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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:17 am
I got really lucky. I had to call my client, tail between my legs, and let her know that we would only bill what the project cost and not the full approved budget. Turns out, if we only billed the $6k it cost, then her marketing budget for next year would be slashed, cause she wouldn't have used it all. So we got paid in full, I didn't get fired, and client still got her full budget. But believe I learned a lesson that day!!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:31 pm
It's always nice when you can learn a lesson and not receive corporal punishment at the same time, Karen. I have a friend here, he actually went on to become a judge, but in his private practice days he seriously dropped the ball on a case. He called his client, told them what happened, told them it was malpractice and gave them the name and phone number of his malpractice insurer. They forgave him, thanked him for his honesty and didn't file a claim. I learned a lesson just hearing about it. Face it head on and let the chips fall where they may. The outcome may not be favorable, but you've at least done what you can to mitigate the damage and have shown forthrightness (is that a word?) in handling the problem.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 9:13 am
no but some might say yesterday I did. 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 9:32 am
You aren't going to share?
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 9:35 am
Oh, maybe it's in the Gripe thread.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 6:28 pm
HELP!!! I washed the crocheted blanket my husband's grandmother made for him and left it in the dryer too long (on low) and now it is a fraction, practically sitcom size, of its former size. He is going to be quite upset. Thankfully, he is out of town. Does anyone know if putting it back in the washer for a rinse and gentle spin then stretching and hanging it over the bannister might help? I'm hoping the weight of the water might stretch it. Any ideas?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 6:31 pm
I haven't tried any of these, but I've used Ehow recommendations for other things with good results: http://www.ehow.com/how_17827_stretch-shrunken-wool.html Also drying it over a bannister might stretch it unevenly, it really needs to be dried flat - on towels if you haven't got a flat dryer net.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 6:38 pm
Sugar, Try this website. http://www.ehow.com/how_17827_stretch-shrunken-wool.html Hope it helps.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 6:42 pm
I used to have antique lace-stretching frames that were used about 80 years ago for drying crocheted tablecloths, table runners, etc., but especially curtains. My 92-yo grandmother told me they were called curtain-stretchers. I would think that if you washed a hand-crocheted afghan in cold water and fastened it gently in some sort of frame--or the next best thing, pinned it to a sheet or big, heavy beach towel, it would be much like the old lace-stretchers held lace curtains until they dried. Good luck, Sugar. What kind of yarn is it? Wool, cotton, or acrylic? They all have very different handling/care instructions.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 11:24 pm
Sia, I remember those stretcher things too. My Mom set them up in the basement when she washed curtains and hand crocheted items that her mother had made. IIRC, things like that have to be stretched out evenly when they dry.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, July 19, 2010 - 2:41 pm
Good luck, Sugar. You might just be screwed and have to fess up. Bigdog did that to some of my precious handmade stuff, but I managed to forgive him. It is just "stuff" and ain't real important in the big picture, much as we think it might be the end of the world to lose it. But do try stretching it back before you have to fess up.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 23, 2010 - 7:13 pm
If you turn off the oven instead of the timer when removing muffins from the oven, the next batch will NOT be done when the timer goes off 17 minutes later. When you turn the oven BACK on and bake the muffins for another 9 minutes, they will end up looking like this:

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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 4:51 am
I thought that was a greasy slab of meat when I looked at it.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 6:52 am
Oh my that is an oopsie for sure. The blob muffin(s). We can't have Dogdoc's name last in this thread, lol.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 10:37 am
Well, I start from the bottom up and didn't read the muffin part. lol
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 11:05 am
Bwahaha - one of my galpals on Facebook said, "At least you can tell what they were supposed to be" - but given Dogdoc's guess, I'm thinking not so much!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 12:12 am
I made brownies without eggs once. Kind of looked like greasy fudge. My dad ate some. He is a very supportive dad.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 5:56 am
And I doubled the liquid in a cake. Soupy cake.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 6:13 am
Looks like a GIANT cookie to me. Bet it tasted just fine! 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 9:15 am
Debra, I forgot the thank you. Please come back.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 10:38 am
My Dad always ate whatever I cooked, baked and he said it was the best in the world. I think my Daddy is the best in the world.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 9:25 pm
Ouch, Teach. If it makes you feel any better, I made sticky buns on the weekend and the recipe called for much too much "stick" on the bottom of the pan. Too much hot sugar in the bottom, overflowed and ended up on the bottom of the oven. Didja know that at 375 F, burnt sugar can light on fire? Not the first time I've lit a fire in my oven, and certainly won't be the last, but man. Thank goodness for neighbors who let me borrow their oven to finish cooking!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 9:38 pm
Bwahahaha! I set a basekt on fire in the microwave once - forgot about the WIRE in the edging of it. We had VERY crisp tortilla chips, but fortunately we saw it before it did any damage to the microwave.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 2:12 pm
I'm tired of being a flippin' cockeyed optimist. Keep thinking that my snooty relatives will somehow get bonked on the noggin and wake up decent human beings. So on that note, today I was reminded to my dismay that they are still who they present themselves to be, fullsome and full of it. And I'm the one who was trying to do them a kindness. I'm over them. They're done like dinner. Relatives? What relatives? My darling husband and my friends are my real family!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2010 - 2:35 pm
((Mameblanche)) you are nothing but a sweetie pie but even sweetie pies can get frustrated with dense relatives.
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