So last night I got woken up by people trying to wake up the guy whose apartment was flooding. (He wasn't in.) Eventually the cops and fire department came and broke his door down.

This morning I discovered that my apartment was flooded worse than I thought. When I walked on the carpet, my feet would splash. So I came to work (after sleeping in a bit) and borrowed my boss's car and wet-vac and vacuumed up about five gallons of water. (I'd say about a 5' x 10' area of floor was flooded.) Another guy had it much worse - his entire floor was flooded, and he had 2" of water in his closet.

Anyway, now I'm at work. Go me. After work I'll have to see if my electric violin suffered any water damage, and then go to my fiddle class.

Hypothetically, if one had a bunch of wet clothes, how long can they stay wet before mildew sets in? I won't (hypothetically) have time to do laundry tonight.

According to his book, Ginger, the morning person is Michelle. So maybe he drinks a lot of coke or red bull.

I'd be more worried about mildew under the carpet. Do you have a de-humidifier?

tommy, so sorry for your flood! If it's chilly, your clothes could probably last overnight - if you hang them up to dry it'll help. Also, if you have a fan, it'll help dry things out.

I'd be more worried about mildew under the carpet. Do you have a de-humidifier?

Nope. Right now I have windows open. When it's cold out, it tends to get rather dry in the apartment. Hopefully that will dry things up quickly.

In re Obama - the local news had an interview with his brother in law last night. He talked about when the two were first together; commented that he was checking the guy out as a possible husband for his little sister, not a future president, so he was really serious. At one point they were playing basketball and he as impressed with Obama being a team player and that he didn't always pass the ball to him, trying to impress him.

we do not have matching sweaters. we have matching "Life is Good" and "Obama 08" shirts, but we don;t wear them at the same time.

Right now I have windows open. When it's cold out, it tends to get rather dry in the apartment.

It helps, but keep an eye on things. And second the idea of hanging clothes up to dry.

The puppies made People.com!

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Oh, tommyrot, that sucks. Vibing dry~ma to your violin and your clothes especially -- to everything, definitely, but especially those.

Re Obama: even as a rabid coffee drinker, I can accept and understand that some people just don't drink it. I can even allow as how those people can even be my president. But hating ice cream? Wha-huh? Just like him, I had a summer job at B-R as a teenager, but it did not lessen my love of the stuff, not even one little bit. Because it was a very hot summer and we had a lot of rather ill-behaved customers (and one horrid co-worker), I lost quite a bit of love for my fellow human beings that summer. But ice cream? Unpossible!