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keesan
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response 50 of 120:
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May 20 23:15 UTC 2003 |
Does dental insurance pay for fillings? I thought it only paid for cleanings
and checkups.
I am happy because I have an excuse to stay in bed feeling sorry for myself
instead of going out and digging in the garden. This is because my pulled
muscles in my back are much worse after taking care of the flooded basement
yesterday. First I mopped the kitchen (a great way to make pulled muscles
worse), then Rotorooter refused to use the outside basement steps (half of
them were missing, I understood) so I got to remove everything from the
doorway (my main entrance) and clear a path through the kitchen and then
remove a lot of heavy food containers lining the stairs and basement floor,
and then mop the basement and bathroom (in basement) and steps and kitchen
(again) and put everything back. So now I get the day off in bed. I am also
happy that I caught it this time before the basement was under 2 " of water
and it was only a wet bathroom and laundry room. And I am even happier that
Rotorooter (who did the job when Jim refused - he did it the last ten times)
left two minutes before our dinner guest arrived. Good luck comes in threes
(but I am losing count on this one). I also get to wash the bathmats again
(after just changing them the day before) so they will be extra clean. Raw
sewage is such fun! The Rotorooter guy had fun breaking out the plug to a
side section of sewer and snaking out two sections instead of one. He says
he has to break out lots of plugs - this is Ann Arbor.
Jim is happy that he has a chance to cut down (with an interesting contraption
of saw on pole) the large branch next door before it takes out his power line.
Back to bed. (Not intended as a pun).
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tod
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response 51 of 120:
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May 20 23:26 UTC 2003 |
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jep
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response 52 of 120:
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May 20 23:59 UTC 2003 |
Hang in there, Sindi, but hopefully things are going to get better.
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jep
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response 53 of 120:
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May 21 00:01 UTC 2003 |
I am ecstatically happy because I finally got my Linux computer onto
the Internet. The network card I was using didn't work. Now that
I've done it, it was so easy I can't take that much pride in it. What
happened to understanding routing and all that? (Heh. I'll take it.)
Also, I untangled the huge mess of cables, cords and wires behind my
computers. Well, at least I got the mess behind the computers instead
of most of it being in front of them!
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gull
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response 54 of 120:
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May 21 01:51 UTC 2003 |
My dental insurance pays for fillings. Well, partially, anyway.
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slynne
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response 55 of 120:
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May 21 02:12 UTC 2003 |
My dental insurance pays for fillings - 80% of them anyways. I think
so...I havent needed a filling in years. I did need a crown a while
back and it paid 50% of that bill.
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slynne
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response 56 of 120:
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May 21 02:13 UTC 2003 |
Anyhow, I hope you feel better, keesan. Sewage backups are the worst!
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keesan
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response 57 of 120:
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May 21 16:12 UTC 2003 |
This flood really was just a small one compared to the last ten or so.
I notice the flood when I walk downstairs in my socks.
Jim is happy because he got a chance to explain to his sister the various
details in his 'relationship' with his daughter. She phoned last night for
about three hours (his sister). She had been assigned the task of informing
Jim that he should renew his passport so that he could walk his daughter down
the aisle at her wedding (in N. Ireland). His daughter did something similar
last time she got married - not having talked to Jim for 10 years she told
his sister to inform him to wear a blue blazer to her wedding (to which she
had not of course invited him). Jim explained that he had written her a long
email explaining why he was not coming to this wedding either, to which he
never got an answer of any sort. He never gets answers. His sister is
starting to understand the situation. Jim is happy because someone took the
time to listen to his side of the situation.
I am happy because Jim answered most of my email so I did not have to sit up.
The email was to people who know he cannot spell. He invented a really novel
way to spell Joseph (my nephew who turned three three days ago). The letters
were all there and it started with J.
Congratulations on getting Linux online!
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rcurl
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response 58 of 120:
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May 21 16:24 UTC 2003 |
What plugs your sewer? We have had a few backups. The worst was when the
street sewer plugged. Smaller ones occurred when our sewer line plugged,
in part due to roots getting into the sewer line (our house has a footing
drain to the sanitary sewer - now illegal, but OK when the house was
built). I installed a backup alarm, consisting of a magnetic switch that
sticks down through a cleanout plug and some X-10 transmitter and receivers
that sound an alarm. It really gets us moving when it sounds off - but
no basement flooding since.
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keesan
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response 59 of 120:
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May 21 17:28 UTC 2003 |
Tree roots on this side of the street, starting about 5-6 years ago, possibly
from the linden planted over 15 years ago in the front yard by a previous
tenant. When your alarm sounds, do you snake out the sewer? Jim has decided
it is no longer his problem but the landlord's, so an alarm would only have
the advantage of letting me remove things from the floor before it flooded.
Rotorooter can take two days to show up. The upstairs neighbors continue to
use water and it gets deeper. I consider myself lucky to live downstairs
despite the frequent floods. They get rain coming through the roof instead,
in the rotten area at the edges, which rots because the gutters are always
full of things like roofing. Some day I will stop living in rental housing.
For many years (not recently) it used to rain into my kitchen when the
upstairs shower was in use. The leak must have rusted shut.
A hot water bottle helps a lot - I think it eliminates the muscle spasms and
those are what cause the pain.
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tod
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response 60 of 120:
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May 21 17:32 UTC 2003 |
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gull
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response 61 of 120:
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May 21 17:40 UTC 2003 |
I like living on the middle floor. Sewer backups are the problem of the
people under me, and roof leaks are the problem of the people above me.
;) So far I don't think there have been any of either, though. The
only water problems I've had were a minor leak from my sliding door
(fixed about a week after I complained, when they redid the upstairs
neighbor's balcony) and a leak in my kitchen ceiling when my upstairs
neighbor's washing machine drain sprung a leak.
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tod
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response 62 of 120:
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May 21 18:30 UTC 2003 |
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slynne
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response 63 of 120:
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May 21 19:20 UTC 2003 |
I have some stuff I flush down the toilet twice a year plus I stopped
flushing tampons. I have not had a back up since I started doing that.
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tod
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response 64 of 120:
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May 21 19:42 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 65 of 120:
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May 21 19:50 UTC 2003 |
Rotorooter said to use copper sulfate once or twice a year. When I pointed
out that they had been there less than half a year ago they suggested every
two months. The landlord forgot to put the copper sulfate in. The bill from
Rotorooter should prompt his memory. I am supposed to open up the drain in
the floor and pour it in directly. Sold at hardware stores. I might buy
a few cans and have the landlord reimburse me.
He has been good about spraying the wasps' nest over my door when I ask him
to. That is certainly not a problem of rental property alone.
Another advantage of living downstairs is that it is not as hot in the summer.
The floor is rather cold in the winter though, maybe 45. (It is over a 38
degree basement, or maybe colder. The bathroom is about 38).
Does anyone remember how long it takes badly pulled muscles to heal enough
to sit upright without hurting? I am going back to bed again.
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tod
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response 66 of 120:
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May 21 20:37 UTC 2003 |
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albaugh
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response 67 of 120:
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May 21 21:17 UTC 2003 |
This item is for system announcements
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drew
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response 68 of 120:
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May 21 22:48 UTC 2003 |
Re #65:
I've found that low environment temperatures tend to increase the
occurrence of muscle cramps. You might consider warming your quarters up
a bit this occasion.
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phat3
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response 69 of 120:
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May 21 22:55 UTC 2003 |
im lost
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tod
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response 70 of 120:
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May 22 00:01 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 71 of 120:
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May 22 00:14 UTC 2003 |
Oops - it is system announcements, very sorry. I thought it was the happy
item for some reason.
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remmers
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response 72 of 120:
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May 22 00:53 UTC 2003 |
It's for Grex system announcements, but *none* of the 70+ responses is
a Grex system announcement. This may be some sort of drift record.
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jep
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response 73 of 120:
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May 22 03:06 UTC 2003 |
The title says "Grex announcements". If it's for system
announcements, shouldn't it say "system announcements"?
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rcurl
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response 74 of 120:
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May 22 06:27 UTC 2003 |
I own my house so I wont use copper sulfate in the sewer - it reacts with
the iron pipes, dissolving them. Yes, almost always when the alarm goes
off it is time to have the sewer reamed. I have used a couple of companies:
one is good, the other is lousy. I am now trying "Foaming Root Killer",
which is a herbicide and, and foams onto all the surfaces of the sewer
(maybe - I can't see) and is supposed to be effective for a year. We'll
see.
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