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Sia

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 12:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wiseolowl, try to replace or sanitize the kitchen items that any insects might be attracted to, like the dish brush and the nylon-net scrubber; wash them in the dishwasher with a regular load of dishes. I keep two dish brushes and the one I've used goes in the dishwasher immediately, but I have a second one to use while the dirty one is getting clean.

Wipe down the kitchen counters with bleach-water to discourage the fruitflies. I don't like to use insecticides or chemicals, either, so I don't blame you a bit. Bleach is great stuff, though. It works for so many things. It could be time to replace or scrub (with bleach) the kitchen wastebasket, too. Use a small wastebasket with small liners that have to be replaced frequently so that scraps (eggshells, bits of fruit and veggie peels, yogurt seals, etc.) don't collect for very long before getting tied up and thrown out. Rinse out all your cans and bottles before tossing those, too ('though you probably already do that). Hope you get rid of the fruitflies! They are annoying!

Fabnsab

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 02:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, mygetaway, that's probably what happened.

Wiseolowl

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everybody - will try the suggestions.

Twinkie

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 01:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok......after going to bed and only sleeping 2 hours and now can't get back to sleep here's my question: WHY has the pronunciation of some words changed over the years????? The one that galls me the most is what used to be NeanderTHal to what is now called NeanderTAl. As far as I know the spelling hasn't changed just the way it is pronounced. That drives me crazy! (hubby says that is a very short trip.) LOL But seriously, can someone answer that for me? Good grief, I should just go back to bed and hope for the best.

Whit4you

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 02:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dunno Twinkie ..but my brother (then 6'11 350 lbs) called my fiance a NeanderTHal - he was lucky to live through it... lol. I've yet to hear it called anything else since....:)


My X wasn't a NeanderTHal though... he was Lou Ferrigno on his knees... think Incredible hullk a foot shorter that was my X.

Still looks similiar..just seems to have mixed a FEW genes with the Pillsbury dough boy since..hehe

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Twinks, that is interesting. I had never heard of the pronunciation without the h, but sure enough, they have both pronunciations at www.m-w.com.

Spygirl

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 06:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Question -- My laptop has a DVD player, but it was my understanding that the DVD drive could also be used as a CD ROM. Was I mis-informed? Because the center thing is bigger than the center space on a CD, so it won't fit.

Spygirl

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 07:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
never mind -- it was so dumb i figured it out myself. :)

Mygetaway

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Know which word bugs me??

Poinsettia.

Everyone in my family always called it a Poine-set-ta. Now when I see the Albertsons commercials, etc., and they pronounce it poin-set-ti-a. It drives me MAD.. LOL.. Stupid, huh?

Weenerlobo

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Allrighty - here is the dumbest of all dumb questions.

Which symbol means "more than?"

<

or

>

And no, I can't remember my elementary arithmetic

Zachsmom

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
< = less than

> = more than

Think of it this way..the opening of the symbol as a crocodile mouth..when reading from left to right..if the number on the left (always compare the left number) is smaller than the number on the right the "crocodile" eats the larger number..

so say you have 6 and 9

the number 6 is less than 9 so the crocodile eats the 9. (croc always eats the larger number)

6 < 9

kinda corny..but that's the way I remember it..:)

Conejo

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weenerlobo,
> = More (greater) than

< = Less than

Marysafan

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
> means more than.

The opening always points to the larger number...and then diminishes to point to the smaller number.

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oy, algebra flashbacks

Ariasmum

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, here's my dumb question. What classifies as 'soft' porn? What makes it 'soft' as opposed to hardcore?

(I know, I know, I'm not really too familiar with porn. I just keep seeing it mentioned in Brian's thread and I'm curious to know the difference. Please excuse me if this has already been discussed.)

Weenerlobo

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL - told ya it was a dumb question!!! Marysafan, thanks for reminding me that the point points at the small number.

Thanks everybody - I knew you'd all help.

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ariasmum: to the best of my knowledge, "soft porn" is distinguishable from "hardcore porn" by the pronounced absence of visible jungle junk in the proceedings. And sometimes "soft porn" has something that resembles a story line. Whereas in hardcore, the story line IS the presence of everyone's jungle junk in glaring closeup.

Zachsmom

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Quote:

What makes it 'soft' as opposed to hardcore?




viagra?

Spygirl

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Conejo

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ariasmum, I just asked the same question on Brian's thread.LOL

Does this mean we both had "Porn" on the brain?

Halfunit

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
According to DH (resident expert), if you don't actually see um... penetration, it's soft core.

Bigd

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok my dumb question: What is "Brian's thread"? (as mentioned by Ariasmum above.)

Draheid

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BigD: That would be the Brian Heidik thread located in the Survivor V area. (click on the name)

Fanny

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Pardon me for intruding, but I always thought if you could see male parts without the need for glasses, if you know what I mean, that was considered hard porn.

(bet Half's half didn't count on being a dixpert today)
P.S. Any guesses on how long it will be before that gets moderated? :)

moderated..heehee :)

cw

Zachsmom

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Quote:

Pardon me for intruding, but I always thought if you could see male parts without the need for glasses, if you know what I mean, that was considered hard porn.




Now..does this only apply to movies?