TrashQueen

@TrashQueen (107)

United States • Age 77

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Hotel Room Biased Towards Right-Handed People!

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 31 Mar 10

I have mentioned before that I am ambidextrous and, during our recent trip to London, it was a good job that I do possess this "gift." We stayed at a Premier Inn, this particular hotel was in Brentford. Premier...

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TrashQueen NO, not everyone is right handed, but the majority are. Back in time, children with left handed tendencies were "taught" not to use the left hand, but to use the right hand instead. As they tried to do things with the left hand, the knuckles were smacked. I...

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Christian militia accused of plotting to kill cops......

shamsta19 @shamsta19 (3224) • United States 30 Mar 10

I have been reading several versions of this article today and I noticed something very peculiar. In all of the articles I read (about 5 or 6 so far today) none of them uses the label "terrorists" when describing this group, yet...

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TrashQueen Excellent use of satire & tongue-in-cheek. My hat's off to you for your perception.

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Tomatoes and Peppers are started !! What veggies are you growing?

Tallygirl09 @Tallygirl09 (1380) • United States 28 Mar 10

Well I decided to try out the much advertised topsy turvy upside down growing thing. LOL...not sure what the proper name is. Planted tomatoes, 2 kinds, Roma and Cherry and also some green peppers. So far so good!! I have blooms...

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TrashQueen You can spray your foliage with a soap solution to help control pests. A teaspoon of dishsoap in a quart of water, & spray it on. I've heard that using a cigarette in the water is also a good deterrent... something about the nicotine, but I've never used...

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Vegetable gardens

momathome @momathome (474) • Canada 28 Mar 10

I plan on starting a vegetable garden this year. I have already started the tomatoes and peppers inside. So far only my tomatoes have already started to sprout. Do peppers take longer to start than tomatoes? I don't want to have...

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TrashQueen It usually takes about 10 days.

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What are the things you wish you knew before you got married?

candyfairy21 @candyfairy21 (2039) • Philippines 26 Mar 10

Hi guys, if you are married already what are the things you wish you knew before you got married? If you are still single what are the things you want to know before you get married? Was just watching a movie about 2 odd...

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TrashQueen I wish I knew myself before I tried to know/live with/love someone else.

26 Mar 10

So Sweet

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 26 Mar 10

Here's a shot of some of the sweet corn I started from seed this year. This variety is of the yellow and white kernel type. I have 30 seeds planted and about 10 have sprouted so far. Gonna be tasty roasted on the grill. Have you...

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TrashQueen I love growing corn, but unfortunately, ants usually attack my corn & my bananas before I can get to them. But I keep trying.

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Too Cool!

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 26 Mar 10

I think this was posted by Red Heart yarn or another yarn company on FB. But check out the link http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100325_Philadelphia_s_anti-graffiti_knit_work.html?page=2&c=y what a neat idea! I wish it wasn't...

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TrashQueen Last week on the Knitting group, they were talking about another news story similar to this one. Apparently someone knows about this lady's work & they have been covering the trees in their area w/ knits. The local constabulary has dubbed them the Midnight...

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Hoping for a good year!

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 22 Mar 10

Here's a shot of my strawberry patch. Well, what can be seen right now anyhow. With the warm weather and the sunny area they sit in they have started to pop up and I see many new shoots. I have to thin the patch out this year as...

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TrashQueen I envy your space for a strawberry patch. Mine are in pots & since I'm in the far south, I already have 5 or 6 berries on the plants. About 40 miles south of me they have been picking the fields for a month or so.. I dearly love strawberries & can never...

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Beekeeping in NYC is illegal!

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 22 Mar 10

I saw this article and I had to chuckle! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/science/earth/15bees.html I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Maybe have some basic restrictions so people would not be stung or put in the harms...

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TrashQueen When they were talking about the bees' demise, I thought I saw/read somewhere that one of the nation's biggest beekeepers is on the rooftops of NY. I can't remember where I saw the info, but it sure nags at my brain that I did.

22 Mar 10

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Do you have a bird feeder in your yard?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 20 Mar 10

If so where do you place it? And what kind of seed do you use usually? I have one outside our front living room window I thought that way the kids could bird watch. Seems all we ever watch are the Starlings raiding the feeder &...

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TrashQueen I don't have a bird feeder but I do feed the birds. I have a lot of Mourning Doves here & they are ground feeders so I broadcast the seed for them. I get Cardinals, Blue Jays & the Mourning Doves on a regular basis. There is a Woodpecker that tries to drill...

21 Mar 10

raccoons eating my crocus? Rabbits or squirrels?

rosegardens @rosegardens (3034) • United States 20 Mar 10

Hello fellow mylot gardeners. I have a little situation. My crocus began blooming but something decided to try it for a mid-morning snack. I noticed one blooming the day before, and it was still there when I left yesterday...

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TrashQueen Oh, please don't put moth balls out. They are very poisonous & dogs, cats, children, birds .. all sorts of animals that shouldn't be near moth balls, could see them & eat them if they are spread on the ground willy nilly. There are other remedies at the...

20 Mar 10

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Public Speaking is an Art

monojdhole @monojdhole (200) • India 20 Mar 10

Public Speaking is an Art. I am very much interested in learning this art. This will help us a lot in our personal as well business life. Can anyone tell me how can I learn the art? Where can I learn this from? Any...

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TrashQueen Some colleges offer classes in public speaking. And some adult education programs may have them. With all the budget cuts, not sure what is being offered in the education forum any more. If you have a particular hobby that you are good at, you can call the...

20 Mar 10

One skein project suggestions?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 16 Mar 10

I got a skein free from joining one of the yarn companies on FB. Now what do I do w/ one skein? Looking for some ideas as I haven't seen this particular line here that I'm aware of anyways.

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TrashQueen First of all, what size skein of yarn? An 8oz skein will do more than a 1 oz.... Baby caps, baby booties, slippers, slim scarf, belt, child's doll blankets, I belong to an eList for crochet lovers & each day she sends out links to various online...

20 Mar 10

Have you heard about "EATING FETUS"?

tess_quinain @tess_quinain (1149) • Philippines 19 Mar 10

I have just heard about eating fetus just a couple of days ago and I was extremely shocked.!!! There are even bottles of fetus to choose from. What a disgusting scene!! I could not believe it on my own eyes!!They said FETUS...

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TrashQueen I did a websearch about it & found a "magazine" or "newspaper" article about it. But then I checked Snopes & they say that the article isn't real They say that when Clinton took office there was such an uproar about it that there was an investigation & nothing...

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We thought we werer done!

sweetlady10 @sweetlady10 (3611) • United States 19 Mar 10

From last one week the weather was really nice here, we were so ready to welcome spring. We thought we were done with winter for this year, but guess what? It is snowing again today, and its really cold, and they are predicting it...

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TrashQueen I hate cold weather... which is why I live i the south, but this year has been horrible. Cold, cold, cold. Today was in the 50*s when I got up. This far south shouldn't be that cold for so long. A day or two per winter? Yeah, ok. But not for weeks on end....

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Wondering about growing and propogating purple wandering Jews....

artsyfartsygal @artsyfartsygal (121) • United States 18 Mar 10

Good morning~ I've wanted a purple wandering Jew for a really long time and finally have one! I'm very happy about it. It's such a pretty plant. If I cut off pieces of the plant, will they root fairly easily? Will cutting...

growing purple wandering jews propogating plants

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TrashQueen Now sure you are really talking about a Wandering Jew. If it's purple, I think you are talking about the Moses in a Cradle. It has long slim, purple leaves & the flower on it is a little boat shaped pod with white flowers in the pod. Hence the Moses in a...

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NCIS last episode was funny with the CGIS team

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 17 Mar 10

It was so funny that the CGIS "boss" was just a female Gibbs. She was like him in every way from the stoic attitude, the head slap, the being an only child from a small mid-western town, to many other things. Are they too much a...

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TrashQueen They had a show like that a couple seasons ago where each member of the team had a counterpart that was a reflection of their own personalities. There are 2 lady chemists, actually. His Major left him, but I always wonder if she's not out there somewhere,...

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Do spider plants sometimes replant themselves to self-propogate? Why no babies?

artsyfartsygal @artsyfartsygal (121) • United States 18 Mar 10

Good morning~ I have a spider plant. I know sometimes, spiders grow babies you can pot. This plant is doing okay; I have it by a window and am actually watering it fairly regularly now. (Gee, what a concept!) For some reason,...

growing propogating spider plants

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TrashQueen I find that spider plants don't usually throw babies until they are root bound. Meaning it looks like the pot is too small & no room for the root growth so Mother Nature has the plant produce babies on long stems to put a new plant a foot or so away from the...

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Have you ever grown potatoes in a garbage can (or alike)?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 16 Mar 10

I found this posted on another forum and found a video on youtube of a lady showing you how to do this. I was wondering if anyone ever had any luck with it and what other containers you've grown them...

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TrashQueen I've used large containers but not actually in garbage cans. There are a whole lot of YouTube videos on how to do it. The key, is to plant them w/ very little soil & then add soil as the plant grows. It provides more roots from the side of the plant & those...

16 Mar 10

How do you store your yarn?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 16 Mar 10

I keep mine in plastic bins. Or in banana boxes I get from Aldi's if I don't have room in the 2 plastic bins I have. How about the rest of you?

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TrashQueen Funny you should bring this up. On WasteNothing@yahoogroups, we are discussing it. One person puts the skein in a pringles can & punches a hole in the top to thread the yarn. Another used those vacuum bags but wasn't happy with it. She says it left a crease in...

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