Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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Betsy HP - Jan 18, 2005 1:04:02 pm PST #5459 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

I've never owned a magnetic one. Do they work?


Strix - Jan 18, 2005 1:06:56 pm PST #5460 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I have one. I've had it for about 3 years and it's GREAT for cat hair. Does well on the dust, too, but cat hair is my big litmus test.


Beverly - Jan 18, 2005 1:09:57 pm PST #5461 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I love mine. The telescoping one gets the wall and ceiling corners, I have a bent one for the ceiling fans, and the bitty one that looks just like a ballerina skirt (twirl! twirl!) is great for getting in between the knicknacks that I'd otherwise have to duct tape down and use the leafblower, a la Tim Allen. Great also for books and tv and monitor screens, plus vented surfaces. You have to take them outside and beat them on the brick periodically (or shake them over a trashcan), but they hold the dust and don't redeposit it, and don't push it around the way I've found ostrich plumes often do.


Strix - Jan 18, 2005 1:25:20 pm PST #5462 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I just have a hand one. But this leads me to a rather prosaic cleaning question: I have three ceiling fans which I keep going constantly. I try to clean them once a year. but they are coated with this pernicious, greasy dusty buunyfilth. Does anyone have any tricks for getting this goo off of something that's 9 inches over my head?


Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2005 1:28:37 pm PST #5463 of 10002
What is even happening?

Does anyone have any tricks for getting this goo off of something that's 9 inches over my head?
Well, the blades can be removed, but if you do, you have to be careful when you put them back on, that they're balanced, or the fan won't run.

You could get a chair or step ladder, some paper towels and some Fantastic! (or some other cleaner like Formula 409, or something that does not need rinsing) and try that.


Lysana - Jan 18, 2005 1:31:28 pm PST #5464 of 10002
Hellbound Equal-Opportunity Nookie Hog

JZ, I've done a similar coredump about a subject most folks didn't find squicky, so whether I share your squick, I'm in your corner for posting it.

I left support group when they told me soon I would lose my anger, and I thought to myself "In a world like that, where does stand-up come from?"

That's nicely put, Erika.


brenda m - Jan 18, 2005 1:31:33 pm PST #5465 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Or take a bucket of bleach and just hurl it up at the fan while its running on it's fastest speed.

What?


Beverly - Jan 18, 2005 1:32:36 pm PST #5466 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

You may have to use a solvent, like TSP or one of the spray cleaners with orange oil. Soap and water will do it, but you'd need to actually remove the blades from the fan and wash them in the sink--messy. And it still leaves you with the fan body. I don't know if I'd want to use a spray cleaner on the fan housing--it has vent holes and I don't know what the cleaner would do to the motor. I'd use Goo Gone on a paper towel on a metal surface I couldn't submerge.


Strix - Jan 18, 2005 1:43:35 pm PST #5467 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I am far too lazy to remove fan blades. I'll try the Goo Gone.

I swear, the stuff is like ectoplasm mated with a dead Persian.


Sean K - Jan 18, 2005 1:49:51 pm PST #5468 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I am far too lazy to remove fan blades. I'll try the Goo Gone.

Also the Palmolive Oxy Plus is really good at cutting through greasy stuff. It's what I like to use. Just a drop on a sponge or so should clean them up really well.