I was not happy Thursday when I learned another CFL bulb in our home had met an untimely demise. We’ve gone through a spate of them dying far too early. It had gotten to the point where I began to write the date of purchase on each bulb so that I could track how long they were lasting.
The one that died Thursday made it 12 months. Pathetic! That’s the worst-performing bulb in the house. It would be a short life for even an incandescent bulb!
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Painting crew
This fall brought us more room in our home, as we turned some of our unfinished attic space into a new room. This came in very handy when I began working from home and now we have a room for guests.
When we moved into our home we saw that some of our attic was mostly framed for a room, so we got a few quotes from local contractors to see what it would take to finish it. When the quotes came in higher than we expected we put our remodel off. Then when I got a job working mostly from home it became clear that a separate office would be important.
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Wow! I can tell it’s going to be a good year! Here it is the 2nd day of 2011 and already someone’s going to split 105 million Euros with me!!!
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Subject: Partnership.
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User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 [CVS]Good day,
I am Mr. C.Y. Ling, alternate CEO of the operations of CITIC Bank International, China. I have a proposal for you in the tune of One Hundred & Five Million EUR, after successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of forty for you and sixty for me. Please reply for specifics.
Yours,
Mr. C.Y. Ling.
