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lilBuddha
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quote: Originally posted by Moo: I have a problem I hope someone can help me with. My year-and-a-half old refrigerator suddenly has a lot of condensed moisture inside.
The owner's manual says that this happens in very hot and humid weather; the solution is to reset the thermostat. Unfortunately they don't say whether I should raise or lower it. There are separate thermostats for the fridge and the freezer. I have the fridge set on 40°F and the freezer on 0°F.
Does anyone know what I should do?
Moo
The problem might be your drain line. If it is blocked, or partially blocked, this can lead to condensation.
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monkeylizard
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Wipe down the rubber gasket seal around the door too. Some warm water and dish soap will be fine. If that gasket isn't making a good seal, it will let that humid air in.
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Meerkat
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This question is about a book I read some time ago and would like to read again... but I can't remember the name and Google has failed me so far.
The plot is roughly:
After an apocalyptic event, time starts to go in reverse. Everything that anyone does is in reverse. People are born from the grave and die in the womb. They 'eat' by taking pipes of 'food' through the place from which it normally leaves the body. The reverse is true... the food is 'regurgitated' etc.
That's about all I can remember... can anyone help?
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Paul.
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Meerkat,
Sounds like a story from 2000AD when I was a kid, although if I remember correctly there was just one person experiencing time backwards and no apocalypse.
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Eutychus
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Sorry, bad link. Try this one (and curse the 1-minute edit time coupled with 2-minute flood control )
[ETA: ] [ 14. August 2012, 12:08: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
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Meerkat
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Eutychus... that sounds like it, from the 'look inside' link in Amazon... it was a few years ago. If that is the book, I think I'll 'Kindle it'... many thanks. Did you know the book, or is your Googling better than mine??
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Eutychus
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I read a review when it was first published (I'm one of these people who remembers lots of what I read). It didn't make we want to read it in the slightest, but was enough to chime with your post.
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Meerkat
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TurquoiseTastic... having 'looked inside' the book you mention, I found a key word which tells me that your suggestion is indeed the one for which I was looking... thanks (to you and Eutychus).
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Pre-cambrian
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quote: Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic: An earlier book with a similar premise is Philip K. Dick's Counter Clock World
Also the episode Backwards from the 3rd series of Red Dwarf.
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Jengie jon
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A question, I have googled for this and failed and am hoping there is some Thomas Hardy officiando out there.
I remember reading an article which pointed to a seen as I recall in Thomas Hardy when after a days work the labourers put down tools and either sing a hymn or psalm before going home.
Can anyone place such a scene in a Thomas Hardy novel?
Jengie
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Theophania
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No idea about Thomas Hardy, I'm afraid.
Does anyone know roughly how long a ceiling can drip for before it gives up and falls down? I've just had an exciting adventure with a leaky window and an immense rainstorm, and some of the flood has come through the ceiling in a couple of places - one where there was already a crack.
Am I looking at "ceiling will dry out and be fine if I get the window fixed pronto" or "immensely messy plus replastering and bankruptcy"?
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lilBuddha
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Rather depends on what the ceiling is made of and how much water is still in it.
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Lamb Chopped
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Before you find out, do something about incoming rain (deal with that window, duct tape it if you have to) and see if you can borrow a de-humidifier to stick in the room with the leak. If it turns out to be blessedly minor, you still won't want to have moisture hanging around any longer than it needs to, and creating (horrors!) mold.
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chive
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I watched a fascinating programme about dyslexia today and it left me wondering how dyslexia worked for languages with pictorial systems of writing. Do Chinese people have dyslexia in the same way as English readers and writers?
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Tortuf
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Tahts Itnresitng.
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Huia
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Fascinating about the Chinese dylexics.
Does anyone know what the theme music for the TV programme Grand Designs is please?
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alienfromzog
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quote: Originally posted by Huia: Does anyone know what the theme music for the TV programme Grand Designs is please?
Well, the details are here
AFZ
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Huia
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Thanks alienfrog - I'll have to wait until I can go on-line at the library - I'm on dial-up here.
Interesting that it's been used at weddings, I like it, but wouldn't go that far.
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alienfromzog
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quote: Originally posted by Huia: Thanks alienfrog - I'll have to wait until I can go on-line at the library - I'm on dial-up here.
Interesting that it's been used at weddings, I like it, but wouldn't go that far.
No problem... but I am not an alien frog!!!!!
AFZ
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Huia
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What an idiot I am, I have been misreading your name for a long time. I am not dyslexic, but sometimes my brain doesn't work well. One of the men at church suggested I have liquefaction of the brain from the earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks, but I think it's just how I am.
Sorry.
Huia
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Dormouse
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Don't worry, Huia - with the little green avatar and the fact it starts alien fro -- and finishes with a "g" means that my brain (too used to jumong chunks of text in books) also reads alienfromzog as "alien frog" You're not the only one!!
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alienfromzog
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quote: Originally posted by Dormouse: Don't worry, Huia - with the little green avatar and the fact it starts alien fro -- and finishes with a "g" means that my brain (too used to jumong chunks of text in books) also reads alienfromzog as "alien frog" You're not the only one!!
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Percy B
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We are thinking of getting a comb binder or wire ring binder machine for larger one off A 4 format books at church - such as large print service / music books of our own.
Anyone recommend a good binder?
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The Kat in the Hat
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A comb-binder means you can continue to add to it. I don't think this is the case with wire-binders. You can also reuse the combs. Some people think wire-binders look more professional.
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Wesley J
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quote: Originally posted by Dormouse: Don't worry, Huia - with the little green avatar and the fact it starts alien fro -- and finishes with a "g" means that my brain (too used to jumong chunks of text in books) also reads alienfromzog as "alien frog" You're not the only one!!
Same here.
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Sparrow
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Can anyone advise on a way of getting dried-on splatters of emulsion paint off a varnished wood floor? (Careless painter, not me!)
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Moo
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This is off the top of my head.
I would try scraping them off with a plastic scraper.
Moo
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mousethief
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If you're reasonably careful and the varnish is very smooth you should be able to use a razor-blade type scraper. Keep the blade very flat to the floor and go in tiny pushes.
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lilBuddha
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Emusion paint (latex, US) is not very penetrative but it might have gripped the varnish. Waiting never helps, but be gentle. Slip a scraper between the paint and the floor and determine if it will peel. You may end up with a dull spot in the varnish regardless.
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Drifting Star
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I've just been to the optician, and had my contact lens prescription increased. I am short-sighted, and need to use reading glasses with my contact lenses for close-up work.
The optician has suggested that I have contact lenses where one eye is the distance prescription, and the other the reading prescription. She says that my brain would very quickly get used to this, and would adapt to using one eye more than the other for distance or reading, which would mean that I didn't need to use the reading glasses.
Does anyone else have experience of this? Has anyone even heard of it? It sounds like a perfect prescription for a permanent headache to me. They are giving me a free trial starting in just over a week (they hadn't got the right lenses in stock) and I would like to be a bit better informed before I go back. I'm sceptical about it working properly, but on the other hand, if it does it would be far more convenient.
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Curiosity killed ...
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My immediate questions are: How do you judge distances? What would it mean for driving or cycling? I know what it's like if I've only got one lens in (but my sight is appalling)
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jedijudy
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Drifting Star, way back when I got presbyopia at the tender age of forty, my eye doctor recommended the same monovision contact lens fix. It worked very well for about ten years or so until I had to give up my contacts for other reasons.
The brain does indeed make allowances for the two different sights you are seeing. It seemed I switched effortlessly from far to near sight within a week or so.
If you just sit and look, you can definitely see the haziness of the off eye, in my case, looking to the distance, my left eye was unfocused. And the opposite happened when looking at reading distances. But just general 'going about my business' activities weren't affected at all.
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Ariel
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I was invited to have that. I'm afraid I just laughed, thinking the optician was joking at first. Then I refused, wondering what the long-term effects of this might be - and what about middle distance: computer use and the like? And how do you choose between eyes?
If you drive you'll need to be able to judge depth (in order to park, see distances from kerb, gateposts etc) and if you're shortsighted you may find night driving less easy, especially when it comes to judging depth. With only one eye in focus I personally wouldn't risk it but you may be able to see more and be more confident.
There was also the day when I was coming off a motorway onto a slip road leading to a three-lane roundabout, and one of my contact lenses slipped out of place with nowhere to pull over and fix it. I got home driving with one eye, but it made me think at the time that if I'd started off with one and that slipped I'd be done for.
When reading I wear reading glasses over contact lenses. At night I just take the lenses out and have ordinary glasses. It's whatever you're comfortable with, really.
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Drifting Star
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That's very reassuring JJ - thanks. Did you feel that you could see as well for distances as you would have been able to with the basic distance prescription?
CK - the optician seemed to feel that this was a good solution for driving, but I can probably avoid driving if I need to for the fortnight when I'm trying them out.
ETA Ariel - I have been using reading glasses with my contacts until now, because I can read with just the lenses but my distance prescription has increased, and I suspect that means my near vision with contacts is going to be worse.
The prescription she has suggested for my left eye (the one that will be for reading) is the same as it is now, and that is good enough for driving on its own, so the issue of finding myself with just one eye to use while driving shouldn't be a problem. [ 08. September 2012, 17:44: Message edited by: Drifting Star ]
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jedijudy
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Drifting Star, if I remember rightly, my distance vision seemed to have been the same or similar to what it had been before I got the monovision. Which isn't saying much, as my corrected vision has never been wonderful. The joys of having a vertical and horizontal astigmatism in my eyes.
[tangent] I remember how amazing it was wearing my contacts the first time and discovering that the trees had leaves on them! [/tangent]
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Mamacita
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Drifting Star, I have, like JJ, had monovision contacts for several years, and it has worked very well for me. The brain adjusts very quickly to it. I will say that I remove my contacts and switch to my glasses by early evening, but that's more a habit from my many years of hard or gas-permeable lenses. I will also switch into my bifocal glasses if I'm going to have to do several hours of reading. But for all the activities of daily life -- driving, working, housework, using the computer, gardening, whatever -- the monovision lenses have been just fine.
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Percy B
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I have to be in London at the end of October for a few days. I'd like to try to see if I could find a good play to see. Is there a what's on website that goes far ahead with listings?
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Firenze
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quote: Originally posted by Percy B: I have to be in London at the end of October for a few days. I'd like to try to see if I could find a good play to see. Is there a what's on website that goes far ahead with listings?
This would appear to be what you're looking for.
Google. Friend.
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Drifting Star
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Thanks Mamacita.
I'm glad to be able to go into the two week test with more belief in the plan. I was a bit put off by the way the optician left the room to get me some lenses for distance, and then turned around and said 'I tell you what, I could give you different prescriptions in each eye...' which really sounded as though she had just come up with the idea. I'm very pleased to know that it does have a background!
quote: Originally posted by jedijudy: [tangent] I remember how amazing it was wearing my contacts the first time and discovering that the trees had leaves on them! [/tangent]
That is exactly what happened to me when I was 16 and had my first glasses! I honestly didn't know that it was normal to be able to see the leaves.
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mertide
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If you don't have much astigmatism, ask your optometrist if you might be suitable for multifocal contacts. They generally have concentric areas with distance and near focus, which allow much better depth perception than monovision. There can be a slight trade off in the visual acuity in some light conditions, due to pupil size variations, but I tend to find my patients are much more satisfied than with monovision if they have a suitable prescription.
An option if you choose monovision is to get specs for driving if you're having depth perception issues to correct your reading eye back to distance. That can be very useful for night driving.
(I am an optometrist, but please seek the advice of your practitioner didah didah).
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Ariel
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Has anyone tried haybox cooking? Any do's or don'ts?
Made your own haybox? Any tips?
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Polly Plummer
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They showed haybox cooking on this week's instalment of The Wartime Farm, which is still on I-player. A very informative programme.
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Ariel
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That was what gave me the idea... just wondering if it would be practical to set something up before I left for work. It might be overcooked by the time I got back.
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M.
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To go back to the contact lens question, I have worn just one contact lens for quite a while. I wear a contact lens so I can see distance but am able to read and do close work with my un-contact lensed eye. I have never had any problems at all - my brain adjusted immediately.
I started it because I resented having to wear reading glasses when wearing contacts, when I didn't need them if I wasn't wearing contact lenses.
I checked with the optician, who told me it was a viable strategy (and I'd just thought it was a good idea!).
If I'm driving, though, I wear glasses.
M.
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Jack the Lass
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Why does the sky inside a rainbow appear lighter than the sky outside it?
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Drifting Star
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Thanks mertide - I will keep that in mind if I don't get on with the new lenses, which are being fitted tomorrow. I only have a small amount of astigmatism in one eye, but I do have larger than normal pupils, which sounds as though it may be a problem. (Sorry for the delay replying, I've been in a place where there is no internet. ) quote: Originally posted by M.: To go back to the contact lens question, I have worn just one contact lens for quite a while. I wear a contact lens so I can see distance but am able to read and do close work with my un-contact lensed eye. I have never had any problems at all - my brain adjusted immediately.
I started it because I resented having to wear reading glasses when wearing contacts, when I didn't need them if I wasn't wearing contact lenses.
I checked with the optician, who told me it was a viable strategy (and I'd just thought it was a good idea!).
If I'm driving, though, I wear glasses.
M.
Thanks M - my optician was the one who thought I shouldn't have to have the inconvenience of reading glasses with contacts and suggested the solution. I'm afraid that my brain will rebel and refuse to co-operate, and just give me terrible headaches, but it does seem to have worked for all those who have tried it!
I only just need the reading glasses when my lenses are in now, and not at all with my uncorrected eyes, but my prescription is going up quite a bit (my last optician behaved so weirdly that I put off being tested for much longer than was sensible) and I assume this will make the reading glasses more necessary with the straight prescription. It will be brilliant if I don't need them at all.
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jedijudy
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quote: Originally posted by Jack the Lass: Why does the sky inside a rainbow appear lighter than the sky outside it?
Here is a good explanation! And this tells about the lightness inside the rainbow and some other interesting things about bows!
I saw a magnificent double rainbow on the way home tonight. They are such beautiful things!
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