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TDJ-- Fridge Notes, HRs, Dribbles & Drips, 02-27-08
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Feb 27, 2008 06:37 PST
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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Fridge Notes, HRs & Drips
I keep a stick-on pen (sold with sticky backing on holder and pen
attached on a chain) on the side of my fridge, with a piece of paper
held in place by magnets on the front of the door. When I look in the
fridge and see I need something from the market, I jot it down
immediately.
Alongside my market list, I keep another paper listing what's inside the
freezer (no moving the food around or just plain forgetting what's all
the way in the back.) When I use a certain freezer item, I mark it off
the list.
Near my computer, I also have a small corkboard that's used for many
things: doctors' appointment cards, calendar, passwords, notes to
myself, etc.
Because I'm up there in years, I augment the board with post--it notes
stuck below my puter screen. It's not pretty, but because I use the
Internet daily I can't miss them.
As you can see, alas, I need reminders to remember to remind
myself.....lol.
--submitted by Dolores in New Jersey
Tim says: I think I need another list on my fridge that reminds me where
the fridge IS!
+ + + + +
In my younger days we had to clear out my mother-in-law's house. She
had memory problems and I think because of that, we found multiples of
everything, like 14 packages of Q-tips. The double kind that you buy
at Costco! I guess it was in her mind that she needed them, but didn't
remember buying them 7 times before.
Anyway, in an effort not to become my M-I-L, I have taken to putting
"HR" on the current package of everything that I have another one of.
The HR stands for "have replacement". I know that if "HR" is on the
item, somewhere in the house there is another one. When I check the
appropriate storage place, bingo, there is another one.
If something does not have the "HR" on it, when I run low, it goes on my
shopping list. If I buy multiples, the one I'm using gets the "HR" the
one in storage is blank. Works for me!
I've advised my relatives what the "HR" stands for. They think it's a
riot and want to put "No Replacement" on my headstone!
--submitted by Mary Ellen
Tim says: not a bad idea. So, that means I put "HR" on the last of my 8
bottles of emergency Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce stash, right?
{{{ TODAY'S GRIPE(s) }}}
I live in Michigan, where we get a lot of snow, and one of my biggest
gripes is when the road crews come along with their plows and close in
my driveway! There just has to be some kind of compromise between the
people that clear our streets and us poor folks that have to do it all
with a shovel.
--submitted by Vickie
Tim says: I don't see a solution to this one. Even if you have a garage
you'll be plowed in. Unless you can park in a nearby parking lot, in
which case you'll STILL most likely be plowed in, too.
+ + + + +
Further to irresponsible pet owners in the case dogs:
We have a poop and scoop law here and you quite often see people who
just let their dog poop and don't clean up after them. Some even go as
far as pretending to bend down and picking it up but don't, so why not
just do it.
--submitted by Gigi
Tim says: the ol' Poop n' Stoop, eh?
{{{ TODAY'S GRIPE FEEDBACK }}}
RE: about technology being able to put a man on the moon but not design
a coffee carafe that doesn't drip.
As an answer to the gripe below: I had the same problem, and stumbled
on a solution. I found that it the top was off the carafe I didn't have
the puddles. On my older Mr. Coffee I just removed the top. But with
my new Braun I just flip the top up out of the way when I pour. (most
of the time, depending on how awake I am) It appears that if I try to
pour with the lid down, unless I pour really slow the lid causes the
puddles.
--submitted by Gene Murphy
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Re: the dribbling carafe -- I had the same problem with mine, then I
wised up, and open the lid when I pour. Presto! No more dribble!
--submitted by howard tuckey
Tim says: okay, now that we've solved the carafe-drip problem, how do I
keep the coffee from dribbling down my chin?
Pssst! Send me more senior tips!
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{{{ TODAY'S SENIOR HUMOR }}}
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his cell phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I
just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Route
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"It's not just one car," said Herman, "It's hundreds of them!"
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