Thread: What do you put in your cookie jar?

"BlueBrooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What do you keep in your cookie jar?

Nothing. In fact I got rid of it.

BlueBrooke wrote:

> What do you keep in your cookie jar?

Loose change. When it fills up, I go to a bank that has an automatic coin
counter that deposits the amount in my account. (Then I might go buy cookies
for my family ...)

Bj?rn Steensrud <[email protected]> wrote:
: BlueBrooke wrote:

: > What do you keep in your cookie jar?

: Loose change. When it fills up, I go to a bank that has an automatic coin
: counter that deposits the amount in my account. (Then I might go buy cookies
: for my family ...)

Good idea! Then you , of course, leave the cookies in the bag or box they
came in, rather than the cookie jar/

Happy New Year to you and to everyone on this list. I am looking forward
to a good year, but too quiet new Year's Eve.

Wendy

"W. Baker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bj?rn Steensrud <[email protected]> wrote:
> : BlueBrooke wrote:
>
> : > What do you keep in your cookie jar?
>
> : Loose change. When it fills up, I go to a bank that has an automatic
> coin
> : counter that deposits the amount in my account. (Then I might go buy
> cookies
> : for my family ...)
>
> Good idea! Then you , of course, leave the cookies in the bag or box they
> came in, rather than the cookie jar/
>
> Happy New Year to you and to everyone on this list. I am looking forward
> to a good year, but too quiet new Year's Eve.
>
> Wendy

Happy New Year to you too Wendy, and to everyone. I will have a very quiet
New Year's Eve too.

Cheri

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On 12/30/2012 5:55 PM, W. Baker wrote:

> Happy New Year to you and to everyone on this list. I am looking forward
> to a good year, but too quiet new Year's Eve.
>

Hapy new year to you, too, Wendy.

I was looking forward to a nice dinner out early, go to sleep after
having champagne and caviar and watching Kathy Griffin humiliate
Anderson Cooper for two hours til the ball drop...

Then we normally take down the tree and put away the holiday stuff on NY
day.

BUT, not this year!!!

We just had a frantic tree denuding and discard session after
discovering what looked exactly like bedbugs, only black, crawling all
over the first floor like a herd... Bark lice had hatched in our home!
YECCH... tree's gone, ornament boxes are out in the cold garage and I'
am assured that they can't live in a house without enough plant life to
suck on so any remaining that we haven't vacuumed up, smooshed, etc.
will dry up and die.

YECCCHHH.

So no big clean up on New Year's Day.

Susan

"Susan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 12/30/2012 5:55 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>
>> Happy New Year to you and to everyone on this list. I am looking forward
>> to a good year, but too quiet new Year's Eve.
>>
>
> Hapy new year to you, too, Wendy.
>
> I was looking forward to a nice dinner out early, go to sleep after having
> champagne and caviar and watching Kathy Griffin humiliate Anderson Cooper
> for two hours til the ball drop...
>
> Then we normally take down the tree and put away the holiday stuff on NY
> day.
>
> BUT, not this year!!!
>
> We just had a frantic tree denuding and discard session after discovering
> what looked exactly like bedbugs, only black, crawling all over the first
> floor like a herd... Bark lice had hatched in our home! YECCH... tree's
> gone, ornament boxes are out in the cold garage and I' am assured that
> they can't live in a house without enough plant life to suck on so any
> remaining that we haven't vacuumed up, smooshed, etc. will dry up and die.
>
> YECCCHHH.
>
> So no big clean up on New Year's Day.
>
> Susan


Wow Susan, sorry to hear that, but thankfully no BB's. As Roseanne
Roseannadanna would say..."it's always something." Happy New Year.

Cheri

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On 12/30/2012 9:34 PM, Cheri wrote:

> Wow Susan, sorry to hear that, but thankfully no BB's. As Roseanne
> Roseannadanna would say..."it's always something." Happy New Year.
>

This one really gave us the heebie jeebies... I just went and ordered a
prelit artificial tree on clearance from Balsam Hill, where I got the
incredible prelit wreath on my front door this year post Xmas last year.
I've never seen such lifelike artificial stuff before, that wreath is so
heavy it's hard to carry, but so full and bright. Hope the tree is just
as realistic.

We've thought about it for years, and now we *really* don't want to drag
in a tree from outside ever again! There are still some of those bugs
hatching and crawling around every time I go down and look. YECH...
some sites call them "sheep bugs" because of the way they spread out in
masses like a herd. They sure did that in the living room, just a
steady few in the kitchen where they no doubt took up residence in the
cordless electric I kept using to vacuum up needles.

BLEAH!!!

Susan

"Susan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 12/30/2012 9:34 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> Wow Susan, sorry to hear that, but thankfully no BB's. As Roseanne
>> Roseannadanna would say..."it's always something." Happy New Year.
>>
>
> This one really gave us the heebie jeebies... I just went and ordered a
> prelit artificial tree on clearance from Balsam Hill, where I got the
> incredible prelit wreath on my front door this year post Xmas last year.
> I've never seen such lifelike artificial stuff before, that wreath is so
> heavy it's hard to carry, but so full and bright. Hope the tree is just
> as realistic.
>
> We've thought about it for years, and now we *really* don't want to drag
> in a tree from outside ever again! There are still some of those bugs
> hatching and crawling around every time I go down and look. YECH... some
> sites call them "sheep bugs" because of the way they spread out in masses
> like a herd. They sure did that in the living room, just a steady few in
> the kitchen where they no doubt took up residence in the cordless electric
> I kept using to vacuum up needles.
>
> BLEAH!!!
>
> Susan
>


I hear you Susan, for many years we bought a beautiful tree at the local
nursery and there was always some kind of bug in it, but we lived with it,
then one year Phil was busy and wouldn't go to get it when I wanted to, so I
decided to get an artificial tree (to show him) that I thought he would
hate, but we both ended up loving the way it looked, the fact that we could
hang our ornaments (we collect Hallmarks and some are really heavy) and no
needle/bug problem. We did get a new one a few years ago because they are so
lifelike now, and still love it. I bet you are so happy with yours.

Cheri

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On 12/30/2012 11:07 PM, Cheri wrote:

> I hear you Susan, for many years we bought a beautiful tree at the local
> nursery and there was always some kind of bug in it, but we lived with
> it, then one year Phil was busy and wouldn't go to get it when I wanted
> to, so I decided to get an artificial tree (to show him) that I thought
> he would hate, but we both ended up loving the way it looked, the fact
> that we could hang our ornaments (we collect Hallmarks and some are
> really heavy) and no needle/bug problem. We did get a new one a few
> years ago because they are so lifelike now, and still love it. I bet you
> are so happy with yours.

I'll let you know when it gets here!

It's been decades of live trees without a single bug sighting.

This was a Costco tree, incredibly cheap for Fraser Fir, and I plan to
insist on a refund; they're really good about that.

So far, no sightings this a.m. after a couple of strays. Those bugs are
shaped identically to bedbugs and look just like some ticks, too.

They're psocid larvae, also known as bark lice.

Susan

"Susan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 12/30/2012 11:07 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> I hear you Susan, for many years we bought a beautiful tree at the local
>> nursery and there was always some kind of bug in it, but we lived with
>> it, then one year Phil was busy and wouldn't go to get it when I wanted
>> to, so I decided to get an artificial tree (to show him) that I thought
>> he would hate, but we both ended up loving the way it looked, the fact
>> that we could hang our ornaments (we collect Hallmarks and some are
>> really heavy) and no needle/bug problem. We did get a new one a few
>> years ago because they are so lifelike now, and still love it. I bet you
>> are so happy with yours.
>
> I'll let you know when it gets here!
>
> It's been decades of live trees without a single bug sighting.
>
> This was a Costco tree, incredibly cheap for Fraser Fir, and I plan to
> insist on a refund; they're really good about that.
>
> So far, no sightings this a.m. after a couple of strays. Those bugs are
> shaped identically to bedbugs and look just like some ticks, too.
>
> They're psocid larvae, also known as bark lice.
>
> Susan


Yes, I have heard of them. Most trees do have bugs of some kind.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1226574

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On 12/31/2012 12:00 PM, Cheri wrote:

>
>
> Yes, I have heard of them. Most trees do have bugs of some kind.
>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1226574
>

I was lucky enough not to encounter any in decades til now!

Still have some hatching and crawling in the dining room and living room
today... you can check, clean them up and walk back in five minutes
later and find new ones where none were. None in the kitchen today
coming out from anywhere they were (they're heat seekers, headed for
under stove and fridge, radiator...) except a few that must have hatched
in or on the cordless vac, their ride into the kitchen.

I'm guessing I'll be at this for a few days to a week at most.

YICK.

Susan

"Susan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 12/31/2012 12:00 PM, Cheri wrote:
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>>
>>
>> Yes, I have heard of them. Most trees do have bugs of some kind.
>>
>> http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1226574
>>
>
> I was lucky enough not to encounter any in decades til now!
>
> Still have some hatching and crawling in the dining room and living room
> today... you can check, clean them up and walk back in five minutes later
> and find new ones where none were. None in the kitchen today coming out
> from anywhere they were (they're heat seekers, headed for under stove and
> fridge, radiator...) except a few that must have hatched in or on the
> cordless vac, their ride into the kitchen.
>
> I'm guessing I'll be at this for a few days to a week at most.
>
> YICK.
>
> Susan


Sorry to hear it, but thankfully...not harmful, just annoying and messy.
Happy New Year Susan!

Cheri

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On 12/31/2012 2:18 PM, Cheri wrote:

> Sorry to hear it, but thankfully...not harmful, just annoying and messy.
> Happy New Year Susan!
>

Yes, not a cause of any harm to humans/critters or household, and I
think we're reaching the end of them... fewer and fewer as the day goes
on. Helps that it's in the 30s, we have very dry heat in here, and they
dry out easily.

Happy new year to you, too, Cheri.

Susan

Susan <[email protected]> wrote:
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: On 12/31/2012 12:00 PM, Cheri wrote:

: >
: >
: > Yes, I have heard of them. Most trees do have bugs of some kind.
: >
: > http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1226574
: >

: I was lucky enough not to encounter any in decades til now!

: Still have some hatching and crawling in the dining room and living room
: today... you can check, clean them up and walk back in five minutes
: later and find new ones where none were. None in the kitchen today
: coming out from anywhere they were (they're heat seekers, headed for
: under stove and fridge, radiator...) except a few that must have hatched
: in or on the cordless vac, their ride into the kitchen.

: I'm guessing I'll be at this for a few days to a week at most.

: YICK.

: Susan

could ou put some sticky traps like they have for mice adn put them near
the stove and fridge and any heat source, hot air, radiator, or whatever
you use to heat your house? It might help speed things up a bit.

Wendy

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On 12/31/2012 7:20 PM, W. Baker wrote:

> could ou put some sticky traps like they have for mice adn put them near
> the stove and fridge and any heat source, hot air, radiator, or whatever
> you use to heat your house? It might help speed things up a bit.
>

Wendy, there are almost none in the kitchen any more, just one or two
occasionally near the cordless vaccum, which must have eggs vacuumed up
in it. I've been emptying the dust cup a lot.

No more swarms, just the remainder hatching and barely moving now. Maybe
two live bugs at a time at most now. It had to be hundreds last night!
They won't survive long even if we miss them and I'm really good at
knowing where to find the odd stray now.

Just came home from dinner out and found three, total, in three rooms.

Susan

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BlueBrooke <[email protected]> wrote:

> What do you keep in your cookie jar?

Well, I bought it for this purpose, not to be a cookie jar, although it
was made and sold as a cookie jar, but mine's upstairs on the bathroom
vanity where I use it for small trash items that the cats shouldn't get
into, like q-tips and dental floss. It's shaped like a cat with a mouse
on its back. The mouse is the handle to the lid.

PP
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"What you fail to understand is that criticising established authority by means
of argument and evidence is a crucial aspect of how science works."
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On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:41:10 -0500, Peppermint Patootie
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> BlueBrooke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What do you keep in your cookie jar?
>
>Well, I bought it for this purpose, not to be a cookie jar, although it
>was made and sold as a cookie jar, but mine's upstairs on the bathroom
>vanity where I use it for small trash items that the cats shouldn't get
>into, like q-tips and dental floss. It's shaped like a cat with a mouse
>on its back. The mouse is the handle to the lid.
>
>PP

Thanks, PP! I guess I could repurpose it -- it's not near as kewl as
the one you have, though. It's just a cheap clear crock-type thing
with a lid -- I just like it. I could put something else in it, I
suppose, but . . .

I've tried keeping cookies in it, but I don't have the won't-power to
stay out of the blasted thing, so it sits there empty and looks
lonely. I've been trying to think of LC-friendly things to keep in
there, but I'm not blessed in the imagination department, either. :-D

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On 1/2/2013 11:07 PM, BlueBrooke wrote:

> I've tried keeping cookies in it, but I don't have the won't-power to
> stay out of the blasted thing, so it sits there empty and looks
> lonely. I've been trying to think of LC-friendly things to keep in
> there, but I'm not blessed in the imagination department, either. :-D

How about a rotating seasonal display or a terrarium?

Susan

Susan <[email protected]> wrote:
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: On 1/2/2013 11:07 PM, BlueBrooke wrote:

: > I've tried keeping cookies in it, but I don't have the won't-power to
: > stay out of the blasted thing, so it sits there empty and looks
: > lonely. I've been trying to think of LC-friendly things to keep in
: > there, but I'm not blessed in the imagination department, either. :-D

: How about a rotating seasonal display or a terrarium?

: Susan

Goldfish?
turtle?

Wendy