Posted By RichC on October 15, 2022
Disposing of household batteries could use some clarity since not everyone knows which ones can be tossed with everyday trash and which ones should be recycled or taken to a collection site. Do you dispose of them correctly?
Batteries are broken down into two broad categories: Single-use and rechargeable. How you dispose of them is quite different.
- You can usually throw away standard alkaline batteries (AA, AAA, 9-volt and the like) that power your remote control, flashlight, and other everyday household items in the trash.
- Button cell or coin batteries — the kind you’ll find in calculators, watches, hearing aids and car key fobs — may contain silver and mercury and should not be thrown away in the trash. Bring them to a battery recycler or participating retailers that provide battery takeback services
- Lithium-ion and nickel-cadmium batteries are most commonly found in cellphones, laptops, tablets, digital cameras, power tools, and toys. These batteries should never be tossed in the trash or placed in the recycle bin. They must be taken to separate recycling or household hazardous waste collection centers.
- Small, sealed lead acid batteries are found in emergency devices, security systems, mobility scooters, and other special-use items. These also need to be taken to special disposal centers.
To find more recycling and disposal information,
go to this resource page at Earth911. Select a type of battery from the left drop-down menu and enter your ZIP code. Note that stores like Staples, Home Depot, and Best Buy have battery drop-off programs.
Full article link at FoxNews.com – by Kim Komando
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Posted By RichC on October 14, 2022
Besides enjoying some minor league Toledo Mud Hens baseball this year with family, I have not been focused on MLB or the postseason playoffs. Being a Cleveland Indians Guardians fan, I am sort of pulling for them after they won the Wild Card series against Tampa Bay … but as always, beating the New York Yankees makes it a difficult path.
For now, I’ll just keep ignoring the evening games since the TBS network is not on my AltaFiber/CincinnatiBell Fioptics cable and Internet plan anyway. There’s probably a GOM post (Grumpy Old Man) in all the new streaming subscriptions required to watch content these days … and don’t even get me started on split NASCAR season FOX/NBC and moving races to their sports channels or USA Network, which is not on our cable subscription … GRR… or Thursday Night Football that is “only” on Amazon Prime that streams questionably even with our Prime membership. Why do I even bother anymore?
MORE: How to find USA Network | How to find FS1 | Get FOX Sports App | Watch on USA Network | Get the NBC Sports App | Watch on Peacock | FloRacing | How to watch NASCAR International
I am so glad I don’t have to explain all of this “streaming of sports” to my father or father-in-law … who didn’t have computers, smartphones or even Internet connections … and didn’t want them!
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Posted By RichC on October 13, 2022
"Five ants rented an apartment with five other ants. Now they are tenants together."
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Posted By RichC on October 12, 2022
The sawmill has returned Katelyn and Drew’s lumber and it’s a BIG pile (very exciting!)
What Is Air-Drying?
Air-drying lumber simple means to stack lumber and expose it to the outdoors. Depending on the species of wood and desired moisture content the air-drying process could take several months to almost a year. Make sure to properly stack the wood for sufficient air circulation.
While clearing the lot before breaking ground for their new house, quite a few mature trees needed to be cut and some could be timbered. They hope to use some of the wood from their lot in their new home. The big positive for me is that there looks to be enough that I can haul some home and hopefully season to use for woodworking.
I’m not too familiar with seasoning green lumber since most everything I’ve used previously has been kiln dried. I’ve tried a couple times in the past to season without kiln drying, but it hasn’t been very successful. Perhaps a little more reading.
A leftover from our beach trip was that we finally figured out the best way to carry and keep cold a couple bottles of pop/soda to the beach … it only took us a half dozen coolers and 40 years.
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Posted By RichC on October 11, 2022
With a lot of football watching in the evening last week while on vacation in Delray Beach, our appetite was for pizza. Normally we might have ordered it from a pizza shop,
but since Target had Red Baron pizzas on sale for $3.99, we opted for their Brick Oven medium pizza. Shockingly, neither Brenda or I had ever had this brand of frozen pizza, but it quickly has become a favorite (I think we fixed 3 of them last week — one Classic crust and then our favorite the Brick Oven Pepperoni).
Another leftover photo was of the "beach pigeons" who seemed to have taken over the normal seagull nuisance … although there really were not a bother, but just hanging out pretty close to our beach drop cloth (yes, we use a lightweight paint drop cloth with our Beachbub umbrella).
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Posted By RichC on October 9, 2022
Brenda and I have been fortunate to almost always taken an autumn trip to Florida.
Years ago it was often to visit my parents who would go to Panama City Beach or take a trip with the kids. After Katelyn and Taylor were in college, it was often to visit Brenda’s parents and then to the boat. Lately it has been to our condo in Delray Beach with Katelyn, Drew, Annalyn and Ellerie … but this year it is just the two of us as in May.
For the first time in a long time, I didn’t have any condo improvement projects on the schedule. It was nice to not have any plans besides cleaning (amazing how much is needed each time down) and going to the beach. We were fortunate to be on the east coast and not the Hurricane Ian impacted west … and to be here after the wind and rain (and tornado in Delray Beach – below) and besides a little more wind on the beach, had great weather.
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Posted By RichC on October 7, 2022
Not that I’m trying to promote astrophotographers (although have mentioned this photographer before) or the selling of things on my blog, but since I enjoy maps and space photography … check out this from Andrew McCarthy (see Sunrise on the Highlands).
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Posted By RichC on October 6, 2022
The old Chrysler Town and Country Throwback Thursday #TBT post triggered my archiving of another old automotive photo of Brenda’s beloved 1998 Toyota Rav4. Having own that small ute with a surprisingly large interior for so many miles (265K) and so many years (18), it may be one of the best vehicles we have ever owned.
I’m not positive as to the year of the photo, but our now 33 year-old Taylor looks pretty young in the backseat … AND the Hollywood Video store from the West Chester, Ohio Meijer grocery store parking lot still looked operational.
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Posted By RichC on October 5, 2022
Occasionally an article triggers me enough to save a PDF version, even though I rarely go to the folder on the computer where I’ve saved them. I’m not sure why I bother? Anyway, here’s a medical oriented article offering up 5 habits for healthier eyes.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of vision loss. As the name implies, it is associated with aging …
There are two types of late-stage AMD, wet and dry. With wet AMD, abnormal blood vessels develop beneath the retina and leak blood and fluid into the eye. About 10 to 20 percent of people with AMD have this type. The majority have dry AMD, where there is no leakage, but substantial vision loss can occur.
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