Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:25 PM
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Has anyone else NEVER owned a mop? |
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I've never owned a mop. Neither at my parent's house, or when I lived with roommates in college, or now, living at my parents' house again.
I have NEVER owned a mop. I have suddenly become aware this is pretty strange. I scrub the floors on hands and knees.
Anyone?
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:30 PM
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1. I have owned mops, but I prefer to scrub with a brush. |
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I do not currently own a mop.
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Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:31 PM
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I thought I was a real luddite there for a minute. PHEW!!! :D
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:30 PM
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2. I've never owned an iron |
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I do own a mop, but if for some bizzare reason I am motivated to use it I usually end up on my hands and knees anyway...:shrug:
Hey mjean...dig the new tag. Makes you sound like a super sexy secret agent. :D
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Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:33 PM
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Because I really AM a super sexy secret agent... :D
Now, let's see, on your hands and knees with a mop...
...I sure hope you are not doing anything like what I do with my box turtle. :evilgrin:
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:49 PM
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5. I didn't know how to use a mop when I got to college |
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Luckily, they showed me how during my training at the college dining hall.
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Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:51 PM
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6. So my parents aren't just sadists.. |
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Who liked to see me do back-breaking work like some sick Cinderella story... :D
Phew..
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:53 PM
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7. I have never owned a mop |
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I have owned other mop-like devices, but never a mop.
BTW, who is the picture of?
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Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:55 PM
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Edited on Tue Jul-20-04 09:55 PM by Mara Steele
Me and DS1 are fighting over her... (Or doing SOMETHING over her...:D)
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Tue Jul-20-04 10:42 PM
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you may have a three way on your hands. I mean, a three way fight. That's all. She's very attractive. and isn't she liberal?
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:29 AM
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She's liberal.
OK, but these three way fights can get pretty nasty... :D
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:57 PM
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9. I had one on my head my sophomore year in college. |
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Edited on Tue Jul-20-04 09:57 PM by Donkeyboy75
Went without a haircut for seven months. :silly:
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Mara Steele
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Tue Jul-20-04 09:58 PM
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I bet that was cute. :D
My hair was pretty moppy itself until I buzzed it a few days ago. It's SO much more comfortable in this heat. :hi:
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Tue Jul-20-04 10:06 PM
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I loved your hair! :grr:
Actually, I wasn't that cute. I looked like Krusty the Clown.
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:30 AM
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14. It's much cooler like this |
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Someday I might grow it out again, but I'm really digging the androgyny of this new look. :)
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:10 PM
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:13 PM
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23. I'll try to get one taken |
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Don't have a digicam, but I could duck into one of those booths at the mall. :hi:
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:58 PM
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I've heard there are a lot of toaster-toting individuals in those booths. :D
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:59 PM
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That sounds kinda nice, actually. :evilgrin:
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:32 AM
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15. You poor deprived child. |
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I suggest the Mop-O-Rama 4000...it is the latest, souped up model of mops. The best in it's class. Never misses a piece of dirt.
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:34 AM
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I really do need a mop, is that a real one?
I think I want a "Squiffer Wet-Jet" actually! Those look cool on TV, has anyone here used them? :D
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:38 AM
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19. I have the Clorox version |
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the Cloron Ready Mop. I love it and in fact mop my floors (kitchen and back porch) more often b/c I'm not lugging around a heavy pail full of dirty water.
The rest of my floors are hard wood and get polished with a swiffer. :D
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:14 PM
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24. I'll go and get that one |
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on your advice, thanks! :hi:
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:17 PM
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25. Heh...no, I'm not serious.... |
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I have a generic one from Target. It works like a charm, though! Good luck on your purchase!
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:35 AM
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17. Other people buy mops |
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and use them in the place where I live.
I don't own a mop. I wouldn't know what to do with it. I clean up spills with paper towls and clean the floor with a bucket and cloth. Mops just don't cut it.
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Wed Jul-21-04 11:36 AM
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18. I've never owned a mop or iron, but for some reason |
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I've probably owned close to twenty vacuum cleaners in my life.
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:07 PM
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Edited on Wed Jul-21-04 12:09 PM by jukes
you're odd, MS.
i learned to mop in the army, my technique is flawless:
drench floor w/ 1 gal of cleaning solution (pref=enzymic cleaner; cat yak)
let stand 10 minutes.
sweep cleaner around w/straw broom.
p/up liquid w/ industrial mop in semi-circ "swoops, flipping mop @ end of ea stroke. squeegee in industrial bucket w/lever as it saturates
drench floor w/ 1/2 gal *HOT* water
repeat p/up w/ clean mop (i keep 2 mopheads)
have a smoke/coffee whilst it dries
sweep up any remaining detritus on dried floor.
throw mopheads in washer on hvy cycle.
post some b/s on DU.
hi, mara. just getting up? :hi:
EDIT: just noticed you posted this last night, so disregard the snide remark about sleeping in!
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:12 PM
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22. I love that advice, jukes! |
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It seems really authentic. :D
I did manage to sleep until 9 this morning... I think it was the red wine that did me in last night. :)
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:23 PM
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26. So, the fact that this thread about mops has gone over 25 replies. |
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is a testament to:
a) my thread creating genius?
or,
b) the amazing attractive power that a picture of a pretty woman, in this case Minnie D., has over the population at large?
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:26 PM
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is def an attraction.
but you do cast a nice thread, much better than my feeble attempts.
:cry:
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Mara Steele
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Wed Jul-21-04 12:28 PM
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28. I replied to your post in the latest animal rescue thread |
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You give excellent advice to those folks, methinks. :hi:
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