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Draheid

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Silksmoke: Is this what you are looking for?

Breaking News ... Headlines Only Please

Babyruth

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, a bus of children grades K-2 going on a field trip collided with a semi at an intersection in Erie Township, near the Ohio border. Looks like a very high impact accident....the bus torn off its platform/axles. The bus was the third of four in a caravan.

2 six year old boys are reported in critical condition at area hospitals, 2 other 6 year old boys are in serious condition. A 60-something woman is in unknown condition.

The reporters are now talking on the phone with a father who was on the bus. There were some other parents on the bus, too. Apparently the bus stopped, then turned left at the intersection and was hit in the back half sideways by an oncoming semi. The EMS response was "excellent". Air ambulance took victims to 4 different hospitals.

The children are from Pierre Trussant (sp?) Academy in Detroit and were headed for Erie Orchard.

Whoami

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the help with the wallpaper question everyone! It looks like I would prefer to go with the contact paper, but the wallpaper border should work fine! You know, I don't even know where to look for contact paper anymore. I wandered around Wal-Mart and Shop-Ko, and couldn't find an area at all! Maybe a stop by Hobby Lobby on my next series of errends...

Silksmoke

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 10:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Zactly Drahied ((((huge hug))))

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Order online, Whoami. Most of us here do (I would think...)

Car54

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 01:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, let me tell you about a new toy I have.

It is called a Xyron create a sticker machine. I get -50% off coupons at Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts and I bought it with one. I know they have it at Michaels and Hobby Lobby too.

For my job, I spent a huge amount of time laminating info to use at our cash registers in our stores (procedures, price lists, cash register key labels...etc) Took forever! 15 stores X 5 registers each! I hate when some procedure or price changes!

With this little machine, you find a picture or print out whatever you want, run it through and it makes it sticky! You can feed something about
4-5 inches wide through...so in theory, you could ffind a picture you like, print bunches of it, feed strips through and make your own border. If yyou have a color printer available..you could even make it fancier.

I have gotten really good..I print my stuff on my bosses fancy color printer, make sets, and I am done in a jiffy, and they look really good. The sticky stuff it uses is sold in loooooonnngg rolls so you could do a long border and cut it to length.

If you go the clear contact route..look in an office supply store, they have clear stuff to use for making book covers. We sell it at the stores I work in. It is pretty inexpensive.

Max

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Xyron ROCKS. I have a Xyron 500 for scrapbooking. It doesn't do the laminating, though. You need a 510 for that. They also have bigger machines for larger sized projects, but they get a bit pricey.

Zachsmom

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
zachsmom wants to come over and play with with Car54 & Max's toys..they sound too fun..I'd be laminating and making sticky stuff all over the house!

Reader234

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crafty alert... I may be giving a suggestion and I have little craft background!!

Whoami - - For your project, I would use the wolves wallpaper, I would not however use the glue on the wallpaper, I would use a different adhesive, and I would ask a crafty person (white elmers glue sometimes leaves apparent lines, and I dont know if the spray adhesive would stick for sure, but that's what I would suggest - they use it all the time on HGTV shows!!) Also, depending on how humid your bathroom gets, you may want to glue the wallpaper on the object, then take the clear contact paper and stick it on top of the wall paper!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wouldn't there be some sort of decoupage type sealer Whoami could also use on top of the wolves to make it impervious to water?

Draheid

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Decoupage would be a great way to 'finish' this project. There are all manner of decoupage. Spray, brush, etc. You could also just use a clear acrylic sealer which has a glossy finish to it. Probaly, the spray-on type would be the easiest. Wal-Mart should have these in the Crafts department.

Whoami

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 07:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow! Lot's of great ideas! I am NOT a crafty person, what-so-ever. *snickers* Anyone want to make this thing for me? heheh. j/k

I have one coffee can saved up, and about to finish on the second one (need three). Takes about a month to go through a can of cofee. So, I have a month to go to look for the materials. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if some craft store had a holder in "raw" form that I could decorate.

That Xyron thing sounds cool. But, probably not feasable for me to invest in one, since I probably won't get "crafty" again for a very long time!

I've already done a Google search for "contact paper wolves" sort of thing, didn't turn up anything at all. In fact, I did a search on just contact paper, and came up with confusing results that lead me nowhere. Maybe I'm not searching right. Anyone know of a good place to order on-line that has a wide selection of contact paper?

Draheid

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami: A tip for using Google that I use. When you want something specific put a + before each word and a - before words to EXclude. For example, +wallpaper +wolves -desktop would show you pages with wallpaper AND wolves WITHOUT desktop (as in computer screen wallpaper). You can do this through refining your search. Start with +contact +paper +wolves, then see what you can exclude and add it to the window with a - and search again. :)
P.S. This will work with most search engines, as far as I know.

Hippyt

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
But Google is the best.

Twinkie

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a really dumb question. Why is there an empty thread in Community Corner?

Whoami

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Draheid! I've used the + before, but never the -. Great tip!

Twinkie, my guess about the empty thread is...the numbers is some kind of identifier for files that may have gotten corrupted/lost when the threads were moved to CC.

Twinkie

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Whoami.

Car54

Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, I have the one that laminates. I got it halfprice with one of their coupons. It does amazing stuff...I used to laminate all my stuff by hand and this looks so great and professional. Saves a huge amount of time!

Whoami

Friday, October 11, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, now I have two new dumb questions! Man, am I on a roll? I don't know if I'm just dumb, or ultra inquisitive....

1. What is the difference between an SUT, and a SUV? I know of course what a SUV is. But, the other day I saw a car ad about an SUT. I'm thinking it could mean "sport utility truck." But if so, isn't that a bit odd, considering I thought an SUV was classified as a truck!

2. Is there a laundry additive I can use to squash possible urine smells? My mom has frequent accidents now (after her stroke). I thought I caught a whiff of something when I was taking out her laundry the other day (I have a horrilbe sense of smell, so I can never guarantee if an odor is/isn't present).

I looked in the laundry aisle at the market, thinking bleach might work, but all the bleaches (even the scented ones) only talked about getting out stains. I looked in the baby products aisle, and found nothing too.

I'm looking for a simple additive, just for "in case" the washer isn't getting out all the odor. My mom said she used to soak my cloth diapers in Borax when I was a baby. But that sounds kinda extreme for this day and age!

Thank you again to all you smart folk out there!

Wargod

Friday, October 11, 2002 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Febreeze works great getting smells out, and its for fabrics. I've never used it for clothes, but that might work?

Kealoha

Friday, October 11, 2002 - 04:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, 20 Mule Team Borax is a powdered additive you can put right in with your own detergent for an extra boost on stains and smells. My mom used it and then I did with my own kids when they were infants and it worked great! I'm sure you can still buy it, though I haven't really looked for it in years. Good luck!

Juju2bigdog

Friday, October 11, 2002 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You can still buy 20 Mule Team Borax AND it is good for keeping fleas out of your house. Spread it around on your carpet (which is where the fleas breed, not on your pets), let it sit for a while, and vacuum it up.

(((Whoami)))

Zachsmom

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I use borax in every load (we have really hard water where I live) and it helps out immensely!!

And Juju is right about the fleas!! LOL..we were infested with fleas while I was in college..put the borax down and they literally JUMPED onto the linoleum floor..it was sooo funny..actually I think the borax makes them explode..

Marysafan

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a really dumb question....who messed up the board? I used to come in and have all the messages in a nice and tidy order...newest responses on top...and in descending order....now they are all messed up? What gives?

Gail

Monday, October 14, 2002 - 11:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nobody messed up the board. There was a thread that got corrupted yesterday (the funny movie thread) . Neil had to restore it and for some reason, it messed up the order.