept. I'm not sure how well the prices compare, but I presume they save you a percentage overall. Trouble is, of course, you have to shell out a lot upfront. Gain at amazon.com
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 6:54 pm
QUESTION: I had to put digital adapters on my cable to get the same service level I have when the change occurs. Anyway, one is working fine, the cable guy is coming tomorrow to figure out what is wrong with the bedroom. Does anyone know if my VCR tapings will continue to work?
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 9:27 pm
Dipo, you have that cable guy hook everything up..VCR's or whatever you need.....Thats his job and he should be able to get you all set....good luck.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 4:45 am
Since cable is already digital why would you have to put adapters on? I thought the converters were only needed if you were using an antenna.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 10:44 am
Mack, apparently if you just have basic cable that is true. But if you have expanded basic and want to keep all the channels you get (I get 76) then for Comcast you have to have a digital coverter, otherwise you only get about 25 channels. They are switching everything over to digital, it was not supposed to happen at the same time, but the delay changed that.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 12:34 pm
Question: My apartment has vertical blinds and, for some reason, three of the slats keep falling off. I have asked the apartment manager about this and he said he would give me replacements, but he hasn't yet and it's been like 6 months (yeah, he's not too responsive, but then again he doesn't care when I don't get around to paying my rent until the 6th, either, so I take the good with the bad). Can these stupid things be fixed? Or can I buy new slats? Like I said, I only need three and I am not looking to pay a fortune for them.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 12:38 pm
Tish...I have some vertical blinds and when they were made, they gave me a few extas. So, I know they can be fixed or replaced. Up at the top are little gizmos that the blinds snap into. Sometimes the blind will fall out of those little clips, or sometimes the little clips get tweaked and need to be reset. Have you tried that? You just grab the little clip and twist it, sort of. (Hard to be articulate. lol) But I'm pretty sure they can be relatively easily fixed or replaced. Especially if you remove what's broken and take one of the blinds to the blinds store to match them up.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 1:15 pm
Maybe you should tell him you will pay the rent when he brings you the blinds, LOL, maybe that will get his attention.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 1:17 pm
Well I guess that means I have to go to Home Depot or OSH or something. I just rehung them again today and already one fell down...and to top it off, I have HUGE windows (9 feet long) and really high ceilings, so when I try to put them back up, it entails a lot of work. ETA I like your idea too, Dipo :D
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 1:21 pm
If you've tried new vanes (they are about $20 for a pack, depending on what brand you have), and they still keep falling, then you probably need to replace the track, not just the vanes, unfortunately. It sounds like those little clips in the track aren't holding the vanes in, which is why they keep falling out. You could ask him if you can just buy the replacements and submit the receipt with your rent (minus the amount you paid for the track). It will probably be a PITA to replace, though. Sorry!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 1:45 pm
Tish...here's one (of many) YouTubes on repairing vertical blinds. Maybe you can take a gander and see if you think it's something you could do yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyNTYqEQjro
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 1:53 pm
LOL. Oh hell no. I'm going to have to get that apartment manager up here. I will NOT be taking vertical blinds apart. LOL.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 2:14 pm
RMAO!! And he has a short little track on a table, not a long one way over someone's head!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 2:18 pm
Tish, hit Walmart, get a price and then beat your apartment manager over the head with it. He probably has a few extra arrangments in the basement that he saves for extra-picky situations like this. Either that, or get the replacement, deduct it from your rent and send him the receipts.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 2:25 pm
But she doesn't want to do the replacing.. so the kit would have to include a very tall (and he might as well be good looking) installation guy..
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, June 07, 2009 - 2:30 pm
LOL. Tish, no Walmart installer guys. Go for the union plumbers, they have bennies and are always in demand.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:24 pm
OK, need input!! We have a standard U-shaped kitchen area with an eating nook behind it. Same as you find in most newish homes. DH has this idea to knock down wall between kitchen and dining room and putting in a massive (would be 18 ft wide by almost 30 feet) kitchen. Eating area is not part of the above measurement and would remain the same and we would no longer have a dining room. I agree with DH that we only use dining room a half-dozen times a year but feel that: 1) When you do need the room, you really need it!! I don't want to have Christmas dinner at the kitchen table. DH says that it will be high end (granite everywhere incl the walls, cherry, lots of glass etc) so won't be like eating in a regular kitchen. 2) I worry about resale. DH says that a lot of new homes are being built without dining rooms. I have seen homes with no formal living rooms but not without a dining room and if someone interested in our home owns a dining room suite, will not having a place to put it be a deal-breaker? Wasn't too worried when this was all theoretical but DH seems eager to get started on this NOW. Can I take a quick poll of those who think it's a good idea and those who think it's ill-advised. (BTW, the plan is to stay in this house for 10 yrs - when our youngest dd will be out of University)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:36 pm
I absolutely love the idea of a huge kitchen and eating area that looks great. But that's just me. I have no idea how it would affect your home's value.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:41 pm
I think there are more and more people nowadays who don't really need a dining room, but that's also just me. One thing though, just about everyone I know who's had a major rework done to their kitchen has had it take about twice as long as the contractor's estimate. Watch out for that!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 12:50 pm
Bigger kitchen, bigger kitchen! I'd give an arm for a bigger kitchen we could use and eat in and hang out in instead of the dining area we have now.
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