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I totally do that, too!

Bon Ami!!!!!!!!
On EVERYTHING is right. The stuff is cheap and works wonders on everything. I've used Bon Ami on the outside of our mokka pot and it is all nice and shiny on the outside now.

I have a feeling that restaurants and grocery stores are the worst culprits.

huh. I'm so confused by most of the comments. Most of the rest of the world has been doing this for a while. You can go to stores where they have a barrel of wine and get a bottle filled from it. I've never been enamored of the ritual of the bottle mentioned above. And alcohol is a major disinfectant.

I'd be all about buying wine in this fashion. I hate having tons of wine bottles to some how get rid of...

My uncle used to eat mayonnaise and sugar sandwiches. Now that is weirder than meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato sandwiches. Which are rather plain, boring and normal.

I'm going to admit: I'm totally NOT packing my lunch in September. I teach high school. AND we just switched our lunch provider to one that provides all natural, organic, HFCS-free, etc, etc, lunches for our students and teachers get to also get in on this. So, to save myself one more thing to stress over, I'm totally not packing my lunch this first month of school.

My parents bought this when they redid their kitchen a few years back. They added lots of new high storage and my mom needed some kind of step stool. They love it. I love it. My parents are getting older and sturdiness is something that they worry about. It's a really sturdy ladder. If it weren't for the price, I'd own a few myself.

I agree! I HATE it when people stop to chat in the middle of the aisle. I quit going to one farmer's market because of that problem.

My other farmer's market pet peeve is the ones that are not FARMER'S markets. You know the ones. Sorry, but I didn't know that giant sea sponges grew in COLORADO. I like supporting local businesses, but I also like to know that when I go to a farmer's market that the food I'm buying was grown locally, not shipped in and then resold by a local guy.

I refill my wetjet bottle all the time. I have the small bottle that came with it when I first purchased it. You have to hold the bottle top in boiling water for about 20-30 seconds to get the glue to let go first. Then I use maybe half a cup of vinegar and the rest water. There is still some smell from the solution left in there so I don't usually smell the vinegar. But you could also just put a few drops of an essential oil that you like in the solution and that should help with the vinegar smell. I found that I was using more vinegar than I really should have been using. You don't need that much vinegar to make an impact. Where I live they recommend that you use only vinegar and water to mop the hardwood floors.

I'm a bit late to this, BUT! I know how to take the top off the wet jet bottles!

Fill a pot with 3-4 inches of water and boil it. When the water is boiling, hold the top of the bottle in the boiling water for 20-25 seconds. Grab a towel (the top will be HOT!) and twist off. If it doesn't work the first time stick it back in the boiling water and try again. I don't always get it on the first try.

Then I usually put about 2 cups of vinegar in one of the large bottles and fill the rest up with water and go!