OT - Cleaning the Natural Way - You, Your Mask, Your Home

Treesap · Post by **Treesap** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:51 pm

Anonymous wrote:Will ya'll quit extoling the virtues of the Great North Woods???? We'll never clear up the I-5 corridor if people keep moving here!!!!

IT RAINS CONSTANTLY! MILDEW AND MOLD LIVE ON EVERYTHING! YOUR ASTHMA WILL GET WORSE!

LOL,
Babs

BABS!!

I'm coming up that way!! I need to before the webbs in my toes dry up and forget what it was like to be in God's country.

My sister's asthma cleared up when she moved from Phoenix to Portland, Oregon.

As far as the mildew and mold: well at least there is something alive. Gawd I hate the desert.

goose · Post by **goose** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:23 pm

Holy Cow, Gasp, not to give away any secrets, but where the heck are you??? That sounds really ugly!!! I'll have to put that on my list of places to avoid

My wife is a desert rat. I like to visit the desert, but having lived there (Scottsdale in the '50's before it was built up), wouldn't want to live there again!!!

Whew.....that much rain would be depressing!!!!

cheers
goose

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:46 pm

Oh it IS depressing! The rain just depresses everyone. I think Seattle is the Suicide capitol of the World!

Good job Gasp! I'll send a reference for you to the Chamber of Commerce!

BTW - Portland is actually INLAND of Seattle, and it gets way hotter there. And it snows there, which it rarely does here. I really did NOT enjoy the constant 40+ mph "breeze" in Gresham...

LOL,
Babs - The Constantly Damp, Mildewed and Depressed

Treesap · Post by **Treesap** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:17 pm

Babette wrote:Oh it IS depressing! The rain just depresses everyone. I think Seattle is the Suicide capitol of the World!

Oh, I thought was the place with more Starbucks and Prozc consumed.

BTW, I think Peet's Coffee is far better than Starbucks. Mr. Peet taught the Starbucks guys how to roast and then they botched it up by burning their beans. Some how it caught on and the rest is history.

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:23 pm

True story - My father - who is from Alabama - and I are walking down the street in Pioneer Square. Being related to me, he's winging on about his latest pet peeve in a very loud voice. Not to mention marked southern accent.

"Ya' know whut this town needs? It needs a frickin' Folgers coffee shop! Goddamn Starbucks tastes all burned and nasty! Need a Folgers store!"

I was so afraid we'd be killed....

LOL,
Babs

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:09 pm

goose wrote:Holy Cow, Gasp, not to give away any secrets, but where the heck are you??? That sounds really ugly!!! I'll have to put that on my list of places to avoid

My wife is a desert rat. I like to visit the desert, but having lived there (Scottsdale in the '50's before it was built up), wouldn't want to live there again!!!

Whew.....that much rain would be depressing!!!!

cheers
goose

List of Places to Avoid if you don't like wet weather: Pacific Northwest : )

For many it is depressing here, especially if they have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

I just noticed your quotes - very nice!! Is the first yours?

"I'll always be a hippie. It's not a changeable condition!!!!"

"Never Memorize what you can look up!!
-Albert Einstein-"
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goose · Post by **goose** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:26 pm

Hey Gasp -- I wish I could say it was, but alas, it's not.

A whole bunch of years ago -- I think it was the 20th anniversary of Woodstock which would make it August 1989, I was watching CNN doing a report on the subject and somewhere in NY the interviewer was talking to a very well dressed black fellow about his experiences at Max Yazgars farm in 1969 and made some comment about his appearance (very dapper) and the hippie movement, and how he'd obviously changed his "stripes", to which he said, "I will always be a hippie. It's not a changeable condition". I would give credit for the quote if I knew the gents name, but I don't, so I can't, but it has been on a sign outside my office door ever since........

I'd have been at Woodstock myself but I was doing training in the Navy at the time just prior to shipping out to Vietnam......
Oh well......I'm not one of the 10 million people who say they were there....Though I will say I was at the Monterey Jazz/Blues/Rock festival in '67 which, in my opinion, was musically and weather wise, far superior.

For me the Pacific Northwest is very similar to the desert in that I really like to visit because it's beautiful, but wouldn't want to live there!!! My brother is an Oregonian....I'll stay in earthquake country for now -- thank you!!!!!

cheers
goose

socknitster · Post by **socknitster** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:39 pm

Babette wrote:True story - My father - who is from Alabama - and I are walking down the street in Pioneer Square. Being related to me, he's winging on about his latest pet peeve in a very loud voice. Not to mention marked southern accent.

"Ya' know whut this town needs? It needs a frickin' Folgers coffee shop! Goddamn Starbucks tastes all burned and nasty! Need a Folgers store!"

I was so afraid we'd be killed....

LOL,
Babs

I HATE starbucks with a passion for this reason. The coffee does taste burned to me too. I personally prefer Seattle's Best and was gratified to find it is available here too after my last visit to the Pacific Northwest 5 years ago. I never tried Peets. I would love to though. I love trying new things--and coffee is one of my favorite things! I'm so glad that I can now get really great tasting decaf too. I just weaned off of regular 2 weeks ago. Miss the jolt, but it is better for me not to have the caffeine. I always look forward to brewing coffee and toasting a good bagel every morning. Even with decaf, I still don't feel human until I have had coffee.

Jen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:02 pm

Oh, I do feel sorry for you weaning off caffeine! That's a tough one. I've got two coworkers weaning right now. I should, but....

I need to discover some great teas I can drink. One of my coworkers has switched to carmel apple ciders at Starbucks, but I think that's too much sugar for my AM. I do love to sip hot coffee in the winter. I need to stock up on some low-sugar, low-no caffeine things to drink at the office.

Hey, I joined a gym yesterday. But I'm not working out until Monday. I'm swamped at the office and I need to work late today and tomorrow, then I have folks all day on Saturday, and they are closed on Sunday. Monday I meet with a trainer for a personal assessment. Wheee!!!!

I gave up trying to clean the living room and work out at home. I wonder if Amazon would take The Firm box back? I haven't even unpacked it.

LOL,
B.

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:08 pm

goose wrote:Hey Gasp -- I wish I could say it was, but alas, it's not.

Wonderful story!

I had to get the Monterey festival tape to report on for an undergraduate class. Are you on it? : )

goose · Post by **goose** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:25 pm

Hey Gasp -- I doubt it. Chances are if I was, I probably wouldn't remember it anyway

I could do a few more "hippie stories", but really only one has any bearing on weight loss (when I cut my hair off -- I probably lost 10 lbs!!!! )

hee hee hee.....

cheers
goose

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:46 pm

goose wrote:Hey Gasp -- I doubt it. Chances are if I was, I probably wouldn't remember it anyway

I could do a few more "hippie stories", but really only one has any bearing on weight loss (when I cut my hair off -- I probably lost 10 lbs!!!! )

hee hee hee.....

cheers
goose

I like men in different hairstyles - sigh - I wish our culture would allow for more flexibility for all and especially for men who if they have longer hair may suffer professionally. We only live once and such tight strictures in a society reduce us all to robots. I'll step off my soapbox now.

goose · Post by **goose** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:56 pm

Hey Gasp,
Yeah -- totally agree!!! People are really too hung up on "appearances".
Just think - Abraham Lincoln couldn't get elected today because he ain't "pretty enough"....
Just think of all the genius going dormant because it, "don't fit the mold"......
I got your mold -- right here.....

I worked at a company once where I was the only person in the company that had hair longer than the CEO's secretary. But "they" were in the east (Florida) and I was in the San Francisco region (raised a few eyebrows when I went for training). I was hired for what was in my head, not what was on it!!!

I've never really cared much about societal norms -- my drummer plays and I march.....simple.

cheers
goose

goose · Post by **goose** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:23 pm

Someone needs to re-hijack this thread back to cleaning naturally.......

me thinks I helped get it off track......

cheers
goose

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:04 am

goose wrote:Someone needs to re-hijack this thread back to cleaning naturally.......

me thinks I helped get it off track......

cheers
goose

OT began with cleaning naturally but has seemed to progress toward just plain ol' OT. IMHO I say hijack away.

Having said that, I've been meaning to share with the group a new pump bottle I found. It has fabulous ingredients in it, but the bottle is even better. It's Ballard Organics. Ballard Organics has refill bottles without the wondrous pump, but you can choose to fill with Dr Bronners or other brands I'd think. What's so special about the pump, it makes the soap go a LOT further by making it foam. I've seen foam pumps at kitchen stores, but non have worked as well as this - and it's free so to speak.

http://www.ballardorganics.com/foaming_soap

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