Back about 2003 I was carpooling to a job 50 miles away with a friend. He had an Audi and I had a Honda Accord. I always drove because the Audi was always in the shop. His car payments were $3,500 per year and his maintenance was $1,700 per year. I finally convinced him he didn’t pay $50,000 for the car, because the…

You missed an entire genre of mattresses.  Memory foam is not the only foam, and to my taste, it is far from the best foam.  For me it’s latex foam about 6 inches thick, on top of a box springs.  My parents got a latex foam mattress in 1941 and donated it to me when they got a king size bed.  I finally kicked it to…

You missed an entire genre of mattresses.  Memory foam is not the only foam, and to my taste, it is far from the…

I just started watching Xena Warrior Princess for the first time. Those are really, really bad. I’m still in season 1, so we’ll see how it goes.

I’ve been writing about lawn care for 20 years. The other replies have this right. You should not automatically follow the advice of anyone outside your area. Pay attention to the caveats and circumstances. The article practically glosses over the idea of a soil test prior to liming. And nobody is going to scatter…

I’m sure her mother is very proud of her. 

My mother kept a 2-gallon jar of fermented fruit under the sink for years. We used it instead of jelly, jam, or preserves. Cranberries would have been a nice addition to the cocktail of other fruits she used.

Here’s what I would do for an array of pictures with wires or one zig-zag hanger.

I did not follow it either. Here’s why: the author left a lot of words out. Lets go through it.

I use this rule to hang TVs on the wall, too.

YES! True fact. For several years I lived in hotels around Texas. Every now and then one of the guys on the team would get a room that smelled like the previous occupants were growing pot in it. The manager would bring in an ozone machine and after about 4 hours, the room had no odors.

Yes, and yes. 

When Oxyclean is dissolved into hot water, hydrogen peroxide is the result, so I think we are confirming each other’s approach. 

I stopped microwaving them because they seem to disintegrate from that.  Instead I soak them in Oxyclean or hydrogen peroxide (same thing). 

First step is to be born with artistic talent and patience for carving.

We had a fire in our kitchen many years ago. Insurance paid for everything to clean it up. All our clothes, rugs, and furniture were sent to Dallas for cleaning. Carpet was steam cleaned on site. Every inch of the walls and ceilings were washed twice with the yellow product from Totally Awesome (at Dollar Tree) and…

So to summarize:  Carmakers are afraid of modern technology.  They bought into it back in the past and those people still work there.  It’s the technology they grew up with and are comfortable with.  Big Auto then missed out on hiring new talent, and here we are. 

Who remembers putting rice in the salt shaker to break up the clumps in humid places. 

You need a better way to home in on your target audience than ‘four seasons.’ Living in San Antonio it seems like we have 4 seasons. Sure we don’t get a lot of snow and temps seldom dip lower than the mid 20s, but all the plants you mention live on year after year planted in the ground. Both the upright jasmine and…

First of all, hate is a pretty strong word.

Raised beds are exactly what they are cracked up to be. Your expectation of living in the perfect world is not what it’s cracked up to be.