IrishAyes
IrishAyes's JournalRegarding ceiling fans
Has anyone else ever had the pull chain mechanism refuse to turn off the light?
Two years ago an Amish contractor, while here to do other things, offered to hang the ceiling fan for me. Well, it wouldn't work but I knew there were other possible causes for the problem so I let the matter drop. TWO YEARS LATER I finally got somebody to do electrical work and they found the other guy had just crossed the wires.
After a couple ecstatic weeks, all of a sudden the problem already described reared its ugly head. Took several minutes to get the danged thing turned off, which I can't do at the wall switch because that also controls the fan blades which are needed badly. Twice since, I've forgotten and turned it back on which seems to work easily enough; the blasted chain just doesn't seem to want to work in reverse.
Would a squirt of WD-40 in the chain cavity on the motor work and/or be safe to the electrical work?
Not to worry. My massive ego actually enjoys being bested! At least when it's for such a grand
cause as support of President Barack Hussein Obama. I dunno.... maybe I can skate or skip rope or mop floors or chew gum or SOMETHING! better than you, dear heart. But when it comes to more important matters, you and Sheshe are peerless.
As to the baking soda, that's why they said to let it sit undisturbed overnight,
to form a good lump that would only gradually release particles into the tank water.
I wasn't planning to get the de-icer on my skin - that's why I won't use it around my dogs either. But if you think I need to buy the rock salt type, I could save the single bag for use outside the gate when there's a heavy coat of ice on the ground and I'm expecting rare company.
The idea of some passive system appealed to me because I'm down to one microwave oven now, and I don't like to heat something my feet have been on in the same oven where I cook food. Even though I do wear heavy socks and big fuzzy house slippers/boots. Since my handyman friend put in the new electric breaker box and rewired my living room ceiling fan properly, plus installed my big dual fuel floor heater that will take care of a warehouse! I'm technically able to keep the house warmer. But I still dress heavily and use as little fuel as possible. That means desk height might be 65, but it can still be much colder at floor level where my feet are. I've got a pair of Ugg-style fur lined boots that keep me warm enough; I just like to save them for when I have to walk out in the snow.
It was easier when the chows were alive, because they liked to each claim a foot and stretch out over it. That was always warm!
A couple new tricks up my sleeve
1) Make your own handwarmers with the de-icer crystals of choice by securing them in a plastic zip bag.
I'm going to try filling a large dishpan with them and use it as a foot warmer where I'll be sitting awhile - sofa, desk, wherever. Just cover the crystals in a big plastic wrapper so they don't stick to the bottom of my feet and track all over the house.
2) A good way to keep the toilet cleaner between major scrubs: empty a small box of baking soda into the toilet tank after the lash flush of the night. Be careful not to block the exit pipe, although the stopper should have that covered. Overnight the baking soda will form a good lump, but every time the toilet is flushed the little bit of soda that keeps leaching into the tank water will go along to do its work.
NO, YOU ACTED LIKE A LOWLIFE JERK!
And I want you to know I said so before I block you in about 30 seconds from now. The more slimey excuses you manufacture, the worse you sound. And not just to me either. You had to advertise your boorishness all over the internet - at least on this website.
So bug off.
I'm well aware of the relative ease of locating people.
But I've been stalked before, and my basic position is that potential stalkers should have to do their own damned research, not have it handed to them on a silver platter. Some just might be too lazy to make the independent effort. You exhibited extremely poor judgement, and as you express no apology whatsoever - rather a tepid excuse! - I have no reason to imagine you've learned a damned thing from your severe misstep. Social awareness ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I most certainly am THINKING every scathing thing humanly possible about your entire 'performance'. Was that a misguided effort to help or just plain showing off?
Good points all.
Sad to say, when the guy on the corner lot opened an illegal vehicle repair shop on his premises and the neighbors showed up to protest at a town council meeting, we were told essentially that what he did on his own property was HIS affair and not ours. So naturally I popped off. "Fine! I guess that means I can run all the livestock I want on MY place too!" The town's attorney stood up and shouted "NO, THAT'S ILLEGAL!" Around here legality depends on family ties and bribes.
The town's attorney hates me anyway, for a variety of poor reasons. For instance, the local regional OATS bus driver (now deceased) tried to stop me from writing reports to authorities describing his dangerous behavior - he hired her to write a desist letter to me. I emailed her that my actions were protected under whistle blower status, and she emailed me back that if I wished to respond to her, it would have to be through my own attorney. I responded with a rather blistering email in return explaining that I didn't need ANYONE's permission to address her or anyone else on the planet, and that if she really wanted a piece of the fight between her client and me, she'd better count the cost first.
She never addressed me on behalf of her client after that, but you can bet she'll take a swipe anytime she gets a chance.
The GOP is so drunk on hate they have even less sense for self preservation than before.
I fully expect them to hang themselves, given enough rope. They'll likely impeach just for the temporary thrill even knowing it will backfire on them. When America sees these ravening wolves trying to savage an innocent, calm man, they might at last awaken to the evil within. After all, the turning point of the Civil Rights Movement was the March on Selma, where the country saw with their very own eyes the resolute, righteous protestors persisting in the face of brutality. Courage and dignity won the day.
I'd like to nominate the author of post #45 for banishment.
Martin seems rather insistent that he can come and go as he pleases after crapping on the BOG floor whenever he wants, and that it's our primary responsibility to accommodate him.
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