a great discussion by real people on what they prefer to use in the bathroom paper towels or hand dryers? go give your thoughts
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Monday, 28 May 2012
How to childproof your house
Remove or lock away hazards
Debra Holtzman, the author of "The Safe Baby: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Home Safety and Healthy Living," suggests using an empty toilet paper roll to check for potential choking hazards. If the item can fit through the tube, it is not safe for your baby to play with and should be kept off of the floor and out of their reach.
via foxnews.com
great little tip for empty toilet paper roll holders to help keep the children from eating anything they shouldnt be
Women's Restrooms......a mystery?? | UncCharlie on Xanga
Women's Restrooms......a mystery??
Don't Give A Squat!
When Wifey has to visit a public restroom, she usually finds a line of women, so she just smiles politely and takes her place. Once it's her turn, she checks for feet under the stalls like a pervert, and most times every stall is occupied. Finally, a door will open and she’ll dash in, nearly knocking down the poor woman leaving the stall. She gets in to claim the porcelain and finds the friggin door won't latch. It doesn't matter, the wait has been so long that her body’s sprinkler system is about to purge! To better set the mood, the dispenser for the modern "sterile seat covers" (invented by someone's Mom, no doubt) is empty. GOD! She would normally hang her purse on the door hook, if there was one, but there isn't, so she quickly drapes it around her neck, (You don’t put $50 purses on restroom floors!), she then yanks down her pants, and assumes the "STANCE!"
In this position, her aging, toneless (God she should have gone to the gym!!!) thigh muscles begin to shake. She’d love to sit down, but she certainly hadn't taken time to wipe the seat or lay toilet paper on it, so she holds "The Stance". To take her mind off her trembling thighs, she reaches for what she discovers to be an empty toilet paper dispenser. In her mind, she can hear her mother's voice saying, "Honey, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have known there was no toilet paper!" Her thighs shake in spasms now. She remembers the tiny tissue that she blew her nose on yesterday….(the one that's still in her purse.) Oh yeah, the purse hanging around her neck, that she now has to dig deep into while trying not to strangle herself at the sometime. She finally finds the tissue and then crumples it into the puffiest shape possible. It's still smaller than her thumbnail.
Someone pushes her door open because the latch doesn't work. The door broadsides her purse, which is hanging around her neck in front of her chest, and she and her purse topple backward against the tank of the toilet. "Occupied!" Wifey screams, as she blocks the door, dropping her precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a mysterious puddle on the floor. She then loses her footing altogether, and slides down to squat on the dreaded toilet seat. It is wet of course. She then bolts up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Her bare bottom has now made contact with every imaginable germ and life form breeding on the uncovered toilet seat that SHE never covered with toilet paper -not that there was any, even if she had taken time to try. During all the commotion, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so confused, that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a rogue fire hose against the inside of the bowl spraying a fine mist of water that covers her butt and runs down her legs and into her new $70 CROC‘s.
The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force that she grabs onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in. At this point, she gives up. She’s soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. She’s e-x-h-a-u-s-t-e-d. She finally tries to wipe with a gum wrapper she found in her pocket and then slinks out of the stall from hell while the next tenant goes by her like a Green Bay line-backer. Wifey, inconspicuously, heads to the sinks. She can't figure out how to operate the damn faucets with the techno-sensors, .....so she cleans her hands with spit and a dry paper towel and then walks past the line of women still waiting. She’s not smiling. A kind soul at the very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from the heel of her squishing CROCs. (Where was that when she NEEDED it??) She yanks the paper from her shoe, plunks it in the woman's hand and tells her warmly, "Here, you just might need this".
As she exits this rest haven, she spots me, as I have long since entered, used, and left the men's restroom.
Annoyed, I ask, "What took you so long, and why is your purse hanging around your neck and why are you wet?" I will not print what was said, in respect to Xanga’s guidelines.This dab of a blog is dedicated to women everywhere who must deal with public restrooms (which has nothing to do with rest!). It finally explains to us men what really does take women so long. It also answers our other most commonly asked question, why do women go to the restroom in pairs? It's so the other gal can guard the door, hang onto her purse, and hand her Kleenex under the door! Different kind of bonding than just standing next to a guy taking a whiz.…….
as a guy i cant relate too much to this but my other half has to deal with this almost every time we go out, the womens washroom is always chock-a-block with queues half a mile long! And is there ever any toilet paper in any washroom??
Saturday, 26 May 2012
hand dryers vs paper towels calculator
I found a great little utility to check <a href=”http://www.washroomuk.co.uk/hand-dryers.html “>hand dryers</a> vs paper towels, all you need to do is enter the details and find if you should be using a hand dryer or paper towels - simples
You can find the calculator here: http://www.modehandcare.co.nz/information/handdryercalculator#
use liquid soap to stop white fly killing your lemon tree
Have problems with bugs damaging your plants, I found this helpful little tip for using <a href=”http://www.washroomuk.co.uk/soap-dispensers/liquid-soap.html”>liquid soap</a> to stop the little blighters here: http://www.chron.com/life/article/Pests-on-the-rise-in-late-spring-gardens-3585706.php
Q: There are small white bugs damaging the leaves on my lemon tree. They fly up when I brush the leaves. Any recommendations?
C.C., Houston
A: These are whiteflies, tiny snow-white insects that drain plant juices and cause foliage to take on a yellowish cast. Leaves may drop, and the plant weakens. Whiteflies also excrete a sticky substance called honeydew. A sooty mold then develops on the honeydew. The mold is not that harmful, but it is unsightly. It can be washed off.
But you do want to control the whiteflies. Apply horticultural oil; make sure you hit the leaf undersides. You'll likely need to repeat. Apply as per recommended temperatures on the label.
Or mix 2 tablespoons canola oil and 1 tablespoon liquid dish soap in a gallon of water. Spray in the evening; it causes defoliation if used in hot summer sun. Test sprays on a few leaves before spraying the entire plant. If the spray does not harm foliage, repeat applications as necessary, including leaf undersides.
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Tel: 0843 289 4661
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Toilet paper Vandals throwing it all over the trees - goes to show that you need to keep it locked up!
London 2012: Olympics Advertising Tightly Enforced
Olympics organizers are doing what they can to eliminate competition for their sponsors. Too much maybe?
Several media outlets are making sport of the London Olympics' so-called "Brand Exclusion Zone" in Olympic Park and general uptightness elsewhere. While many venues will be patrolled by what the Guardian has termed "branding police," Olympic Park will be in a virtual advertising lockdown, according to reports.
Many unofficial brands can expect to be treated like the interlopers they are for England's big party. Officials want to ensure that sponsors such as VISA, McDonald's and Samsung get their hundreds of millions of dollars' worth -- and that means eliminating guerrilla advertising.
While some critics believe jolly old London is being a gold-medal fuddy-duddy, judge for yourself.
Among the plans:
-- Preventing spectators from prominently displaying a competing brand on their clothing if they're suspected of shilling, as per London2012.com. So leave that Wendy's Hot 'N' Juicy T-shirt at home. The world's biggest McDonald's will be waiting for you.
-- Prohibiting athletes from Tweeting about brands that are not official Olympics sponsors, wrote the Guardian.
-- Accepting only VISA credit cards, as the BBC reported a while ago.
-- Cracking down on businesses that use marketing copy or signage that hint at the Olympics. Even already-existing corporate stadium names are being covered if they aren't official Olympics sponsors, the BBC said. Logos on toilets and hand dryers will be masked as well.
In all fairness, London2012.com assures vendors on its site that "business as usual" advertising is OK for shop signs and in-store promoting, but other areas around the venues will be subject to tighter restrictions "to prevent ambush marketing."
So what happened to the CAFE LYMPIC [sic] (photo above)? The "O" was there before apparently. Associated Press asked the manager, and he clammed up. As severe as the measures seem, let's hope gag orders aren't part of the deal.
it looks like the olympic organisers are cracking down on anybodies brand that isnt a sponsor within the olympics, that means any installed hand dryers will have their logos covered - same for soap dispensers, tvs etc
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