Take a picture of the manual's page with your cellphone, then enlarge the picture.
Today I learned...
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I've done that.
I had a Uni class where you were allowed to bring in one 3x5 index card for notes/formulas/etc. One of the guys who worked as an engineer used CAD to absolutely stuff the notecard full of everything possible and used a high-quality printer to do it. The font was so small that a magnifying glass was required.
PhotonWrangler
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Today I learned that catnip is a mosquito repellent. The article I read suggested growing some catnip plants and rubbing their leaves on your skin or clothes before going outdoors.
The good news is that mosquitoes won't bother you. The bad news is you'll be covered in crazed cats.
The good news is that mosquitoes won't bother you. The bad news is you'll be covered in crazed cats.
To me personally, that sounds like a 'win-win', although I haven't tested the nip on any of my neighborhood bobkitties;-)
PhotonWrangler
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Hmm. I wonder if bobcats (or other types of cats) respond to catnip.
They definitely do!Hmm. I wonder if bobcats (or other types of cats) respond to catnip.
But like cilantro tasting like soap, some just don't react to it. Is a genetic trait.
Depends on what you're using it in. Sometimes you just want the hint of cilantro in a soup/stew. More of an added part of all the seasoning. It is a little less bold as fresh but still has the flavor. Much like any fresh herb vs the dried version of it.
Coriander is different. The same plant but the dried seeds and not the leaves. It has a bit of a citrus thing being the stronger note and the rest of the flavors (vs fresh) are in the background.
I like fresh much much better. But I don't always have it on hand. So dried works in a pinch ...unless I'm having tacos or making salsa. It has to be fresh then.
When you're in the local supermarket on your usual day to buy the week's worth of groceries. But then you suddenly realize it's a Saturday morning, and you are literally the ONLY shopper there. The moment you make that realization, the people monitoring your Life notice their goof too, and immediately send in two or three of their agents to try and throw off your suspicion. Failing miserably. 
Seriously though, did EVERYONE decide to sleep in this morning?
Seriously though, did EVERYONE decide to sleep in this morning?
raggie33
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Ive said this before i learned years ago tell everyone u love them before its to late ive been so depressed lately i didnt tell my mom and dad how much i loved them before they died. Been rough i just sit and think of this all day . Then i cry and feel hopless
Tell them now.
They live inside your heart now. They will hear you.
If they're like me then they don't do mornings unless someone is paying them. I think the last time I went out before early afternoon was for my mom's funeral. The time before that was so long ago I can't remember.
We all have regrets about what we should have done after people we care about are gone. I wish I would have spent more time with my parents. I also wish I would have done more things with my mother before she lost her mental functioning. For over a decade I saw a person who looked like my mother on the outside but my real mother was already long gone.
I used to wake up at 3am back in my high school days. Then sometimes for work in my college days. Now, I'm mostly retired. I wake up when I wake up. I don't mind mornings necessarily, but I have too much to do later in the day.
I do wish I spent more time with my grandparents. At the same time, I don't know if I ever could have spent enough time with them to learn all they knew.
The irony of the timing of this thread: Last night I was trying to find out more information on my maternal grandfather. He died 6 days before I was born, which is actually why I was born prematurely. I obviously never got to meet him. I've been to his gravesite twice. Each time I cried, and I'm not entirely sure why. We recently came across a box of cassettes he recorded. I've not heard them yet. Due to the nature of what they are, I'm taking them to a professional AV outfit who uses their cassette decks frequently, rather than risk playing them back in mine which haven't been used in over a decade. I'm not sure how I'm going to react to hearing my grandfather's voice for the first time.
Today I learned:
Make a million mistakes, just don't make the same one a million times.
I was trying to vacuum up the carpet but a piece of threat/lint wasn't letting go of the rug. Again I went over it and again and again.
I just bent over and picked it up. I need counseling
Make a million mistakes, just don't make the same one a million times.
I was trying to vacuum up the carpet but a piece of threat/lint wasn't letting go of the rug. Again I went over it and again and again.
I just bent over and picked it up. I need counseling
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pnwoutdoors
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Rubber bands are like that.Today I learned:
Make a million mistakes, just don't make the same one a million times.
I was trying to vacuum up the carpet but a piece of threat/lint wasn't letting go of the rug. Again I went over it and again and again.
I just bent over and picked it up. I need counseling
And 'sticky' bits of lint that seem to want to hold onto the carpeting.
And needles that I didn't see. Those suckers are the worst.
(Yeah. Ask me how I know this.)
All I can say in my defense is: it only happened once. Nowadays, I go over the carpeting visually, first, prior to the vacuum. And if the vacuum goes over something a second time with the same sound or the thing is left there after two passes, it gets picked up instead. Old dogs ... new tricks. Learned that one years back, I'm happy to say.
Now, RE trying a weed wacker on tougher vines ... No trick there: just use garden shears instead.
BTDT. Gotta love how much wisdom comes from 'trying' experiences.
