The Old Folks Home

[Bunnylady]

Miele is a German company; this thing was amazingly expensive. Our almost antique Maytag had finally given up the ghost and needed to be replaced. This beast and its dryer partner were at half price because the person that had bought them returned them after a week "because they were too noisy." Hubby can't resist a bargain, even if it means spending way more than he at first intended. When it is just washing, you hardly know it's running, but the 'spin' cycle sounds like a rocket taking off.

 

[sourland]

Hubby can't resist a bargain, even if it means spending way more than he at first intended.

To this you can add: "whether she needs it or not." and you have described the Princess.

 

[Wisher1000]

 

[drumstick diva]

sounds like me too Sour but, gosh I have to have some vice.

 

[Lynn Manes]

My grandmother always put old rusted nails in the soil around her hydrangeas to make them blue.

I use rusty nails or other rusty things in my herb gardens. Works wonders for them. Old rusty wheelbarrows are great for herbs It's the iron that comes from the rust that helps stuff grow. I don't know if it would work for the color change or not. Worth a try and better yet if you can find those old railroad ties to stick in the soil near the plants, but they are getting harder to find nowadays as the railroads don't use them anymore & people have scooped them up and selling for crazy prices in antique shops now.

 

[drumstick diva]

Guys - hope you are up on your tetanus boosters if you want to play among rust.

 

[Lynn Manes]

Cept the little uns are just the right size to bonk you in the back of the knees....  Always keep your weight on one foot....  I loved loved loved my goaties.... little reprobates....  they never messed with me but my roommate was terrified of them.  .  They were disbudded too.    She was afraid they would butt her...  and when they stood on their hind legs and shook their heads at her she was done  and out of there.  They would always do that then come down on the ground just short of you...  I kept telling her that it was like a play bow in dogs...  hes inviting you to play...  She was having nothing of it.

The thing is I NEVER engaged in that play with them.  I would roll away and walk off.  or would use my stick to run interference.... Yep I walked with a staff or cane with them. 

deb

we had pygmy goats, one at a time, years ago. My late husband loved them. Not me! All they did was eat, poop, climb on everything, poop, butt you behind the knees, poop...Finally I said no more. But I do have to admit they're sure cute little things

 

[bamadude]

Remind me to not sit near Lynnhill's herb garden

 

[Bunnylady]

The carcinogenic nature of the creasote the railroad ties are impregnated with makes them a bit of a concern; as does the ability of the creasote to create chemical burns on contact. My husband found out about the second problem the hard way; he had to cut some railroad ties with a chainsaw for a landscaping job and got some nasty burns on his ankles after getting some of the sawdust in his socks.

 

[Lynn Manes]

If I don't clean it out.... at about month 4 without being cleaned, the washer can no longer drain.  Cleaning it out once a month helps it work better.... being able to clean the lint trap every week with this new machine should be awesomely fantastic!

Hmm maybe that is what is wrong with mine as it now has to be run through a drain/spin cycle twice. I have one that uses the "he" products and has no agitator like the older models. Plus there's an extra product I have to buy to clean the machine which I'm supposed to do weekly but I don't.But I have no idea where a lint trap is on mine. Curious now so will have to look harder and see if that is my problem. Since it has a separate control for drain/spin aside from its normal cycles,it made me wonder why, and if this model has problems to need that separate cycle. But it's not a brand new machine, maybe 5 yrs old, and the not draining is a recent problem. Thanks for the heads up about the lint trap as I had forgotten some machines used to have easy access to them.Looks like another project on my long list now, but better to try to find the trap than buy a new washer