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Getting Online Hearing Aids

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Fitness, Reviews
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...s in the ear is a one-size-fits-all plug as opposed to the custom earmolds used by HearX. This cuts down on costs and means that you don’t have to go in for a fitting. I haven’t noticed any significant difference in terms of audio quality or comfort between my Audicus hearing aids and my HearX hearing aid. I’ve been using my Audicus hearing aids for two years with no problems. I have a few important tips if you’re considering a hearing aid: When I...

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Natural Cooling: The Fresh Air Bed

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Appropriate Technology, Design, Water and Power
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...and in many homebrew kitty window solutions. But enough about cats, what we really need is to bring back the California Fresh Air Bed Company’s clever indoor/outdoor bed. As many consider downsizing to smaller houses, space and energy saving furniture such as this make more sense than the oversized sofa sectionals that plague our modern mega-houses. Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save...

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The Return of the Portière?

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Design
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...al establishments, but modern designs also exist. Interior noren are often used to separate dining areas from kitchens or other preparation areas, which also prevents smoke or smells from escaping. The August 1903 issue of Gustav Stickley’s The Craftsman has a few pages devoted to portières. At over $200 each in today’s dollars, these were luxury items. [1] The very same portal that allows our UPS driver a full view of our bathroom has the telltal...

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On the Problem of Food Storage and Hoarding

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Domesticus, Tidying up
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...the utility room. Those shelves quickly filled with aspirational but never used ingredients such as tapioca flour as well as mediocre food preservation projects that I just couldn’t admit defeat on. Our kitchen’s ample built-in cabinets. When it came time for our painters to work on the utility room we decided to take down the shelves and try to live with the storage built for the original inhabitants of this house. Now I’ve noticed that when I go...

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Saturday Tweets: A Difficult Week

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Saturday Linkages
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...e of the most twisted graphics I’ve ever seen. Algorithmic ethical decisionmaking with baseline values set by opinion polling data. https://t.co/POkquMHNHZ — Corey Pein 😃🤑😐😩💀 (@coreypein) November 5, 2018 Why you should store your plastic wrap in the freezer https://t.co/topSbAc6sr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2018 An overworked US postal worker shares what life is like delivering Amazon packages https://t.co/w46LGmMAwn — Root Simple (@...

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