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10% of the population are lefties. dcarch

Why don't they make a right-handed door microwave? dcarch

Problem with regular microwaves, they can't cook with low power. Always at 100% power. They cycle full power on and off to give you low power cooking. Inverter system actually lowers the power level to give you continuous low power cooking. This can make food microwaved more evenly. dcarch

Get one with "Inverter technology". dcarch

The impressive thing about her is that, it appears that she actually has the skills in all those things she was doing. She has a huge international following. dcarch

I have dimmed 110v 50W COB LEDs with regular light dimmers. dcarch

Am I the only one who is exhausted from all the Holiday cooking? No more cooking for me! You want to eat in my house? you cook your own food. Hot pot dinner. dcarch

Send me a few. $15.00 a lb here in NYC ▫️ dcarch

Most ceramic hanging planters do not provide drainage. dcarch

Why not? Grow herbs! Multi-level herbs for the kitchen. dcarch

Can be a very nice hanging planter. dcarch

I can believe that more people are hurt by dull knives. I think that's because dull knife owners are in general people with poor knife skills. dcarch

I have a hard time understanding that. I know many experts say that. I know I am not an expert, I just can't seem to figure out the reasons that make sense to me. It seems to me logical that a sharp knife is much more dangerous. dcarch

I admit that this is my superstition. A good knife is all about the condition of the edge. A knife's good (expensive) edge is about two things, i.e. quality of the metal and proper hardening and tempering of the edge. A commercial knife sharpener uses mostly motorized grinding stones and belt sanders. Both tools require the best skills and patience. It takes very little time to remove too much metal and it takes a fraction of a second to de-temper the best edge and permanently damage the knife. I use water and sharpening stones and lots of patience to sharpen my knives. dcarch

Judging the size, relative to the thumb, seems to me way too small to be an oyster shucker. dcarch

Here is what I made: dcarch

Food goes beyond satisfying the palate. Thanks for sharing. dcarch

Is that due to kitchen renovation over budget? Wonderful dinner! dcarch

Viaduct ? & Duck Soup? Not talking about The Marx Brothers, The well known old-time vaudevillians. Why a duck? Because no one likes turkey for Thanksgiving! Got a Three-Buck-Duck. Duck at $3.00 a lb is expensive compared to $0.39 a lb for turkey. I prepared the duck Peking style because that’s what everyone wanted. Peking duck is traditionally served on a steamed bun, like a sandwich. Just to be different, I used Italian bread for the duck meat duckwiches with Hoisin sauce, and the anothers with Bazlama bread with shattering crispy duck skin. Both sandwiches come with the very last indoor ripened garden tomatoes. What happened to the duck bones? Duck soup with potato dumplings. Speaking of three-buck-duck, a bottle of Champagne Cuvee Dom Perignon 1980 was served, way above Three-Buck-Chuck. It was a Happy Thanksgiving meal. dcarch

Take away fat, skin and bones, $160 x 4 = $600 per goose. Don't get goosed. :-) Too bad, it's illegal to catch a Canada goose. dcarch

Sounds like you have pretty good idea what you can do for your situation. Couple of things to consider - Find a dimmer that you can control the lighting level. Also, a driver for your LEDs which will not interfere your digital camera (flickering). Setup your lights (double duty) on a track so that you can have your lime tree lit for 12 hours and your other plants on the other 12 hours. dcarch

I don't know if there are published spectrum data for these COB chips other than "cool white" and "warm white". I have both, but mostly I use cool white. They seem to work well. I use them almost year round. In the winter for growing salads, and spring for starting seedlings. None has failed so far. In my setup, I use two chips per fixture. that's 300 watts total. That does generate a lot of heat. So a heavy duty heatsink and powerful fan is a must. 110V muffin fans are not powerful enough, You can find cheap used powerful 12vDC computer room rack fans on ebay (mine was $3.00 each). However, they are noisy, so I used a 12vDC power supply + an adjustable low voltage regulator(controller) to slow down the fans. I was lucky to have found (ebay) those heatsinks. Actually it was one huuuuge heatsink that I cut to size. I use two fans in case one fails. That would instantly fry the LED chips. Those half -round clear plastic round lenses work well to focus the chips (ebay). 300 watts of LED can light up your whole apartment. May be you can get by with 50W to 100W. You can buy them rather them making them. dcarch

My suggestion dcarch

A follow up to what I posted before. After I removed the hydraulic jacks, I was able to force the fig branches from 36" to 10". This makes it possible to use 1 1/2" foam board for insulation. 1 1/2" Foam board is much better than burlap or blankets. also smaller surface area can minimized heat /cold conduction. Just in time for the forecast of record breaking cold wave coming in the next few hours. dcarch

I have not tried this, but I think this will work. In a very noisy restaurant, you and your companion both use your cell phones with earphones to carrying on your conversation. The cell phones have noise cancelling microphones and you can whisper into the microphones, and in-ear earphones cut out all background noise. dcarch