Quote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:12:22 PMDoes anyone (Again I guess, Ginny, plus John G.) have any ideas for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles. With my back problems and the arthritis in my hands, I have no power to scrub any longer. I need something strong.Ovaltine?
Does anyone (Again I guess, Ginny, plus John G.) have any ideas for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles. With my back problems and the arthritis in my hands, I have no power to scrub any longer. I need something strong.
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:23:33 PMQuote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:12:22 PMDoes anyone (Again I guess, Ginny, plus John G.) have any ideas for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles. With my back problems and the arthritis in my hands, I have no power to scrub any longer. I need something strong.http://www.zap-restorer.com/?leadsource=PS136&s_kwcid=TC|6221|zap%20cleaner||S|e|5723576539&gclid=CJu3qsf_x6gCFQkSbAodymJZpAKeep the windows open. In the shower for the small area I need it (we put in a fake marble, not exceptionally beautiful but extremely easy to clean) I use a small scrub brush. I don't need to scrub too hard with it.We need to clean the grout between the tile on the floor. I read Borax is good but I expect scrubbing will be required. I'm curious what responses you get to this question.I'd start of by wiping, scrubbing off what you can. Then...If you have an extra spray bottle, just fill it with a diluted bleach solution. Give the grout a few spritzes after you shower - or a couple of minutes before you shower. Do that daily. The bleach solution should eventually whiten things up.
Quote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:12:22 PMDoes anyone (Again I guess, Ginny, plus John G.) have any ideas for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles. With my back problems and the arthritis in my hands, I have no power to scrub any longer. I need something strong.http://www.zap-restorer.com/?leadsource=PS136&s_kwcid=TC|6221|zap%20cleaner||S|e|5723576539&gclid=CJu3qsf_x6gCFQkSbAodymJZpAKeep the windows open. In the shower for the small area I need it (we put in a fake marble, not exceptionally beautiful but extremely easy to clean) I use a small scrub brush. I don't need to scrub too hard with it.We need to clean the grout between the tile on the floor. I read Borax is good but I expect scrubbing will be required. I'm curious what responses you get to this question.
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 06:01:24 PMQuote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:23:33 PMQuote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:12:22 PMDoes anyone (Again I guess, Ginny, plus John G.) have any ideas for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles. With my back problems and the arthritis in my hands, I have no power to scrub any longer. I need something strong.http://www.zap-restorer.com/?leadsource=PS136&s_kwcid=TC|6221|zap%20cleaner||S|e|5723576539&gclid=CJu3qsf_x6gCFQkSbAodymJZpAKeep the windows open. In the shower for the small area I need it (we put in a fake marble, not exceptionally beautiful but extremely easy to clean) I use a small scrub brush. I don't need to scrub too hard with it.We need to clean the grout between the tile on the floor. I read Borax is good but I expect scrubbing will be required. I'm curious what responses you get to this question.I'd start of by wiping, scrubbing off what you can. Then...If you have an extra spray bottle, just fill it with a diluted bleach solution. Give the grout a few spritzes after you shower - or a couple of minutes before you shower. Do that daily. The bleach solution should eventually whiten things up.Actually, Jose, that was my brainstorm this afternoon. But I wanted it to work instantly.
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:47:58 PMYou know I would have to give away, or not accept, the hazelnut bar. The chocolate is pretty traditional then? The chocolate it pretty traditional. They're just made in Greece.They have a Greek newsstand set up in the front of their restaurant. Magazines, newspapers, candies, chocolate bars, and packaged croissants(?!?). Even though the products are real, they are just there for display. None of it for sale - at least legally. So... From time to time, Pavlos and Abby give away some of the items.
You know I would have to give away, or not accept, the hazelnut bar. The chocolate is pretty traditional then?
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:46:45 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:42:43 PMQuote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:35:35 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:27:53 PMThen I continued walking east through the northern edge of Little Italy into Chinatown. I stopped into Prosperity Dumpling for some Pork & Chive Dumplings - 5 for a $1! - as well as a Sesame Pancake - also just a $1! Then I noticed a small Chinese bakery I hadn't seen before: an Almond Cookie and a Lao Bo Ping ("Wife Cake") - both for a whopping 60-cents!I love almond cookies. I've never had one I purchased at a Chinese bakery. Was it exceptional? I had to look up Wife Cake. What was the filling in yours?DR Jane - The interesting thing about a lot of the Almond Cookies at the Chinese bakeries here in NYC - and elsewhere - is that they are topped with Walnuts - They're basically like large shortbread cookies with ground almonds mixed into the dough... And then topped with walnuts. The Wife Cake was filled with winter melon and sesame seeds.I'm not sure I would like the "almond" cookies. Do the restaurants serve traditional ones? I am curious to taste a small piece of Wife Cake if the opportunity arises. I think you would like the Wife Cake, DR Jane. It's basically a pastry filled with a not-so-sweet filling. Think of it as a smoother and lighter version of prune or apricot filling.
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:42:43 PMQuote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:35:35 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:27:53 PMThen I continued walking east through the northern edge of Little Italy into Chinatown. I stopped into Prosperity Dumpling for some Pork & Chive Dumplings - 5 for a $1! - as well as a Sesame Pancake - also just a $1! Then I noticed a small Chinese bakery I hadn't seen before: an Almond Cookie and a Lao Bo Ping ("Wife Cake") - both for a whopping 60-cents!I love almond cookies. I've never had one I purchased at a Chinese bakery. Was it exceptional? I had to look up Wife Cake. What was the filling in yours?DR Jane - The interesting thing about a lot of the Almond Cookies at the Chinese bakeries here in NYC - and elsewhere - is that they are topped with Walnuts - They're basically like large shortbread cookies with ground almonds mixed into the dough... And then topped with walnuts. The Wife Cake was filled with winter melon and sesame seeds.I'm not sure I would like the "almond" cookies. Do the restaurants serve traditional ones? I am curious to taste a small piece of Wife Cake if the opportunity arises.
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:35:35 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:27:53 PMThen I continued walking east through the northern edge of Little Italy into Chinatown. I stopped into Prosperity Dumpling for some Pork & Chive Dumplings - 5 for a $1! - as well as a Sesame Pancake - also just a $1! Then I noticed a small Chinese bakery I hadn't seen before: an Almond Cookie and a Lao Bo Ping ("Wife Cake") - both for a whopping 60-cents!I love almond cookies. I've never had one I purchased at a Chinese bakery. Was it exceptional? I had to look up Wife Cake. What was the filling in yours?DR Jane - The interesting thing about a lot of the Almond Cookies at the Chinese bakeries here in NYC - and elsewhere - is that they are topped with Walnuts - They're basically like large shortbread cookies with ground almonds mixed into the dough... And then topped with walnuts. The Wife Cake was filled with winter melon and sesame seeds.
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 05:27:53 PMThen I continued walking east through the northern edge of Little Italy into Chinatown. I stopped into Prosperity Dumpling for some Pork & Chive Dumplings - 5 for a $1! - as well as a Sesame Pancake - also just a $1! Then I noticed a small Chinese bakery I hadn't seen before: an Almond Cookie and a Lao Bo Ping ("Wife Cake") - both for a whopping 60-cents!I love almond cookies. I've never had one I purchased at a Chinese bakery. Was it exceptional? I had to look up Wife Cake. What was the filling in yours?
Then I continued walking east through the northern edge of Little Italy into Chinatown. I stopped into Prosperity Dumpling for some Pork & Chive Dumplings - 5 for a $1! - as well as a Sesame Pancake - also just a $1! Then I noticed a small Chinese bakery I hadn't seen before: an Almond Cookie and a Lao Bo Ping ("Wife Cake") - both for a whopping 60-cents!
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 05:19:38 PMQuote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:01:38 PMQuote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 01, 2011, 02:02:20 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 01:38:13 PMGood Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something. I never thought I'd hear someone say they were going out for Ovaltine! I can understand it, but never expected to hear that. I do not like Ovaltine. Was anyone ever able to get Ovaltine to dissolve in the milk?I never liked the taste but I don't recall it was lumpy. My mother drank it & I often mixed it for her. I tried it again years later when Bryan came home asking for it & said it was better for me than chocolate. DR Jane - Are you also not a fan of malted milk?
Quote from: TCB on May 01, 2011, 05:01:38 PMQuote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 01, 2011, 02:02:20 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 01:38:13 PMGood Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something. I never thought I'd hear someone say they were going out for Ovaltine! I can understand it, but never expected to hear that. I do not like Ovaltine. Was anyone ever able to get Ovaltine to dissolve in the milk?I never liked the taste but I don't recall it was lumpy. My mother drank it & I often mixed it for her. I tried it again years later when Bryan came home asking for it & said it was better for me than chocolate.
Quote from: Jane on May 01, 2011, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 01, 2011, 02:02:20 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 01:38:13 PMGood Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something. I never thought I'd hear someone say they were going out for Ovaltine! I can understand it, but never expected to hear that. I do not like Ovaltine. Was anyone ever able to get Ovaltine to dissolve in the milk?
Quote from: Jeanne on May 01, 2011, 02:02:20 PMQuote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 01:38:13 PMGood Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something. I never thought I'd hear someone say they were going out for Ovaltine! I can understand it, but never expected to hear that. I do not like Ovaltine.
Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 01, 2011, 01:38:13 PMGood Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something. I never thought I'd hear someone say they were going out for Ovaltine! I can understand it, but never expected to hear that.
Good Afternoon!Well...My friend, Yosh, came home earlier and wanted to make a trip to The London Candy Co. -Once I told him that they served Ovaltine, well... So we had Ovaltine and split an apple pastry. And that's basically all I've done over the past two hours. I am going to attempt to head out again and do a bit more... Or something.
On Friday I drove the Vixter to the DMV where she registered to vote and passed her drivers' permit test
The elderly lady that we drive home every week insisted on taking us to lunch to celebrate the Vixter's birthday so we did not get home until 2:30 - then the Vixter, Vixdad and I went out in the Vixdadmobile for the Vixter's first ever driving lesson
[.I've been reading Oxygen bleach is nontoxic & better to use. The longer you let it sit on the grout the less scrubbing that is needed.
Quote from: bk on May 01, 2011, 02:51:17 PMBack to LA on the 12th.bk - Any plans for the 11th? Are you going to try to catch a matinee and/or evening show?
Back to LA on the 12th.
Quote from: vixmom on May 01, 2011, 06:59:29 PMThe elderly lady that we drive home every week insisted on taking us to lunch to celebrate the Vixter's birthday so we did not get home until 2:30 - then the Vixter, Vixdad and I went out in the Vixdadmobile for the Vixter's first ever driving lesson Did you leave out the part about the paramedics having to cut you out of the Vixdadmobile?
House Hunters has a real estate agent named Donna Reed who is showing her clients stone homes. Those of a certain age will appreciate the irony.
