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  1. tbeck3579

    Free Windows 10

    I like 10 and haven't found any problems. Because Windows has the option to back-up or return your OS to a previous date, I wasn't too worried about it being buggy. Fortunately it's stable, just Windows 7 beefed up. Much like my iPhone you can use voice recognition -- a Siri-like interface --...
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    dish soap

    Thank you for sharing!
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    Marketing "Pure" Soap

    Hehehe, probably not. If things get desperate and you get really hungry get the lamp oil :p
  4. tbeck3579

    Free Windows 10

    LOL. Most people who use their computers often have downgraded to 7. 8 didn't make sense -- more key strokes to accomplish the same operation. I have a touch screen but haven't "upgraded" to 10 on that one. It is downloading now. I like to make sure the computers are stable before I make...
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    Free Windows 10

    I'm wondering if anyone else downloaded the free Windows 10 today? IMO it looks and acts like Windows 7. I guess that's why Windows 10 is free. I downgraded to Windows 7 after my short relationship with 8 -- hated 8. Does anyone else think Windows 10 is Windows 7 with a few bells and whistles?
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    Marketing "Pure" Soap

    I'm guessing, but if it is "food grade" it means it was rendered in a somewhat clean environment with clean water and refrigeration??? With an industrial grade it wouldn't matter what was used to boil the fat (chemicals, dirty equipment) and the temperature could fluctuate??? I dunno. I...
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    Marketing "Pure" Soap

    Hides human scent and lasts up to a month. It reads like a once a month shower will keep you safe from other animals smelling you, hahaha. I know the intent of the message is the soap lasts up to a month, but wouldn't that depend on how often the hunter bathes? I couldn't help but laugh --...
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    Anyone have a screened porch?

    Thank you! I'm in Illinois. The porch was always there, a part of the original plan. There was another screened porch on the north side (that's a pic of the south side), the "main" entrance into the kitchen. Screened porches and transoms above the doors for cross breezes and air circulation...
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    Marketing "Pure" Soap

    Hope you find this as comical as I did. I was in our local farm store "Rural King" and noticed this soap. I couldn't believe the price and it was marketed to hunters.
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    Anyone have a screened porch?

    Our home was built by great-grandpa in 1905. The porch still looks the same but I did add a gingerbread type screened door last summer -- 110 years of slamming the screened door.
  11. tbeck3579

    dish soap

    Nice blog and wonderful that she uses the money to help youth. Thanks for sharing the link. I would love to donate and buy her books but it isn't in my budget :oops: Can you share your recipe for dish soap (or was it hand soap)? What surfactant did you use and where you purchased it? Thanks...
  12. tbeck3579

    A hard lesson learned in buying EOs

    Cool! Good info -- I didn't realize they wouldn't leave an oil stain! A great way to check the EO.
  13. tbeck3579

    EO's - Lavender Oil - Therapeuic Grade

    I understand, and I also understand how frustrating it is to be mislead by someone who doesn't represent their product accurately (so many products are running through my mind that I couldn't list all of them). I liked NDA's web page, they seem to be a good company with competitive pricing. I...
  14. tbeck3579

    EO's - Lavender Oil - Therapeuic Grade

    Pollution is a problem in the states too, but I know what you mean about the quality of the soil and water as a result of the air pollution. Where I live the air quality is very good, comparitively speaking, but the chemicals in the soil, runoff, and water quality from years of questionable...
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    EO's - Lavender Oil - Therapeuic Grade

    When I consider control groups and the placebo effect I can clearly understand why our mind and thought process influence many involuntary physical reactions. Some interesting studies by reputable scientists and doctors within excellent universities are validating the therapeutic benefits of...
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    EO's - Lavender Oil - Therapeuic Grade

    NDA? Hold on, let me do a quick search. This is the site I found. I will need to read their page -- I'm always looking for a good source. Do you use them in soap, bath, body, home? Thanks for sharing this source!
  17. tbeck3579

    EO's - Lavender Oil - Therapeuic Grade

    I hope you understand this is the company's grading/marketing/terminology, and not mine -- it seems many of the comments would be best addressed to them. I agree there isn't a reliable method of measurement for the term "therapeutic". Please review the manufactures website if you want to...
  18. tbeck3579

    "controlled" testing?

    I have been using the same test for many years (~30 years?). I get my wash cloth as wet and soapy as possible. I then step away from the water and wash my entire body with the cloth. If I make it to my feet and still have plenty of suds on the cloth to thoroughly wash all of my little piggies...
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    Lye Water Attacking my CrockPot ??

    I was thinking the same thing Seawolfe, but I haven't used my crock for many batches of soap so I was hesitant to say anything. Hopefully it is cuz it is an easy fix. Around my sink, faucet, stainless steel bowls used for dog water, pans that I boil water in, etc. I get the ugly spots. Every...
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    Senate Bill S.1014, the Personal Care Products Safety Act

    I agree with what you are saying. Fortunately, giving to the poor will probably still be an option. Food that is illegal to sell is legal to donate without the fear of law suits. America is okay with poor people receiving items that may present a danger to health. I agree with not holding...
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