Agree on the laminate, however, real wood is ruined by water too.
Posted By: Had ice maker explode, had to redo entire floor. n on 2005-12-30
In Reply to: can I talk you out of Pergo laminate for the sm - long time MQr
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I agree with Sheryl-- MT has been ruined.
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No, have 2 wood stoves and 4 cords of wood that some old guy
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Water here, too. I fill water bottles halfway and freeze them
so I have ice water for the entire day. It's easier than trying to cram ice cubes down the little mouths of the bottles. I confess to having coffee, Earl Grey tea and a cola today because I'm too tired from the idiots who were rodding their cars around in front of the house from midnight until 3:00 a.m. last night. Oh, well. At least I'm off today.
Just remember, laminate....
will not hold up to water. We are putting down laminate in our livingroom and hallways. It's almost done. Just a word about Pergo...It's PRICEY! We went to Lumber Liquidators (lumberliquidators.com if you want to check for your closest location) and bought the BEST laminate they had, 8mm thickness, moisture barrier attached to the back, 25 yr warranty, and paid 1.69 sq. foot. That's way cheaper than the thinnest crummiest stuff at Home Depot. Of course we're putting it down ourselves (it' couldn't be easier as long as you have a table saw). Our entire livingroom, hallway, and master bedroom clost 1,030 dollars.
can I talk you out of Pergo laminate for the sm
kitchen and bathroom? It is beautiful but laminate doesn't hold up to water real well. You have to get the water up right away. If you have kids and the bathroom............you can just guess. It is beautful in other parts of the house though. We just put it in our family room and bedroom. Now real oak flooring or something like that works in teh kitchen and bathroom, it is expensive but will work. It all just depends on the type of wear and tear you have but with kids I wouldn't even think of kitchen and bathroom. Its just my hubby and I and I won't do it although it would be beautiful. That's just my opinion and the salesman told me about laminate/water etc.
The MTs are still real MTs, but I agree that VR jobs -
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I agree with using a real estate agent...
especially with the market being what it is right now. I will be putting my home on the market in a few weeks. I will want someone who sells homes full time, is a go-getter, has contacts in the field, etc., etc. I think the commission is worth it...especially considering the legal battles that could possibly ensue with the sale of real estate. PLUS, an agent will not deal with FSBO....so that eliminates a LOT of possible buyers right off the bat.
Just my opinion.
Good luck to you.....well, to both of us!!
IT HAS RUINED OUR FIELD
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What has really ruined the business is this...sm
It's sad that our government refused to step and intervene on our (the US transcriptionist) behalf. Many tried in the past. Governor "Schwarzie" in California did the industry no favor 4 years ago when he veto'd the bill that would have mandated all hospitals/doctors keep medical records transcription within the US. Many other states were watching California to see what happened there before deciding whether or not to pass a similar bill. Congressmen and senators told many who approached them to take to the state levels. Basically the government of this country doesn't care that our jobs (as well as other industries) are leaving the US in droves.
Unfortunately with pricing now running 11-13 being harder to achieve and that is now commonly for just the letters on a page, no spaces, the cost of providing benefits, QA teams/management teams a lot of MTSO's just can't pay more than 8 cpl & it's hard to do that. It's hard to compete against the 2-5 cpl that companies in India and Pakistan market themselves at and with their English and medical skills improving they're hurting our American work force.
She ruined my life.......
E mail me if you want to know what a scam artist she is.
AAMT has almost singlehandedly ruined
Then they took all the hard-earned money that the CMTs (Conned Medical Transcriptionists) paid to take those tests, and they took it offshore.
They should be renamed the 'UN-American Assn. of MT,' or DI, or whatever they call themselves these days).
Too bad he ruined his face with plastic surgery
Okay, the daily feces report ruined it for me. nm
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Cook it real slow at real low heat; simmer, don't boil.
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Wood heat, here...
Good thing. It was 6 degrees here yesterday morning. Have enough wood stockpiled to last through this winter and halfway into next and I have a +2600 square foot farmhouse. Also have the LP tank full in case the furnace kicks in.
Now, before I pat myself on the back too hard, let me say that wood heat is a LOT of work and time-consuming and very very very messy. It's almost like a second job in some ways.
Wood heat here too
I'm so glad we got an outdoor wood furnace a few years back. We haven't had to buy/use LP for 4 winters now. I'll put up with the work as long as I don't have those high oil prices anymore.
Yes, we just put in a wood stove and turned off
the furnace out in the shop. We know of a guy who gives away free scrap wood, so we're heating the shop for free this year. That'll save quite a chunk of change. I wish we hadn't taken the wood stove out of the house, but it would have cost too much to bring it up to code. Other than that, put on more clothes, extra blankets on the beds, and turn the heat down.
yup, 52 here and between m-pause and wood heat
sometimes i purt near melt!!
Wood versus gas, if just using a fireplace
without having an insert or some type of blower most likely you will be better off using another heat source because of the heat loss through the fireplace, unless you aren't using any other heat source. We have gas heat and prices are expected to increase 70%. We had gas logs but had them removed because we couldn't afford to burn them even for the mood affect and that was a couple of years ago.
cord of wood, not cords.
4 cord of wood
have used wood heat for 20+ years
and we have moved a lot, so had to install numerous times. My husband does it. You can spend a ton of $ on a stove, but we prefer the little inexpensive 'box' type stove. They radiate heat well, you can cook on them, control the 'draft', etc. THey put out a lot of heat. If you have a stove that needs a blower to distribute heat, you'll be in a lurch when the power goes out. Also, your stovepipe must go i think it is 4 ft taller than the high point of your roof in order to draw the air correctly. You must get the fire hot enough often to burn out the creosote or keep it from building up. Learning how to build a fire can be challenging -- but once its going, the coals generated will make it easy to keep going. and please make sure you use smoke alarms on each floor.
Brother-in-law has been using outside wood furnace
for many, many years and loves it. It sits out back of their house less than 50 feet (I would guess) from their back door. They also cool their house with it (need an exchanger of some sort) and heat their pool water. He is pretty clever and worked out the plumbing for the pool by himself. They do have to spend part of their summer looking and cutting and hauling their wood supply but they think it is worth it. Hope this helps.
outdoor wood boilers
If you live in the north, where our temp is currently 11 degrees, investing in an outdoor wood boiler is the way to go. I don't think you can have them in the city, but if you live out of town, wood is definately cheaper than propane. We can fill our tank once a year (approximately $550)
I haven't put wood in microwave yet...LOL....nm
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We are paying as we go.... We also have 2 wood stoves, BUT...
the problem you can run into is that your heating system won't call for heat because the inside of the house is warm, then the water in your heating pipes just sits and goes cold and can freeze and burst as it runs along some of the outer walls of the house. That happened to us last winter and cost 500 dollars to call a plumber out.
Use mother nature's WOOD HEAT !!
and maybe get a down comforter for the back bedroom...
Can I come to your house? I miss wood heat (sm)
That was our only heat source for over 20 years. It started out as a backup heat source, but soon became our only source. We lived in a 5 room house back then and it heated the whole place. If it was 5 degrees outside, it was wonderful to walk into the house. It felt like a cozy warm blanket wrapping around you as soon as you opened the door. I was never cold. We kept a metal box fan behind it to blow the heat through the rest of the house, and a 30 gal soup pot on top filled with water for humidity. I even cooked a lot of meals on top. Had a whole set of cast iron pans, including the dutch oven. Meals were great. The only thing I didn't like was the "dirt" from the wood.
We now have forced hot air. I hate it. I'm always cold. I still have the wood stove but it's in the storage shed. Can't talk DH into installing it in the house. The only time I am warm is when I go up to the garage where my DH has an old Kenmore apartment size wood/coal kitchen stove that I bought for him a couple years ago. Guess where I spend all my free time...
Had a flu shots ::knocking on wood:: and so far so good
Two little neighbor girls came over to play. They told me that they had been ill with the flu. I asked them to come back in a week to play (their mother will not let them come over now...).
Are you talking about putting a wood burning stove outside or one of
those furnance box things that you burn wood in and vent it to heat the house? If you are asking about the latter we don't have one, but have looked into it. They are about $5,000.00, but other than that I don't know anything about them.
Wood-fired brick oven pizza. nm
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I use Word 2000 and have had no problems. (knock on wood).
I used to run it with Microsoft Office, but had too many problems so got rid of MS Office and just run 2000. I have been lucky that when I get .tmp file, I can just delete it. I got so mad when that would happen I was always doing a system restore. What a mess. I got rid of the MS Office and things settled down. I hope this helps.
Found an old couple who were moving. Sold us 4 cords of wood for
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WATER and MORE WATER
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A water gun would and should get a kid SM
disciplined, IMO. It's a toy and should stay home and not come to school.
At my grandson's daycare they get kicked out for making guns out of Legos! No guns in school anywhere, any time, any shape, form or fashion.
Lord, we made bazookas out of big sticks, rifles out of smaller ones, and handguns out of little bent ones. Then we proceeded to kill each other all over the place - the difference is that we didn't do it when we grew up.
Coffee and a big cup of ice water so far...nm
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Yes, and that same jug of water costs how much after it's
been paid for with tax dollars, hauled in on trucks, and handed out by National Guardsmen and FEMA workers who are being paid and are away from their own families? That little jug of water costs more to the taxpayers than Perrier.
yes, and running water too.
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The largest end goes in the water. nm
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water mark
try rubbing cigar ash into the watermark
Don't put in dishwasher, water gets too hot, but you
can wash in the tub or shower. I've washed mine 3 times in the shower. I don't use anything, just hot water and run over it a few times, let it sit for a bit and then run water again to get anything really sticky off. I then shake it upside down really good and then place it upside down on a towel near a vent to dry. It takes me 3 days to get it dried out good. I've used it in 2 days and kept getting errors, so let it dry a third day and no problems.
You can take a warm damp cloth and wipe over the keyboard. I would suggest unplugging it from the computer so you don't reprogram something. I also take an index card and run it down between the keys. You'd be surprised how much dust/animal hair you get out. I also turn my keyboard over and thumb it a couple of times on my tray and that gets out a lot of crumbs.
lots of water before eating
I haven't tried this myself, but I recently read an article about two very overweight men who lost tons of weight (not quickly, but gradually). Both exercised every day, starting off with very little and gradually working it up, and one of them said he also drank something like a liter of water before each meal, which filled up his stomach so he got full fast and it really helped him cut back on how much he was eating. I thought it sounded logical.
I really wish I could make myself drink more water..
but as a hazard of being a southern girl, I drink tea all day like it's going out of style 
Freezing water in bottles
It's great that you drink ice water, but I read that freezing water in plastic bottles leaches chemicals from the plastic into your water (potential cancer cause). Better to use those new ice cube trays that make finger-shaped ice cubes!
chug a glass of water
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doesn't have both oars in the water
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He doesn't have both oars in the water. nm
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Your argument does not hold water.
A hurricane in those areas of Texas may indeed have never been so far inland, but that's the nature of natural disasters. For 4 years now Homeland Security has been trying to drill it into the minds of the American people that you need to be prepared for ANYTHING. Maybe next time it will be a terrorist hit. Maybe an earthquake along New Madrid. Don't you believe your survival should be dependent on yourself? Or do you expect the govt to swoop in and take care of it for you? The sheeple need to wake up. Get prepared and stay prepared!
I drink only unsweetened tea or water...
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Have you ever made those water candles?
When I was a young teenager, we would make the water candles in a bucket of water. Got burned more than I care to think about. Made some pretty awesome-looking candles though!
Holy cow, wonder what is in that poor cat's water??
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How is THAT warm water? hmmm? LOL..nm
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