Oh, Misty, I forgot my Complaint Thread
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I want to get a bluetooth mouse. Not sure which one.
Generally you make sure the teeth are white or a little yellowish (normal for rodents) because other colors can indicate serious dental problems.
Geebuz freakin cheese-snax... I am so sick of moths... I'm starting to think that a lot more than "a couple" of moths got out of the container when it was opened up... I've probably dispatched about two dozen since last night, not counting the ones my daughter has vacuumed up...
I bought her a Ryobi hand vacuum (sorta like the old "DustBuster" vacs) that she uses to suck up bugs... it's just the right strength to capture insects without obliterating them, but strong enough to suck them up without getting too close... plus it uses the same batteries as my other Ryobi tools, so it's convenient in that regard too.
Its so much better than always having to remove bugs that illegally enter the house... especially at night when I fall asleep on the sofa watching TV and they are like "DAD! There's a beetle in the house!", and I'm like "It better be Paul or Ringo or have license plates, because if it's some piddly little bug I'm gonna be mad!"... and inevitably it's one of those bugs from Starship Troopers, thus robbing me of the right to complain about being woken up.
With these damn moths, I'm on the verge of resorting to using a flamethrower to get rid of them.
I got granulated sugar. I don't have regular sugar. Can I use granulated sugar on sweet potatoes?
Do they look like this? If so, you have Indian meal moths and are in for weeks of "fun". Pesticides are ineffective on them, about the only thing you can do is put your flour, cereals, bread, nuts, and other foods in tight sealing plastic containers and wait for them to starve.
When I briefly lived in Malaysia, we had to put all food in sealed containers or they will get bugs. Actually bugs were a part of life if I could remember far back enough. I was in first or second grade then, I think.
For some reason I can't remember much of my childhood. I remember more when I try to remember things, but I'm not sure if my memories are all accurate.
Yup, that's more or less what they look like, they are more of an even woody grey, but basically it's the same species... and yeah, these damn things get into any meal, grain, nut or cereal based food they can find if there is the tiniest opening.
If anyone had shown me the bin they used to store the flour in before they started using it, I'd have told them to return it because it was the most idiotic design imaginable... the lid has strap-like plastic handle that's a separate part which snaps into the lid, but whoever designed it had a tiny Lima bean brain and couldn't think of a better method that didn't include two 3mm (1/8") square holes on either side... you may as well emboss "Welcome Grain Beetles and Meal Moths" next to each hole... I don't think it would have been so stupid if the container wasn't labeled for food storage (cereal, rice, kibble, etc.), but not only that the lid isn't even a tight fit...
My mother-in-law's eyesight isn't all that great, so she opened up the lid despite it being translucent enough to see that there were dozens of moths on the inside and lid... luckily one of my daughters was close enough to sort of warn her in time that she only opened it enough for some to escape as opposed to what could have escaped if she removed the lid entirely.
I suspect the flour came with the complementary bonus larvae in it already... the bag was only two weeks old, I'm pretty sure they don't develop to that stage that quick, but who knows, maybe there was some older flour at the bottom that... the messed up part was either way, before the moths went from larvae to full on moths, she used the flour at least twice... so someone probably got a little extra protein.
This isn't the first time it's happened either, but never to this extent, and we have found larvae in new bags of flour of a certain brand purchased from a particular store before.
Now I'm trying to find a good sealing dry goods bin that's easy for someone with arthritis and limited hand strength to use... so far most of the choices are stupidly designed one way or another, and a lot have snap-latches... The latch design is actually the best sealing, but it's too hard for her to use... I may have to make some sort of tool for her to open and close them if I can't find something better.
...not sure which is worse, cat vomit or banana slugs.. The latter had some method of getting into my old apartment which was a half cellar (though the walls, ceiling, and floor were all "finished no bare beams or studs). Every so often on a spring, summer, or early fall morning I'd suddenly have a rude awakening having stepped on one of the squishy slimy buggers unexpectedly. The "eeeeeeww" factor was pretty high on the scale.
...complaint:
Well it happened again. Almost four months to the day My bankcard was last compromised, the new one was hacked. Strangely the last two purchases I made on teh card were here to Daz and a pub where I meet with friends at on Mondays for a triva challenge, just as back in May. At least this time it wasn't 250$ in Uber charges, just two unsuccessful attempts purchasing something from Shutterstock (rejected for an incorrect CVN number) and then a 63¢ transaction with just the letters "AS". So once again I had to go to the bank have the current card cancelled (it was already blocked by the bank), order yet another new one (only four months after the previous incident) and withdraw some cash to get by in until the new card arrives.
I am extremely careful with my card, I don't leave it laying about, and I don't like to spread the number all over on the Net. I don't even keep it on file at sites I routinely shop at (like here and Rendo). I just find it way too coincidental that both times this occurred, Daz and that pub were the last transactions I made with it.
I know the barkeep at the pub, known him for years.. As I mentioned above, I do not keep my card number on file with Daz but enter it each time I make a purchase using autofill (the CVC number still needs to be entered manually so even if the autofill routine was hacked, they still wouldn't have the three digit number to make a successful transaction). Another interesting part to this is both times, the fraudulent transactions occurred in California, the Uber ones last May in San Francisco and the recent ones in San Diego. Makes me wonder if there isn't a data leak somewhere though again why it didn't happen until now makes no sense. I called the management at the pub, informed them of this and the previous incident, and they are looking into it on their system.
The bottom line, there simply needs to be more protection for debit cards than exists as it's ridiculous having to go though this crap again and again. Credit cards are protected, why not debit cards too?
So until the new card arrives,no Daz purchases for a while.
You might check out this 3L jug. It's intended for water, but should work for dry storage too. While I don't have arthritis, I do have periperal neuropathy and am able to open the side flaps/latches easily. It has a good seal - I just turned mine upside-down and nothing leaked out.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0882JGBZD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In case there is an issue with the link, it's listed on Amazon as a "LocknLock Aqua Fridge Door Water Jug".
How can I read on an iPad while the letters on paper dance around? Also why is my apartment mate vacuuming at 1 am?
I did something stupid today. I crossed a busy street to catch a bus. I only looked left. By time I looked right, I was in middle of a lane. Fortunately all cars stopped for me. If that didn't happen, somebody would be calling 911, hopefully to take me to the ER.
Thanks!... I'll save that link for her for some smaller containers she is going to replace, but the big one that's being replaced is roughly 5 gallons, which fits a 20 lb bag of flour... and unfortunately they already ordered a new one and I'm pretty sure there is going to be an issue with her opening it (snap latches).
I decided to go ahead and make a simple tool to pop open snap latches... it's very simple and needs refinement , but it works well enough on other snap latches... I'll see how it works when the new bin arrives... I might have to have the handle pointing in the other direction, so I'm not doing any finishing work on it until they settle on something.
Banana Slugs... cat vomit washes off easily, it's usually warm and the acidic nature is mildly exfoliating... slug guts on the other hand (or foot) are like glue, they won't wash off and they stick to everything.
I am at a mall that has a Dillard's. I thought I was using my hotspot, but the symbol shows regular Wi-Fi. My iPad connected to Dillard's Wi-Fi on its own.
Oh by the way, I stopped at this mall after getting a Trenta water from Starbucks. Where did the ice go in my drink? I don't see it anymore. Oh, I hope no one stole it by putting their grungy hands into my cup.
homework questions in online website are out of order. Harder stuff that I did not learn is displayed first. Questions for introductary and basic subjects are in the middle. Complex subject builds on material that I learn from basic lessions. Ugg. Whoever designed the course isn't familliar with the process of teaching.
...the old adage "necessity is the mother of invention" comes to mind.
My worsening arthritis has forced me to adopt that as an axiom. For example, I may have posted here a while back that I discovered an oil filter wrench makes the best jar opener I've ever used as it can accommodate the largest caps and provides excellent leverage . Similarly, I also use a nutcracker to open bottles that are sealed too tightly. I also have one of those "flat" bottle openers that pubs use which is also handy for opening beverage cans as it can be slid underneath the tab to get more leverage rather than tearing my fingernails up.
Now if there was only some way to deal with those pesky inner seals that are extremely difficult to remove because too much glue is used and there is no way to get a good grip on them. Often times when they do come off they leave the bottom layer of the seal intact. it would be better if they jsut used an outer plastic seal aorund the lid that can be cut with a scissors.
For items like bags of crisps and the inner bags in cereal boxes, I simply use the kitchen scissors.
I still feel that packaging designers have this perverse obsession to make life for arthritics as difficult and frustrating as possible.
Have up updated your iPad? More vulnerability issues. Read about it this morning. Didn't everybody say get Apple products, they don't get hacked? Hmmm...
Dana
...received an alert this morning from Symantec
Yes I updated both the iphone and the ipad this morning.
I want to watch TNF but I'm also tired.
Yeah, I think they do... as a person who's had a lot of hand injuries (big surprise, no?) I've been aware of how bad "safety" packaging is for decades?
I'm pretty sure they don't think twice about that.
One of the industrial design studios where I worked, we had a client for whom we designed some "accessible" furniture (mostly kitchen related), but they were supposed to start a line of daily living products, which was kind of exciting because it would have been nice to design stuff like tools and household items to make people with mobility and dexterity issues lives easier, but unfortunately the client abandoned that idea... we did design a bunch of items that were just sketches without any mock-ups or models, but that was the extent of it.
I should make some sort of tool for removing those damn inner seals... I hate those things... I've still got dexterity and they piss me off.
Generally I use an Exacto knife to slice it out in a manner similar to how you might use it to debur a cut pvc tube... I figure you get what I mean because if I remember correctly you used to build models at some point...
I'm thinking something like an angled tube deburer or even a laminate edge trimmer with a small replaceable blade.
My wife already has a touch of arthritis, so these kind of things/tools I'm going to have to start thinking about before they become an issue.
I have two types of pliers, scissors, and a putty knife sitting on my table for opening most containers.
For inner seals on aspirin and vitamin bottles, I use my putty knife. Stab through it in the middle, make a slit the entire diameter of the seal, then pry up and peel one half. Slip-joint pliers can peel the other half and work great for seals on mustard or ketchup jars: just pull the little tabs around the edge so they are sticking straight out, greab them with the pliers, and peel it off the bottle or jar. I also make sure my little finger is under the bottom of glasses or jars so I won't drop them.
They make specialty items that mount under kitchen cupboards that can open jars.
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=jar+opener+for+seniors+with+arthritis&crid=KFFLSHCXZDFV&sprefix=jar+opener,aps,157&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_10
About to be heading across the LI Sound to Connecticut...
Some people have too much damn money..
I would love to help the ones with too much money. They can give it to me and I can help the economy.
I would be happy to volunteer my services for this as well, lol.
I can't even afford that small boat in the foreground!
Dana
I can't afford to go to an ocean or know of any lakes big enough for that boat I can go to.
By the way, just to clarify... that picture was taken from the Port Jefferson Ferry before it left the dock... I was in no manner way or form traveling in such luxury as the vessel in the photo... in fact I think I got a rust splinter from the railing on the ferry...
Weird observation... back about fifteen years ago the majority of the boats that were moored there were something around 20' - 25' the upper end of something one might be able to blow their retirement nest egg on if they had a really good job and were so inclined...
But in the last few years, the majority of boats there are well over 30' and pretty much full fledged yachts... not in the picture are three other big yachts about 2/3rds the size of that big one... Has someone been giving out free money and I didn't get the memo?...
Also those docks used to be open to the public and people would stroll on the docks after dinner at one of the towns many nice restaurants... there was even a huge statue of a heron one dock specifically built for the public to enjoy... once the yachts started showing up, away went the benches and the gazebo (and the statue) and up went fences and assorted warning signs.
Don't get me started on the names of some of these vessels... it's kinda makes one wonder if they are being ironic, tone deaf or giving the world the bird.
Gagh... Whatever... I suppose on the positive side, now there is less chance of some small tourist kid being eaten by a sea monster while running around on the dock... I'm sure the yacht kids are safe as all yachts are equipped with sea monster repellent, so no worries there.
But on the upside, that being so significantly reduces your chances of being eaten by a sea monster.
Granted, you are still at risk from assorted lake monsters, but generally they are easy to outrun, especially if there is an appreciable amount of mud on the lake's edge.