new towels smell-help please

Oh he is just adorable!! And people wonder how a person as short as I am developed such a fast walk and a long stride.... just like Josh's human.

Thanks for posting that. :)

I hope this nut-job didn't go on a shopping spree on your computer.

No front loader for me, if I ever knelt down or squatted on my heels I would still be there, no trouble getting down but getting up is another story. I was taught that soaking and washing blood stained anything should be done with cold water, that hot water sets the stains. My last washer was 35 years old when I discarded it and it's only problem was it was leaking. It was a Speed Queen with a stainless steel drum, the matching dryer was still perking right along so I gave them away as a pair. I bought a new pair of high dollar Maytags. They will probably last until next year...maybe. Dot in Tennessee

Ugh, I hadn't thought of that. Although none of my credit cards was in the house, I'll call all my CC companies tomorrow to be sure no charges have been put through. I imagine that's a pretty remote possibility, but better safe than sorry. I *think* the computer used was the one I keep for my grandchildren, and I never order anything online using that machine.

I will also cancel the job, and tell the owner why. What a stupid thing to have done.

Thanks,

Beverly

LOL! When we moved into this house 35 years ago, we bought a set of Whirlpool (top-load washer, electric dryer), and they worked perfectly (with just a few minor repairs by DH) until one day I came home from shopping and found a flood in the basement laundry room. The "float valve" or some-such had given up. We decided that the Whirlpools had done such good service that we'd get another set. That was 10 years ago...

Fingers crossed,

Beverly

Why use powder detergent? It must disolve anyway. An appliance repair man friend told me he had more calls from people who use powder detergent. And the product we use to counteract the graying process in whites is called "Calgon" Dot in Tenessee

Yes, now that I have a manufacturer's name I shall be on the hunt. Canada's not too far.... I only ever saw one of those, and nobody else had ever seen one - I was beginning to think I had misunderstood the way my friend claimed hers worked.

Beverly, shit happens! Don't sweat over it. Make everything password accessible only, and turn you machine off and unplug it when out of the house!

Good move: and put it in writing, naming the worker if you can.

(snip) I had a work crew here today, and had to leave for a trip to the

Nothing major, I hope.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Good advice, Kate. I try to remember to turn my puter off when I leave the house, and it has a sign-on password. (However, if an emergency room trip became necessary, securing the pc probably wouldn't occur to me.)

Hope everything is OK, Beverly.

Doreen in Alabama

Indeed!

I live alone now, so I just never thought about password-protecting my computers. I do have a password on my wireless router, so I know my network is invisible to the "outside". I like for the grandchildren to be able to come and use "theirs" without fussing. For the present, at least while I have people in the house for a project, I guess I'll have to go that route for each computer as well. And disconnect the modem, too, just in case...

Beverly

No way of knowing which miscreant did it (it was a crew of eight). But the boss will certainly get the word! I was being kind, letting them have access to the bathroom while they were here...

Beverly

Well it certainly wasn't upper-most in my mind at that moment. :-\

Thanks, yes, just a minor injury with shattered glass, but none reached my eyes, so all is well.

Beverly

Turned out not to be thanks, but I wasn't about to risk damage to my eyes. The other good news is that none of my CCs was used online yesterday, so I guess the vandal was content with posting nonsense.

Beverly

Shoot. I hate to say this, but check your medicine cabinet and any drawers that might have valuables in them. It sounds like this employee left the path from the work area to the bathroom, and who knows what they might have gotten into. *sigh*

Nothing missing as far as I have been able to determine, and nothing

*looks* disturbed. My prescriptions are the boring "old-age" ones and vitamins, not exactly at the top of the list of street drugs. My jewelry and silver are all safe.

What a drag! I hate thinking I'm not secure in my own home.

Thanks for giving me additional areas to think about. :-\

Beverly

What's that old saying, about no good deed going unpunished?

You certainly were being kind...going to the emergency room here can be a very trying experience. People sometimes have to wait for hours. It's a disgrace.

Very glad your eyes escaped injury!

Doreen in Alabama

So I have learned.

Fortunately it was a slow day, and I was bleeding, so I didn't have to wait long.

Thanks, me too! ;-)

Beverly