Anyone LOVE the iPad 7th gen keyboard they got? I’m trying to decide upon one or maybe I will just “borrow” H’s surface when I’m able to travel again.
So today we did the “blue tape” walkthrough of the house we’re building. I remembered to grab a drinking cup to test the water/ice dispenser on the fridge. Worked great, but the guy walking through w/ us said not to drink it.
Anyone know why? I got caught up in something else and forgot to ask.
Maybe just because you need to push through several cups or more before it’s drinkable. When you put a filter on a sink, it says flush with water for 5 minutes.
@ChaosParent23 , I recall that our new refrigerator’s instructions said to dump the first two or three buckets of ice and to run a gallon or more of water through the dispenser before drinking it. I guess the lines need to be flushed out. You may also need to verify that a filter was installed and flushed.
I saw the filter, so I’m assuming you’re right and it needs to be flushed. We’ve always had a standing water cooler and water delivered, so this is new territory. Thanks!
It could just not been used in a while. Ask the person that said not to drink it so you understand. Typically just run it into a pitcher a time or two and you should be good to go. Toss the ice and make yours fresh per se.
I love my Logitech keyboard. However, I’m on the second one since I dropped the first a few times and some of the letters/numbers came off. My fault. Nothing happened to the iPad so I’m happy.
@ChaosParent23 , we just had a new refrigerator installed (great fun during shelter in place?), and the installers told us the same thing about dumping the first bin of ice and gallon of water. The first pitcher of water was quite cloudy. I wonder if it’s that the filter material is dry and some of it gets washed out until the filter is completely saturated?
Here’s a new question: why do colleges sell license plate frames that say “alumni”, when in most cases it should be either “alumnus” or “alumna”?
As institutions of higher learning they should know that.
Probably the same reason some people use “they” as a third person singular pronoun (although in the Latin origin words, “alumnae” is used instead of “alumni” if all persons in the referenced group are female). Also, there is only one SKU instead of two (or more), and they will not run out of one gender while having a surplus of the other.
For those who put the license plate frames (or stickers) on their cars, two people who attended the same college sharing the car may prefer the plural form anyway.
A similar thing can be observed with some other words that are some people use as gender-neutral descriptors but others use as gendered descriptors. For example, “actor” and “waiter”. But the gender-neutral users typically do not use the plural form.
Because… most people don’t speak Latin and don’t know the difference? Because the bookstore doesn’t run its souvenirs past the English/Latin department? Because they don’t want to carry multiple items for grammatical correctness when the average graduate doesn’t know the difference anyway? Because “alumni” can be a group of male and female graduates, and the license plate frame is announcing your membership in that group? Because it’s one letter shorter than alumnus and therefore cheaper to make?
Agree, you’re a member of a group made up of many alums. Male and female. I dont need it to identify my gender. (It’s pretty obvious.)
But frankly, we don’t announce to strangers on the road where we went to college. I don’t have a college ring or the sweatshirt, either. The kids got to make their own decisions and did get the sweats.
Electric company question.
My (deceased) mom’s house has sold and the new buyers changed the electric company. I just got a notice from “Just Energy” that I own them $53+ dollars because her 2 year contract was broken with the change.
Do I legally owe that? Or because she’s deceased is it null and void?
I tried calling them yesterday when I got the notice, but their office hours are only M-F. Asking here in the meantime so I can perhaps have some knowledge ahead of time. I plan to ask them to remove the charge anyway - and they might - but if not… do I have anything to stand on?
@Creekland I can not imagine they will make you pay as the contract was broken due to death! If they do not agree to remove the fee, I just won’t pay it, but that is me. You would really have to get a heartless person on the phone to charge you!
@Creekland - While IIRC, NYS had slightly tighter rules about estates having to pay outstanding bills, I would think that a call to the office tomorrow, explaining that your mom passed away XXXX months ago, that there are no funds left from her estate to cover the bill, and that you would appreciate their kindness in closing the account/waiving this fee would be successful. If by some chance you get a person who is inflexible (though you personally are not responsible for the estate’s bill) you can either (a) ask to speak to a supervisor or (b) tell him/her that if they take care of this and waive the fee you will happily write an email of appreciation to his/her supervisor on his/her behalf. That goes a long way!
+1
So this is truly is a random question, so bare with me-When I wash my face at the bathroom sink, I splash water everywhere! I have tried being careful, using less water and leaning over the sink more; but it doesn’t make a difference. Before we moved, I thought maybe it was the way the sink faucet came out, but then I realized I also have the same issue when traveling and again at our new home.
I keep a rag by the sink to wipe up the water off the counter, but it really is wet! What am I doing wrong? I could just wipe the soap off my face with a washcloth, which I do anyway after I rinse, but I prefer the to rinse directly with the water.
See, I did say this was really random 
I wash my face in the shower at night. That said, I do splash water when I brush my teeth twice a day. I use one facial tissue to wipe up the water, random hair, makeup spill, and dust.
I also shower at night and wash my face; this is in the morning.
I can’t figure it out either, so wash face leaning over claw foot tub. Since the tub is so tall, and I’m so short, it works well for me. I use the sink for teeth brushing and hand washing.
Husband just wipes up around his sink. Separate bathrooms.