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- From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
- Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.230628.10150@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 23:06:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.150121.12726@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
- >
- > **NANCY COLUCCI'S RULES OF HOUSEKEEPING** here goes:
-
- [...]
-
- >3. NEVER shovel snow. If you wait long enough it will melt.
-
- This one, at least, I have to agree with--shovelling snow is ridiculously
- inefficient except for narrow paths and touch-up work. If you've got a foot
- or more of snow, it's much, much faster to use as large a trash can as you
- can find (preferably with sturdy handles at the top and a handhold at the
- bottom)--that way you don't have to bend over as far and can move a
- reasonable amount of snow with each scoop.
-
- Trygve (More of "Trygve's Household Hints" after this message.)
- --
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- ironing, putting socks in drawers and shirts on hangars--jobs that are
- just too tough for a man to do. That is, until now--with Pink &
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-
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-
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- smoke alarm
-
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- LED's and large exposed lugnuts for a real man to use
-
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- detergent that smells like a man and still leaves in those
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-
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-
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- enough to hogtie a calf
-
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-