Billy Mays, doing ads for soap, just found dead

• Billy Mays, doing ads for soap, just found dead - Alice
  • What a horribly sad week...sm - Lolabug
    • I agree. So much bad news from all corners. - Too much TV and not enough exercise for me. nm
  • If you hit your head, get it checked out - Happy MT Robin
    • is this the 5th of 6th sign of the apocalyse this week? Im lost. - :)
  • Should state when he was hit on the head - Alice

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"Hi, I'm Billy Mays with some other junk product to clean your dirty stuff with that the other junk you bought from me didn't clean up in the first place."  Why does the TV go louder when he's on, as if I really want to hear him? 

There was a commercial a few years back for a dishwashing soap where this dog was slurping his big tongue all over the plates to preclean them.  NASTY.  I had to turn that one off everytime I saw it. 

I'm in Iowa.  We've had politician ads on the TV for a while now.  I'm so thrilled. 

Craftmatic beds, Chia Pets, The Clapper, etc., are cheesy but classic. 

The Daisy sour cream commercials used to be on nearly constantly.  The theme song would grind into my memory.  No, I did not want a dollop of Daisy. 

I'd have to say that Kevin Trudeau with his informercials is probably the worst.  What a goon. 

Is it just me or how many others out their would like to throttle Billy Mays.  I am soooooo sick of him.  He's loud, obnoxious, and I'm getting tired of him thrusting his arms out in front every other second.  And please someone tell him to stop using the grecian formula.  It looks very unnatural.  I will never ever buy a product he advertises.

The shamwow guy though.  Now he's very enjoyable to watch and I will probably buy anything he advertises.  Just a nice switch from watching that obnoxious a$$ BM (gee his initials match what I want to have every time I see him).

Just wondered if anyone out there is as irked as me at Mr. Billy Mays.

today- 28 years old, possibly drugs

What soap opera do you watch regularly and how long have you been watching it?

Mine is AMC and I've been watching it from the beginning in 1970. 

I don't have a dishwasher so I have to use liquid soap.  I never throw the bottle away because I can't squeeze anymore out.  When I'm running my next dishwater, I run water in the bottle and use every last drop.  The cap even has enough residue on it for 1 load.  Same goes for shampoo and conditioner.  Even laundry soap.

I'll often use shampoo for body wash.  If you use Suave or VO5 it's usually only .99 a bottle and when it's on sale for less than that I'll buy a few bottles.  It's a lot cheaper than bodywash.

I try to do errands and appointments on the same day.  Mapped out right so I save gas. 

Never buy infant, toddler, preschool kids clothes brand new.  Buy at thrift, second hand stores or garage sales.  They outgrow them faster than the bank statement arrives.  They also tend to stain and ruin clothes pretty darn easily and quickly.

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT

Ingredients:
3.1 oz bar Ivory soap or 2 regular bar sizes(Ivory is chosen because it's all natural. You may use a soap of your choice)
1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax

½ cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda or Baking Soda (I used baking soda since I couldn't find the washing soda)
Water

Tools:

5 Gallon container
Knife
Pot large enough to hold 5 cups of water
Long stirring stick/spoon (for 5 gallon container)

Instructions:

Shave the soap into small strips or grate it up finely with a grater and place in the pot with 5 cups of water. Bring the water just shy of a boil and stir until the soap is completely melted. When the soap is just about melted, pour 3 gallons of hot water into the 5-gallon container and let it sit until the soap in the pot is totally melted. Once all of the soap shavings are melted, pour the mixture into the 5-gallon container and stir.

Once the soap and water are thoroughly stirred, add the ½ cup pf washing soda and stir until dissolved. Once the washing soda is dissolved, pour in the cup of borax and stir again until dissolved.

***You can add essential oil flavors for the smell but I prefer without.

I found this online and it's the closest to my own recipe.  It also includes the directions and the pricing comparisons included are also very similar to prices in my area.

The only difference is, in my part of the country, Arm & Hammer wash soda isn't common on the store shelves and I have to order it online.

Since one of the kiddos is sensitive to perfumes, I will sometimes divide part of one batch into a couple of smaller bottles and add a drop or two of lavender essential oils just for the master bathroom towels and bedsheets.

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It always freaked me out when they would say 'live cultures' when talking about yogurt.  Little tiny alive things in my yogurt....AHHHHH!!!!  LOL!!   I still eat yogurt - oh well!

The fruitcake lady died this month.  Here are some clips, get ready to laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nniN9mxu2Ug&NR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUNifYxvAes&mode=related&search=

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/fruitcake_lady/

I could not put this under comedy, even though it is.  There are some 4-letter words in these clips, nothing terrible. 

hard time grasping this that I can't imagine what his poor wife and family must be going through. I can't even move and want to read everything about them finding him, etc. if he only stayed in the car with them - He left Saturday morning to look for help and the found his wife and girls on Monday. And he was found dead today miles from where the car was found.

I guess I could thank God that his wife and 2 children are still alive. I am happy they are alive, but it just makes me unbelievably sad what he must have gone through. He had such a great will to live and yet he died out there.

I don't know if anyone out there reading this who lives in Oregon, but I certainly have zero desire to EVER venture out into the Oregon wilderness, now more so than ever. I've heard horror stories about one-lane, winding, extremely hazardous roads and I don't understand why the state won't fix that? This isn't the first family to go through something like this because a lot of maps are contradicting.

This should serve as a warning to anyone who wants to travel the Oregon mountains, especially in the wintertime - DON'T DO IT.

How tragic and sad.

WHAT IS A GUARDIAN AD LITEM?

A guardian ad litem is an individual appointed by probate court before or during a proceeding.  Responsibilities may include prosecuting an action on behalf of an individual, providing information to a respondent, conducting an investigation, and making a report and recommendation to the court.

http://courts.co.calhoun.mi.us/book042a.htm