All you Gators can stash your trash in a can with the University of Florida logo. The 32-gallon can from Rubbermaid is $12.99 at Wal-Mart, with a choice of 10 college logos. This could also hold a lot of laundry, or ice and beer, but we'll leave that up to you.
Thanksgiving cleanup
While you're stocking up this weekend at the supermarket on cranberry sauce, pumpkin and all the trimmings for the Thanksgiving feast, remember that some of that feast is going to end up on tablecloths, napkins and shirt fronts. Our friends at Whirlpool offer stain-removal advice. For gravy, butter and salad dressing, scrape off the excess with a dull knife, apply liquid dish detergent, then wash in the hottest water the label allows. If the stain persists, rewash before drying (dryer heat can set the stain). For sweet stains like cranberry sauce, red wine and pumpkin pie, rinse the spot with cold water, then apply dish detergent and wash in hottest water recommended. Add liquid chlorine bleach or color-safe bleach during the rinse cycle.
Fridge refresher
As Frigidaire observes the 85th anniversary of its electric refrigerator, the appliance company offers these lists of the contents of the fridge, then and now. In 1918: bottle of fresh milk, eggs, lard, cream, churned butter, homemade lemonade, homemade cottage cheese, apple butter, homemade jelly, fresh meat. Today: gallon of homogenized milk, eggs, fat-free margarine, flavored nondairy creamer, sports drinks, squeezable yogurt, colored ketchup, bagged salad, ice cream, frozen dinners.
Correction
Floor joists in a manufactured home should be 2 by 8 inches on 16-inch centers. Outside wall studs should be 2 by 6 inches on 16-inch centers, and interior wall studs 2 by 4 inches on 16-inch centers. Doors and windows should have double or triple headers, 2 by 6 inches. A column Nov. 1 on manufactured homes gave incorrect measurements.
