All good things

[Bagelcat]

Try adding a little butter. Grilled cheese sandwiches are so good at least partly because of the butter. Nor do you need to use a lot of butter. A little dab will do ya, as was once told to me in a commercial. OTOH, if you really like butter a really big dab will do ya even better. Especially if you let it soak through the bread.

Note: guys, "a little dab will do ya" is an old advertising slogan. It's so old that I doubt many of you will even have heard it, though for a few years it was inescapable. Those few years were more than 60 years ago.

Further note: I had thought that the last storm had caused a power problem that had taken out my refrigerator and microwave. And then I tried to wash a load of clothes and discovered that the washer didn't work, and that the washer-refrigerator-microwave were in a straight line and likely on the same circuit. So I used a stout extension cord to put the washer on a different circuit and it worked. Same for the refrigerator. The microwave is more complicated to put an extension cord on, so I've asked an electrician to figure out what the problem is -- bad breaker (I reset them all twice with no effect), bad wiring, or gremlins.

The breaker box has a written description of most of the circuits and most of the descriptions no longer apply or don't apply to the things that go without power when I turn the breaker off. I'll let the electrician riddle them out and create an accurate description of everything. I think the written descriptions are about 50 years out of date. I no longer have a Jacuzzi, for example. I will not meddle with high voltage, not even to save money. Let the tradesman earn his fee; he's worked hard to get the right.

Isn't "a little dab will do ya" an old ad for Barbisol Hair Creme? I'm not old enough to remember the commercials directly (I'm 54) but my Dad and I used to listen to old recordings of radio plays and serials and I remember that ad. Also the one for Pespi "Pepsi Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces, that's a lot. Twice as much for a nickel, too. Pepsi Cola is the drink for you."

[2cute]

Try adding a little butter. Grilled cheese sandwiches are so good at least partly because of the butter. Nor do you need to use a lot of butter. A little dab will do ya, as was once told to me in a commercial. OTOH, if you really like butter a really big dab will do ya even better. Especially if you let it soak through the bread.

Note: guys, "a little dab will do ya" is an old advertising slogan. It's so old that I doubt many of you will even have heard it, though for a few years it was inescapable. Those few years were more than 60 years ago.

Further note: I had thought that the last storm had caused a power problem that had taken out my refrigerator and microwave. And then I tried to wash a load of clothes and discovered that the washer didn't work, and that the washer-refrigerator-microwave were in a straight line and likely on the same circuit. So I used a stout extension cord to put the washer on a different circuit and it worked. Same for the refrigerator. The microwave is more complicated to put an extension cord on, so I've asked an electrician to figure out what the problem is -- bad breaker (I reset them all twice with no effect), bad wiring, or gremlins.

The breaker box has a written description of most of the circuits and most of the descriptions no longer apply or don't apply to the things that go without power when I turn the breaker off. I'll let the electrician riddle them out and create an accurate description of everything. I think the written descriptions are about 50 years out of date. I no longer have a Jacuzzi, for example. I will not meddle with high voltage, not even to save money. Let the tradesman earn his fee; he's worked hard to get the right.

Wow, that sounds complicated. I wouldn't have figured that out. I just would have 'hand washed' my clothes and 'air dried' after until my power was restored.