Your Questions About Green Living

Guys, which would you CHOOSE?

for my sociology class we are trying to define and break down human stereotypes in male attraction towards females. help me by answering a few questions, either by choosing choice one or two are your preference. thanks!

1. girl with dark brown long and wavy almost black hair and bambi blue eyes
-or-
girl with layered blonde medium length hair with deep brown eyes

2. sweet southern girl who works as a fifth grade school teacher
-or-
intelligent city girl who works the ranks of editorial journalism

3. on a fun day with you she wears:
a flowy and short sundress
-or-
tank top and ripped jeans

4. eco–friendly girl working to promote humanitarian causes with children around the world and calls herself a vegetarian
-or-
girl who loves to go clothes shopping every weekend and can sit down and eat a great plate of ribs

5. a girl who would like to have two boys or girls with you
-or-
a girl who would like to have one child of your own and adopt one from around the world with you
6. on a date she gives you tickets to a baseball game and dinner
-or-
tickets to travel and seen a beach getaway and meet and learn about natives people from an island for a day.

i know they are worded a little weird, but i am just getting them from a sheet i have.

thanks again.
thanks everyone for the answers. yea some of them were hard because they both choices were tempting.

and yes. the city girl can be sweet also. and yes the school teacher can be intelligent also.

Will my new yoga mat smell like plastic forever?

I just got a new yoga mat and it has an awful, strong chemical/plastic smell, so bad that I could barely use it during the first class even though I had aired it out for 2 days prior. I washed the mat on the gentle cycle in the washing machine and it has been air drying on the clothes line outside since but the smell is still very strong! Will the smell weaken/disappear or am I doomed with this mat? Anyone had a similar experience? Next time I will definitely buy an eco–friendly mat as I hear they don’t have this smell, but for now I’d like to make the most of what I have, so any suggestions will be very appreciated! Thank you!

Is the start of my book good? I’m 13?

In the planet Starling, everything remained silent. Time stood stock-still after the devastation that had previously subjugated its lands, seas and mountains. It was nothing like Earth; it was a much more beautiful place to be. Waterfalls dominated the rainforests; the sands in the deserts were of the most exquisite golden shade, and everyone lived in harmony, humans and animals alike. Everything seemed perfect, yet a surge of evil was bubbling at the surface, and it was only a matter of time before it forced its way into Starling’s lands, claiming every inhabitant, dead or alive, as its own.
In early November, just before the sun had vanished behind the hills, the community had met up in the village pub to talk about the new arrivals. The pub was at the bottom of the valley, and only members of the village could go there. Not that anyone else ventured so far into the wilderness – no one but the Brown family. They were new, fresh gossip for the villagers, yet a mystery to everyone.
When viewed from afar, they seemed no different from the others. They wore the same type of clothes – flowered dresses and raincoats – their skin was the same colour – ivory – yet when up close you could tell that they were different in some way. They seemed weary-eyed, weak, as if they were battling a tempest inside of their heads, and every single one of them stuck together.
When they had arrived in the valley, they settled quickly into the small cottage on the outskirts of the town. It had been deserted for years, for decades, even. Everyone knew that there was something about them that was strange and new. Different.
As the members of the village gathered into the pub, ordering beer from the man behind the bar, Timothy, there was a strange a uneasiness in the air, as if all of the happiness had been taken away, and there was no asking why.
“So, Tim, did you hear about the new family? Apparently they’re serial killers that moved over here. I wouldn’t be surprised, I mean, I have you seen the look on that brunettes face?” asked Mr Jenkins in a strong Irish accent, scrunching up his face into the perfect imitation of Latisha’s serious face. He was the first man willing to mention them, and it didn’t go unnoticed by the crowd.
Mr Jenkins had immigrated to the new word in 2040, when life on earth had become to upsetting for him after his wife, Margret, had tragically passed away in a car crash. He realised that it would be like going back in time, as there was no technology on the new planet. It was eco friendly – something that earth had never managed to be. Global warming was getting worse, which is why the government had decided to start making a new world. ‘Their best decision yet,’ Timothy had once said once in a drunken stupor.
There were a few exchanged glances, a few nervous looks, before someone finally spoke out.
“I’d keep my mouth shut if I were you, Edmund.” As if from nowhere, a figure appeared from in the shadows. She strode over to Mr Jenkins, who had shrunk back into his chair, and stopped when she was directly facing him. It was Latisha’s daughter, Cleo. She was pretty, with brown hair like her mother’s flowing down her back in elegant curls, yet the look on her face was menacing, frightening.
Mr Jenkins’ face dropped as he caught a glimpse of her eyes. They flashed crimson, as she raised her hands. In one movement, he was on the floor, dead. And so the devastation began.

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Why do some sheets turn brittle and scratchy after one wash while others do not?

I keep buying sheets that feel incredibly soft out of the box, then after one wash they instantly become hard and scratchy. I buy the high thread counts and the Egyptian whoopdeedo sheets but it does not matter. They are all immediately ruined after one wash. I follow all the advice about cold water and ‘delicate’ setting, and use mild, eco–friendly detergents. An exception is an old sheet that I dont know what it is made of (no label)- it stays soft but has a big rip in it now and I can not find a replacement. I have another cheap, old twin bed sheet that stays soft and is made of half cotton and half polyester… why is polyester softer than 750 count Egyptian or sateen?! Am tired of wasting money and NO ONE seems to know what is going on. The only thing I can guess is there is something about the water here in Los Angeles and certain fabrics. I dont notice this problem with clothes, only sheets. How do I find a sheet that wont go hard in the wash? Has anyone else had this problem?

Is powder detergent damaging to washing machine?

Found some eco–friendly detergent at a flea market for $1 a box. It’s called EcoPath, and I’ve used it, like it, and want to buy more. Here’s the prob.

My b/f just bought a new washing machine for the house (it’s about 1 year old now), and he’s old-school enough that he thinks powder will damage the machine in the long run. He’s lived in apartment complexes where the machines’ lids and drums were caked in old powder.

But this powder is very fine-grained, and there are no clumps in it., Further, I use (and plan on using no more than) 1/4 cup per load. As long as I dissolve the powder in the filling water before adding the clothes, I say that getting multiple boxes is ok. He’s VERY iffy about it.

I’d love expert opinions so we can feel good about the decision we finally make about using powder or not. Thanx!
The new washing machine is a top-loader. I forgot to metion that. 🙂