It’s a long shot that anyone reading this would have a similar problem, but if the buttons on the handset of your cordless phone stop working, there’s a fix. I’m not sure what’s more amazing—that I fixed my phone (which implies almost anyone can perform the repair) or how easy it was to find a solution using the Internet.
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Keypad Button Fix
3-Way CFLs
Regressing from a perfect shape?
Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) can help reduce your electric bill. According to the Energy Star web site, CFLs need more energy when they are first turned on, but once the electricity starts moving, they use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. They also last up to 10 times longer and can thus replay their higher initial cost several times over their lifetime. A single Energy Star-qualified CFL can save an estimated $30 in energy costs. So when the light bulb in the 3-way table lamp I use for reading burnt out last week, I decided to replace it with a 3-way CFL, assuming such products exist. They do, but my great idea went nowhere as the one I bought was expensive and wouldn’t fit in the lamp.
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Where Should I Store the Seafin?
The product is Seafin teak oil, made by Daly’s. Locally, it’s available at McClendon’s Hardware. The directions for use include the most puzzling step I have ever seen for a product designed to beautify and protect wood.
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Pittsboro’s Finest
Pittsboro storefront
I just bought a painting—a watercolor titled “Pittsboro’s Finest.” The artist is one of my cousins, G.K. of Sandy, UT. She and her sister, who also paints, plus their husbands, were in San Diego last weekend to attend the 2009 Western Federation Art Show. I flew down from Seattle to visit my dad and sister in Del Mar and to attend the family reunion triggered by their trip. My cousin had some note cards displaying renditions of her work. After looking through them, I decided, on the spot, to buy one of her watercolors.
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How Did It Get There?
Cactus Fern
Ferns thrive in the Pacific Northwest. Take a walk in Bremerton’s NAD Park and you will find an astonishing variety of ferns growing in the park’s moist shady areas. Prolific as they are, I had no idea ferns can germinate without human intervention in a houseplant pot that has never been outside. Apparently they can (see photo). The answer to how this occurs may lie in the fern’s reproductive cycle.
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