Sorry MJM...ur posts are still too interesting. Let me try...

Lowes (i.e. Home Depot clone, i.e. a hardware store) is a great place to buy useless stuff, but I have found that buying useless stuff is a great way to find usefull stuff...for example:

Yesterday I bought a pumice bar at Lowes...it was a ~6in (10 cm for u euros) long piece of rock...in a box. You take the little piece of rock and you scrape your toilet with it to remove the fossilized lime deposits. It actually works and doesn't scrape the finish like the giant flathead screwdriver that I tried, or the industrial strength acid that I also tried (btw, avoid getting the industrial strength acid in any open wounds, it causes uncontrolled screaming.)

Speaking of uncontrolled screaming...also don't try putting lyme on anypart of your body, even if you are reading Fight Club and think it might be a good idea. In fact...most of the things that happen in the book are best avoided if you have any aversion to extreme and/or unremittent pain.

Life teaches you these things.

Asleep yet?