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Bzbee
Member
04-26-2004
| Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 7:33 pm 
Need help in the Games area. The thread "6 letter words" is wonky and needs moderator or technical fixing.
Thank you.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 7:47 pm
Not sure that can be fixed, unfortunately, the thread looks like it was corrupted.
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Bzbee
Member
04-26-2004
| Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 10:31 pm
Can it be deleted and a new one set up?
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Bzbee
Member
04-26-2004
| Monday, January 16, 2023 - 6:15 pm
Thank you, Karuuna. I am sure someone will be able to start a new thread when it is time to do that.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, January 16, 2023 - 7:26 pm
Okay, BzBee... sorry we couldn't fix it.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 4:25 pm
So funny. I had never heard of litter tracker rugs. Everyone I know with cats have always used newspapers underneath. And what about for bird cages. They are usually used at the bottom of the cages. Hmm. Everybody says they don't know what they are going to do. I don't either.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 4:59 pm
LOL, Birdcages is what I thought of immediately.
I guess they are really called litter tracking mat, I always hope the litter will fall off their paws onto the mat. Sometimes it works, and sometimes not, LOL.
Packing paper or newsprint paper would work, I don't think it's that expensive. I remember I bought a pack for about $20 when I moved.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 9:39 pm
I have a litter mat under Katniss' box. I haven't gotten a paper newspaper in years and I had stacks that I donated to a rescue for bunnies. They also LOVE the cardboard rolls from paper towels and toilet paper. (Guinea pigs also like cardboard.) All my old paper phone books went long ago to the shelter for bunnies.. they love ripping them up.
My mom used to use paper bags in our birdcage which had a round bottom.
The litter travels far and wide, up and down, in my place..
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 1:54 pm
Litter mats are awesome!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 7:07 am
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 6:47 pm
What is the deal with all these young people dying from heart attacks. Now I realize some have other issues, like obesity or former drug addictions but it just seems like there is a lot of this happening.
Or is it just that we know about it now? And doctors need to take more care with young kids / teens / and young adults in checking their heart situations.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 9:50 pm
Non vaxers are blaming it on the Covid vax
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 10:59 pm
Yeah I have heard that Pamy but young people were having the issue before covid and I think we just didn't know how often it was occuring, especially with sports teams.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 12:19 pm
Just saw a news report on the 4 day Work week, made me laugh.
Apparently they did a test in England (I think that was where it was) and have found it helps with Mental Health.
Guess they haven't worked in corporation where all the executives always "worked from home" on Fridays, LOL, and didn't seem to be available to do business.
At least that was my experience, Oh and the leave at noon on Fridays to avoid the rush to Tahoe.
Funny how it didn't apply to the hourly folks.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 12:08 pm
New Q / Comment ... I have been wondering if it is possible to put a tree that fell over back up. At least the healthy ones where they jsut fell over because the ground was saturated.
It seems like if you could put them back up and pack down the roots and secure the tree that they might survive.
A really beautiful 100 year old tree fell over in SF on a house and it sure would have been nice to save it instead of cutting it up.
Of course, maybe it is just that after falling over they are to stressed to survive being replanted.
Just some thoughts today.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 3:38 am
I think if the main root wasn't damaged you could. But I would think you'd have to take into consideration the life span of the tree and if it's worth it.
We just had an oak and maple tree cut down in the back yard. They were probably 50 years old and to close to the house double trunks half way up. They might have looked fine on the outside, but they had large rotten parts on the inside. It was only a matter of time before they came down in a storm.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, April 01, 2023 - 5:57 pm
Good point, many of these trees are so old it may just be their time.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, April 01, 2023 - 6:00 pm
New Q / Thought: So I was thinking about how you can't really flip a mattress these days because the bottom doesn't have the same cover as the top.
What if you got one of those pillowtop mattress covers, could you then flip your mattress? Seems like some of those are pretty thick and would work to make the bottom like the top.
Anyway, another thing that has crossed my mind.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, April 01, 2023 - 11:49 pm
Mine had the pillow top part on both sides. But a King Size isn't flippable for me. I put a memory foam topper on top anyway. Love that.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, April 02, 2023 - 8:02 am
I don’t flip but, I spin it around occasionally. That is move the bottom right corner up to the top left corner. I tend to sleep on one side, so that works for me to balance it out more.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, April 02, 2023 - 8:22 am
Yeah, I rotate it often but was thinking I could try a flip with a mattress topper.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 03, 2023 - 3:32 pm
I rotated mine once, but that is hard on my back. I originally ordered a queen size but my stairs configuration made it impossible for the delivery guys to get the box spring upstairs, and they certainly tried! So I had to go to a king, which has 2 box springs. But the King mattress is so big.
Mattress topper is a great addition.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Monday, April 03, 2023 - 8:10 pm
Is queen size mattress standard size these days? For only me, all I need and have is a full / double.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 7:21 am
They still sell full sized mattresses.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, April 04, 2023 - 9:29 am
What gives with the few jurisdictions….and even the Federal government….talking about banning gas ranges in new construction? It’s not being discussed here in Texas, at least not that I have seen, so I’m a little lacking in the arguments being tossed around. The few things I have heard seem to center on two basic themes. One, is some concern about air quality within a home especially if there are adults or children with compromised health/breathing issues. Two, is trying to break the reliance on fossil fuels.
Now neither my wife or I or anybody who has ever visited has had any obvious issue with us cooking on our natural gas cooktop. In fact, it is our preferred cooking method to the point where we have insisted on a gas cooktop along with gas hot water heaters and furnaces. I’ve having trouble wrapping my head around cooking so much so long that you impact the air quality in the house. Out of 24 hours I can’t imagine our cooktop being on for more than 20-30 minutes once a day and that’s for fairly major dinners.
The fossil fuel argument actually, while still a bit of a reach, makes more sense to me. At least I understand it even if I don’t fully agree. Don’t get me wrong, we are very much into “green” alternate electrical generation. We have invested a considerable amount in solar panels for our house and generate about 90% of our needs. Yes, we save a little between what residual electrical bill we have and the payment for the panels and supporting equipment. All in all we think we did the right thing and are glad we on contributing. But back to natural gas. At least here in the US we have plenty and no real concern about running out any time soon. In fact, natural gas in the oil business is actually a bit of a nuisance and more of it is burned off at the well head than is captured and used for gas powered electrical plants, alternate fuel vehicles, furnaces/water heaters, and general gas appliances.
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