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When you have friends come over, you might pull out the good dishes, the nice silverware, and the pretty wine glasse

s. But have you ever handed a glass from your cabinet to a friend and then were embarrassed by having to explain that the glass isn't dirty, it's just your dishwasher? If your glasses have a cloudy appearance, then you know how frustrating it can be. Don't despair, because there are ways you can clean cloudy glasses and prevent them from happening again. Why do my glasses look cloudy? If your glasses have a layer of grime on them, there are two possible reasons. The first is that your dishwasher has scratched them, which is either because your glassware isn't dishwasher safe or because you have soft water, which can cause corrosion. The second, which is most often the case,...

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There are a lot of things I cannot wait to get back to after all this is said and done

But I realize that even partially opening up the state still means that there will be a lot of new normals for many events which kind of makes me worry about what the future holds. However, there is one thing that we have adapted in the last six weeks that I would love to stick around well after all this is over: Birthday parades. I have already had four experiences with birthday parades — two from the sidewalk waving on, and two in the actual parade driving by. (We are a family of spring birthdays. From April 11 to June 15, we have eight birthdays in our family!) Honestly, I have thoroughly enjoyed both sides of the adventure. The first...

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This article about premade camping meals was brought to you by Morsel Spork, the makers of our favorite camping spork to accompany all of your decadent backcountry meals.

Camping gives us the opportunity to trade the chaos of work, errands, and traffic for a weekend under starry skies in the presence of good friends or family. Getting everything together for your trip to the woods can be a lot of work, however, especially when preparing meals for your people. To make things easier, we’ve rounded up 12 premade camping meals for you to prepare at home and reheat on a campfire with your best pals. Leave the ramen at home and try these delicious breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that will leave everyone in your group happy, full, and impressed with surprisingly gourmet meals. Premade Camping Meals For A Painless Weekend Trip These delectable premade camping meals leave you...

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Don’t blow your nose in a napkin and use the right fork

Whatever happened to manners? Have you ever been in a restaurant and watched as some uncouth guy at the next table blew his nose in his napkin, licked his knife clean and then went to work with a toothpick? Did you then conclude that our manners aren’t what they used to be? Join the club. Jeff Neumann, Special to The Denver Post A survey in 2018 found that 74 percent of Americans believe we have become more rude and less critical of behavior we used to scorn, such as using cellphones in restaurants and cursing in public. What the survey didn’t show was that people have always felt manners were going downhill, that the new generation isn’t matching up to...

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