In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:Gee, that sounds like a crappy design. As KIKI said, not terribly stable and also pretty hard to put together! Also, one of those design flaws that's hard to spot in the store. I also hope you can reconfigure it succssfully.
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SIGNY: BRENDA, I feel your pain! How do you hold two pieces in position and clip or screw then together? With your third (or fourth) hand? One trick I discovered when I was assembling a shelving unit by my lonesome was to lay it out on the floor for the initial assy, then tip it up before adding shelves and tightening bolts. I have to admit, I was a lot younger then. Not sure I would try the same again.
Originally posted by Brenda:
BRENDA: Yup. Last time I did something like this I was younger too. Think in my 20s.
Realized that I should have put it together standing up. I got both pieces together but they are separated spots. Going to see if I can fix my mess-up tomorrow.
KIKI: Me three. It was a long time ago for me as well. I got nothing. No suggestions. I just kept struggling till I managed and I don't even remember what I did. And I think I'd be hard-pressed to manage it again.
BRENDA: The thing with this bookcase Kiki is the top half is heavier than the bottom. So I can't lift it into place. I am going to see if I can take apart the top half and then redo it and hopefully get it to fit on the bottom half. It's about all I can do.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
SIG it is a crappy design. I will let everyone know what happened later today.
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Out in a bit. Got another problem to solve. Rice milk I am using changed its packaging and added something that doesn't seem to like me. Very annoying a frustrating. About the only left I can use is coconut milk.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I always wondered how the previous owners just turned a blind eye. Didn't they notice? Didn't they care?
Yours sounds like the same thing ...
Yeah... lucky me that I couldn't sleep at night if I passed all these problems on to somebody else. I might be here a little longer than I initially planned, but I could probably make a 250% profit if I do all the stuff I intend to do now before I sell it.
It sold for that much back before the housing market crashed and that's with all of these problems behind the scenes and none of the upgrades I have made and intend to make.
Once I get the gutters up this spring at least I should be at a point where nothing is getting worse while I work on making the rest of it better.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:that's the problem with beans, you need a lot of grains to make a complete protein. So what provides the missing methionine (iirc) that's NOT grains?
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I've been thinking about your emergency food, Signy. How does your SO react to beans, blood-sugar-wise? And I'm asking about beans specifically, not beans+ ... grains, veges, etc. Because I took a class in diabetic nutrition, and if your food has more than 5g of fiber per serving, you're allowed to subtract the fiber from the total carbs. And some beans/ legumes have a phenomenal amount of fiber! (according to the USDA).
Here's my fiber list with top amounts of fiber, USDA reference, per 100g (food/ protein/ carbohydrate/ fat/ fiber):
Beans, cranberry (roman), mature seeds, raw 100g 23.03 60.05 1.23 24.7
Beans, french, mature seeds, raw 100g 18.81 64.11 2.02 25.2
Beans, kidney*, all types, mature seeds, raw 100g 23.58 60.01 0.83 24.9
*cook well to remove lectins
Beans, navy, mature seeds, raw 100g 22.33 60.75 1.5 24.4
Beans, small white, mature seeds, raw 100g 21.11 62.25 1.18 24.9
Beans, yellow, mature seeds, raw 100g 22 60.7 2.6 25.1
Lentils, raw 100g 25.8 60.08 1.06 30.5
Peas, split, mature seeds, raw 100g 24.55 60.37 1.16 25.5
All of these are about 40% fiber, except for lentils which are about 50% !!
So you and your SO might be OK with beans, no grains. BTW, beans have a standout amount of protein compared to grains. To make a balanced protein, iirc, I calculated out once that you'd need about 8x grains by weight to balance out the protein in beans. For additional protein, dry powdered milk would provide both calcium and protein; whey protein provides protein but no calcium or milk sugar. Oil could make up the balance of calories.
For DD perhaps canned meat - perhaps no-salt-added canned tuna, no-salt-added canned salmon, and other canned meat (chicken, beef, spam, but watch the sodium!) and as a relief from tedium and additional/ alternate protein source, dry powdered milk and/ or whey protein, and grains, plus oil to make up calories.
BTW - I was in Buffalo for the Blizzard of '77. It was a great way to empty the frig and cupboards. But we got down to eating oats and mustard, after we used up the mayo for oats and mayo. So as you suggested in your post - dried herbs and spices (Book's ticket onto the ship!), and dried or canned veges and maybe fruits.
ETA: If you're used to a daily dose of nicotine, caffeine, or alcohol, don't forget to include them in your hunker-down supply! Going through withdrawal could make you grumpy, give you headaches, and destroy your sleep!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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It's not that beans don't have methionine, it's just that it's at lower levels than the other amino acids. So you could get enough methionine by eating more beans, with the understanding that the other excess amino acids would be wasted.
Apparently while vegetarians have a lower methionine intake than non-vegetarians, they have higher blood levels than non-vegetarians; but vegans have both very low intake AND low blood levels. And methionine seems to be double-edged sword - low levels can promote liver dysfunction, but high levels can be converted to homocysteine, which damages the cardiovascular system.
Anyway - looking it up, egg whites have high methionine levels. A 70kg person needs somewhat less than 1g methionine per day, a serving of egg whites has about 3g (according to one website). You can get powdered egg whites.
I hope this is helpful! 
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Anyway decided to not try and attach the top to the bottom part of the bookcase. So it is in two pieces. Doesn't look good but at least it is usable. So all DVD and VHS are on the two parts.
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That sounds perfectly fit for use! (and safer and more stable and all around better). 
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
That sounds perfectly fit for use! (and safer and more stable and all around better).
It is and suits me just fine.
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Rookie's back on tomorrow night. Yay!!
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Sometimes I think big companies need design input from regular people once in a while. What sounds good on paper and what looks good on the showroom floor just doesn't work well IRL. How about if you write them a letter??? No need to be nasty, just describe the problems you had and your suggestions for making it better. It might just help them improve their product.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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