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    Heart Surgeon Speaks out on What Really Causes Heart Disease

    This response is too open-ended for me. ;) Please elaborate.
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    Good luck with your broody! The screaming Mimi is no longer broody. I was shocked when she hopped up onto my lap this afternoon. I guess I handled her so much trying to "break" her, that she thought, "well jeez, mom hasn't picked me up in a few days". :D I just read about your berries. I'm...
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    Shingles treatment?? had it 3 times 5 yrs ago, <6 mo and now I am 41

    I haven't had shingles, but I frequently get cold sores, which is from the same virus. I apply Benadryl cream 2%. It eliminated the itch. I figured if it could dry up the oozing and weeping of poison ivy, it could work on that too. It helps a LOT. And they don't get as red and angry with the...
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    Heart Surgeon Speaks out on What Really Causes Heart Disease

    I find it interesting that he talks abut the omega 6-omega 3 balance and inflammation. I read an article about asthma that said the same thing.
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    I think anything with a reliable digital thermometer and circulating fan will do. Are they styrofoam like the other hovabators? Styrofoam irritates me.
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    kitchen thingy WTF is it?

    As others said, it's for making sauces or juices. Try cookes apples or tomatoes and running them through. The screen strains bits of pulp or seeds out your finished product. I have a newer version of the same thing, and a lot of mine is plastic. Google "Roma food mill". Enjoy your sauces...
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    kitchen thingy WTF is it?

    Hm. Have you disassembled it yet? Is there a gap somewhere that might fit another screen on it? It there a spiral auger thingy in there? The bowl-shaped hopper does make me think it's designed for liquidy fruits or veggies. Maybe it's a cherry pitter? Food mill/strainer? No idea. If you...
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    Just Saying Hello

    Welcome! I am nowhere near as strange as the others here. ;) Always nice to see new members. :)
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    Denim Deb Hay, hay, hay. Thank the Lord!

    Well at least the dang mower worked! Just curious, not sure where else you could buy a canoe cheaper, but sometimes you find them "used" but not too used. People buy them and then hardly ever take them out. *coughmeandmyhusbandcough*. You might be able to find a really good deal that way.
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    All six eggs hatched and are healthy. I woke up yesterday at 6:00 to find that all eggs had pipped. Before I left for work, one was out and another was zipping. It KILLED me to go t work, but it's probably better that I left. I kept calling and texting hubby for updates, as he is...
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    Oh, she does try to peck me a little. I've had a parrot take a chunk of skin out of my finger before, so every time I handle her, I either pull my shirt sleeves over my hands or wear the gloves. Heehee.
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    You mean the ones who scream even when they're not broody? She's got multiple personalities! She is the sweetest thng when shes not guarding that box! The first time she screamed, I thought, "oh she's going broody". But she kept laying eggs and kept on screaming. She always got right up...
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    luvinlife offthegrid- will winter ever arrive?

    The 2 broodys mentioned earlier as no longer broody, and one laid her first egg. She was broody forever, and suddenly started dropping weight. I stuffed her in a rabbit cage for 3 days, and she's cured! The other one disappeared. Now two more are broody. The third partridge rock to go broody...
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    How much did you plant?

    Thyme, basil, chives, oregano are in my perennial flower garden. In the two raised beds I have Peas, beans (bush- green and yellow), carrots, beets, a few varieties of lettuce, strawberries, cucumbers (2), 3 watermelon plants, 3 pumpkin plants, and 2 zucchinis. I have 2 pathetic blueberry...
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    Deodorant

    I'm not sure what the pit detox thing is either. I was reading one, and it says to scrub your pits with a natural bristle brush once a day for three days and to massage your lymph nodes. (wth?). Then it says you may experience itching. And that it's your body's reaction to getting rid of the...
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    BACOG - Lessons learned in the the $35/week food challenge

    I couldn't find the original recipe I used, but I tried this one and it's good too. If it were just me, I'd make it hotter. But I use this recipe because it tastes like the mixes from the store (Ortega, Old el paso, etc) because my son likes it, and its mild. The other recipe tastes exactly...
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    BACOG - Lessons learned in the the $35/week food challenge

    Sounds like my grandpa's recipe for hard cider. "59 bushels of apples..." :D
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    ORChick's Not-a-Journal

    Sorry to hear about the chicken! I had one die in the fall. A few days before she passed, I noticed her comb and facial area were starting to lighten. She had a wry tail and was smaller than the rest, so I know something wasn't quite right with her. She just keeled over one day when the...
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