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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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I saw one of these sheep dogs today. The dog was having a grand time covered in mud. Not sure how they clean him.

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Samoyed dogs are pretty much self cleaning. Their fur repels dirt, a simple brushing cleans dirt out.

I see one at the dog park. This is covered in mud.
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Below is the same dog. A dry and a light brushing and they look like this. They have two layers of fur, a soft short wool undercoat and long outer coat. They shed a lot but you don't need to bath them.

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I have no problem living with dog hair. Goes with the territory. Except for one place. My pillow. It goes in the closet when not in use, or it becomes a throne for my little guys. The last thing I need after finally getting down and comfy is eyes and a mouth full of dog hair.

Je passe.

I've been thinking about putting my wife's cat in the closet for the very same reason. Trouble is, divorce lawyers are expensive :help:.
 
Samoyed dogs are pretty much self cleaning. Their fur repels dirt, a simple brushing cleans dirt out.

I see one at the dog park. This is covered in mud.
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Below is the same dog. A dry and a light brushing and they look like this. They have two layers of fur, a soft short wool undercoat and long outer coat. They shed a lot but you don't need to bath them.

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Very Cute!
 
WooHoo! Electrical troubles fixed! I bought a circuit tracer to find where the wiring ran. Worked like a champ and paid for itself today. Tone & Probe PRO Kit - VDV500-820 | Klein Tools - For Professionals since 1857



I disconnected the circuit at the breaker, hooked up the tracer, then it kept saying "continuity good" and wouldn't tone. Read the instructions (gasp!). If there is anything less than 10K resistance it does continuity. Found I had to unplug everything that had a standby mode or any kind of internal circuit that could be seen, like computer, stereo stuff, power strip. Then it worked like a champ. Traced wiring in the attic and every branch went into a wall. Okay, has to be something in an outlet/switch box. Used the tracer to poke around. Ended up in a 3 gang switch box in the kitchen. A switch there was controlling the outlet in question. What the? Three outlets in two different rooms on that switch, two of them I knew about. Okay, bad switch. Flip the breakers (two circuits in that box. Jumper out the switch and now the outlets are completely dead. What the? Turn on both breakers and had power but still low. I had put a dimmer on a light in the kitchen a few days before I did the stereo stuff. Then it got even more weird. When I worked the dimmer the voltage on the outlets changed. What the? The feed to the one switch and the outlets was taken AFTER the original 3-way switch now dimmer. BOTH switches had to be on for the outlets to work. Geez. That electrician had some really good drugs! There is no reason for any of those outlets to be on a switch much less two in another room.

Anyways, moved the feed for the outlets to the other circuit in the box and disconnected the unneeded switch. All good!


Yeah sounds like you won the lottery on electricians. One of the switches is a three way switch which means power can flow in either position. When you installed the dimmer, witch is just a potentiometer, you reduced the power flow through the entire circuit. Like you, why they would have two switches in different rooms, controlling outlets is a head scratcher. Best bet, is a remodel, with electrical, done by a brother in law, or not updated to match new walls etc. that may also explain switches not controlling anything. Good luck.
 
This is what a working breed German Shepherd (my dog) looks like and below that is the level of attention/focus they need to be able to muster on any given task (no matter how mundane):

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I saw a German Shepherd running full speed down a long rough ice covered path. Seemed to be after some squirrels way down there. It passed a big Great Dane which was galloping flat out. I don't think that I've ever seen a dog run that quickly. He was bounding and just touched down, mostly he was flying. I can't see that anyone would have a chance if his goal was to catch you.
 
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How often does Odin have to visit the hair salon? Is it like going to the vet or does he not mind the spa treatment?

They install fresh velcro four times a year. That's for when he gets back from his spa day and velcos himself tome for a week.
 
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