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Appliance Light Bulbs. When the light bulb in your refrigerator, stove, or microwave oven burns out, you have to replace it with an appliance light bulb, not a regular light bulb. Appliance light bulbs are designed to withstand both high and low temperatures as well as vibration. Never put a regular incandescent light bulb or CFL in a stove or refrigerator. That could lead to a very nasty accident!
Don’t leave anything in your car that a passer-by might think is valuable, even if it isn’t. For example, a closed box sitting on a car seat might contain nothing, but a car thief has no way of knowing that without breaking a window and looking inside the box. A tenant of mine found that out the hard way several years ago after leaving an empty iPhone box on the back seat of his car. A thief broke his window, picked up the box, and when he realized it was empty, he dropped the box and left. Do not rely on car burglar alarms. In an urban area like Berkeley, they are completely useless. False car alarms are so common that nobody pays any attention to them. Have you ever called the police because you heard a car alarm go off? Do you know anyone who has?
A new school year is about to begin at U.C. Berkeley. If you are considering buying a campus parking permit, there are 2 things that you should know before making a decision to get one.
Berries rot and get moldy very quickly. To keep berries fresh longer and deter the growth mold, rinse your berries in a mild vinegar solution as soon as you get them. Put your berries in a mixture of 1 part vinegar and 3 parts cold water. Dry the berries on towels and store them in an airtight container with a paper towel in the bottom. Your berries will stay fresh much longer.
U.C. Berkeley is giving away hyenas, and they have a lot of them. Hyenas are nasty, vicious animals. They cannot be trained or domesticated. A hyena can kill an animal 4 times its own size and can eat 30 pounds of raw meat in 10 minutes. A hyena may not seem like the ideal pet, but if you want one, they are available, and they are free. FREE! If you want a free hyena and have a good home for it, contact the U.C. Berkeley Hyena Project at the Field Station For Animal Behavior. It is near the botanical garden on Gayley Road.