Good morning, Edgar. I'm pleased to see you still here. I'm sure it's been an anxious time for you and family.
When will it be safe to return to your other home?
"Goo-Gone" Works like a charm.
Glad to hear everyone's OK.
Edgar, there is no arguing with a pregnant woman.
Good news, mac..
I once tried mayonaise on bathtub stickies residue, and that worked, mostly.
lighter fluid works nicely, as does dry cleaning fluid (can't remember the chemical name, but you should be able to find it at your local drug store)
glad everyone is safe and sound
I'm back home now. The only thing I could call damaged, one of my banana trees blew down. The water in the bathtub all seeped out, but we have water service (live next door to the water company well).
The TV shows the freeways already filling up with returning cars.
Thursday, my truck refused to start. I cleaned up the cables and jump started it. It wouldn't start a second time and I bought a new battery. After driving it three or four times, it again failed to start. Now I got to find out if it's the cables or something more serious.
BBB
Texas officials are begging people on CNN not to try to return to their homes until at least Sunday or Monday. The freeways are clogged and emergency vehicles can't get through to where they are needed. No gas is available and cars on the road still are endangered by flooding.
In other words, stay where you are until officials say it is OK to return.
BBB
They are working to announce a plan to stagger the return, but I don't see it working. there are no open stores, no water, ice, gas, food. One other reason to wait is to keep the roads open for the electric repair crews and the like to get their work done.
Edgar--
I'm glad you're high and dry. This gives you time and space to worry about your daughter. If the new grandchild is as onery as she is, this could well be the weekend of birth.
Children!
Mac--
Glad you survived and accumulated a few vivid memories.
Have you tried scraping with a razor blade?
Hold your dominions.
Edger, glad your safe and dry.
Mac-try paint or rubber cement thinner. Something with acetate in it.
Haven't spoken with my folk in Houston or Baton Rouge today but feel certain that all is well.
I'm glad to hear that everyone we have heard from so far is okay. I heard on NPR this afternoon the story of one lady who made it as far as Lufkin...in 15 hours. There was supposedly a plan for staggering evacuations, but the public ignored it. Getting back will also probably be chaotic. I hope your daughter, edgar, can be dissuaded from trying it.
One has to wonder who came up the notion of mayonaise. "Gee, I have bathtub scum. I think I'll lather up the whole thing with mayonaise." But it does eveidentally have vinegar and lemon juice in it.
I saw that mentioned on some thread on a2k, rjb, a couple of years ago - it worked to help me get off very old non-slip "pads" on my porcelain surfaced bathtub.
First, I want to thank you kind people for being concerned for the people in this part of the country. Second, my daughter is more hard headed than I, and so is her husband. They left for home at about 10:30 this morning. How far they have got is anybody's guess. If they don't have to stop and idle too many times, they have sufficient gas to get here.
I googled removing masking tape:
WD-40.
Rubbing alcohol.
Duck tape adhesive remover
White vinegar
Spray with PAM and let soak. Then scrape off.
Carbona dry cleaning fluid.
Good luck, mac.
good news from the lone star state.
glad to hear Rita has better manners than her evil older sister Katrina...
Mac,
If you are trying to get tape/residue off glass, best first step is a razor blade. Like the kind you use in a box cutter. Anything left after that should be fairly easy.
Glad everyone is safe and well.
A great exchange of lines from an interview this pm on NPR (between the host and an official of Port Fourchon (spelling) LA.) He and his brother have a farm there and there has been some flooding on their property. What do you raise, she asked? Alligators, he replied, 16,000 alligators.
Edgar
edgarblythe wrote:First, I want to thank you kind people for being concerned for the people in this part of the country. Second, my daughter is more hard headed than I, and so is her husband. They left for home at about 10:30 this morning. How far they have got is anybody's guess. If they don't have to stop and idle too many times, they have sufficient gas to get here.
Won't your daughter be surprised to learn that she has such a large extended family on A2K because her dad is like family to all of us.
What we do best is give advice. What we do worst is follow it. :wink:
BBB
Re: Edgar
BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:edgarblythe wrote:First, I want to thank you kind people for being concerned for the people in this part of the country. Second, my daughter is more hard headed than I, and so is her husband. They left for home at about 10:30 this morning. How far they have got is anybody's guess. If they don't have to stop and idle too many times, they have sufficient gas to get here.
Won't your daughter be surprised to learn that she has such a large extended family on A2K because her dad is like family to all of us.
What we do best is give advice. What we do worst is follow it. :wink:
BBB
I'm not even much good at giving it.
They will be pleased to know the whole story, once I get with them. Still waiting. They have told me they don't like to use the cell phone when they are moving, so I've refrained from calling. In a few hours I will break the rule, if they dan't call first. It is my guess they will slip into their home and go to bed, exhausted, making us wait to hear anything.
