Comments on: Mystery Unsolved http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/ where our wasted time becomes your wasted time Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lloyd http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73097 Lloyd Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:19:28 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73097 It's the part after the video ID. Looks like this: #t=1m17s That means to jump to 1 minute and 17 seconds into the video. It’s the part after the video ID. Looks like this: #t=1m17s That means to jump to 1 minute and 17 seconds into the video.

]]> By: Peggy http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73093 Peggy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:29:34 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73093 Awesome! Ok--so how do you do it? Or do you need to speak advanced computer to accomplish this? Awesome! Ok--so how do you do it? Or do you need to speak advanced computer to accomplish this?

]]> By: Jessica http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73092 Jessica Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:12:48 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73092 Gretchen is absolutely right. Salt, BTW, also does the same thing in a really damp environment, which is why salt clumps in the shaker when it is really humid and why you might find the bottom of the cardboard salt box wet in humid weather. So, it sounds like you have a moisture problem in the closet. You could try to make a GIANT Damp Rid in the closet - get a small plastic tote/box with a lid, put ice melt in the box, punch holes in the lid. That way when the ice melt has reached maximum capacity, it won't drip all over the floor. Replace with new ice melt when old has done its job. (I just made this up - have no idea if it will work, but it is WAY cheaper than buying little jars of damp rid. I think I will try this in my basement!) Gretchen is absolutely right. Salt, BTW, also does the same thing in a really damp environment, which is why salt clumps in the shaker when it is really humid and why you might find the bottom of the cardboard salt box wet in humid weather. So, it sounds like you have a moisture problem in the closet.

You could try to make a GIANT Damp Rid in the closet -- get a small plastic tote/box with a lid, put ice melt in the box, punch holes in the lid. That way when the ice melt has reached maximum capacity, it won’t drip all over the floor. Replace with new ice melt when old has done its job. (I just made this up -- have no idea if it will work, but it is WAY cheaper than buying little jars of damp rid. I think I will try this in my basement!)

]]> By: Lauren http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73089 Lauren Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:50:05 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73089 THAT is the kind of comment that makes this all worthwhile. Thank you, Gretchen! THAT is the kind of comment that makes this all worthwhile. Thank you, Gretchen!

]]> By: Lauren http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73088 Lauren Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:49:20 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73088 Ha! The closet is rain-free.... mostly. Rain-X is a magic liquid you put on your windshield and rain sheets off of it - you don't have to use your windshield wipers! Magic stuff, I say. Ha! The closet is rain-free…. mostly.

Rain-X is a magic liquid you put on your windshield and rain sheets off of it -- you don’t have to use your windshield wipers! Magic stuff, I say.

]]> By: Lauren's mom http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73086 Lauren's mom Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:09:34 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73086 What is Rain-X and why do you have it in your closet? Does it rain in there? What is Rain-X and why do you have it in your closet? Does it rain in there?

]]> By: Lloyd http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73085 Lloyd Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:43:27 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73085 I recently found out that you can link to specific time codes in a youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypWJs_lb_Nw#t=1m17s I recently found out that you can link to specific time codes in a youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypWJs_lb_Nw#t=1m17s

]]> By: Peggy http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73084 Peggy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:40:40 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73084 BRAD, DON'T THROW YOUR CUP OUT!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypWJs_lb_Nw&feature=related 1:17 minutes in BRAD, DON’T THROW YOUR CUP OUT!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypWJs_lb_Nw&feature=related

1:17 minutes in

]]> By: Curt http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73083 Curt Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:10:39 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73083 As for your stoop. Here is your solution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuReA-AGa8&feature=related There is an R rated (bad language) spoof of this. It is funny, but I didn't know if I should post it. As for your stoop. Here is your solution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuReA-AGa8&feature=related

There is an R rated (bad language) spoof of this. It is funny, but I didn’t know if I should post it.

]]> By: Peggy http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73082 Peggy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:02:02 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73082 So what you're saying is Lauren had a transubstantiation occur in her closet? I think you can get kicked out of the Lutheran church for such activities. PS-LOVE the picture of Cricket! So what you’re saying is Lauren had a transubstantiation occur in her closet? I think you can get kicked out of the Lutheran church for such activities.

PS-LOVE the picture of Cricket!

]]> By: Deanne http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73081 Deanne Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:36 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73081 I'm truly impressed. I’m truly impressed.

]]> By: Curt http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73080 Curt Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:54:51 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73080 Yes, that was a geeky explaination. Thank you. :) Yes, that was a geeky explaination. Thank you. :)

]]> By: Beth http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73079 Beth Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:32 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73079 So. Calling it Ice <i>Melt</i>, is chemically inaccurate? It should be called Ice <i>Absorb</i>. Which clearly doesn't sound as catchy. So. Calling it Ice Melt, is chemically inaccurate? It should be called Ice Absorb. Which clearly doesn’t sound as catchy.

]]> By: Gretchen http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73078 Gretchen Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:44:38 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73078 Let me take a crack at an explanation...and jump at the chance to use chemical jargon!! (my inner geek is emerging) The ice melt was probably calcium chloride. (this is the same thing Brad was referencing, marketed as a product called Damp Rid.) It is hygroscopic, meaning that it absorbs water. When it absorbs a lot of water than it basically dissolves and becomes a watery mess, which then drips down to the basement and causes great puzzlement. This has been your chemical education tip of the day. Let me take a crack at an explanation…and jump at the chance to use chemical jargon!! (my inner geek is emerging)

The ice melt was probably calcium chloride. (this is the same thing Brad was referencing, marketed as a product called Damp Rid.) It is hygroscopic, meaning that it absorbs water. When it absorbs a lot of water than it basically dissolves and becomes a watery mess, which then drips down to the basement and causes great puzzlement.

This has been your chemical education tip of the day.

]]> By: Brad http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73077 Brad Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:36 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73077 They have jars for your closet that are full of crystals of some kind that absorb moisture. Maybe they just use ice melt and charge ten times as much. Hey... this could be another opportunity for selling something on the square on the Fourth. Paint some rustic stars on it and it would sell like crazy! They have jars for your closet that are full of crystals of some kind that absorb moisture. Maybe they just use ice melt and charge ten times as much. Hey… this could be another opportunity for selling something on the square on the Fourth. Paint some rustic stars on it and it would sell like crazy!

]]> By: Lloyd http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73076 Lloyd Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:58 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73076 I believe the word that you're looking for is, "moist". I believe the word that you’re looking for is, “moist”.

]]> By: Beth http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73075 Beth Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:21:47 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73075 That's disturbing. And wet. That’s disturbing. And wet.

]]> By: Lauren http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73074 Lauren Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:59:05 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73074 The ice melt or the cat? :D Speaking of the cat, that's where she sleeps now - at the top of the stairs. That's also where I accidentally kicked the bejeebeez out of her in the dark when I went to bed. She did not love me for it. The ice melt or the cat? :D

Speaking of the cat, that’s where she sleeps now -- at the top of the stairs. That’s also where I accidentally kicked the bejeebeez out of her in the dark when I went to bed. She did not love me for it.

]]> By: Mark http://laurenandlloyd.com/2009/06/25/mystery-unsolved/#comment-73072 Mark Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:32:44 +0000 http://lloydandlauren.com/?p=4475#comment-73072 Now that's weird. Now that’s weird.

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