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Mygetaway

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks guys!
I was lucky, and never locked myself out, but then I was always "extra careful" about those things anyway. I always locked the door when I was outside doing yard work and such.
I'll have to have him look at Walmart Who, thanks. He's tried Lowe's.

Kady.. Your poor Dad, LOL. Did he wake up when he rang the doorbell?

Whoami

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, it's been a while since I had a DQ.

What's the difference (or big deal) between sea salt and regular table salt? It just seems like sea salt is advertised as something special as opposed to just plain old Morton's table salt.

Ok, I know sea salt probably comes from the sea! But, where does "regualar" salt come from then? And, is sea salt really better, or is that just a gimmick?

Nicoleme

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 06:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
isnt one kosher or something? if not im really showing how stupid i am....

Grooch

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 06:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From a website.

Q. What is the difference between sea salt, iodized salt, kosher salt and canning salt?

A. Chemically, all are sodium chloride. Regular table salt — which sometimes is fortified with iodine, an essential trace element — comes from salt mines and is the residue of extinct seas. Sea salt comes from seawater that is evaporated. It is thought by many to have a better flavor than regular table salt.

Kosher salt is table salt that is coarsely instead of finely crushed.

Pickling (or canning) salt has been refined to eliminate any impurities that could cloud the pickle liquid

Nicoleme

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ya, what Grooch said :)

Grooch

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 08:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is my dumb question. I saw this posted somewhere, and I wonder if it is true, or some "urban legend".

Now is the time of year when many of you are getting your holiday decorations in order. Don't forget, those pretty little things called "Snow Globes" are filled with ethylene glycol, otherwise known as antifreeze, which is DEADLY to your dog AND cat. Last year one of our readers lost her dog to kidney failure after licking up what came out of a broken Snow Globe.

Kady

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 08:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mygetaway, no my Dad never remembered a thing. He was also a sleepeater. Whatever leftovers my Mom wanted to get rid of, she would leave at the front of the fridge. He would eat anything straight from the pot stone cold. :)

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 06:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, I just searched Snopes for snow globe and ethylene glycol. No matches.

Jkm

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 07:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We just made homemade snowglobes - used babyfood jars, green stuff from the florist, small items to stick in the green stuff, water, glitter, and 4 or 5 drops of glycerin. The glycerin came from the first aid isle and only said to keep out of the eyes. Used for chapped or chaffed skin and lips it said.

Halfunit

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Useless bit of trivia:

There are only 2 active salt mines in the US. Cleveland and Detroit.

I believe I heard this on Jeopardy, and remembered it because my cousins used to work at the Morton salt mine just east of Cleveland.

Fanny

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<madly scribbling down the salt facts>

Twiggyish

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, I never knew that!

Whoami

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
TY Grooch, on the salty answer!

Tntitanfan

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It is true that antifreeze is DEADLY to animals, including humans! Whether or not snow globes contain it, I have no idea -

Nicoleme

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
antifreeze tastes sweet to animals (so ive heard) how exactly do they know that??

do they ask "little kitty. is that sweet to you?"

meow, why yes, it is

Webkitty

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is true about anti-freeze. A friend had some on her driveway and her cat licked it and died on Christmas Eve, it was horrible.

Be very careful of it anywhere your pets will be, please.
Even stored in the utility room or anything like that.

Marysafan

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 03:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anit-freeze does have a VERY sweet taste.

Do not be tempted to taste it. It is deadly. It attacks the central nervous system and affects other bodily functions. I know this because 2 years ago a very close friend of mine chose this as his method of suicide.

He ingested some (and I was told by the parmedics that it doesn't take much)in the early afternoon...at 4:00pm he came to see me...by then he speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet. He kept assuring me that he was not drunk...but somehow managed to convince me he had the flu and an ear infection. (I am SO gullible). Next he went to say good by to his mom...and convinced her of the same thing.

He promised me that after he went to see his mom...he would go home and have some chicken soup and go to bed. At 8:00 that night his roommate thought something was odd...he went to check on him and didn't like what he saw....so he called the paramedics.

The paramedics just about went nuts trying to revive him...nothing was working the way it should. Finally ...they found the anti-freeze in his closet and figured out what had happened. They transported him to the hospital. The hospital told them not to get their hopes up...they had yet to save their first anti-freeze case.

He was in intensive care for almost a week...they were close to making the decision to take him off life support when he died.

I tell you all this...because it wasn't a very pleasant way to go and even harder on friends and loved ones. The paramedics and myself felt a lot of guilt for not being able to save him...I was told that even if I had recognized the symptoms...it was already too late. There was nothing I could have done to save him...it was just a matter of time.

ANTI-FREEZE ingestion is LETHAL!

Moderators...if you think this post is in poor taste or should be deleted for any reason ..please feel free to do so. I just want people to understand how lethal the stuff is.

Babyruth

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seems to me they would have to be labeled as containing a lethal (if ingested) substance. It hurts humans, too!
I assume they are filled with water, at least the common everyday ones.
Will try to find out more.

Babyruth

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, maybe it was an honest error at the site where you read that. Maybe someone confused the word "glycol" with "glycerin". Glycerin/water is what I'm finding as the liquid of snowglobes at every site I've searched.

Ellenkats

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 05:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For a while they were making safer antifreezes because of the pet risk -- not sure if they still sell the safe stuff. I'm not even sure if it was safe chemically or if it merely had a bitter taste added so pets wouldn't be tempted to lap it. I do remember it cost more.

Fabnsab

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's my dumb question...where did my members folder go?? I checked it a week and a half ago and 16 messages disappeared, now its completely gone. What gives??

Wiseolowl

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This may be the dumbest question in the history of this board - but I've got a problem - you won't believe it - Fruitflys!! They are overrunning me and I can't get rid of them. I've been careful about leaving any kind of fruit around , have used insect spray - although in moderation as having insecticide around the kitchen is unhealthy - somebody told me to set a trap by putting a dish of fruit out covered by seran wrap with holes to trap them - that seems to work in a way - but for every 20 I trap I figure one well fed one is escaping to breed more - the stupid things are embarrassing and continually buzz me and I'm fed up and frustrated - guess the only good thing is that something as trivial as this is my worst problem right now - except for my bank - but that's a whole other story!! Any suggestions??

Mygetaway

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 08:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fabsnab.. I think they've been trying to catch up on their pruning of folders. If the posts weren't recent like within the last month, sometimes they delete them. I lost my folder awhile ago too, and just started a new one.

Mygetaway

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wiseolowl.. One thing I know is they hang out in your sink or wherever there is wetness to breed, so make sure your sink is dry, and you don't leave out a wet sponge. Giving the drain a bleach rinse will help too. I can't remember some of the other good tips I've heard in the past.. Good luck! I hate those things! They always seem to find me.

Weinermr

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wiseolowl -

Check all your houseplants. I bet they are living in one or more of them. Agitate or shake the leaves, and you will see them if they are there.

If you identify a plant with lots of the flys, take it outside, and then spray it - or toss it if that seems more appropriate.

Then spray the rest of your houseplants, if any, and you should be rid of them.

Good luck!