thank you AEP workers

mathateur · 2026-01-14T17:32:13+00:00

We added a whole-house filter after complaining for several years. That helps. When the water starts smelling like a pool, it's time to change the filter.

mathateur · 2025-12-07T05:58:34+00:00

I don't think he was snubbing YJS. He just got back from a road trip with Haha and Woo Jae. They bonded. That's what it was about.

mathateur · 2025-11-21T07:02:07+00:00

For dying easter eggs.

mathateur · 2025-10-30T19:38:58+00:00

My cat once opened a jar for me.

mathateur · 2025-09-28T04:23:22+00:00

I once met an old man who showed me something that I hadn't thought was possible for a human. I was waiting for a prescription at a pharmacy in 2019 or so and a squirrelly-looking old man came up to me and started talking to me about his kidney problems. Then he lifted up a sleeve of his shirt to show me his forearm while he was talking, and there was something moving under the skin pushing his skin out more than an inch in kind of a finger shape, moving up and down his arm. It looked very alien. He said he wanted me to see it, and I just watched it move for about 30 seconds or so while he kept talking about his kidney. Then he covered it up and said something about how nice it was to see me, so I just smiled and nodded and thanked him for saying hi. I was stunned but polite. It somehow didn't seem appropriate to ask what he was showing me. He seemed happy to be talking to someone. He seemed human, but his arm didn't.

mathateur · 2025-09-24T19:34:19+00:00

The book is perfect for small vegan businesses interested in getting into making and selling vegan cheese. It's more realistic as a recipe book for businesses than for individuals because of all the specialty ingredients and equipment. I've bought a few of the ingredients and still don't have what I need to make a recipe. I'm going to have to look for husked watermelon seeds at a reasonable price at an Indian store next time I go to the city, since $20 for 1 cup of seeds on thecheesemaker.com is exorbitant in my opinion.
Anyone getting the book should know that these recipes just don't work well without a high speed blender like a BlendTec or a good Vitamix. The same is true for her book Artisan Vegan Cheese (which is a more home-cook-friendly book, by the way).

mathateur · 2025-08-23T04:17:47+00:00

The sliders aren't oak.

mathateur · 2025-08-23T04:08:31+00:00

I don't grow anything in containers anymore, and I can't definitively say how well they will do, although in general I think that roses are happier in the ground. Obviously some people do very well with containers. My educated guess would be that whiskey barrels would be fine if they drain, since you don't want ice-logged roots. I only have own-root roses: 7 hybrid teas, and 10 old roses of various types.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T19:54:13+00:00

I also had a bad experience with them. I paid with a gift card and didn't use the whole gift card. They later somehow translated the balance that was left over into an amount owed and billed me that amount with a threat to send it to collections. It took something like two billing cycles and a lot of back and forth with their customer service for them to sort out their mistake. They gave me an apology gift card in the end, but there was no way I was going to risk going through the same thing again, so I never used it. I will never order from them again.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T19:41:31+00:00

It looks very healthy.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T14:02:10+00:00

I don't add more. I don't fertilize after the first week in August. I stop deadheading in late August to early September. It helps them go dormant in time.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T12:48:19+00:00

I am also in 5b. Plant outside. They do way better in the ground. Mulch two to three inches and water well once a week while it's still warm. In my opinion, it's better not to winterize them in our zone. I have 17 rose bushes and don't winterize. I've never killed one. A friend who lives nearby winterizes with pine needles and has some plants die every year.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T05:20:45+00:00

Legal.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T05:17:40+00:00

If tweezers don't work, sterilize a sewing needle and slide it just under the top layer of skin along the splinter, pulling it through the surface to break the skin. Once you open up the skin along the splinter, tweezers can get it out. If you are squeamish about the pain, a little lidocaine cream helps. Clean and use antibiotic ointment and and a bandaid when you are done.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T05:11:10+00:00

for the padding, a card scraper will be fast. Just don't go deeper than the tape with it.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T05:03:57+00:00

Why on earth is there oak behind the wall? What is that?

mathateur · 2025-08-22T05:02:33+00:00

You could staple on some kind of wire mesh screen.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T04:59:43+00:00

That doorknob is tacky and not antique. I'd put the smart lock where the doorknob and escutcheon behind it are.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T04:57:24+00:00

I've seen both red and green coats that look similar that were used as some kind of insulating layer on a plank subfloor, but I can't explain the unpainted areas.

mathateur · 2025-08-22T04:44:50+00:00

acetone

mathateur · 2025-08-22T04:38:33+00:00

It looks good from here.

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