u/Rob_wood

My house predates central heating and air, so while I have the only window in the room as open as I can (the blinds' bottom lines up with the window's), the humidity still builds up. There are also no outlets, so running a fan is out of the question. I don't want to use a battery-operated fan unless I must. Any ideas?

I just moved into a new rental house. The previous tenants lived here for 10 years and I don't think that they cared for the basement at all.

Picture 1 is how the floor looks after I've swept it with a straw broom four times. Picture 2 shows you the level of dirt that I'm dealing with in an untouched area. Picture 3 shows you the entrance to the basement.

I only have a straw broom to sweep with. I've never heard of mopping a concrete floor, but I'd be willing to give it a go if recommended. As you can see from Picture 3, I can't place a rug at the entrance--the bottom of the door is too close to the hardwood.

I already have a firm grasp on how porous concrete is and that I'll never be able to remove all of the dirt--that's not my goal. I just want to get it to a state where I don't need to break out the broom every time I come up for air.

One more item of note is that the basement is unfinished. One wall goes up to about waist high and is topped by a crawl space with plenty of dirt in it. Near as I know, this space doesn't lead to the outside.

Previous post.

After three rounds of blue cap Easy Off, here's where it stands. There's still some carbonization left that, apparently, the cleaner can't handle, as well as some surface coating stripping that can't be cured, so this is as good as I can be bothered to get it. Thanks to all tips provided.

I forgot to mention the history of this pan: 10+ years ago, my sister got it for free as a church handout and this is how it was given to her. She'd just put tin foil over it when using it, but I decided to try my hand at improving its condition. Here's where it stands now!

I'm working on getting the baking sheet up to a respectable standard, but Dawn and steel wool have only gotten me so far. I've been able to handle the sides just fine, but it's the middle that I'm, naturally, having the greatest difficulty with.

The sink is too small to submerge the sheet in and instinct tells me not to use a bathtub unless necessary. Any ideas?

It started out in the early 1900s and was a staple of American households up until about the 1970s. Manufacturing ceased because the soap contained phosphate and is no longer produced. The label reads like the typical marketing yarn spinning, but it's all true, hence why the bars were 7 oz.

https://elizabethprata.blogspot.com/2012/01/thrill-of-finding-octagon-soap.html?m=1

I'm doing my research on getting away from the multi-blade nonsense and think that I have made all of the important decisions I need to, so that's not what this post is about. Rather, the items pictured belonged to my great grandfather and I want to know what the middle item is called and how it's used.

I get the general idea: the cake sits at the bottom of the mortar and the brush is used to gather lather for facial placement, but I don't know the finer details. What is that thing called? What gets wet in order for the lather to be made? Is the cake thing still sold anywhere? Is it high in fat? Insert question here that my ignorance can't ask.

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THE HISTORY

As I said before, this used to be owned by my great grandfather. He and his wife had girls, one of which was my grandmother. She had girls, too, one of which was my mom, and she somehow managed to have a son, so after forty years and two generations of girls, there's finally a boy to bestow these items upon and I intend to put them to good use.

My research has only turned up using shaving cream, so I have no idea what that middle item is. Bonus points if anyone can tell me what hair the brush has (I'm not holding my breath).

To be clear: I'm not asking for help on getting this comment to 1,000 upvotes, as that's a rule violation. I just have my fingers crossed on this.

1. The entirety of the collection.
2. Blind boxes of enamel pins. There are 10 in total, but I only have 9; I'm missing the spiderbot. I got the display case when there were only four left and bought them all. Had I been smart, then I would have shown the foot of the box, as it shows the pins.
3. Another enamel pin that has nothing to do with the blind boxes. Apparently there were only 1,000 made. Strange that it didn't come with a certificate of authenticity.
4. You know what this bad boy is: the release day necklace! Obtained by pre-release ordering from Game Stop. The statue figure of Vincent being flung from the motorcycle while shooting guns had already sold out despite my getting to Game Stop about an hour after they opened on release day. I don't recall there being a midnight release, but it wouldn't have mattered, as I never go to them; I'm not a night owl.
5. The Samurai seal: unbroken! Not that it matters; the lid can still be opened and the necklace extracted at any time. I've looked at it, but have never taken it out of the can. A good job, too, given the chain isn't of the same high quality as the pendant--as rumor has it, the chain is prone to breaking.
6. I have no memory of what these are, how many boxes there are, or where I got them from...but I have them!

If pictures can be added to comments, then check to see if I've posted the pictures of the 10 pins. Sorry about that!

Since everyone's exchanged the unlimited boundaries of the imagination for "Mah reelisum!" then let's get serious.

Bruce witnesses his parents' murders; gets the psychiatric help that he needs to accept them and move on; and still seeks out the dirty side of life in order to understand it and effect real change. Because he's not insane/insert-your-word-here, Bruce decides that the best way for him to positively contribute to society is to become a politician. Maybe he works as a cop for a few years to see just how bad off the police really are, but after that he becomes a politician.

Just how high up would he need to climb in order to make Gotham a better place to live? And fucking realism up its ass, he remains true to his cause, relatively untainted, and eventually succeeds. How corrupt is Gotham, how high does Bruce need to climb, what changes would he make, and how long would he need to work?

It's Roth, of course.

For those interested, this puzzle is from Great Big Crosswords Vol. 76, #391 by Kappa Books.