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I’ve seen stoves with a middle grill portion on FoodTV. The middle portion is just like a gas grill and they cooked meet directly on it.

Do stoves with grills exist for home use? Or does that just exist in FoodTV land since they’re on a set? I’m shopping for a stove/oven and it would rock if I could get one.
My girlfriend in college had one. It was really nice but can’t remember what brand it was. I’ll have to look into it. The owners of the house she rented renovated the house and put it in but I imagine it was somewhat pricey.

Just bought a condo and it needs a good cleaning. Smokers lived there and you can smell the smoke as soon as you walk in.

Should I rent a good machine and do it myself OR pay Stanley Steemer and have them do it? I priced Stanley Steemer and it’s $251 to clean and deoderize all the carpet in the place. I’ve been trying to price machine rental but I can’t find any prices online.

The place has two floors. I want to do the stairs but I don’t know if rental machines come with attachments to do them.

We live on a hill, and over the years a great portion of dirt has been washed away on the downhill side of our house. We recently had a very large amount of dirt dumped there, and I need to keep it there.

I didn’t plan for this, so I haven’t been saving for this project. I really don’t think I have the money to do something fancy right now, but I figured if I could find something cheap (railroad logs?), I could always add fancy bricks in front of it later.

Any suggestions or tips are welcomed!

Hello. I just wanted to share a little story about my experience with my cat and different wet food choices (cliffs at the end).

I have a farm cat named Toto that my boyfriend has had since she was born. This cat’s mother was huge and in turn, Toto is also huge. Toto is an indoor cat, so she doesn’t have much activity. Two years ago, my boyfriend and I moved in and now Toto lives in our new house.

For Toto’s whole life, she was fed Friskie’s wet food. She would not eat dry food, according to my boyfriend. For the first year, we were feeding her Friskies, but we noticed that she was just getting too fat and we were worried for her health. So we started to buy different diet foods and giving them a try for a few weeks at a time. Toto seemed very receptive to all forms of wet and dry food. At one point, we bought some holistic food that had carrots and potatoes. Toto would stare at us for a few minutes before eating that stuff, as if to say "seriously, wtf". Regardless of what we tried or how much we played with her, she was lazy, fatigued, and getting fatter and fatter.

Does anyone know approximately how much it might cost to redo the firebox inside a fireplace? I’m buying a house in northern NJ and the brick inside the fireplace has a lot of cracks in it. Someone pointed out that replacing the cracked bricks will loosen the rest of them, so I’m wondering how much I’m in for to get the whole thing redone.

I’m just talking about inside the firebox itself up to the damper leading to the flue, not the chimney or the outside of the fireplace.
There has to be a way to replace single bricks… Can’t just replace an entire brick fireplace if one gets cracked in an accident or something.

I’ve been using a Chase with an 8.99 fixed…which just jumped to 11.99%. I’ve never missed any payments and I have an approximate score of 725. I’m looking for a card with a low, fixed APR. What cards are you guys using?
lol yeah dude don’t complain

I have one at 24.99% that I’m trying to pay off. Never was late or missed. Long story why it’s that high but it won’t be an issue for much longer.

Other than that 15% is a good number to aim for in GENERAL. Obviously you can get 0% transfer or 0% introductory for a year or 20% with tons of "perks/benefits".

Ive been looking online for a couch, I want something big and comfortable where I can fall asleep watching tv. All the ones I have seen that I like arent all that comfortable.
I’ll see if I can find mine online (I’ll look at the brand next time I’m home), it’s ridiculously comfortable. I have friends that complain that it’s too easy to fall asleep on, and they eventually opt for a folding chair or something (not an exaggeration). The back is tall, and the arms are as tall as the back, so it’s like you’re sitting *in* the couch more than other couches (which at 6’5", I like).

I absolutely love the Sweet Onion Sauce that comes from Subway. So much so that I’m trying to make it myself. I’m far from a culinary god, so I was wondering if anyone who had tried the actual sauce and knew about cooking it thought this recipe sounded about right:

I’m a bit lost as to what the Bisquick is for.
do the search on google for the recipe, ive seen one that looks completely legitamate, im at work, or id post if for ya, gotta go!

Post it up later if you get the chance, please. I’m feinding for this sauce.

2 year old thread:

I’m not huge into cooking, but I’m doing enough now that I need a quality knife. I’m not an "artist?" when it comes to cooking. My old, worn out (shitty to begin with) Faberware knives are infuriating. I primarily just need a good chef’s knife, but will take set recommendations.
I personally like my Wustof, but there’s certainly room for improvement, especially if you don’t want to stay on top of keeping it sharp. My best advice is to go to a knife shop and see what feels good in your hand, and don’t buy stamped blades, common among the lower end lines with german makers like henkels and wustof. The bigger the better IMO for a chef’s knife, get the 9 or 10" over the 8", there are some things that you’ll want the extra length for. Do a search, there was a recent thread about this and I don’t feel like typing the same shit again.

I’m moving into a condo soon and making music is a hobby of mine. I will be setting up my studio in my bedroom upstairs because I don’t have anywhere else to put it. I will finish the basement eventually but that won’t be for a while.

How thick are walls between condos?

Any ideas on how to soundproof it the cleanest possible way?
Wall thickness depends on when and where it was constructed. Your best bet for soundproofing is going to be some acoustic tiles that you put over the existing wall and ceiling.