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Topic: Miscellaneous - Part Two
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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-15-2004 11:48 AM
Rated G Sue Bee
Our four children, always on the go, frequently communicate with each other by leaving notes around the house telling where they've gone, what they're doing, or whatever. Recently, we came across the following written exchange between Michael, 18, and Steve, his 12-year-old brother: "Steve--borrowed your hairbrush. I'll return it when I get back. If you need one, mine is in Mom's car (which is why I had to borrow yours).--Mike"
Steve's response, written on the same note was: "Mike--It's not mine. It's the dog's. Steve"
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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-16-2004 09:38 AM
Rated G Michele
In the interest of returning some level of sanity to public discourse,I am stepping into the breach. In an effort to give you all something else to focus on until Martha's return,I present Housekeeping Tips for do-it-your-selfers.
The Bathtub: Modern science has yet to explain how it is that a bathtub, which gets sluiced with soapy water just about every day, gets dirty. However, while we wait for an answer, my solution to dirty tubs: Install a brand new one. Shellac it. Padlock the bathroom and tell everyone in your family where to find the garden hose.
Leaf Raking: Every autumn, millions of homeowners around the world spend hours raking leaves up from their lawns. Every spring, they spend hours spraying their lawns with artificial fertilizers. Answer: Let your children run through the leaves as much as they like, breaking them down into mulch. Whatever the wind doesn't catch and blow onto your neighbor's lawn is natural fertilizer for your patch.
Cobwebs: Removing each individual cob web as it appears is very time consuming. My advice is to wait until the spiders have created enough webs that it becomes one big, house-covering super web. This should only take about 2.5 days. Then grab a thread, stand in a corner, and reel it all in. (Caution: this may drag furniture and small animals out of place).
The Kitchen Floor: Notoriously difficult to keep clean, because it's a high traffic area in your house. Solution: Attach mop heads to your children's shoes, your spouse's shoes, and all four paws on the family pets. Since they're the ones running through it all the time, they may as well clean it as they go.
Vacuuming: Buy one of those new robot vacuum gadgets, which recently received the most backhanded consumer review ever: These things really suck!!!!
Dusting: Dust will come off the furniture automatically as you reel in the cobwebs. Incidentally cobwebs and dust also make great lawn fertilizer.
Dirty dishes: Two words - paper plates.
Cars: I get a great deal of amusement from watching my neighbors waste an entire Saturday afternoon washing their car. I mean, there are so many other important things you could be doing with that time, like, for instance, kicking back and watching the other neighbors rake their lawns. My theory on car cleaning is that the industry invented leases for a reason: by the time you can no longer tell the make of model of the car, or you lose a passenger to the backseat debris, your lease has expired and it's time for a new one anyway.
Shoveling the Sidewalk: If all you northerners followed my advice about leaves, you won't need to do this. The decomposing leaves that blow onto your sidewalk will release enough heat to keep your sidewalk clear for months. Spreading some on your driveway will have the same effect, plus, it's fun to drive through the leaves.
There, that out to keep everyone occupied for a while. No, no need to thank me.
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