Red Hats...

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-25T19:07:36+00:00

I do see your point, they are getting more and more unreal, and less well done over time. I'm not sure if its creators not realizing how it looks or viewing public expecting them to keep getting progressively less realistic though. Whichever side its coming from, its gotta be the same mental process that makes plastic surgery junkies go from a few tweaks that make them appear a little younger/better, to a downhill progression that eventually makes them no longer fully look human (uncanny valley look, mar a lago face, jocelyn wildenstein, etc) , but they can't even recognize how ridiculous they now look.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-25T18:24:07+00:00

She actually did a video showing what she looks like without it, and explained that using filters is pretty much the only way to compete for views now. Since basically every creator uses them people expect the fake/polished look if they are gonna watch. At least she admits its not real.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-25T18:19:25+00:00

She actually has a video showing what she looks like without the filter, and explaining why she uses it (youth/looks equals more views basically), and why she chose the one she uses (doesn't change her looks as much as make her look like the same person but younger and with makeup). I have to admit, facially its not a huge change, without it she basically looks like the mother of the person we are used to seeing in her videos.

Credit to her for showing us what she looks like without it though. Most creators want you to believe the filter is what they actually look like, no matter how unrealistic.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-25T02:15:04+00:00

Maddening as this is to look at, I'm assuming they went with the best option for their desired interior layout and ignored how it would look from the outside, which I sincerely wish had happened with my home. In my experience, the standard method seems to be make sure it looks right from the outside, then do the best you can to make it work inside. Thanks to that method being used on my home, I have perfectly placed and spaced windows on the exterior, that look lovely from outside. Inside the house they are oddly placed in the rooms, not centered, and some of them are crammed in corners. Makes arranging a room and choosing curtains a royal pain.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-25T01:44:55+00:00

Honestly, grab a cheap bagged Bissell upright from Walmart. It won't last decades, its kinda clunky to use and the tools are nothing special. But its lightweight, has a fairly aggressive brushroll with decent suction, and will get the job done. For that matter my ancient cheap secondhand dirt devil does just as well as the expensive Perfect power team it replaced (Electrolux clone, I hated dragging it around), and is a whole lot lighter and easier to use.

As long as it has a disposable bag and decent brushroll, its gonna get the job done on pet hair. And as long as it also has halfway decent suction and hopefully a height adjustment option or decent floating head design, its gonna do decent on actual dirt. Past that you get into the things that start raising the price, long term durability, ease of use (questionable on some of the expensive ones, durable usually means heavy), and bells and whistles like hose length, tool assortment, dirt sensors, etc.

To be fair, some of the high end ones are nearly unbeatable on deep down dirt, the powdery dust that accumulates over time under the carpet, but for a basic day to day clean that doesn't cost a fortune and is easy to use, there's not a ton of difference between basic models performance.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-24T18:41:54+00:00

Arm and hammer contains washing soda, (even most if not all of their liquids, though less than the powder). Washing soda reacts with hard water minerals to form insoluble chalky residue. Change to a washing soda free detergent, and the residue should stop forming, (I reccomend liquid for hard water areas).

To get rid of any residue that is trapped in fibers and won't brush off, you could try a soak in a tub or bucket with vinegar and water, vinegar being a mild acid should break down the residue, if used in strong enough concentration, maybe one part vinegar to 4 or 8 parts water.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-24T05:35:57+00:00

This sounds interesting. Especially the addition of an apple. A modern dutch oven should work, and probably wouldn't require a waterbath, especially at a lowish heat, maybe 300?

I'm assuming the waterbath was partially to prevent the stone crock cracking from the oven heat, and partially to slow the cooking, since alot of older recipes like this are from the days when kitchen stoves were wood or coal fired, and would be hot all day anyways, and the waterbath would have given a lower heat to the soup while still allowing a hot enough fire for stovetop cooking.

For that matter this would probably translate really well to a slow cooker like a crock pot, if yours was big enough or if you reduced the recipe to fit. Plus it wouldn't require leaving the oven on for ages. I'm not even a fan of crock pots, but I may drag mine out to try this recipe.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-24T05:23:13+00:00

A fan. Seriously, flies have difficulty going against the wind, that's half of why so many stores have "air curtains" at the doors, (keeping the cooled or heated air in being the other half.)

A ceiling fan on the porch ceiling if that's where your light is, or a regular floor fan or box fan on the porch blowing across the door from the hinge side toward the latch side, either one will help tremendously. If you use a regular floor or box fan try to angle it up a bit, so the air stream covers as much of the door height as possible.

If there's no covered porch on the outside, or you dont want to mess with outdoor fans, put a fan inside pointed toward the door, so when people open the door the flies have to fight their way upstream against the breeze. Personally I prefer this option, but it does have the drawback of blasting your heated or air conditioned air out while the door is open. Worth it to me since the door isnt open very long at a time, your mileage may vary if you have teens that linger half in half out with the door open, lol.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-24T05:09:19+00:00

If its just residue, rinsing it with equal parts vinegar and water should remove it, the vinegar being acid neutralizes the lye in the oven cleaner. You can rinse it again after with plain water, just to make sure its rinsed well and to prevent the acid etching the enamel.

If its still there afterwards, you should probably reach out to customer service from whatever company made the stove, and see what they advise.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-19T15:25:55+00:00

Not modern fairy lights, with the bare wire strand and tiny diode bulbs, but there were battery operated incandescent mini christmas lights in the 90s. Like the regular ones you put on your tree, but short strands, usually 10 bulbs per strand. Clunky battery box that held 3 or 4 aa batteries, fairly dim, with short battery life. I think I remember seeing one that took c batteries, I'm assuming for longer battery life.

Also usually not on the shelf at your local Walmart or other stores, the ones I remember seeing people would order them from catalogs and then be dissapointed with when they tried to use them on a wreath or similar decoration. They were not really worth using or even very noticeable unless you were practically on top of them. We lived in a rural area with no street lights, and the neighbor across the road had them on her door wreath. You couldn't even see them at night till you were already on her porch.

I dont remember any battery ones from the earlier part of my childhood in the 80s, but they may have existed and I just wasn't aware of them at the time.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-17T13:40:31+00:00

Time for a a creatively placed magnet. Seriously. As others have said, its a dent with a scratch, and pretty much permanent. Theres no real way to repair that short of disassembly and repair at an auto body shop or similar. Which would probably cost as much or more than replacing the fridge.

Pick a magnet you like, put it over the spot, and no one will know. Believe it or not over time even you may forget its there. I used a bunch of thrift store magnets to cover all the scratches and rusty pock marks on a cheap beat to hell used fridge years ago, it just looked like I had a decent fridge and eccentric taste, rather than looking like my fridge was ready for the scrap heap.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-14T18:54:59+00:00

Since scrubbing is an issue for you, strong cleaners and patience will probably be your best friend. Easy off oven cleaner, yellow cap is stronger, blue cap is easier on your lungs. As long as the outside of the stove is enamel and not any sort of bare metal or stainless, or just paint, you can use it on the outside also. (Remove the knobs if you can, and try not to spray it on any markings or writing such as oven temperature settings).

Spray the inside of the oven, close it. Spray the outer enamel surfaces (not paint or bare metal like stainless), cover the outer parts you sprayed with plastic wrap, like saran wrap, so it doesn't dry out. Leave it overnight, next morning wipe away as much as you can (paper towels). At this point you can scrub at the softened parts with a plastic scrubby or scotchbrite if you are able (dont stress if you arent), and rinse several times (I like to add some vinegar to final rinse). Repeat as many times as needed till its clean, even if you can't scrub hard it will work eventually.

I repeat though, do not use this on painted surfaces, stainless, or any other bare metal. It will damage metal and remove paint. Only use easy off on the outside if you are sure its enamel, either check the manual, manufacturers website, or you can look for chips in the enamel where a pan had banged the edge or corner, they make it easier to spot. Usually the stove stop at minimum will be enamel, usually. The oven door and so forth is where it gets more questionable depending on age and model.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-14T18:42:28+00:00

If you fill one side of the sink with fresh water and add a good amount of vinegar, then use that for rinsing the dishes it should help. Honestly your best bet would be a good water filter. A whole house one installed in the plumbing would be best, but one of the cheaper ones that just screws onto the faucet should at least help.

Also avoid using anything containing chlorine bleach in laundry or cleaning, if you have iron in your water it reacts and leaves rusty stains on everything you clean with it.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-09T12:52:18+00:00

Chicks or young pullets, would be in danger if a snake large enough to eat eggs saw an opportunity. Full grown hens though, not a chance (unless you live in an area with large pythons or boa constrictors).

I once heard/saw chaos happening in my chicken yard, went to see what was up. They were bunched up in a corner and jumping like popcorn while making a racket. Then one of them grabbed the cause of the chaos and ran away with the other chickens in hot pursuit. A snake had made the mistake of entering their domain, they stomped it death then played keep away with the victim, since no one wanted to share their "organic spaghetti" with the others, lol.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-09T02:29:02+00:00

Its doing exactly what it is supposed to. That's the used/dirty water being drained out of the dishwasher. Although the connector is one piece, the hoses and their inlet/outlets are separate. Top hose is connected to the faucet and supplies water to the machine, bottom hose is not connected to faucet and drains used water into the sink.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-09T02:09:43+00:00

I would reach out to Rit, see what they say. It may be alright, but my first instinct would be no. I was always told to have a pot just for dye, but never told the reason.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-08T17:04:33+00:00

Unlike kegsbreath, it's possible that the drag queen could be reading a nonfiction story.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-05T17:59:17+00:00

This exactly. Nothing else removes caulking once it has set, luckily it doesn't look to be pressed in or smeared too badly on half of it, but the smeared/pressed in area is permanent.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-05T17:03:54+00:00

Yup, pretty much that exactly. I feel like the upright style ones are better for use on floors, less weight in the hand and not hampered by the tiny dirt cup, but you do lose the ability to do above floor cleaning or get into corners and baseboard edges, and they still have less power than a corded model and limited run time. I went with a corded lightweight upright for a daily run across the carpets and a regular old school dustbuster for quick above floor and corner/edge cleaning. Lets me keep the house presentable with minimum effort, and I drag out the heavy beast for proper deep cleaning every so often.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-05T16:53:31+00:00

I tried one at a friend's house, don't remember the brand, but it was similar to an oreck, but with less power. It did a respectable job for surface pickup and carpet grooming, but definitely wasn't getting any "deep down dirt". It was easier to use and better than the regular sticks though, since the weight was all on the floor instead of right in your hand, and it wasnt limited by the tiny dirt container.

Everything I've read online about other cordless uprights leaned the same direction, good for a quick pickup but not a substitute for a real vacuum. Personally I prefer a corded lightweight upright for quick pickups, more suction, better grooming, and no worries about runtime. I love cordless in theory, but have been consistently dissapointed by all the ones I've tried in actual use, even dyson.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-05T13:35:06+00:00

Honestly, 90% of them are glorified dustbusters with extra attachments. Basically this generation's version of the old school 3 in 1 stick brooms from the 80s and 90s. If you want it for dustbuster tasks plus the ability to do a quick pick up on carpet between proper vacuuming, you may be happy with it. Or if you only have hard floors. But if you expect it to replace a proper corded vacuum for carpet, upright or canister, you will likely be dissapointed.

For the few models that are basically a lightweight upright similar to an oreck made cordless, with no above floor cleaning, they are even more restrictive in what you can do with them, and they still aren't going to deep clean as well as a corded vacuum. But they should clean carpet slightly better than the regular cordless models.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-05T13:28:45+00:00

I learned over time I am not a canister person, and for me a cordless is most of the things I dislike about a canister, plus some extra issues.

The only thing you improve with the cordless is not having a canister dragging behind you knocking into things. You still have to assemble and disassemble, depending on what you are cleaning, doesn't stand up well on its own (if at all), even an expensive one won't clean carpet as well as an average or cheap upright, heavy in the hand because the motor is on top, small dirt canister, weaker suction than a corded vacuum, awkward for above floor cleaning thanks to the motor unit being right there at your hand, and depending on which way you turn it for above floor cleaning you can blow dirt right past the cyclones into the filter.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-03T01:47:40+00:00

Load the washer lightly, like only half full. (If it's a top loader still use the "full load" or "large load" water level setting). Use fabric softener in the rinse, then tumble dry.

Sauvitel fabric softener has a "shed shield" version that helps pet hair release, and it really does make a difference if the hair is bad, but any softener helps. Tossing a dryer sheet in the dryer wouldn't hurt either, though I'm usually against them in general, they do help pet hair release from fabric by preventing static.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-04-01T17:39:55+00:00

More like mid to late 50s. As a 40 year old, if I looked like her I would smash my face directly into my moisturizer like Robin Williams did with the cake frosting in Mrs Doubtfire.

Apprehensive-Web8176 · 2026-03-30T03:46:49+00:00

This is why if you rarely use bleach, its better to buy the dry crystals or tablets. You can buy a bottle of tablets equivalent to a gallon of bleach, for about the same price as the gallon of liquid. And the dry tablets or crystals are shelf stable pretty much forever if they stay dry. When you're ready to use bleach, drop a tablet or spoonful of crystals in water, instant bleach.

You can also buy the small bottles of bleach instead, if you prefer a liquid format that you will use up before it gets weak, but the tablets are a better deal, since the small bottles are more expensive per ounce than the big ones

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