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Best ways to clean hardwood floors

January 13, 2012
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:39 -0500 From: MarkBeth Morton Subject: Subject: Hardwood floors I use to have a cleaning business = Love Care Cleaning, Inc locally here in Pittsboro, NC.  Try saturating a small area (TO TEST) with: Several things should work: such as vegetable oil, WD-40, Goo Gone, De-Solv-It, Avon Skin So Soft, or a pre-soak laundry

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Engine advice and customer service for unreasonable customers

January 12, 2012
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:25:57 -0500 From: Jody – Tritech Subject: Engine advice and customer service for unreasonable customers Regarding the engine where the purchaser won’t let you see what’s going on….tell him it worked fine before it left, and that refusing to let you see it as installed is a complete deal breaker. We’ve had many

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What to do when you can not see the entire Chatham Chatlist

September 30, 2011
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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:25:15 -0400 From: Michelle Sischo Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4144 Only received postings up to 37…I am assuming another second part will be going out later? Thanks. ********************************************************** Michelle et al - The entire list of posts went out in one Chatham Chatlist. If for some reason, you are not able to see the entire Chatham Chatlist you

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A Summary of “Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants”

September 28, 2011
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:20 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: A Summary of “Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants” We would like to respond to Virginia Mary Jacks’ strategy for managing fire ants and her wish that “the extension office would remind us of our options to go green!!”  We’re pleased that she has found the

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What wines will go well with a turtle soup?

September 13, 2011
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:32:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Colin Coxall Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond I am responding to Tony’s enquiry regarding wine pairing with Turtle. You do not say what your recipe is, so I am assuming it is turtle soup. If the recipe is calling for sherry or Madeira wine, then I would

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Mold is a very tricky issue that can cost lots of money to fix

September 9, 2011
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:14:01 -0400 From: Lynn Hayes Subject: mold Mold is a very tricky issue and one where you can spend lots of potentially unnecessary dollars.  In real estate transactions we sometimes see thousands of dollars in cost estimates to remediate a mold problem that could just as easily be remedied with an antifungal spray

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Ernie Brown, the turtle man can help you out

September 9, 2011
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:49:31 -0400 From: Tony Blake Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond You need to call Ernie Brown the turtle man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ   Assuming you are not planning to take him alive try: http://www.ta...

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In general, it is not a good idea to swim where there are many dead fish

August 2, 2011
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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:18 -0400 From: Haw River Assembly Subject: Re: dead fish at Jordan Lake In response to the sighting of dead fish at Jordan Lake (said to be between Ebenezer Beach and Poplar Point) In general, it is not a good idea to swim where there are many dead fish. If they died from a

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Let’s get ready to bumble! Hummingbirds vs yellow jackets

July 29, 2011
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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:37:58 -0400 From: Anne Flannery Subject: Hummingbirds vs yellow jackets Thank you Thank you Thank you to all of you Chatlisters who wrote me with your wonderful ideas to keep the yellow jackets away from the hummingbird feeder. What a great resource this Chatlist is!   Here was the most repeated suggestion: Spray the feeder

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Chimney Swifts are protected by Federal Law under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

July 29, 2011
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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:14 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Another swift note I am finally taking the time to read all the many websites that folks  here recommended.  This paragraph below was quite upsetting.  From  http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page22.html “…… Chimney Swifts are protected by Federal Law under the  Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Unfortunately, some chimney cleaning  companies will still illegally

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Spray your hummingbird feeder with PAM to keep the yellowjackets away

July 28, 2011
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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:54:19 -0700 (PDT) From: deborah bair Subject: Re: swarms on hummer feeders Anne: I had a terrible problem with swarming on my hummingbird feeders this year, and finally googled “swarms” & “hummingbird feeders”.  This was the main suggestion:  spray with PAM!   Spray around the feeding spout or tube.  It does not affect the hummers,

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Cow Killer Ants are wingless wasp with powerful venom

July 28, 2011
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:52:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Strickland Subject: “cow killer ants” These are wingless wasp and they do indeed sting. They have a very powerful venom and the pain factor gets worse instead of better. Last time I was stung by one I stepped on it barefoot and my leg was useless for about

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Put a bird screen on your chimney top to prevent birds from nesting in there

July 25, 2011
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Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:18:50 -0400 From: Aaron Honeycutt Subject: Bird Problem For Kira I read your post about the young birds in your chimney. Sitting here I, of course ,can’t say if the parent birds are coming down to feed their young which have fallen down below the nest. My guess is probably not. While seeing young

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Where to get Purple Crepe (or Crape) Myrtles

July 22, 2011
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:13:22 -0400 From: Whitney Schmidt Subject: Purple Crepe (or Crape) Myrtles I think what you may want is the Lagerstroemia indica ‘Catawba.’  Cooper Payne Tree Farm in Hillsborough sells them, and probably many other folks around here.  Cooper Payne spells it “Crape.” Generally wholesale nurseries won’t sell to the public (I was a grower

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Use a landscape professional. They can obtain the plants, plant them and guarantee them.

July 22, 2011
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:30:38 -0400 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Subject: Dark purple crape myrtles wanted Use a landscape professional.  They can obtain the plants, plant them and guarantee them. BTW, it’s crepe myrtle. The market strategy imposed by the big box stores in the last five years has changed the marketplace.  In an effort to dominate the market

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Vultures are sometimes encouraged to leave by hanging black plastic trash bags from tree limbs

July 20, 2011
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:17:15 -0400 From: Aaron Honeycutt Subject: Turkey Vulture problems For Bonnie, Vultures are sometimes encouraged to leave an area by hanging black plastic trash bags from tree limbs or porch railings in the area of congregation. The theory is of course that they might perceive this as dead vultures. I should think that if

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Electric dog fences do work and can at times work very well

July 13, 2011
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: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:51:44 -0400 From: John Oberlin Subject: RE: Subject: underground electric dog fence Greetings, I’ve had a couple of underground electric dog fences for our dogs at different houses.  They do work and can at times work very well.  However, it is just as true that sometimes they don’t work well.  Your type of dog(s),

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“Twitching cocoons” on a Leyland cypress are probably bagworms

July 11, 2011
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From: Al Cooke Sent: Fri, July 8, 2011 9:39:44 AM Subject: Re: Needing advice with our Leland Cypress Re:  Needing advice with our Leland Cypress “twitching cocoons” on a Leyland cypress are probably bagworms.  You may want to confirm that by comparing with pictures at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/trees/ort081e/ort081e.htm The cocoon is generally broadest in the center, narrowest on both ends, and covered with

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College scholarships for rising Chatham County seniors

July 11, 2011
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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:44:41 -0400 From: Meg Miller Subject: scholarships Pt. 2 Morning all, Have gotten some emails about my scholarship post.  These scholarships are almost exclusively for  RISING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.  I sent out the note to the chatlist b/c I didn’t think the word was getting out in the schools.  There is so much to

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Fryer oil and scholarships

June 27, 2011
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:05:50 -0400 From: Meg Miller Subject: fryer oil and scholarships Does anyone buy used fryer oil?  I’ve heard it goes for $1 to $1.50 or more a gallon.  Starting in August I will have about 30 gallons a month if anyone out there is interested.  I used to give it away but with

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