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1. In a hotel room , clean the bottom of the iron
    2 young ladies Bambi and Thumper ( not their real names )
     showed how to make bacon and eggs in your dorm room
     Place 2 - 3 strips of bacon on foil ( flat ) wrap the foil as if you        were covering a sandwich. Place the foil package on a towel.
Use the high setting on the iron and iron the foil pack for 6 - 10 minutes.
2.  for the eggs , use the coffee maker. Place water in the resevoir           and eggs in the coffee pot. Turn on the coffee maker , let run           for 6 - 7 minutes for soft boiled eggs ,10 minutes for hard boiled       eggs.

Oh yeah ,check the coffee maker in your room for egg shells.
In the movie , ' Bennie and Joon ' , the 2 main characters use the iron to make grilled cheese sandwiches ( use the cotton setting )

This item made ' USA To - day ' , ' Venezuela is Importing Oil '.
Oops , we miscalculated how much oil we'd need said the president of the OPEC country. Maybe , oops doesn't quite cover it.

To - day , we try the new improved gutter cleaning system. Yesterday at the local lawn and garden Stihl dealer , for $ 49 , I bought a gutter clearing tube system. Light weight and designed to fit a Stihl leaf blower.
Results : fair to good. The tubing is easy to assemble and comes w/ clamps. I used duct tape in case the whole shebang didn't work.
The system did well on the first story and way better on the front.
The sides and back gutters aren't as  accessible w/out adjusting the length ( much closer to the ground and the tubing was set for reaching high ).
The tubing is blown or lifted off the gutter by the force of the blowing air. And holding up a leaf blower plus tubing at chest height is heavy and awkward.
To - day , I will use a vacuum hose to connect between the tubing and the leaf blower. This change now requires 2 people to hold the equipment - one on the leaf blower and one holding and directing the tubing. As well, since the tubing is light , I will attach an aluminum reach pole to support the tubing.

Rube Goldberg guard your cannoli , I'm coming for you

Weather : Rain is coming BUT the backyard is golden in the sunlight w/ 46 F on the back deck. No wind that I can see.

Enjoy the day , y'all

Addendum : after the blow

Success : truthfully , yesterday despite all the glitches appears to have been at least 85 % successful

to- day : Dynomite
A few growing pains as in , the blower tubes came apart twice ( forgot to tape them to - gether.
Control excellent , cleaning terrific
Chance of falling from the ladder or roof  Zilch !

The good feelings rolled and so did the red wine
Happy    Happy   Happy

Drawbacks : 20 ft of taped to - gether tubing
Taken apart , there are 2 ten foot sections : 1 rigid and 1 bendable