I had the best results by far using Facebook.
Either post it on Facebook marketplace with a price of $1 and then say it’s free in the listing, or find your local Facebook curb alert or yardsale group and join it, and post it there.
It seldom took more than 10 minutes for someone to claim the stuff I was giving away, and the record was something like 15 seconds.
Update on the Costco split-king sheet sets. Ordered, delivered, and on the bed. They’re better than ok - not at all scratchy and the bottom sheets haven’t popped off. My sheets from Bloomingdales are finer, but at least 3 times the price.
The ones I bought are the 800 TC supima cotton. At $88 with tax, definitely a good buy.
@zeebamom, I bought the split-king sheets, too, and I love them. Thanks for the heads up! I may buy another set in another color because split-king is hard to find.
I think people are just really preoccupied right now. I would suspect the market for used goods isn’t too hot.
Someone says she’s coming in a hour to take it. We’ll see.
I’ve had great luck with our local buy nothing Facebook group. I’m not in an accumulation time of my life, but I’ve listed items and offered things people posted they were looking for.
I got rid of it! Some lovely young woman came, through Freecycle, and took it away happily.
In these days of pandemic –
If I wash my hands at the kitchen sink using dishwashing detergent, is that OK? Does it get rid of the virus if it’s on my hands? Or do I need to use hand soap?
DH has used dish soap to wash his hands. Not sure that it’s any different than using hand soap.
I don’t think the type of soap matters at all. What’s important is thorough scrubbing for 20 seconds. Soap is important because it loosens dirt and germs so they can be washed off.
I’m planning on using shampoo (we have a lot) if we run out of hand soap.
@VeryHappy I’ve read – don’t remember where, sorry! – that both are effective but that the detergent can dry your skin more so moisturize.
Soap also destroys viruses. It is more effective against viruses to wash with soap than use alcohol based hand sanitizer, which should be thought of a backup if washing with soap is not doable.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/science-soap-kills-coronavirus-alcohol-based-disinfectants
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/health/soap-coronavirus-handwashing-germs.html
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/11/21173187/coronavirus-covid-19-hand-washing-sanitizer-compared-soap-is-dope
So, no reason to hoard alcohol based hand sanitizer for use at home when you have soap and water to wash your hands.
Do most people wear “footies” or no-show socks or whatever they are called with leather ballet flats and other “nice” spring/summer shoes?
For much of my life I did not, but I have been for the last couple of years.
Anyone have any good recommendations for when you want to look professional and don’t want them to show?
Please forgive a dumb question, but how do PCPs get paid if patients are not seen in office? Can they still submit an insurance claim? I didn’t think they could, but hope I’m wrong.
Our PCP is an old fashion country doctor sort who reluctantly joined a hospital owned medical group after insurance red tape and expenses became too much. If he were still in a solo private practice, I have no doubt that some patients would be paying him in fresh eggs and game meat.
I know that the admins at his office work for the hospital group and not for him, and they’ve given him grief about not requiring all patients to make an appointment for a visit instead of telephoning them as soon as test results are available.
Just thinking about this PCP after reading so much about telemedicine lately.
They get paid for telemedicine visits.
Medicare has just expanded tele-medicine coverage, and my insurance company announced they are paying for all corona-virus-related tele-medicine calls with $0 copay. I think other insurance companies have done that as well.
@1214mom, it has been tricky for me to find appropriate socks for some of my footwear. I have some very low socks (not sure how to describe) that work great for some of my shoes but they don’t work for every pair.
I personally don’t like the feel of this type of sock (I’ve not tried these specific ones) but this style would work for a ballet flat, I would think.
The ones I like (but don’t work with all my shoes) are a little more substantial both in material/thickness and size.
And regarding the question about telemedicine, I’m not sure that a physician would get reimbursed when calling patients with test results (the example cited by @silpat); I don’t know if it matters whether the patient initiates/schedules an appointment vs. a physician calling with results following a visit. Here are the Medicare guidelines for UHP for telemedicine (scroll down to the table):
Thanks! The telemedicine info is helpful.