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@Dabney Frake: I always meant to comment on the sink/countertops post- I saw on HGTV that you can put stone trim around an under-mount sink. Those two brothers who look like Disneyfied versions of actual people, one is a realtor? They put a piece of quarter round trim in granite around an undermount sink which was installed with a laminate counter top. Perhaps you could do something similar to disguise the gap problem due to poor installation?

@cakowalik: i totally read your comment as "camel toe". aak!

also, this is great. I will definitely be using it instead of eBay which I can hardly stand for anything other than used video games at christmastime.

I can't suggest this enough: you need to check out The Gobbler Motel at Lileks.com. It's uniquely unbelievable.

I just came across some of these in white at an outlet location for a wholesaler. I sat in one for awhile. It felt rickety and also very short. It didn't appear to have any loose screws or anything broken. I was not impressed and went back to look over the ghost chairs.
Was I unknowingly sitting in a kids' version (it wasn't marked as such)? Are they rickety feeling to anyone else? They were marked at $130 IIRC, which seems a more appropriate price to me.

Like others here, I find something on tv most relaxing: the lady (I think I remember she was Hispanic) who used to sell the "Tiffany-style" lamps on QVC. I used to record those shows just so I'd have something to listen to when I couldn't get to sleep. She didn't have a monotonous, or even very low-pitched, voice so I don't know what it was. Possibly that she just never stopped talking. Also the lady that used to sell Tahitian pearl jewelry on there and she referred to every piece as something that would make you "feel ultimately beautiful".
No one on QVC or HSN does it for me these days the way those ladies used to.:(

ANY smelly lily gives me an immediate headache and upset stomach. Grocery shopping at Easter time is super awful: the large floral department at my grocery store is right at the front door and next to the produce dept. You actually have to walk all through the floral area to get to the rest of the store. But, I'm fine with all other flowers. When we bought our house we didn't know that the lovely ornamental grass all around the property in several different beds was actually hundreds and hundreds of tiger and day lily plants. It took me two summers to get most of them out. That first summer was the worst ever. :P

Another thing about smell: having invasive surgery and/or going under general anathesia can cause many people's sense of smell to get out of whack. People with no allergies or smell sensitivities can wake up to everything smelling horrible and overpowering to them. It's best to send unscented bouquets to people in the hospital for just that reason. Even if your friend didn't go into the hospital for such a thing, their roommate may have. You can tell your florist to switch out scented for unscented similar flowers in whatever flower arrangement you choose.

aw, I guessed huggable hangers. that would probably catch fire with an incandescent though. :-(

if you are changing an older shower head you may find that the "ball" the shower head rotates on is part of, or adhered to, the goose neck pipe (coming out of the wall). In which case, you'll need to replace the goose neck pipe and the little collar that covers the hole in the wall. Replacement kits are super cheap, like less than $5, but you will likely need a much bigger wrench than what's pictured here - something with a long handle that will give you enough leverage to get the old, crusted, rusted parts to give. And be careful to turn the pipe with the wrench, but not pull on it because you can damage the pipes in the wall.
I've had this happen twice: once in a post-war apartment, and now in my current 1970sbuilt house.

well, here's a place with super shiny 4×10' sheets for around $200
http://mirroredstainlesssolutions.com/full_sheets.htm