Jazmee27 
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Happy for you, Gary
Reply #3901. Oct 16 11, 8:41 AM
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| lesley153
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Thank you, it's been good. Nice surprise I forgot to mention - on the way to the concert, he said "My treat." Yay!
We were out terrifyingly early this morning - OK, 9.30 - for a couple of hours, and then I fed him lunch and took him to the station for a train at half past two. When he's here, I tend to be on the go the whole time, which is a good thing.
He's taken a few things back with him, including a pizza tray I bought him two or three years ago, hung up in the coat cupboard and had all but forgotten about, and a saucepan I bought him five years ago, when he first went into halls, and have been tripping over for five years.
He first declined the pan, which is heavy, gleaming stainless steel with a copper bottom, on the grounds that it was too good for him, and later because he didn't have room for it. Today, in a last effort to get rid of it, I asked him to road-test it for me, and he's taken it. At last! (I shall have to find something else to trip over now.)
I got a new fridge a few weeks ago, and nothing has crawled in and died yet, but I'm sure it's only a question of time, so thank you Bev and Flopsy for reminding me!
Gary, what sort of device is it? I've usually stuck the bicarb in a small bowl or ramekin. Perhaps the advantage of A Device is that it stops it spilling everywhere? |
Reply #3902. Oct 16 11, 8:51 AM
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Professer
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Is a fridge deoderiser i belive it has bicarb in it, got a pack of 2 for £1 i had one my mum the other
Reply #3903. Oct 16 11, 9:16 AM
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Jakeroo
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Just putting in my 4 cents worth on the baking soda. Don't put a whole lot in the fridge at once, it's a waste unless you stir it up occasionally. After it comes in contact with water vapour (of which there is plenty in a fridge) it crusts over (with the odours "trapped" in crystalline salts), which pretty much negates its (further) absorbent abilities. If you've ever seen an "Arm and Hammer" commercial, they show people putting a whole box in and leaving it there for months (maybe years if it gets pushed to the back of the fridge lol). That's probably just a way to get people to buy more of it ~
There have been no "definitive" studies on "why" bicarb works but chemically-wise, it would hypothetically react with both strong acids (like lactic acids) and strong bases (like spoiled meat). Yes, it works ... to a degree.
If you have really strong odours, you need to take everything out of the fridge and wash all the shelves and walls thoroughly with a weak bleach solution. Throw out anything that looks remotely like a science project lol. And then try activated carbon (it may be called activated charcoal where you are). It's used in all modern water filters, airmasks, aquariums, cat litter etc. If you buy "aquarium-grade" vs "pharmaceutical-grade", it's not that expensive. Again, "more" is not better - change it out on a regular basis. I'm guessing Professor's "device" may include some sort of carbon filter?
Reply #3904. Oct 16 11, 9:38 AM
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Jakeroo
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Ah, okay, not a "device" then lol.
Reply #3905. Oct 16 11, 9:39 AM
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honeybee4
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Don't forget to take the crispers completely out. Lots of nasty stuff collects under them.
Reply #3906. Oct 16 11, 9:45 AM
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| veronikkamarrz
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I've changed my "crispers" name to "rotters" because that's usually what happens in there! :)
Reply #3907. Oct 16 11, 10:22 AM
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bloodandsand
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Thanks everyone! I am now the owner of a sparkling fridge, everything removed and washed, including the hard to get out glass shelf. Tub of bicarb has been stirred and the smell has diminished, not completely gone but I don't have to hold my nose when I open the fridge door!
Reply #3908. Oct 16 11, 10:24 AM
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| lesley153
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Lots of nasty stuff indeed. When I emptied the old fridge, I couldn't believe the nastiness of the gloop that had collected under the salad box. *ugh* *hangs head in shame*
I'm delighted that Bev's fridge is lovely again. Isn't it wonderful? - this must be the most useful page in this whole thread! |
Reply #3909. Oct 16 11, 12:10 PM
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bloodandsand
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It's a pity it's Sunday and work tomorrow, otherwise I'd have toasted you all with several glasses of red!
Reply #3910. Oct 16 11, 12:31 PM
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| lesley153
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| I think we'd have enjoyed that. Could you manage one glass? |
Reply #3911. Oct 16 11, 1:31 PM
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bionic4ever
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I have found things that had fallen behind my crisper drawer that would terrify small children! *Also hangs head in shame*
Reply #3912. Oct 16 11, 1:47 PM
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| lesley153
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| I found something in a cupboard that reduced a large child to helpless laughter - potatoes and onions I'd stowed away and forgotten about, and they had shoots a yard long. |
Reply #3913. Oct 16 11, 2:47 PM
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Jakeroo
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I've always found that small children are seldom "terrified" by alien-looking objects (unless they pick up on body or vocal language of the adults lol).
Lesley, you're actually lucky yours sprouted rather than rotted. There's nothing quite like the smell in the latter case!
Reply #3914. Oct 16 11, 3:50 PM
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| lesley153
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You're right! I don't think we would have been weak with laughter if that had happened.
*shudder* |
Reply #3915. Oct 16 11, 4:24 PM
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MarchHare007
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My fridge has always been a site for useful science experiments and the potatoes and sweet potatowes and onions love the cosiness under the sink.
During summer, I think I could just about grow mushrooms there! *heheh*
I line my vegie drawers with paper towel which apart from the paper occasionally freezing, work well to keep the veies from partying too hard and allow easy cleansing of the offending party-ers.
Have a friend who uses tea towels but that involves washing of what is sometimes just too interesting to contemplate!
Have found either a small container of washing soda crystals or a wash out with a vanilla solution keeps it all friendly.
And then Boy raids it or adds his own concoctions......
Anyone have a cure for fridge maurauding 20-Somethings? :D
Reply #3916. Oct 16 11, 5:29 PM
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Jakeroo
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Yes. Change the locks on your doors.
Reply #3917. Oct 16 11, 5:35 PM
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MarchHare007
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*snorts and splutters*
Thanks Jakeroo. Sometimes I need to read notes before I sit down with coffee..... woops!
Reply #3918. Oct 16 11, 5:45 PM
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| lesley153
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Aversion therapy.
Hide the real fridge, but buy another one and fill it with carrots, lettuce, bean sprouts, wheat grass, tamarinds, fresh mackerel and Limburger cheese. When he's lost the will to look for anything he wants to eat, you can sell it but keep the real one hidden.
Not sure if I've thought this through properly. |
Reply #3919. Oct 16 11, 5:56 PM
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MarchHare007
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Oh yes Lesley - you Have!
Having a good concept chuckle here......
Only obstacle - with Boy being a vegie it probably wouldn't be over scary. :D
Reply #3920. Oct 16 11, 6:06 PM
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