Many oils have nearly the same refractive index as the plastic. I've had good luck with all but the worst scratches with Pledge or olive oil. You want a very thin film. Like try to wipe it all off with a soft lint free cloth.
Mr. Lemke, did you do zero research before making this list?
Cocker Spaniels are one of THE most EXPENSIVE breeds to ever own.
Not only do they require grain free, chicken free food/treats (which is costly to get a higher quality food), they have chronic medical issues:
Cataracts (often as early as fourteen months of age) - surgery can be up to $2,800 per eye
Glaucoma (can come on literally overnight, as young as two years of age) - opthalmologist ($185) eye pressure test ($55) anti-glaucoma meds ($100 a month), rececks and monitoring the eye pressure is another $135 and needs to be done every few weeks in the beginning, the gradually down to every few months. Eventually the eye may need to be removed ($1200 for eye enucliation surgery)
Distichia (can be born with this) - opthalmologist, laser surgery (can be $1000 or more)
Cherry Eye (can come up at any time, at any age) - cherry eye tuck surgery can be $500 per eye or more
Ear problems - ear problems can generally be prevented through pro-active care, weekly ear cleanings, and being super diligent about not feeding any grains or chicken (so the expense saved on vet bills is being spent on the higher quality food/treats)
If a pet owner does not stay on top of the ears and keep them clean and avoid the food allergens, a dog as young as five years of age can be looking at ear ablation surgery ($3000 per ear) and this is an incredibly painful surgery and post op (and the dog then loses its hearing)
Cockers are also prone to luxating patella, hip dysplasia and disc disease. The most common age for disc disease is eight to nine years of age, that surgery plus an MRI can easily cost more than $6,000 (a cocker can live up to 16 years, so getting the surgery makes sense for only an eight year old dog)
Cockers are prone to chronic allergies and skin problems - much of it can be prevented through a grain free, chicken free high quality food but pet owners looking for the least expensive breed will not want to spend the money to keep their cockers healthy.
Grooming a cocker spaniel is a lot of work and not many pet owners are up for learning how to do it. Cockers need brushing out on a regular basis and groomed every three to four weeks (and a hair cut every eight to twelve weeks). Cocker grooming can cost up to $85 at some places, so this is one of the most expensive dogs to ever get groomed.
Cockers who get high quality nutrition, good care, plenty of daily exercise, can live to be fourteen to sixteen years of age, however there is a cocker on record that lived to be twenty two years of age (Uno, a cocker spaniel featured on Dogs 101, on the Animal Planet)
Cockers are not for families with small children, in fact, they are the worse breed for a home with toddlers. Even the most friendly of cockers are not durable enough to handle the grabbing at by small children. Cockers are always on every list of the breed most likely to bite a child.
Cockers are not cheap to get from a rescue. Any legitimate ethical rescue organization is spending a LOT of money to rehab cockers rescued from shelters.
On average, our cocker rescue organization is spending $800 per dog we rescue. That means one our of every four dogs we rescue is costing us a lot of medical funds. It is not uncommon for us to spend $10,000 a month just on medical bills. (and some months are double that if we get several cockers with unexpected medical bills)
Please be responsible and update your blog post to reflect that you perhaps did not fully research the cocker spaniel breed and if anything, it should be number one on the list of the MOST expensive breeds to ever own.
It would be unfortunate if a bunch of future dog owners were to read your blog post, and go and get a cocker spaniel thinking it is an appropriate dog for someone on a budget.
Cathy Stanley
Camp Cocker Rescue, founder
CampCocker.com
The other Craigslist tip is, never act excited! I found a perfect smooth-top kitchen stove for $150 on Craigslist, and when I saw it, it looked brand new and I could hardly contain myself. But I maintained the poker face and hemmed and hawed around with no buying signals whatsoever, until the guy said, "If you want it for $75, take it." Practice as you drive to see the item, or you'll slip up and say "Oh, wow!", and those two words will cost you dearly!
These articles worry me, I don't usually leave comments but the definitive vocabulary they use coupled with no qualifications is disturbing. Don't advise people in handling rejection especially when the first point sounds a lot like advising about depression. You can do more harm than good by simply being ignorant of more serious illnesses.
Jack, I agree with you in that the point of using proper grammar is not to impress others. The point of using proper grammar is to make sure that others can understand us.
I love everything about autumn. It's the beginning of the holiday season, plus I love the change in the weather, the fuzzy clothes, the hot chocolate, warm soups and stews - it's all wonderful.
The whole point of language is to make you, and your thoughts, understood by others. Not to impress others. If you misspell a word, or use the wrong grammar, but you are understood, so what. If you need to impress people, then you have a problem.
I have a lot of trouble with impulse spending, especially when I feel out of control in other areas of my life, like my career. It can be really hard to try to find the root of the emotional problems that prompt impulse spending. For instance, if I feel awful about how things are going at work, I won't necessarily IMMEDIATELY connect that to my desire to buy a $400 leather jacket.
What I try to do is look at whatever bauble it is that I want, and to ask "How will this positively change the parts of your life that most need changing?" If I can't find anything (other than my style) that will be positively impacted, I don't buy.
Agreed! Good article. We have found that accounting for as many items as possible in our budget is extremely helpful. A few more sneaky ones we have encountered-- cost of annual tax preparation (unless you do it yourself), meals or extra groceries associated with birthdays/holidays, postage for shipping gifts, money for Halloween costumes, school supplies… those are a few that come to mind
I like watching fall sports - football, the world series, and the beginning of hockey season. I also enjoy the food and drinks associated with fall such as apple cider, pumpkin pie, spiced beers.
It is a good thing to keep your computer clean at all times. Running the necessary security software as well as a good registry cleaner is essential to keeping your computer running at max. performance. This was a worthy post and I picked up on some extra things to do to keep the computer clean. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Commonly referred to as Credit Card churning. Sign up for large initial bonus awards on new cards. i.e. 30,000 when you charge $3000 in the first 3 months. Use the card as suggested in this column and move on to a new card when you have reached the requirement for the initial bonus.
Don't pursue this method unless you know you can reach the required spend in the timeline for the bonus.
Valid concerns, but those concerns of risk are a result of a missing budget and emergency funds. A simple resolution is to follow the YNAB 'You need a budget' rules and learn to live today on last months income. The rules will get you there, you can choose to use their software or not.
Even though the idea of Fiverr is quite simple, many individuals who attempt to generate from this website end up making nothing basically because they do not know how the website works. There are individuals making some awesome additional money using nothing but this website. So the question is how come some individuals are making money on http://gigmom.com/ and some individuals are making zero.
Try cleaning it first with dish soap & water.
Many oils have nearly the same refractive index as the plastic. I've had good luck with all but the worst scratches with Pledge or olive oil. You want a very thin film. Like try to wipe it all off with a soft lint free cloth.
Mr. Lemke, did you do zero research before making this list?
Cocker Spaniels are one of THE most EXPENSIVE breeds to ever own.
Not only do they require grain free, chicken free food/treats (which is costly to get a higher quality food), they have chronic medical issues:
Cataracts (often as early as fourteen months of age) - surgery can be up to $2,800 per eye
Glaucoma (can come on literally overnight, as young as two years of age) - opthalmologist ($185) eye pressure test ($55) anti-glaucoma meds ($100 a month), rececks and monitoring the eye pressure is another $135 and needs to be done every few weeks in the beginning, the gradually down to every few months. Eventually the eye may need to be removed ($1200 for eye enucliation surgery)
Distichia (can be born with this) - opthalmologist, laser surgery (can be $1000 or more)
Cherry Eye (can come up at any time, at any age) - cherry eye tuck surgery can be $500 per eye or more
Ear problems - ear problems can generally be prevented through pro-active care, weekly ear cleanings, and being super diligent about not feeding any grains or chicken (so the expense saved on vet bills is being spent on the higher quality food/treats)
If a pet owner does not stay on top of the ears and keep them clean and avoid the food allergens, a dog as young as five years of age can be looking at ear ablation surgery ($3000 per ear) and this is an incredibly painful surgery and post op (and the dog then loses its hearing)
Cockers are also prone to luxating patella, hip dysplasia and disc disease. The most common age for disc disease is eight to nine years of age, that surgery plus an MRI can easily cost more than $6,000 (a cocker can live up to 16 years, so getting the surgery makes sense for only an eight year old dog)
Cockers are prone to chronic allergies and skin problems - much of it can be prevented through a grain free, chicken free high quality food but pet owners looking for the least expensive breed will not want to spend the money to keep their cockers healthy.
Grooming a cocker spaniel is a lot of work and not many pet owners are up for learning how to do it. Cockers need brushing out on a regular basis and groomed every three to four weeks (and a hair cut every eight to twelve weeks). Cocker grooming can cost up to $85 at some places, so this is one of the most expensive dogs to ever get groomed.
Cockers who get high quality nutrition, good care, plenty of daily exercise, can live to be fourteen to sixteen years of age, however there is a cocker on record that lived to be twenty two years of age (Uno, a cocker spaniel featured on Dogs 101, on the Animal Planet)
Cockers are not for families with small children, in fact, they are the worse breed for a home with toddlers. Even the most friendly of cockers are not durable enough to handle the grabbing at by small children. Cockers are always on every list of the breed most likely to bite a child.
Cockers are not cheap to get from a rescue. Any legitimate ethical rescue organization is spending a LOT of money to rehab cockers rescued from shelters.
On average, our cocker rescue organization is spending $800 per dog we rescue. That means one our of every four dogs we rescue is costing us a lot of medical funds. It is not uncommon for us to spend $10,000 a month just on medical bills. (and some months are double that if we get several cockers with unexpected medical bills)
Please be responsible and update your blog post to reflect that you perhaps did not fully research the cocker spaniel breed and if anything, it should be number one on the list of the MOST expensive breeds to ever own.
It would be unfortunate if a bunch of future dog owners were to read your blog post, and go and get a cocker spaniel thinking it is an appropriate dog for someone on a budget.
Cathy Stanley
Camp Cocker Rescue, founder
CampCocker.com
"The Most Productive Thing You Can Do Is Ignore the Numbers": amen to that-- don't waste your time reading articles with a number in the title.
The other Craigslist tip is, never act excited! I found a perfect smooth-top kitchen stove for $150 on Craigslist, and when I saw it, it looked brand new and I could hardly contain myself. But I maintained the poker face and hemmed and hawed around with no buying signals whatsoever, until the guy said, "If you want it for $75, take it." Practice as you drive to see the item, or you'll slip up and say "Oh, wow!", and those two words will cost you dearly!
These articles worry me, I don't usually leave comments but the definitive vocabulary they use coupled with no qualifications is disturbing. Don't advise people in handling rejection especially when the first point sounds a lot like advising about depression. You can do more harm than good by simply being ignorant of more serious illnesses.
Jack, I agree with you in that the point of using proper grammar is not to impress others. The point of using proper grammar is to make sure that others can understand us.
I love everything about autumn. It's the beginning of the holiday season, plus I love the change in the weather, the fuzzy clothes, the hot chocolate, warm soups and stews - it's all wonderful.
The whole point of language is to make you, and your thoughts, understood by others. Not to impress others. If you misspell a word, or use the wrong grammar, but you are understood, so what. If you need to impress people, then you have a problem.
The best thing about fall is foraging for mushrooms: chanterelles, porcini, matsutake...
I have a lot of trouble with impulse spending, especially when I feel out of control in other areas of my life, like my career. It can be really hard to try to find the root of the emotional problems that prompt impulse spending. For instance, if I feel awful about how things are going at work, I won't necessarily IMMEDIATELY connect that to my desire to buy a $400 leather jacket.
What I try to do is look at whatever bauble it is that I want, and to ask "How will this positively change the parts of your life that most need changing?" If I can't find anything (other than my style) that will be positively impacted, I don't buy.
Agreed! Good article. We have found that accounting for as many items as possible in our budget is extremely helpful. A few more sneaky ones we have encountered-- cost of annual tax preparation (unless you do it yourself), meals or extra groceries associated with birthdays/holidays, postage for shipping gifts, money for Halloween costumes, school supplies… those are a few that come to mind
Mail order? What's that?
Nice article. It expounds a saying I once read: "Frugal" is saving money for a purpose; "cheap" is saving money at someone else's expense.
I love baking with pumpkin or apples.
I like watching fall sports - football, the world series, and the beginning of hockey season. I also enjoy the food and drinks associated with fall such as apple cider, pumpkin pie, spiced beers.
We use bobby pins to secure wax foundations to the honey frames to go in our bee hives.
Where is the recipe for the top photo? Is looks like it has lemons and olives? It looks delicious!
Where is the recipe for the first photo? Lemons and olives are what I can see. It looks delicious!
Every year we take a trip to the mountains with the whole family. We go hiking and fishing. Have fires and eat lots of s'mores
It is a good thing to keep your computer clean at all times. Running the necessary security software as well as a good registry cleaner is essential to keeping your computer running at max. performance. This was a worthy post and I picked up on some extra things to do to keep the computer clean. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Thanks Ashley. I shared a link on my website. These sound delicious! I think I'd like to try a Sweet Potato Burger.
Commonly referred to as Credit Card churning. Sign up for large initial bonus awards on new cards. i.e. 30,000 when you charge $3000 in the first 3 months. Use the card as suggested in this column and move on to a new card when you have reached the requirement for the initial bonus.
Don't pursue this method unless you know you can reach the required spend in the timeline for the bonus.
Valid concerns, but those concerns of risk are a result of a missing budget and emergency funds. A simple resolution is to follow the YNAB 'You need a budget' rules and learn to live today on last months income. The rules will get you there, you can choose to use their software or not.
The cool, crisp morning air when I go out for my walks.
Even though the idea of Fiverr is quite simple, many individuals who attempt to generate from this website end up making nothing basically because they do not know how the website works. There are individuals making some awesome additional money using nothing but this website. So the question is how come some individuals are making money on http://gigmom.com/ and some individuals are making zero.