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Sunday, October 26, 2008

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TOPIC: Smallest Houses Ever?
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 2:56 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

ukie <U.Betcherass@gmail.com> wrote:

> I found this site through reading a news article yesterday.
> I thought some folks here might get a kick out of it.
> It's a guy who builds and sells tiny little houses. I've always
> daydreamed about living in an Airstream trailer or maybe a
> converted train car, but these homes seem pretty cool too
> (as long as you're not claustrophobic):

And as long as you're a midget.

> http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 4:08 pm
From: Tony

You know after reading those comments on the web site i think you'd have
to locate one of those homes near a lake because you'd have to shit in the
lake.

ukie wrote:

> I found this site through reading a news article yesterday. I thought
> some folks here might get a kick out of it.
> It's a guy who builds and sells tiny little houses. I've always
> daydreamed about living in an Airstream trailer or maybe a converted
> train car, but these homes seem pretty cool too (as long as you're not
> claustrophobic):
>
> http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know
proper manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 7:00 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Tony <Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich> wrote:

> You know after reading those comments on the web site i think you'd have to
> locate one of those homes near a lake because you'd have to shit in the lake.

Unlikely given that they handle that fine in RVs.

> ukie wrote:

>> I found this site through reading a news article yesterday.
>> I thought some folks here might get a kick out of it.
>> It's a guy who builds and sells tiny little houses. I've always
>> daydreamed about living in an Airstream trailer or maybe a
>> converted train car, but these homes seem pretty cool too
>> (as long as you're not claustrophobic):

>> http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

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TOPIC: vacuum cleaner new
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2e8cc394cc50a344?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 4:32 pm
From: Al Bundy

On Oct 24, 11:51 am, "john d hamilton" <blues...@mail.invalid> wrote:
> This photo shows the black very thin plastic type filter that sits facing
> the fan on a household Hitachi CV-SF8 vacuum cleaner.
>
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11rxdm0&s=4
>
> Immediately behind this sits a plastic frame with a nylon fine mesh filter
> and sitting in this frame is a black high density sponge filter. (doing a
> search on this sponge filter, it's called a Mesh-Urethane filter).
>
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6gv5tl&s=4
>
> This Mesh-Urethane filter is on the *right* side of this photo, the black
> one on the left is the reverse of the very thin plastic type filter referred
> to above.
>
> This Mesh-Urethane filter really restricts the air flow. Its a bit better
> when I wash it out under the tap with soap and water but soon seems to clog
> up again. I find it works quite well if I relace it entirely with a piece of
> soft tissue toilet paper, and keep changing the paper and all the debris
> that builds up behind it.
>
> Now the question here is what exactly is this very thin plastic type filter
> (if indeed it is actually a filter) doing? It's the one on the left in the
> second photo. It seems to have microscopic slits in its surface, but when I
> wash it, it wont pass water through it, which surely it would if its some
> kind of filter? It's a thin flexible piece of plastic sheet, and seems
> really strong. Almost like a sheet of carbon fibre.

New vacuum designs come along like new car models. They keep changing
things in the hope of generating marketing appeal. A vacuum still has
the basic purpose of picking up dirt. The bagless vacs use a great
deal of extra air processing designs to catch more dirt. They
include heppa filters, dog hair filters, and bacteriacide filters.
That black filter looks like carbon to treat pathogens. The white one
is like a pre-filter to catch higher micron debris. Neither one is
designed to process much air volume. Don't be fooled by the fact that
a filter won't pass water. This is not a wet vac. There are times when
you can modify a machine to suit your needs better, but first assume
that Hitachi paid a staff to design this thing without using Charmin
as the filter media.
The bottom line is that if it picks up your dirt better with that
restriction removed, go ahead and use it that way.

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 4:54 pm
From: "BigWallop"

"Al Bundy" <MSfortune@mcpmail.com> wrote in message
news:ac9c8a42-a7c8-433b-aa51-d4b112d269c7@u75g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 24, 11:51 am, "john d hamilton" <blues...@mail.invalid> wrote:
> > This photo shows the black very thin plastic type filter that sits
facing
> > the fan on a household Hitachi CV-SF8 vacuum cleaner.
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11rxdm0&s=4
> >
> > Immediately behind this sits a plastic frame with a nylon fine mesh
filter
> > and sitting in this frame is a black high density sponge filter. (doing
a
> > search on this sponge filter, it's called a Mesh-Urethane filter).
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6gv5tl&s=4
> >
> > This Mesh-Urethane filter is on the *right* side of this photo, the
black
> > one on the left is the reverse of the very thin plastic type filter
referred
> > to above.
> >
> > This Mesh-Urethane filter really restricts the air flow. Its a bit
better
> > when I wash it out under the tap with soap and water but soon seems to
clog
> > up again. I find it works quite well if I relace it entirely with a
piece of
> > soft tissue toilet paper, and keep changing the paper and all the debris
> > that builds up behind it.
> >
> > Now the question here is what exactly is this very thin plastic type
filter
> > (if indeed it is actually a filter) doing? It's the one on the left in
the
> > second photo. It seems to have microscopic slits in its surface, but
when I
> > wash it, it wont pass water through it, which surely it would if its
some
> > kind of filter? It's a thin flexible piece of plastic sheet, and seems
> > really strong. Almost like a sheet of carbon fibre.
>
> New vacuum designs come along like new car models. They keep changing
> things in the hope of generating marketing appeal. A vacuum still has
> the basic purpose of picking up dirt. The bagless vacs use a great
> deal of extra air processing designs to catch more dirt. They
> include heppa filters, dog hair filters, and bacteriacide filters.
> That black filter looks like carbon to treat pathogens. The white one
> is like a pre-filter to catch higher micron debris. Neither one is
> designed to process much air volume. Don't be fooled by the fact that
> a filter won't pass water. This is not a wet vac. There are times when
> you can modify a machine to suit your needs better, but first assume
> that Hitachi paid a staff to design this thing without using Charmin
> as the filter media.
> The bottom line is that if it picks up your dirt better with that
> restriction removed, go ahead and use it that way.
>

Hear Hear !!!

As the man from Hoover told me, "All Vacuum Cleaners Suck".

Remember the old Hoover Advert Jiggle.

"All that muck. All that grit. All those little bits of sh..........fluff.
Hoover beats as it sweeps, as it cleans."

I'll get me coat. :-) But I do agree with Al.

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 25 2008 12:26 am
From: andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)

In article <iftMk.77233$E41.52719@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
"BigWallop" <spam.guard@good-spam-guard.com> writes:
>
> As the man from Hoover told me, "All Vacuum Cleaners Suck".
>
> Remember the old Hoover Advert Jiggle.
>
> "All that muck. All that grit. All those little bits of sh..........fluff.
> Hoover beats as it sweeps, as it cleans."
>
> I'll get me coat. :-) But I do agree with Al.

"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux"

(which was later plaguerised in the computing industry as
"Nothing sucks like a Vax", the name of a range of minicomputers).

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 25 2008 2:13 am
From: "Keith W"

"Andrew Gabriel" <andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4902ca0f$0$502$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> In article <iftMk.77233$E41.52719@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> "BigWallop" <spam.guard@good-spam-guard.com> writes:
>>
>> As the man from Hoover told me, "All Vacuum Cleaners Suck".
>>
>> Remember the old Hoover Advert Jiggle.
>>
>> "All that muck. All that grit. All those little bits of
>> sh..........fluff.
>> Hoover beats as it sweeps, as it cleans."
>>
>> I'll get me coat. :-) But I do agree with Al.
>
> "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux"
>
> (which was later plaguerised in the computing industry as
> "Nothing sucks like a Vax", the name of a range of minicomputers).
>

Now my old dad used to complain, with a twinkle in his eye, that his vacuum
cleaner "Had no sucking force".
--
Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 25 2008 3:01 am
From: Norminn

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

>In article <iftMk.77233$E41.52719@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> "BigWallop" <spam.guard@good-spam-guard.com> writes:
>
>
>>As the man from Hoover told me, "All Vacuum Cleaners Suck".
>>
>>Remember the old Hoover Advert Jiggle.
>>
>>"All that muck. All that grit. All those little bits of sh..........fluff.
>>Hoover beats as it sweeps, as it cleans."
>>
>>I'll get me coat. :-) But I do agree with Al.
>>
>>
>
>"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux"
>
>
My ?40 y/o Electrolux is still going strong, just like my 40 y/o Singer
sewing machine.
The Singer spent about 10 years in a damp basement :o) Just a clean-up
at the old
local Singer shop (NOT A BIG BOX STORE) and she hums right along.

>(which was later plaguerised in the computing industry as
>"Nothing sucks like a Vax", the name of a range of minicomputers).
>
>
>

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TOPIC: What's the lowest cell phone cost?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/64ff8aa2b5f47ee2?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 4:52 pm
From: James

I pay $28 a month for land line for unlimited local calls. Is it
worth it for me to look into replacing it with a cell phone?

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 7:34 pm
From: Jeff

James wrote:
> I pay $28 a month for land line for unlimited local calls.

Plus how much in tax?

Is it
> worth it for me to look into replacing it with a cell phone?

Depending on where you are, you might get either MetroPCS or
Unlimited Boost for a few dollars more. Both have unlimited local and on
all but the cheapest plan, unlimited long distance.

These carriers have limited roaming, but not as limited as your home
phone!

Jeff

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TOPIC: Gas.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/29c665c81bbb67da?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 24 2008 6:47 pm
From: "MarieD"

"James" <j0069bond@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5b701c66-5548-4676-8dd4-a801946a9529@a29g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> Filled up today. $1 a gallon cheaper than my last fill up. 16 cents
> cheaper per gallow than yesterday at a different Exxon station 15
> miles away.

In my area of South Carolina, gas that I've seen is $2.34-$2.57. I filled up
today for $2.34.
Marie

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