Nicole Alderman

I'm pretty sure this question has been answered in the past, but Paul has it all set up to keep permies safe after he one day passes (sure would be great if he ended up being immortal, but I don't think even he has figured out how to add immortality to his plans for world domination).

I'll see if I can find the other thread on this.

I'm pretty sure I found the ads and took them down. If you spot any other out-of-date tiny ads (or banners), please report them and I'll see if I can make them *poof* disappear!

Thank you for spotting and reporting that. I'll see what I can do!

The learning curve on being a V.A. is huge. I had a "leg up" from being a moderator for years before being a V.A., and there was still a ton to learn.

The permies forums are complicated, and take a while to learn the behind-the-scenes stuff. And, understanding permies is only a small portion. Learning how to manage rentals, Bootcamp, kickstarters, weird emails, etc takes a ton of time. So does making/fixing graphics and websites and permies threads. And, then there's being creative enough to find new ways to promote stuff and bring in income. It's hard.

You need marketing, graphic design, web design, SEO, forum management, basic BB coding, email writing skills, and more. If you don't already have those (and most people don't), it takes a long time to learn. I can see why Paul has kind of given up on trying to hire people for this.

You can also use the stems to make a coil basket. It takes a while to make, but it is a cute, nice-smelling way to use up the stems!



For the buds, you could dry it and use it to make lavender-scented pillows or sachets.

You could also make little eye-pillows/heat packs. Fill a sock/bag/pillow/etc with lavender and lentils/buckwheat/dried peas. You could make them of different dimensions for a keyboard or mouse wrist support, or a larger or smaller heat pack, or an eye pillow. I did this craft with my kids--it's pretty simple. We used old sheet fabric that we cut into two rectangles and sewed them together, turned it inside out, and then filled with lavender and dried lentils. (Lentils were cheaper and easier to find compared to buckwheat).

Do rats even have bones in their ears? I'm pretty sure most animals just have cartilage for their ear supports.

That's probably why the rat ear bones look funky. They're not supposed to be there.

It kind of reminds me of these "spider skeletons" I saw in the store last fall:

Spiders don't have skeletons. They have exoskeletons...

From what I'm seeing, hypocausts were usually in the homes of wealthy, or in public bathhouses.

From History Extra:

The hypocaust began as a public luxury, eventually exported to private homes. The earliest examples appeared in the great bath complexes (thermae) of the late republic and early empire. Roman baths were vast public leisure centres and required consistent, large-scale heating.

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“To have a hypocaust system in one’s house was a big sign of wealth. It would generally only have been present in examples of really opulent and wealthy dwellings: dwellings that, for example, might have their own private bathhouses.[/url]

No, it wasn't efficient and did take a lot of resources. There were a lot of ways they could have made it more efficient. But, it was also a thing for the wealthy, to show how rich they were.