Hi Abby! Yay for lurkers!
Speaking of citizenship, I knew a guy who grew up in Zambia, thinks of himself as Zambian, etc., but his parents are German, so now he has an EU passport. Sweet deal.
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
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The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2007 9:18:18 am PST #1729 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Abby - Jan 10, 2007 9:18:22 am PST #1730 of 10001
I really miss the cherry blossoms. They sometimes come out in January.
How are we to be expected to keep up our quota of mocking Eastern Canada at this rate??
P.M. Marc - Jan 10, 2007 9:23:31 am PST #1731 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm about done with all the rain/wind/snow though. Did you guys hear about the roof on BC Place?
No! I didn't. Probably because whatever happened no doubt happened while I Had No Power.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2007 9:24:42 am PST #1732 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How important in a humidifier is the whole mold/bacteria-free thing? I mean, are those a sizable risk? I desperately need a humidifier, and am obviously not looking to spend much on it.
Kat - Jan 10, 2007 9:32:10 am PST #1733 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, I think there are ones that minimize that risk but they are hellishly expensive.
And I plan on cleaning mine every other week or so. But frankly, since the windstorms, it's been so dry that it's been almost intolerable for me Hence Wilbur the world's cutest humidifier. He was cheap enough.
Sue - Jan 10, 2007 9:34:02 am PST #1734 of 10001
hip deep in pie
How are we to be expected to keep up our quota of mocking Eastern Canada at this rate??
Oh, I'm probably just jinxing us so that we have snow well into April.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2007 9:35:05 am PST #1735 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I looking at the BB&B page of humidifiers. As charmed as I am by Hello Kitty, for some reason I don't want whimsy out of this. Nothing mentions mold or mildew until $69.99, with the Holmes® Cool Mist Humidifier With Permanent Filter.
sarameg - Jan 10, 2007 9:36:17 am PST #1736 of 10001
If you change out the filters regularly (if it is the kind with a filter or a wick) and clean it out periodically, it shouldn't be a problem. Hell, I can get really lackidasical about doing that, and I've never grown anything, and my climate is probably more a tad more prone to such.
Kat - Jan 10, 2007 9:41:28 am PST #1737 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I went with whimsical because it was cheap. Mine has no filter. It's the lowest end model not found at CVS with a Vicks' tag on it.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2007 9:44:32 am PST #1738 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like Hello Kitty. She's represented in most rooms of my house. Cannot tell you why I don't want her or any cute animals humidifying my apartment. But it's quite visceral.
I've wondered idly if air quality has any effect on my migraines--but I know some of the air filters are based on bogus science, etc, so I've never tried anything out other than humidifiers--and my last one that I threw out last year was one of the antimicrobials.
I wish I could remember why I turfed it.