Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

I did. Three of them in fact. All top-of-the-line from their respective manufacturers, all dumb as a bag of hammers, and none of them could reliably climb up onto and down off of the various area rugs scattered around the house. And some became hopelessly tangled in the fringed tassels that adorn the edges. Sigh, I was really hoping to delegate my vacuuming to one of them.

The latest Dyson stick vacuums are getting pretty good reviews from what I've seen. And I've been very happy with my older ball model.

Wife bought one of those Sharp Ion robots about six months ago. I'd have to say ... it's just OK. It has trouble with rugs, it has trouble with some of the table legs in our living room, and it frequently gets stuck under the bedroom night stands. It also has some programming issues, as some days it starts as programmed, and other days not so much. Wife still likes it, though, as it cuts down on the amount of vacuuming she has to do to keep up with three dogs and two cats (and a long-haired husband )

We also have a Dyson ball vacuum. I was initially unimpressed by its seemingly cheap plastic construction. However, it seems to be holding up well, and does a pretty thorough job. We replaced a dead Oreck canister vac with one of the Dyson canisters, and it seems pretty decent as well.

I grew up with a Mother who only bought Kirby vacuums, so I guess everything seems like cheap plastic these days.

 

[daugen]

I grew up with a Mother who only bought Kirby vacuums,

even earlier, the go to vac was an all metal chrome looking Electrolux.
First vac I ever saw with a cord rewinder.

gently raining, doing paperwork

I'm still happy with my Roomba because I have low expectations and know not to use it around fringe rugs, which I have only one of, a small one which I pick up. Otherwise it picks up all the visible junk I track in from outside but it's just superficial cleaning in between regular cleanings with a "real" vac. Since they bang into things, need to be sure antique furniture is not involved or any things that could topple. These vacs also fit under some furniture that regular vacs can't. They will go under a hutch and you can't see it, hear it banging around, and then it shoots out the other side, getting spiderwebs and other stuff cleaning ladies never touch.

 

[txdon]

I have the dyson battery stick animal 10, mom has the costco battery stick animal 8 and my brother has the absolute stick 8 which dyson sold him for the same price as costco sale animal 8 but also has a non-beater bar attachment for non carpet floors. All of us are please with the purchase.

Except on the whole house vacuum day the stick gets used all the time.

 

[txdon]

I was told that the local shipping place sells CBD oil. Hmmmm.
Going to head down there today on a rainy day and check it out.
I'm sure mail order is the way to go though.
Will start out with 15mg of CBD and see how that works. Even my primary doc suggested I try it....

Whipper did not get her "drops" today and is reporting a lack of energy and a bit of depression and anxiety. I need to take her for a long therapeutic walk.
Has anyone taking CBD reported any withdraw side effects after discontinuing treatment, besides Whipper?

 

[Bird]

I have the dyson battery stick animal 10, mom has the costco battery stick animal 8 and my brother has the absolute stick 8 which dyson sold him for the same price as costco sale animal 8 but also has a non-beater bar attachment for non carpet floors. All of us are please with the purchase.

Except on the whole house vacuum day the stick gets used all the time.

I looked at Dysons a long time ago and I reckon they're good, but also expensive. Of course, I have a Craftsman 12 gallon wet/dry vacuum in the shop that I used to use on the carpet in the cars, but more recently I've just used the Black & Decker corded hand vac/blower in the car. We've had the Craftsman for about 12 years and the B&D for 8 years. We also have a Eureka "lightwight vacuum cleaner" that we've had more than 6 years. My wife likes it because she keeps it just outside the kitchen door in the garage for very small and quick clean up jobs.

But our primary household vacuum (that I used throughout the house this morning) is the Shark Rotator Power Lift Away that I bought online, after watching a TV commercial, on 6/8/15 for $249.75. Now with shipping, tax, lifetime warranty, and 5 optional attachments, the total was $341.58. If it hadn't been for the TV ad offering a full refund within some number of days, I'd probably never have tried it, but I'm sure glad I did. I've never used a vacuum cleaner that was easier to use, does as good a job, and even has attachments for cleaning the blades on the ceiling fans, an attachment to vacuum under furniture such as the refrigerator, etc.

And nope, I'm not selling them, but I've had occasion to use many, many brands, including my parents' Kirbys and nothing I've ever used was as easy to use as this Shark, and nothing I've used has done a better job than this Shark.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Whipper did not get her "drops" today and is reporting a lack of energy and a bit of depression and anxiety. I need to take her for a long therapeutic walk.
Has anyone taking CBD reported any withdraw side effects after discontinuing treatment, besides Whipper?View attachment 591174

Wifey reported a definite increase in her pain within a day of not taking it. She missed two days of dosing due to a shipping issue and didn't get it in time. There is no THC compounds in the CBD capsules that she takes, so no "withdrawal symptoms " would occur anyway. I know of other people that use the stuff that DOES contain THC, and they definitely report an increase in anxiety and other symptoms.

 

[toppop52]

39 now, low 34, .62 since last night. Cold, wet and dreary.

I use PayPal for a lot of transactions, I was in a dollar store a couple of years ago, at the register I realized I left my wallet home, paid with PayPal.

We had a Dyson for years, I bought it on Woot.com, it worked great for a few years, when it didn稚 want to pick up right anymore my late wife went to Walmart and picked up a Shark, it honestly is better than the Dyson at its best, much lighter and cost a third as much, still working after 6 years. I think she paid $139 for it.
I liked the Dyson and might buy another some time, but not until this old Shark quits.

 

[jbrumberg]

My wife loved our shark vac until it failed, loves our Dyson cordless vacuum and hates our SEBO HD upright vacuum.

Don- I stopped CBD for a while now and have seen a return of the neuropathy, but no mood/behavioral changes noted, but then I am also a THC user. I do not think CBD would cause withdrawal symptoms because it has no known psychoactive compounds, but I could see a form of "withdrawal" due to the return of the initial symptoms for which the CBD was used. I do notice mental status changes and increased neuropathy and sleep disturbances when I stop THC. I know of no canine CBD or THC withdrawals in the limited available research information. Maybe Whipper is reacting to the return of what was driving her initial target behaviors. Was it stress related? I can not remember, but then I am also a THC user

A very interesting afternoon with the forester. He feels that our wild cherry is salvageable with some cable support. All our ash trees near the house should be removed for prevention of the damage and quick death caused by the emerald ash borer and some kind of blight except one lone ash in our field which he felt was pretty healthy, treatable and could be considered a 都pecimen of the species in MA one of the few the way things are going for our native ash trees. Both the cherry and ash are pretty trees; I値l need to see how much all this costs, They could start in ~3 weeks if approved.

 

[Looking4new]

Whipper did not get her "drops" today and is reporting a lack of energy and a bit of depression and anxiety. I need to take her for a long therapeutic walk.
Has anyone taking CBD reported any withdraw side effects after discontinuing treatment, besides Whipper?View attachment 591174

I haven't done any CBD oil in about a week. No withdrawal symptoms. No depression, no anxiety attacks, no nothing.

 

[txdon]

I gave in an gave Whipper her drug. Here is the withdrawal picture next to the feeling good picture today.