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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:03 AM Original message |
How do you get hard water deposits off your dishes? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. MOST BORING POST? HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT! |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Answer already XemaSab! Don't leave a lad in suspense! |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's it. I'm starting a one man thread hijack until Xema returns! |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well, perhaps with the next post. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Hmph. You've not the guts. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Perhaps we should assume an answer in the affirmative? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yep. Ok Xema, here is what is happening. Hard water is hard because Mg and Ca form solids that are |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. insoluble in water. However, it is a little difficult to undo this process. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I know what causes hard water |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I blame the local lithology |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. as well as Ronald Reagan and Michael Jackson |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. but don't leave me in suspense here |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. How do you undo it? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So it is indeed the soap scum, rather than the salt deposit (scale)? |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It's scale, not soap scum |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If it was soap scum I wouldn't be blaming MJ and Reagan |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Ok then, forget the baking soda and just vinegar the stuff. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Word |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Free assocition about 'Word"? Sure! |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:18 AM Original message |
Microsoft Works |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. Oxymoron |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Mensa. Men are dumb, I don't care what those stupid feminists say. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Whatever, meatbreath marxist. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh yeah? I still say that people who live in states with 3 or more vowels in the name, SUCK! |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yeah, whatever Mr NSW |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Ryyl Wales to you. That has only 2. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Oz only has states because they want to be like the US |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The only similarity that we have is that both of our euro populations loathed Britain. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. You're wannabes... you don't even have REAL hard water |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. No, but seriously, I really want to go down there |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Oh yeah? AT LEAST WE HAVE REAL BEER! |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I just had a Red Nectar |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Probably, but that is hardly controversial. How about I say Americans eat buffalo? Whole? |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I saw some ground buffalo in the grocery store today |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I saw some air buffalo, so there! And we only eat kangaroos after we ride them to school. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's true |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. And you put coca-cola on your popcorn! As evidenced by that smilie! |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. How are we naive? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. It was irony, because I said that the smile had coca-cola popcorn. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Eh, I've got work going on |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:08 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. First week of uni! (Second year) Awesomely cool, though I need to |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:12 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. What's your major subject? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You'll be blown away with the precise nature of my answers. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Cashola = money |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. It is, sort of. Some of the chemicals freak the freak out of me though. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:43 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Chemicals are fun |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:46 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Uh, some chemicals are not fun. Pyridine springs to mind. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. There's nothing quite like walking into the bathroom |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:52 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. ps I am going to sleep now |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 03:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Goodnight! |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. (This is assuming that this is what you are talking about, rather than CaCO3 buildup) |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm guessing it's carbonates of some sort |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You mean scale? Not soap scum then? |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Still, I say the old paste of vinegar and baking soda should do ok. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Vinegar and baking soda cleans EVERYTHING |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It doesn't clean oleum. In fact, oleum will pull them atom-from-atom. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Righton. |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. They didn't cover that in soil chemistry |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Because they're a buch of pyridine avoiding bass-snorters. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. And because they couldn't eat cow if it was made of steel. |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. But they could eat steel if it was made of cow. |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Mon Mar-05-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. I visit this site: |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Gasp! You're one of THEM! |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Mon Mar-05-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Your link isn't working for me... |
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Elidor
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. Reggae music |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. You misread the question. There are not 'water' deposits per se, |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Also Reggae sucks |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And to be loud enough to shake water off dishes, you would need speakers |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I'm one step ahead of you |
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Random_Australian
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Mon Mar-05-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I'm one million steps ahead of bieng steps ahead of you. |
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LSK
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Mon Mar-05-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. by buying new dishes? |
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