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Pugsy wrote:The forum's search function needs a lot to be desired but there are never any new questions...everything anyone ever asks has been asked hundreds of times in the past and always with the exact same responses.

Some of the old timers used to get real testy about it. Sometimes I just let everyone say what they are going to say and don't even chime in like I did with this one. Sheriff got rebuked (which was uncalled for) for suggesting someone do a bit of reading....some people are just that way. There were some old timers that would just have told her to "use the search function" and that would be all they would have said.

Ugh. The search function is really bad, though it's probably not its fault. It's more than EVERY post has "ResMed S9 AutoSet clinical menu" in it, so you get a bazillion results, and then after you're seeing double from trying to find the answer to what you're really looking for...you give up and make a new post I think if there were some separate forums, that would help, too. Like perhaps a newbie forum, a cleaning forum, an OT forum, a snide political comments forum, a pick on Cosmo forum, etc.

Catalytic wrote: The search function is really bad,

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Works great if you know what you are looking for (sometimes) but I have trouble finding stuff I know I have said. It's kinda like the dictionary...works great if you know how to spell the word but if you knew how to spell the word you wouldn't need the dictionary.

Different sub forums has been tossed around a lot but I know what would happen even if we did have separate place for various questions...people would still post them in the "wrong" place or we would still get off on a tangent like we did here.
I used to be on a computer help forum...no one ever posted in the right forum sub category.

I would be hard pressed to find any thread more than 2 pages long that doesn't go off on to something different. It's what we do best here....keeps things from getting dull that's for sure and when it does we can always pick on Cosmo.

Catalytic wrote:
Around here, we follow the 10-second rule or "if you can beat the cats,"

This is why I don't eat home cooked items from others. I would probably die of an anxiety attack if I saw that I ate that

I use both of these gloves daily. I get them from a restaurant supply store in boxes of 500. Only cost about $3-4 box.

cosmo wrote:This is why I don't eat home cooked items from others. I would probably die of an anxiety attack if I saw that I ate that

I use both of these gloves daily. I get them from a restaurant supply store in boxes of 500. Only cost about $3-4 box.

Awwww, but you'd save money on dental floss if you ate with us! We provide cat hair in every meal...free of charge!

You gonna tell me you don't eat food you dropped on the floor? Never? You think I'm gonna believe that? Sheriff

Pugsy wrote:

NotLazyJustTired wrote:How often should I dump distilled water? Every couple days? Once a week?

Every time we get a new batch of newbies we go through the same discussion about cleaning regiments and it goes from daily scrubbing with a toothbrush and strong disinfectant to "never mess with it".

Pugs: I hear you, and sometimes I get frustrated. I must admit something I do. I have my cleaning regiment already type out and saved on a Word document. When the subject comes up, I go to the document, copy and paste it here. Lately I have been winging it, though. I've been trying to respond in a less detailed manner.

A while back I wanted advice on getting surgery for my deviated septum. I knew people were goin' to recogmend a mask-change, so I thought I would "head it off at the pass" and say: "Don't recogmend me a different mask." Low and behold the mask recogmendations started coming in even though I got great opinions and recogmendations on the surgery. I think it was Advil that recogmended an oral mask and I seriously pondered trying it. The point I'm making (sorry for being so long-winded) is a great fear of the mask struggle came over me. It scared the heck out of me. It made me remember the issues and fears I had when I started and how this forum helped me conquer it. I also get frustrated by cleaning questions, which is the best mask, "I keep taking my mask off at night". But I remember that fear I had, then I cut and paste and move on. I have notice more fighting going on and I am surprised by the name calling. But we get a new batch and folks like the Admiral, and that keeps me going. What are we going to do when Rush Limbaugh goes away and what will we do when you also go away?

Sheriff

cosmo wrote:The humidifier tank will say distilled water only.

Only on the non-washable tank. Even then, that's probably mostly for mineral buildup, not for germs.

cosmo wrote:

Catalytic wrote:
I use both of these gloves daily. I get them from a restaurant supply store in boxes of 500. Only cost about $3-4 box.

I do too. I have worked in a deli department for 23 years. I am so used to wearing gloves when handling food that it feels really odd NOT to wear gloves while working with food. So, I wear gloves any time I handle raw meat, or anything messy. I have a store in my area called Cash N Carry which is a restaurant supply store, and I get my gloves there.

OK so what is the best mask and how do you clean it???

Greg6657 wrote:OK so what is the best mask and how do you clean it???

It's like The Matrix.

"No one can be told what the mask is, you have to experience it for yourself."

More seriously, it's like shoes. One man's perfect, heavenly mask is another man's torture device.

Let me suggest you start a new thread instead of hijacking this one if you want to discuss it.

Greg6657 wrote:OK so what is the best mask and how do you clean it???

ok, turnaround... hands on the wall... you got anything that will stick, poke or cut me?