Sunday Window Cleaning News
Maintenance worker Larry Scott cleans the windows Thursday at the entrance of The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company in Jacksonville. Mr ... accused of stealing from blind customer: A Mitcham window cleaner has been accused of stealing after money ... . Scott said he noticed they needed cleaning when he saw the sun shining through. “I just couldn’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 18:49:00
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Opportunity is Knocking
What a great day to do business! Opportunity is knocking. Were you there to hear it? ... , Neighbors, Women, and other BNI Members for the purpose of providing the following services. Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning and On-Site Cleaning of Window Treatments Stone, Ceramic Tile, Grout, Shower and Bath [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 14:42:50
How to get a Publishing Deal #3
by The Lone Ranger As Kathleen pointed out last week's tip on how to get a publishing deal only made it to the lift of the ... to be: The publisher's window to his office. Remember just posting off blind loads of letters, a synopsis ... that is likely to be interested in your type of work, you also need to find out which window cleaning [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 16:00:49
MPs ensure themselves a friendly recession
MPs ensure themselves a friendly recession Tue, 20/01/2009 - 03: ... they, when previous requests have revealed such delights as £1600 on window cleaning (Barbara Follett, Labour ... , not all our MPs are quite so blind with power to endorse this. In particular, Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 22:05:30
oh joy...
this is how it looked after 3 days of unpacking. ridiculous! its getting better though. after today i think we will be through the bulk of it ... in the center of the dining room8. how the blinds to the window at the top of our 20 ft ceiling ... us of what we are expected to do when we move includes the most extensive cleaning list i've ever seen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 18:11:00
One Room at a Time
They say that unpacking is best done one room at a time. I think cleaning is the same way, so this weekend I attacked the living room. Violently. Besides dust bunnies, I found some neat things. In the course of moving a couch (in order to make room for three plants to be near the window) I found a Third Eye Blind poster from a show [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:10:44
Window Blinds - What You Need to Know About Caring For Them
Venetian BlindsFor normal cleaning use ordinary soft clean dust cloths, tilting the slats first up and then down,or you can use your vacuum cleaner with the soft upholstery brush, the surface [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 23:37:59
Odds and Ends + a Visitor
Look who came to visit yesterday. I was washing windows in my den and he flew down to the deck and sat there long enough for me to take six photos, ... in the stock market and he was hoping they'd put an end to his misery?Casa Kenju super-cleaning 2009 is coming ... frame glass and blinds? We don't smoke or use gas heat, so where does it come from? Today [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 05:01:00
Currently offline. Delightful Decor Windows & More
With the New Year quickly approaching and the holiday decorations coming down, dust and dirt surround us ... the blind hanging in place. Do not worry about taking it out of the window because there is no need ... . This makes me think of all the cleaning that I need to do to get ready for 2009 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 14:00:40
My Heart's at Home Daybook-Jan 13
Outside My Window ...it's sunny and cold, but inside we're toasty warm and dark. I need to open the blinds!***I am listening to.. ... dishes. The girls are supposed to be cleaning the playroom.Mary Clare is trying to convince her sister [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:24:00
Amish Suspense: A serial book
My Nuts and Bolts column on Saturdays is fun and cool, but I had a little brainstorm today about adding some spice to all of your lives ... not betray such blind trust. Emmaline's pale face retreated from the open window. Stephen let out a breath ... without glasses (making her nearly blind), peered down on him. "I want mommy," she said [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 21:08:07
An Illustrated Guide To... Belle And Sebastian
Truth be told, we were initially going to do an Illustrated Guide on the Smiths, given this new compilation is out, but... well, it's a well worn path, isn't it? So many books, papers, articles, thinkpieces, conference minutes and scrawled notes have been penned on the whole story from New York Dolls letters to Severed Alliance and beyond that by [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:53:01
Moving
If you had a chance to see my quick drive-by-posting the other day, you'll have seen that we have made it here. We're home now... our new home ... the actual planning of it all; the packing, the cleaning, the home repairs and preparation for selling ... be the last time I would be gazing out our window at the big green back yard where my kids had run [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 03:36:41
Back in the Saddle
For the last twelve days, I haven't given too much thought about work. I've checked e-mail and even took care of a customer issue, but not much else ... from left to right, I remained ready with my rifle up. I switched from one window in the blind to another ... I would sit in the popup blind, out of the wind and in a comfy seat, to close out the season [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:53:00
Baby Snakes and Soggy Bubbles
Yesterday, in a cold medicine induced fog and obviously not in my right mind, I had the bright idea to haul a bunch of stuff to the dump ... the time I got done cleaning off the porch and dragging a few more bags o' clutter out of Ma's room ... , for just a moment... a second.. I considered hollerin' out the window and warning her.But I did not.She rared [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 16:28:00
The Passion of the Everyday
It's New Year's Day. A day both reviled and praised for its insipid power to make people introspective and to arouse a need for revision in one's ... for me as losing ten pounds and cleaning up the basement might be for you.Two of the activities ... hero or blind race car driver, but their zeal nonetheless comes across ebulliently. Neither Julie [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 02:18:00
The Most Curious Thing
The Most Curious Thing By Errol Morris The following essay shows how a photograph aided and abetted a terrible miscarriage of justice. I invite readers to offer their own interpretation of the considerable amount of material contained in the footnotes. “Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin,” thought Alice; “but a grin without a cat! [more...]
Date: 2008-05-20 02:56:51
It’s Sunday, it’s Tweetday, it’s 2009-01-18!
@PaulGrahamRaven Is anyone seriously still touting that tired, stupid old line? Apart from trolls, I mean. I’m genuinely surprised! ... . in reply to warrenellis # Tonight I have accomplished nothing. Except some cleaning and decimating ... to pull through this. # Soooo apparently the Windows 7 calculator displays figures in binary as well [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:59:59
Two Dozen Roses
Would have never thought two dozen roses would have caused so much damage to a person, but thats where it all started. I’d never gotten flowers from someone before. Phone calls, going out to eat at fancy restaurants you cant even spell, but held on to the doggy bag for like 2 years..maybe more.. its all kind of a blur at this point. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 07:00:59
If Santa Used Assistive Technology What Would it Be? Part One:
We all know that Santa has to make his trip around the world in one night. We also know that he is overweight and wears glasses ... they get dirty and I can't see through them and then I have to clean them - except I don't have my cleaning ... impairment or are blind. Sorry - I am just thankful to have these tools for my inconvenient vision [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 14:00:00
New news and a game for you
Hello Everyone,And welcome to The New Year. I felt that on the first day of 2009, I was the only blogger who didn't write about resolutions and such ... about what I did today.Every Monday is Cleaning Day at Eyrie Park, so today, I had my usual duty of scrubbing ... it a go. I hate to sound like a city-slicker, but I was pleasantly surprised. I have had [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 23:02:00
Guest Post: Mama
Today’s post is written by TJ. Now, you’ll see why I love her so much. Thanks, TJ! ... who unknowingly passed on this disease? I glance out the window upon hearing my husband’s voice in the distance ... and entertain Simon’s new friend. I have no bread prepared, and barely enough water for cleaning [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 00:43:36
I Think Townhall Should Hire the Cockatoo
For those of you keeping track of these things (that would be, oh, nobody, not even me), here are the latest additions to Animal House: 1. Three former feral kittens that were found abandoned in a window well. I got them ... (I spent all day cleaning it, but it still smells mildewy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 02:21:20
Blinds Or Curtains?
Blinds Or Curtains? Filed Under Window Blinds | Leave a Comment There is a huge number of choices when it comes to decorating your windows, ... a question: Blinds or curtains? Should we choose window blinds as a better solution? Is that really ... they are related to our health. First, there are several types of window treatments you should not use [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 19:35:37
Ooo, she knew how to look on the internet
It isn't that hard to search on the internet and find laws like that. Alabama It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. Dominoes may not be played on Sunday. It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church. Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 17:06:43
Wretch in Peace?
September, 1857. Getting a new man-servant is an awful ball-ache, you know ... he was blind, deaf, mute and had wooden hands. Naturally, I was all set to return the defective ... in his duties, especially when cleaning my various trophies, gold-plated trinkets and diamond [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 00:05:04
Oh, while I'm at it...
Here's my latest article, for NeoConstant: The idea of the locked-down government agency – hunkered down in the midst of constant threat – is something that you would expect to see in a rollicking Jason Bourne movie, or in the instances of the more high-profile agencies and government buildings on this earth, such as the CIA, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 06:56:20
SHORT FICTION: Paying It Forward
by Michael A. Burstein Analog, September 2003 Nominee, 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story I’m dying. No one knows it yet. Having never married, I have no family to mourn my passing. I do have my fans, who would probably turn out in droves to say farewell if I had chosen to let them know in advance [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 20:15:32
Tips for Selling a Used Car
When attempting to sell a used car, there are some very simple rules of marketing to follow ... the professionals take care of the thorough cleaning, just this once, and pay them for it. It will be worth ... , even if all you did was put a sign in the window, you are likely hoping to sell it soon [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 21:13:44
The Thatcher Years, an ordinary tale
As part of Margaret Thatcher Memorial Week BULS has encouraged readers to share their experiences of the Thatcher years ... miners came to show solidarity with hospital cleaners over the privatisation of hospital cleaning ... on them as a hangover from years of poorer service due to cutbacks and cleaning privatisation. As a result [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 00:42:50
Window Blinds For Your Room
People, who keep themselves updated with regards to fashion and style, know just right, what’s happening in the window blinds market ... about various kinds of window blinds. The most sought after window blind types are Blackout blinds, wooden ... these blinds with the help of blind cleaners. Thus maintenance is an easy issue with window blinds [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 14:33:20
Part 2 My Testimony
Part 2 My Testimony posted by PrayerWarrior This was my dream man that God gave me, I would not could not lose him. So in Feb of 85 Romain went to the military, and I lost the one person who kept me sane. I cried so much my face looked like I was in a boxing match. My in laws did not talk to me [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:17:55
Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos
Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00
Curtains on the cheap.
I really needed new curtains in the living room. I usually make cafe style for the kitchen but wanted something better looking for the living room ... from big lots for $2.50 each X 2$33.00 for two 48X84 windows and....one door with a half window I just put a mini blind and a topper on.When we moved in hear ( and I was working ) I had paid much [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 20:54:00
Claude, the albino alligator, sidelined
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Claude the albino alligator has a swollen toe on his right front foot, ... is a striking blonde and without the pigment in his eyes he is almost blind. As a result, he bumps into things - the walls of the tank, the broad glass visitor’s window beneath the Swamp’s pool, or the basking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:03:38
#89: Sisters
Sisters, 1973, directed by Brian De Palma, screenplay by Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose, story by Brian De Palma.When is a travesty not a travesty? ... , but Sisters contains entire sequences lifted entirely from Rope, Rear Window, and most obviously ... room when a blind woman stumbles in the wrong door and starts undressing. As luck would [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:04:00
ADT / Vonage = oil & water, woops
So a few weeks ago there was an FC on the alarm box lcd. Ali took the initiative to call ADT and ask what it meant. It stood for “communication failure”. At that time they ran her through a brief communication test and told Ali it was unsuccessful. Ali mentioned to them that we have VOIP service from Vonage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 14:21:17
Bundle Your Cleaning Services And Earn Profits
When you visit a fast food chain, you are asked on whether you want to order a special meal or a value meal ... similar services together is another way of increasing your profit margin. When offering carpet cleaning ... whenever they buy tow or more of the products or services that you offer. Packaging your cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:11:34
Love, Hope, Charity and Faith
Love and Hope keep all of us going, one step, one day at a time. But it is truly 'divine theos'and the spiritual infusion of grace, that has lifted my own spirits and given me the energy to continue to love, share and care for my own ailing parents, here in snow covered Alaska. The snow greeted me as I arrived and stayed lovely for days [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 12:53:00
The Future is STILL Plastics!
More on the new Remington 887 NitroMag pump shotgun from Adam Heggenstaller at the Guns & Hunting Froums: ... out the window and takes a space-age approach. Just about every exterior component of the gun—receiver ... is built to take abuse. Like in a duck blind or on the bottom of a boat.The surface of the barrel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:27:00
Privacy With Window Blinds
Yesterday, my whole family decided to clean our house because it was Sunday and we thought our house was so dusty already ... me what can we get from putting a window blind and I told her it's for privacy and somehow to make our house ... . We started cleaning our own rooms and then all of us went to the living room to clean [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 16:21:48
The Sphinx is Scared
September 27, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis Dear readers, you all sent me the money needed to take the train to Washington, DC. There, I not only got great photos and met lots of people some of whom knew me in NYC as 'the Housewife From Hell' as the Daily News dubbed me long, long ago [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 00:52:38
What to Do About Plastic: Watermelon Pickles and String Too Short To Save
This post is a sequel to an earlier post, What's Wrong with Recycling? The Trouble with Plastic. There's an old joke about stingy, thrifty Yankees that deserves to make a comeback. If you haven't heard it, it goes like this:The old man was known for his thrift and saving all his life [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 12:37:00
Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos
Is Your Puppy Safe?by CS SwarensBringing a new puppy home is exciting, but there are many potential hazards both inside and outside of the home that could harm your puppy. Therefore, it is important to identify these hazards and to take steps to remove them in order to keep your beloved pet safe, happy, and healthy [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 06:16:00
So, Who's Afraid of the Dark?
As early as September thoughts of one of the most celebrated holidays throughout the world - Halloween fills the mind of many. This is a holiday in which its historical origin of around 2000 years ago is a black as sin and as dark as hell. Samhain, the Celtic New Year was celebrated each year on October 31 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 20:15:10
Cloth & Sponge Shiner Mourned
Hard-working Leamington window cleaner always had a smile on his face: With nothing more than a bucket, mop, cloth and sponge, ... , sponge and bucket and refused to take up more modern methods of window-cleaning."He did ... Reginald Stanley Jones made many a window in Leamington sparkle and gleam. The 83-year-old [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 17:44:00
bio PUR Clean Special Fasertuch - high Fettl? and sekraft optimum dirt thanks to new recording Webtechnik
With normal tissues, it is difficult to grease and dirt. The microfibre consists of a wedge-shaped, divided structure ... , especially for the cleaning of dirty surfaces. Cleans thoroughly with water only and spared the onset of chemical cleaning agents. Also fat and dust easily and fusselfrei on. There are no skin [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 04:45:05
Tuesday Terror: Anthropophagus (1980)
Welcome to the first edition of Tuesday Terror. Each week you can be sure The Bug is going to bring you the finest in guts, gore, and general horrific goodness. I elected to start off tonight with a flick that started off the career of another esteemed genre reviewer, Joe Bob Briggs [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 05:40:00
Republican run torturer as Congressional candidate
It takes Johann Hari in the British newspaper the Independent to inform us that the Republicans are running a know torturer for Congress in Florida. Col. Allen West took Iraqi Yehiya Hamoodi and threatened to kill him, a clear unambiguous violation of the Convention Against Torture [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 21:40:45
it was a dark and stormy night
Hey - I'm home!And it was an adventure. I love adventures. Especially when part of the allure is a quiet (clean!By someone other than myself!) ... your window? No thanks.It was dark. (Although not stormy. Yet.) and there was just enough snow falling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 23:29:00
