Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[JenniferS]

It’s heeeeeere!


ETA - One mystery solved. Ski is pretty sure he’s the one who broke the SMEG. He dropped it. On the plus side, he dropped it while filling it, which is much better than dropping it when full of boiling water.

New mystery - why was he lifting it to fill it? We fill the kettle with bottled distilled water.

 

[MinnieM123]

It’s heeeeeere!
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ETA - One mystery solved. Ski is pretty sure he’s the one who broke the SMEG. He dropped it. On the plus side, he dropped it while filling it, which is much better than dropping it when full of boiling water.

New mystery - why was he lifting it to fill it? We fill the kettle with bottled distilled water.

Wow, that's really sharp looking -- Black & Decker must have a new design team?

 

[Goofyernmost]

Wow, that's really sharp looking -- Black & Decker must have a new design team?

Does that also double as a variable speed drill?

 

[Goofyernmost]

It’s heeeeeere!
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ETA - One mystery solved. Ski is pretty sure he’s the one who broke the SMEG. He dropped it. On the plus side, he dropped it while filling it, which is much better than dropping it when full of boiling water.

New mystery - why was he lifting it to fill it? We fill the kettle with bottled distilled water.

Maybe the cesspool they get the bottled water from ran dry! I know it's one of my idiosyncrasies, but, I always want to know where my water comes from and how often it is tested. Something you get from municipal water systems, but, not from bottled water setups that could have a garden hose source. Especially from third world countries like Cananada.

Spoiler

Unless it's from Detroit, then bottled water is necessary.

 

[JenniferS]

Maybe the cesspool they get the bottled water from ran dry! I know it's one of my idiosyncrasies, but, I always want to know where my water comes from and how often it is tested. Something you get from municipal water systems, but, not from bottled water setups that could have a garden hose source. Especially from third world countries like Cananada.

We use distilled water in all of our appliances - kettle, coffee maker, ice maker, steamer, and iron, because our municipal tap water is very hard, and I used to have to descale every other month.

There is nothing nastier than the last sip of tea or coffee being nothing but limescale grit.

 

[Songbird76]

Someone came into my office between the time I left Tuesday night and 1:00 on Wednesday, and emptied all my garbages.

It wouldn’t have been the office cleaners, because they come Friday nights, and also actually clean.

No cleaning occurred, no vacuuming or mopping ... just the emptying of all three waste bins and new liners installed.

Very weird.

Should we be preparing bail money in case there was anything incriminating in the garbage?

 

[trr1]

It’s heeeeeere!
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ETA - One mystery solved. Ski is pretty sure he’s the one who broke the SMEG. He dropped it. On the plus side, he dropped it while filling it, which is much better than dropping it when full of boiling water.

New mystery - why was he lifting it to fill it? We fill the kettle with bottled distilled water.

how long does it take to heat a kettle of water?

 

[Goofyernmost]

We use distilled water in all of our appliances - kettle, coffee maker, ice maker, steamer, and iron, because our municipal tap water is very hard, and I used to have to descale every other month.

There is nothing nastier than the last sip of tea or coffee being nothing but limescale grit.

I guess I can accept that, but I personally would rather drink the limescale grit then coffee. The grit would only serve to improve coffee.

 

[JenniferS]

This is what my cousin woke up to ... few hours north of here:


Three days later than last year, so that’s good, right?

 

[JenniferS]

Should we be preparing bail money in case there was anything incriminating in the garbage?

I have a top of the line cross cut shredder at work.

 

[JenniferS]

how long does it take to heat a kettle of water?

Quick and quiet.

 

[JenniferS]

I guess I can accept that, but I personally would rather drink the limescale grit then coffee. The grit would only serve to improve coffee.

Wow, I knew our water was hard, I just didn’t know HOW hard.



General guidelines for classification of waters are: 0 to 60 mg/L (milligrams per liter) as calcium carbonate is classified as soft; 61 to 120 mg/L as moderately hard; 121 to 180 mg/L as hard; and more than 180 mg/L as very hard.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Wow, I knew our water was hard, I just didn’t know HOW hard.

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General guidelines for classification of waters are: 0 to 60 mg/L (milligrams per liter) as calcium carbonate is classified as soft; 61 to 120 mg/L as moderately hard; 121 to 180 mg/L as hard; and more than 180 mg/L as very hard.

When I was a kid my grandparents lived on the homestead very close to the Canadian Border. The well water there was hard enough to ice skate on, even in the summer and it also apparently ran through a vane of sulfur as well because it tasted awful and smelled bad as well. But, that was the drinking water that was available. They also had a cistern that all the rainwater collected in from the roof. That was used for bath water and toilet flushing. That was so soft it almost seemed slimy.

 

[trr1]

Wow, I knew our water was hard, I just didn’t know HOW hard.

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General guidelines for classification of waters are: 0 to 60 mg/L (milligrams per liter) as calcium carbonate is classified as soft; 61 to 120 mg/L as moderately hard; 121 to 180 mg/L as hard; and more than 180 mg/L as very hard.

ours Hardness levels are approximately 82 ppm, or 5 grains per gallon of water ,The sodium level is approximately 26 ppm. ,Water leaving the treatment plant averages 7.1 pH units. A pH of 7.0 is considered neutral, neither acidic nor basic ,Pennsylvania American Water adds fluoride to a level of approximately 0.7 ppm to assist in prevention of dental cavities. ,PAW’s normal range of nitrate levels is below the MCL of 10 ppm

 

[PUSH]

It is snowing again. I don't think it's supposed to be measurable, but it's still snowing. But at least we get a break in the snow until Sunday...

 

[trr1]

It is snowing again. I don't think it's supposed to be measurable, but it's still snowing. But at least we get a break in the snow until Sunday...

just in time to go back to work

 

[PUSH]

just in time t go back to work

I think it's supposed to be Sunday morning.

 

[PUSH]

My cousin put up her Christmas tree today. The Christmas spirit runs in my family.

 

[Goofyernmost]

My cousin put up her Christmas tree today. The Christmas spirit runs in my family.

When I was young, if artificial trees existed they were ugly. But, I have to admit my parents never made any attempt to get a fake one until 1963 when they purchased a shiny silver, aluminum tree. Before that if you put your tree up this early by the time Christmas got here all there would be were decorated barren branches and a deep pile of pine needles on the floor under it. I'm happy to report that the aluminum tree lasted only one year before it was relegated to scrap metal status. However, pretty much up to the mid-80's real trees were much cheaper, had a nice smell but were shaped a lot like the sad little Christmas tree on Charlie Brown's Christmas.

 

[Mike S]

My cousin put up her Christmas tree today. The Christmas spirit runs in my family.