The only thing that could have made this protest better was if death whistles had been used. It’s still pretty great though.

The power behind essential oils is your mind, not the oils. If essential oils, music, specific sounds, some specific object in the room, anything else helps you get to the mental state you need, continue it, but your brain is the power behind the proper mental state for lucid dreaming, not the props. They are just…

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All the restaurant supply stores I’ve ever purchased from let anyone buy. If you buy commercial appliances, often times the manufacturer will only honor warranties in a commercial setting and not residential installs.

Don’t reorder the partitions in Macrium, there is no need. It also makes the system repair and factory restore tools no longer work because the partitions are not in the order it expects. You can drag each partition in order until you’ve dragged the system partition. Click on the partition if it doesn’t still have an…

I’ll disown any child who buys me a fanny pack, unless it contains a full size bottle of Scotch, good Scotch!

I’ll disown any child who buys me a fanny pack, unless it contains a full size bottle of Scotch, good Scotch!

If you keep your knives well maintained, you only need 2 or 3 passes on each side with the honing steel if your knife is sharp. If it dull but not in need of true sharpening yet, you may need more passes. You don’t gain anything with more passes on a well maintained knife and may actually end up making the blade worse.

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20 years ago, I saw an handful of mini splits. Now I see them everywhere in Europe.

My dog, when I was growing up, ate raisins, grapes, any kind of nut, chicken bones, dairy, mushrooms, chocolate, an entire stick of butter once and about every food item imaginable. He also ate spools of thread, wooden spool, thread and all and a box of sewing needles, crunched them into smaller pieces and swallowed…

For salmon, if it looks a little under done coming out of the oven or from the pan, the residual heat will keep cooking the fish by the time it gets to the table. If you cook it until it looks completely done it will be overcooked when you get it to your plate.

The going rate for both kids was 1 origami dollar. If you decide to go down this path, get a good book of simple dollar origami. Google searches worked for a while until 1 night, everything I was finding either I had already done, or was way too complicated to try at 1:00 am. I had to try and come up with something…

Cold turkey is the way to go. It worked with both kids who have very different personalities. Your fear of doing it is much, much worse than the actual act. Kids are very resilient. If they (NOT YOU) need it, you can prepare them for the big day when they become a big kid and don’t need a baby pacifier anymore. They…

I’ve always tried to answer my kid’s questions. When they hit on one I don’t know, I would tell them “let’s look it up”. That not only answers the question, but that few minutes of searching and reading tends to stop and endless string questions for a while without crushing their curiosity.

A 2 to 3 oz jar can run anywhere from $4-$8, or you can get 5lbs for around $17 from a restaurant supply store like https://www.webstaurantstore.com. You’ll want to buy enough other items to minimize the impact of shipping charges, like foil, plastic wrap, vinegar, napkins, things you would need anyway.

If you are relying on the bathroom fan that came with your home, you really aren’t going to see much cooling. Unless you installed a high CFM fan, the existing fan will probably be fairly weak, not to mention all the dust and hairspray coating every part of the fan. Even a brand new high CFM fan is going to have…

To be considered certified Angus, cattle has to be at least 51% solid black and have a defined set of genetic characteristics and can be called Black Angus. Angus has become as much of a marketing term as an actual breed classification. Around here you see many stores selling choice or select Angus to squeeze a little…

I was a realtor for a while. While realtors often have contractors they recommend. It’s often because they will cut the homeowner a deal, making the seller happy and getting both the seller and the homeowner more money. A realtor that screws a seller over for a possible tiny finder fee is killing off any chance of…

A lot of times people make up statements they’ve pulled out of nowhere. There are a limited number of contractors in any given market. There are generally many many more realtors in that same market. Contractors don’t exclusively marry realtors or realtors to be. Some realtors do work with specific builders, but that…

That’s why you only do the renovations that give you a higher return and when doing those renovations manage the scope and cost so that each dollar adds value. Kitchens and bathrooms can often be spruced up enough without going overboard to get you a net gain. The exterior of your home is sometimes another area. If…