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Summer is here, I guess. Heat index today was 100+ and will be again tomorrow, then a little cooler. Carl, does the smoke alarm come with the battery or can you buy the battery separately to put in another one? There was a warning yesterday on tv to not put lithium batteries in the trash. Someone did and it started a fire in the trash truck. Wonder what you're supposed to do with them.
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Welcome to June!
Lorita, I take all my old batteries to our local recycling center. Twice a month they hold hazardous waste disposal days.
Iris
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Hello all,
it's been awhile since I posted.
I now live with my youngest son on a 14 acre farm. in the low country of SC Since Bill died. My son has a 14 yr son and twins girl 11. Single dad since twins were 2.
Have many animals to keep me busy. Sheep,goats,pigs,ducks,chickens (3) different
varieties, guennias, birds,guail,2 great Pyrenees, blue healer, bull dog, and my poodle,3 barn cats.
Believe it or not I still get lonely during the day while kids are in school. My oldest son lost his wife to cancer suddenly. And my son i live with lost his 17yr all The same year Bill died. It was a bad year for all of the family.
Elyvet
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Iris— I envy you twice monthly hazardous waste collection— we get twice a year. Staples will accept a lot of electronics with rechargeable batteries, too.
Elyvet— Nice to see you here on the porch.
Lorita— It's early for that kind of heat. Poor you.
DS's PCP is out for the week, so one of the NPs will do his nursing school exam for him. I want to go through his to-do list later today. He's got to get all manner of things done— background clearances, vaccine records, uniforms, a stethoscope, white leather sneaks. Ugh.
Mom sees her cardiologist today. He's ordered more amyloid testing because of some developments in her last echo and bloodwork. He's scheduled her as his last appointment which has the hairs on the back of my neck standing at attention.
Wish me luck today.
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Smoke alarm batteries fail at Oh Dark Thirty due to Murphy's Law. What can go wrong will go wrong, at the most inconvenient time.
My smoke alarms are First Alert. I bought them off the shelf at Lowe's, but there is a firstalert.com that might be more convenient.
The alarms come with the batteries installed. You never replace them. Rather, you replace the entire unit every ten years. Since smoke alarms should be replaced every ten years anyway, you save nine ladder climbs. Actually, I save 45 ladder climbs since I have five smoke detectors.
My CO detectors are ten-year units as well. I saw combination smoke and CO alarms for sale but that made no sense to me since smoke alarms are installed on the ceiling, and CO alarms are installed near the floor.
Battery technology has advanced so much since the old lead battery days. One of my great-aunts had an electric car in the 1920s and it was better than a Model T for running around town, but its range was limited.
Good to hear from you, VE. I'm sure you are lonely during the day. Dogs are excellent company but they don't say much.
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Good luck, HB 🍀
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No recycling center near here, Iris. I have been putting old barriers in the trash. Guess I could bury them.
Gooo luck in that traffic HB. I doubt I could survive having to deal with traffic. Even going to Tulsa wss nerve racking sometimes. I remember traffic could be bad at 4:30 at the hospital with all the people getting off at the same time.
I don't have my smoke alarm on the ceiling Carl, just on the cabinet near the stove. My carbon monoxide alarm stays in the LR near the propane heater .
Good to hear from you, Shirley. You all have quite the menagerie. Don't you love Pyrenees? Best big dogs ever. Wish I could find a couple of Pyrenees puppies. Used to be several around but my vet says people aren't raising goats or sheep much now so their number has dwindled. You have your hands full taking care of the animals and helping with the kids . You sound content and happy so that's good.
It's already 85 with a lot of humidity. Good day to stay inside. I used to like summer but no more.The Waltons just came on tv and they have snow on the ground. Maybe that will help.
Today I need to cleanse and medicate Stormy's ears and trim his back nails and mine. Back later.
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Lorita…looks like there is a place to take old batteries…..https://batterynetwork.org/locator/
CarlI have my CO placed at head breathing height. I have alarms placed all over my home. I need to review…
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My CO alarm is near the floor near the second story furnace, where the builder put it. I was thinking CO was heavier than air, but it is actually slightly lighter, so a combination alarm would work fine. It is butane and propane that are heavier than air and creep across the floor to kill you in your sleep.
I saw a trash truck on fire a few months ago. I blamed it on paint/oil rags or a smoldering cigarette, but it could have been a battery. Ever drop a "worn out" battery in your pocket with some change? It's amazing how hot a coin can get when it's in contact with a battery that won't even change the TV channel. Made a red spot on my leg right through the pocket.
85 degrees and partly sunny here. I think I'll pick a shady part of my flower beds and pull some weeds. TTYL
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Good afternoon.
Welcome back ElyVet. How nice to have all those animals around you.
I'm going to try to do my ballot today. The vote center will be open.
Iris
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Carl…This is above my pay grade. Do I need additional butane/propane detectors???
CO was heavier than air, but it is actually slightly lighter, so a combination alarm would work fine. It isbutaneand propanethat are heavier than air and creep across the floor to kill you in your sleep.0 -
Lorita "No recycling center near here, Iris. I have been putting old barriers in the trash. Guess I could bury them."
For many years we did not have a recycling option here. I didn't like the idea of putting batteries in our landfill so I saved about 15 years worth of house batteries in an old metal coffee can (back when coffee came in cans). After that much time most of the batteries had decayed and I am sure made quite a little toxic concoction. When we finally got a hazmat drop off center in our landfill I couldn't take that can over to them fast enough. I started thinking it was going to disintegrate the can from the inside out. Maybe burying them in our dry ground isn't a half bad idea.
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If there is any chance your appliances aren't in good working condition and could leak propane or butane, a detector could save your life. Every so often, I read of someone who had an improperly installed water heater or something and the house just disappeared in an explosion. The gas company adds an odorant to natural gas so you can detect leaks, but propane doesn't have that. My first house had a new furnace, and we smelled gas the first cold night. It was a small leak, easily fixed with pipe dope and a turn of a wrench, but we would not have smelled it had the furnace been propane rather than natural gas.
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Judith, we've used propane ever since we got rid of the Warm Morning pot bellied coal burning stove with no problem. A few years ago we were filling our tank almost weekly. Our propane company got worried and sent someone out to check. We had a leak under our house. Didn't smell anything- guess we were lucky we didn't blow up. We have used a carbon monoxide alarm since..Propane is heavy and sinks so everything was underneath us with a flame in our stove and Charles smoking.
Do you use.propane Judith? Carl, last year I asked our propane guy if they put something in the propane to make it smell He said they do He had slightly overfilled our tank so had to.let some out and I didn't smell anything. Maybe that is why we didn't smell the leak. Time for bed- good night.
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I filled out my ballot but I was too late to take it to the vote center. I'll go tomorrow.
Goodlife, I think batteries might continue to corrode in the ground and eventually toxic materials could wind up in the ground water. But I'm not sure. You might ask your county or AI.
Good night.
Iris
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Good morning, all. Another lovely day on tap ahead here.
Mom's appointment with the cardiologist went OK. He thinks mom's current issues are a combination of progression of COPD and CHF/stiffening of the heart. He agreed with me that the second amyloid scan was overkill and said I could cancel it. I want the 90 minutes it took me to schedule it back. He thinks there may have been some vegetation on her implant that is either sterile or killed off but that it bears watching. He wants to see her in 4 months. Today is a hair appointment and endo visit for her. She probably needs to go to the store but also needs a pedi. DH sees the dentist this morning— I wonder what big ticket procedure he'll recommend this time.
HB2 -
Morning, we just had a big thunderstorm and tv reception is out. Grocery delivery scheduled for 9 so I called to postpone it for a while. Driver will call when he picks it up so I can tell him which direction to come in that won't be so muddy. Always something.
HB, glad your mom's appt. went well.
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Made it to the new thread!
We also made it to Charleston, SC. The weather is definitely beginning to look like summer.
Most importantly though, my mom-in-law looks great! She's adapted to life in assisted living, and likes her new apartment. We're all relieved.
Nanny - cinnamon toast! Who doesn't like cinnamon toast?
HB - I loved that silent film class. Buster Keaton was a comic genius, imo. I never get tired of watching his films.
I'm glad all went well at the cardiologist.
Lorita - I'm glad your eye is feeling better. I know whenever I have eye issues, it just makes me feel completely out of sorts.
eaglemom - you know, during the covid lockdown, my s.o. and I did the same thing - we went through the cookbooks to find new things. Since we had to be at home, we decided to perk up our food. We added a lot of new things. Some things have stayed in the rotation, but we tend to add one new thing every couple of months.
Hi @VetEly It looks like I'm in your general neck of the woods for a short while. 🙂.
Goodlife - I've never been a coffee drinker, but I used to really like when my dad would open a new can of coffee. The aroma of the coffee! I loved that smell.
Back later on.
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Good morning. I've already taken DH for a blood draw, picked up a prescription, and watered the flowers. Now its time for me to clean up for the day. So hot and humid. I can take the heat (maybe?) but certainly not the humidity. We have a huge retirement party to attend Saturday later afternoon. I'm so hoping its not burning temps or I'll be inside while everyone else will be outside!
Later. Let's be safe.
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So… a CO detecter will not pick up propane/butane fumes. You need a separate one and place it low since those fumes sink. I have natural gas and electricity so no worry????
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Good morning.
HB, I'm glad your mom's cardiologist appt went so well that she doesn't have to return for 4 months. She has a lot of energy, with back to back appointments in two days without a break. I need one or two rest days, at least.
My activity for today is to take my filled out ballot to a vote center. I shouldn't have to wait on line.
GG, I'm so glad your MIL is liking her new home. Is she doing activities?
Does anyone remember when grocery stores had grinders so that customers could grind their own coffee beans at the store? When you approached that aisle, you could smell the coffee. Hmm!
Iris
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No worry. You will smell natural gas, no detector needed.
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thanks!
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Iris, if I recall correctly, in Shreveport, Louisiana it they had a coffee grinder for community coffee. Community Coffee is good, but I’m not sure if many places outside of Louisiana even heard of it.
Lorita, thanks for telling me I’ve been on the wrong thread. My phone hasn’t been what I I had hoped for and at times wished I had my old one back. You mentioning your stove pipe reminded me of roasting sweet potatoes on a stove pipe.
Ron
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Freshly ground coffee…also percolating coffee….wonderful smells
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Good Afternoon Rockers.
Seems like its been awhile since I have posted. I read every day and always see alot going on with all of you. It's hard keeping up. My end of the porch has been pretty quiet.
My laptop seems to be acting up, or maybe its me. It will leave out a word or post it twice or even change the word. Sometimes my post will even disappear.
Iris . Yes i remember the coffee gringing machines I think about those when I'm in the coffee eyle. I used to have a coffee grinder I would use, not even sure where that is. Now I will have to look for it. Or maybe get me a percolator, if they are still out there.
We have been having wind storms, one big enough on Monday that it blew part of a tree down in our backyard, we are waiting for the tree guys to come take care of it. We are on their list, they came and took pictures yesterday, looks like they are getting to us. Alot of trees down in our area.
VetEly. Nice seeing you, Enjoy all those animals. I live with my DD and SIL, we have 2 dogs and 3 cats. My dog is a chichihuahua, she is 11 her name is Molly, then my cat is a orange tabby he is almost 5 his name is Sammy.
I'm going tto have to stop typing, my message keeps disappearing. ????????
Hugs to all Zetta
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I never drank coffee until I started working. The coffee pot was in my office and I made the coffee -a brand called Yuban. The doctor got us started on that brand. He was from Texas so Eagle may know the brand. . He told me to put a few grains. of salt in the grounds to cut the acidity and it tasted better.It always smelled so good. I can remember how good Carol's coffee smelled when we would go to the Canteen late in the day. WM used to have a coffee grinder.
Zetta, we had a terribly loud thunderstorm this morning about 6 with some rain. Sunny now. Are you still going to he exercise class?
GG, Charles and I used to try lots of different recipes. We made a lot of different Chinese foods. Now I seem to stick to the same things all the time. Still love fried rice and should make it, but I don't get around to it.
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Shirley, how old are your Great Pyrenees? Sheena was a few months over 12_ Stormy is 11 and a couple of months. He isn't eating today and that worries me. I cleansed his ears this morning so !maybe that's it. Just now gave him a packet of Moist n Meaty and he did eat that.
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I had laser treatment on my right eye today. I have early glaucoma and the drops weren't doing all they should, so the doc said there was a new laser therapy that would help. I hope it does. I worked with a man with glaucoma who used eyedrops and had surgery and lost his vision anyway, and no one wants that.
Good to hear about all your animals. We would have a regular Noah's Ark if we had a convention!
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Carl, I pray the Laser treatment brings good results for you. I have narrow angles and had laser sugery , bilateral, for that years ago with good outcome.
Stormy ate a milk bone, a piece of Angel food cake and a can of Pedigree. So,I feel better. I need to talk to Kate tomorrow to see about an adoption - puppy or young , calm female!
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Sounds like a deal. I can't imagine living in the country without dogs.
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