How many face towels do you have?

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Preparations for the move continue. One of our tasks is to inventory our goods - it's all got to go into either a) storage or b) a big crate which will be shipped to the UK. So it has to be insured. Which means we have to write down what it is, how many there are, and what it's worth. When was the last time you inventoried EVERYTHING YOU OWN?? Here's a snippet of how the conversation goes... The Bride: Forks? Me: 11. B: 11. Ok. Spoons? M: 5. B: 5? Did you check the dishwasher? M: Yep. 5. B: How can we have 11 forks and 5 spoons? What the heck have you been doing with our spoons? M: I eat with them. I put them in the dishwasher. B: Then where the heck have they been disappearing to? M: I dunno... spoon gnomes? B: Whatever... knives? M: Um... 12. B: ...sigh...
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As seen on TV

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I admit it - I love the gadgets. I own a dehydrator so I can make my very own beef jerky (which I've done twice in the 7 years I've owned it.) I tried to talk my bride into buying our very own rotisserie so that we could bake, roast, broil, grill, griddle, toast, rotisserie and bun warm our way to happier, healthier cooking. Cooking with things you plug in just makes me happy. But tonight I saw an electric vegetable peeler advertised on TV. Who, I wonder, sat peeling a potato thinking, "If only this peeler was battery operated..." If your life is so hectic that you need to save that extra few seconds it takes to peel a cucumber, do yourself a favor - lay off the latte. The Gradys will be sending you each one for Christmas.
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