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    Laundry sheets (not dryer sheets)

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    We used Earth Breeze sheets for about a month and they seemed to do fine for cleaning. They were bought for a short-term purpose though. We were traveling and I didn't want to lug heavy laundry soap. I used them for 2 weeks before the trip to make sure I liked them and then for the trip. Then I went back to my regular laundry soap and I'm keeping the remaining sheets for future trips.

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    Oven not working properly

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    Thank y'all. Repair Clinic has been my go-to and where we got the replacement igniter and temperature sensor. I hadn't thought of the electronic control board since it appears fine when I look at it. But that could definitely be it. Thank you!!!!!!!!

    In the meantime, I scoured the Best Buy, Home Depot and Lowe's websites and found 1 Frigidaire model that would be fine. I like the 5 burners but no griddle stove top configuration and in white. So worst case scenario.......

    I'm just ready to bake again!

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    Oven not working properly

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    Ladies - I need help diagnosing my oven problems. It hasn't been baking properly since December and my beloved DH wants to fix it himself and not call a repair person. It is an 18-year old Kenmore gas oven. Google is not helping me at this point. I'd rather repair than buy a new one because my current stovetop configuration that I love is not available with any brand.

    Temperatures were wild up and down so we have changed the igniter and the temperature probe. I've purchased 2 oven thermometers to make sure we are reading correctly. The temperatures are still off and what's weird is how off they are depends on the temperature I set it to. 400 is on the dot. 325 is 375. 350 swings around. And even when I can make it be 350 for Nestle slice and bake cookies and stand there and watch that oven thermometer to make sure it's correct - the cookies are done on the bottom and dough on the top even if I bake 2-6 minutes longer than the max time.

    I need help figuring this out. Has anyone had this problem with a gas oven? My bacon yesterday was the same way - some pieces burned, some floppy and undercooked. It's the weirdest thing I ever saw.

    Derek Owens Pre-Algebra Poll-like Experience Question

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    1 hour ago, Ting Tang said:

    Thanks very much! I am wondering if we could go from CLE 500 to Pre-A, perhaps since he used the other grade 6 math.  Do you think there is a big jump from CLE 500 to 600, or do they just gently build on concepts already taught?

     

    I'm sorry - I don't quite remember how much of a jump there was from CLE 5th to 6th although I know my DD considered 6th easier than 5th. It definitely continued gentle building though.

    Edited to add: I think my DD would have been fine going from CLE 6th to DO P-A. If y'all went from CLE 5th to another math for 6th, I think it would be fine to go into DO P-A. 

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    Derek Owens Pre-Algebra Poll-like Experience Question

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    My DD is using DO PA this year too. She used CLE 1 through 1/2 of CLE 7 and has had no trouble. The only reason she did the first half of CLE 7 was she was originally on a Jan-Dec math schedule and I didn't want her starting DO PA in January. (In case you are wondering, she was on a Jan-Dec math schedule because we tried 4 math curriculums from Aug-Dec at the beginning before settling into to CLE in January.)

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    Amazon complaint

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    Yikes - that is awful!!!!! I haven't had any weird problems with Amazon but I did learn from a Zappos order/re-order with missing packages that it is better to let them process a refund on the original "missing" order and start a new order to purchase the replacement. That way if the 2nd purchase doesn't arrive either, you can get a refund for it. Otherwise it's a mess trying to explain to CS what happened and you really are due a refund because neither package arrived.

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