There's a good chance you hallucinated this week without ever knowing it

Inverse ^ | October 11, 2019 | By Jack Barton on

[Tax-chick]

Tom has led a charmed existence. Unlike some of my other offspring, he realizes it.

[Monkey Face]

Good for Tom! My son has led a slightly charmed life as well, not having died in the car accident he had in Germany, and not being maimed when he lost control of an air wrench. It snaked out of his hand and then flew back and hit him in the groin. James is proof that the damage was fleeting, though the pain was enough to make him toss his lunch at the time.

Here’s a rhetorical question for you: Should I shampoo my rug before the kids get here in January?

Which reminds me...I’ve been here a year today! *happy dance*

[Tax-chick]

I wouldn’t shampoo the rug.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[Silentgypsy]

Happy weekend, y’all!

[Silentgypsy]

You don’t buy Christmas. God gives Christmas to us, no matter what.

And that is precisely why no one can ruin Christmas for us!

[ArGee]

Should I shampoo my rug before the kids get here in January?

You should never shampoo a rug. The soap will never come completely out and it will be just tacky enough to make it dirtier next time. Use hot water only. If there is an actual stain, something like isopropyl alcohol or acetone. The professional cleaner we once lived next to gave us this advice and we've never regretted following it.

BTW: We asked his help when an appliance repair man tracked grease on our rug and he cleaned it with acetone.

[ArGee]

Oh, and Happy Anniversary!

[Monkey Face]

I used carpet shampoo on it once, but then used “Awesome Cleaner” because it seemed to have gotten out the dirt without leaving a residue. Since this is Turkish wool, I’m always looking for better ways to clean and preserve it. If you say only use hot water, I will bow to your expertise.

As for acetone, I’m thinking that must be the acetone in nail polish remover? Mixed with hot water? I don’t want to mess this up because it may be the only thing I have that is still worth enough to make a dent in my funeral expenses.

[Monkey Face]

Thanks for the anniversary wishes!!

It has gradually been a better and better year as time has passed, and I’ve found myself coming out of the deep, long-term depression a lot faster and to a better degree than I thought I would. So this is, indeed, an anniversary to be noted!

:o])

[Monkey Face]

The stretchers are on, and before I go to the next step, which is to attach the back and seat frames, I’ll go around and tighten all the bolts and screws, just to make sure that the whole thing is stable. The stretchers seemed to be a little harder than I expected as I found myself actually sweating.

I’ll do what I can and then call it a day. There won’t be much to do after the frame, so if I can get to it early tomorrow morning, I should be good. At least there is enough clearance under it so I can store some things.

[ArGee]

Don’t mix the acetone. For general cleaning use the hot water. Only use acetone on a stain that the hot water doesn’t clean and dab it on with a soft cloth or a cotton ball.

[Silentgypsy]

Good for you. It’s a terrible thing to need your bolts tightened.

[Monkey Face]

Thanks!

[Monkey Face]

I don’t want a terrible thing to happen because my bolts weren’t tightened! Safe! That’s the ticket!

[ArGee]

I don’t want a terrible thing to happen because my bolts weren’t tightened!

[Monkey Face]

Of course!!

[Tax-chick]

D’afternoon, y’all. I took the van to be cleaned after the trees-and-wreaths haul. Now the byos are putting all the seats back in.

[NoCmpromiz]

On a note unrelated to anything in current discussion, we have not seen out resident feral tomcat since Nov. 25.

This does not bode well, especially now with the ground snow-covered.

[Tax-chick]

I’m sorry to hear about the missing Tom. It’s tough out there in the wild.