Joan Carothers

GE GDT580SSF8SS dishwasher; as it goes through the washer/drain cycles, it will sometimes drain completely and fill, then make noise but not drain, fill and flood. I'd think it was the float, but it's trying to drain. Drain hose is clear.  

Can anyone recommend a good 24-28" monitor that rotates (vertical/horizontal) and is DEFINITELY compatible with the iMac Retina 5K Late 2014?  Will be running three screens (two monitors on either side of the iMac).  Plug and play would be nice.

Just ordered this LG monitor for a coworker to replace her second monitor for an iMac.  The cable it came with doesn't fit anything, so we tried a bidirectional Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter...nothing, so then we tried a USB C to Mini Display Port cable.  Still doesn't work.  The monitor does work with a MacBook, though.

The specs on the iMac:

https://support.apple.com/kb/sp707?locale=en_US

The LG 24MD4KL monitor:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMUA2VC/A/lg-ul...

Could it be a port configuration thing?  I am clueless here.

All the allergy eye drops out there are mostly ineffective for severe allergies (at least for me).  Why are there no eye drops incorporating antihistimines like Allegra or Benedryl? I can't find any research or papers proving they're not safe for your eyes in a solution...

Amana Commercial Washer is leaking at the spin cycle.  This machine actually has the guts of a Speed Queen, which is why it's going strong at 25.  If the outer tub is leaking, I'd like to patch it.

I've been trying to fix the draining problem with my dishwasher. When I pull the dishwasher hose off the disposal and run water into the sink, it drains without coming out the dishwasher drain inlet. Could the clog be in there or is that normal? And YES THE PUNCH OUT FOR THE DISHWASHER ON THE DISPOSAL IS LONG GONE. I can't feel any gunk in there either.

It seems like water should come out the disposal if the dishwasher line is disconnected but it doesn't. 

It's a newer 1/2 HP Insinkerator. 

GDT695SGJWW

Two years old 

Leaving 3" in bottom, overflowing/leaking 

Last week I put a pot of boiling water and TSP through it several times, and it worked perfectly again for a few days. Then I resumed using Finish Powerball and it stopped draining again. Nothing but a dribble.

Bad float switch? How would I know? Just a coincidence that it stopped working when I resumed using the Finish soap? Is that damn red powerball jamming something?

What do I look at next?!  This dishwasher has a built-in disposer (Piranha). I didn't think it would have this issue. Is it the soap?! Or just a coincidence?!

Multi-level marketing scheme (almost a Ponzi scheme). They never pick up their phone, either.

Methylmalonic acid: 60 nmol/L (reference 87-318 nmol/L) *LOW*

B12: 486 pg/ml (reference 200-1100 pg/ml) *LOW NORMAL*

Folate: 16.9 ng/ml (reference >5.4 ng/ml) *MAYBE HIGH?*

Anything to be concerned with here?

For more than ten years my calico has been losing around a pound a month. She's 17 now, and down to six pounds. No vet has ever been able to figure out why; I suspect IBS. About ten days ago, her back legs became very weak, and she started dragging them. Her blood work was mostly normal, thyroid high normal. She did have a UTI, which is being treated with Clavimox.

What could be going on? I don't want to drag her in for another ultrasound. If it's lymphoma or IBS, won't it be treated with steroids anyway? I don't know what to do for her.

I was laying on the floor trying to get something out from under the bed and I was really twisted; I was putting pressure on my left underarm/breast area. All of a suudden I felt a pop - not like a joint or anything else I've ever felt. It seriously felt like a small hard balloon popping!

It's been aching in that area for about a week now.

Can't find a thing on the web about this. I'm healthy otherwise nothing swollen or likely to "pop" on its own!?

Is this possible and nothing to worry about or what?

"I wouldn't ask you to do anything you wouldn't want to do, so don't ask me to do things I don't want to do."

Is this person spoiled, stubborn, an *** or just has no empathy? Is he hopelessly selfish?

My EBay mastercard statement says my minimum payment due is $45, due 3/17, and my balance is $44.90. I bet if I only paid the $44.90 balance now (before the due date), I'd get a $35 late fee for the 10 cents after the due date. How does this figure out? How can your minimum payment be MORE than your actual balance on a credit card? They can not by law round out any of your balances.

Out of all the credit card companies, GE credit is the sneakiest and was the very last to comply with the consumer laws. They also do not have automatic payment options, so if you forget...fees fees fees.

Here's the facts:

290K on a 1999 Corolla...

Good compression, zippy

Always used Mobil 1

Was told 200K ago might need valve stem seals. Whatever. Evidently this model was a bit of an oil burner, but a good engine. 290K is pretty good for very little service.

Went over a pothole a few weeks ago, and the check engine light went on. Cat converter, then Oxegen sensor codes. Then it blew black smoke out the tail pipe for a few days. The bumper was coated. Around and around with mechanics, then it started misfiring. Had it towed, the mechanic changed the plugs and wires, and it ran great. No black smoke. Except now I am blowing through 3 quarts of oil every tank of gas! The check engine light has stayed out except briefly going on, then out before an oil change. That mechanic put in regular (not synthetic) oil and Lucas Oil Treatment. That held the oil in for a little more, but still down a quart in 400 miles.

Evidently NOT a head gasket...no coolant in the oil, etc.

What was up with the black smoke, then the fouled plugs?

Why can't anyone for sure say it's NOT this or that?

Good compression = good piston rings?

Oil consumption maybe stuck oil ring?

It's running like a two-stroke engine, equal parts oil and gas!

WFT.

The Lucas oil just filled up whatever gap there is...maybe then not oil rings? Maybe stem seals?

The bumper is clean again, no black smoke. Pretty much all this started after the pot hole, but there is no visible leak, NO CRACKS IN THE PAN.

Yes, 290K is elderly. But if it still has life in it, I want to keep driving the car. The only other thing wrong is a sticky radio set button...

So, to recap:

Check engine light came on after bump, brief black smoke episode

Fouled plugs, misfiring

New plugs, good compression and idle

Still burning GREAT QUANTITIES of oil, no leak, coolant clean

No check engine light now

Switched from Mobil1 to regular oil against my better judgement. Oh well.

Oil consumption slowed with Lucas Oil

I'm thinking the fouled plugs were a symptom of something else, not the actual problem. Although they led to a nasty episode of misfiring.

Should I change the oil and run AutoRx through it and see what happens? How can you tell for sure it's stem seals, or oil rings, or whatever?

When is it time to say goodbye? Is 290K too young?

For some reason I thought it was Catcher in the Rye. It's something in that generation/genre, maybe by Fitzgerald or Hemingway or? I remember reading the book in high school. The character was kind of a hood, but that's all I can remember.