DEAR SUN SPOTS: Apparently a neighborhood dog, allowed to run free, has begun using my yard as its own personal bathroom. I’m at a loss as to how to stop this. Judging from the “presents” he’s left me, this has been going on for a while. I’ve attempted to clean up most of it, and […]
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Pickling works best when using fresh eggs
DEAR SUN SPOTS: How do you pickle eggs? Thank you. — Edgar, Peru ANSWER: Sun Spots got the following information off the University of Georgia National Center for Home Food Preservation website: “Pickled eggs are peeled, hard-cooked eggs in a solution consisting basically of vinegar, salt, spices, and perhaps other seasonings. Pickling solutions are heated […]
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Smiling Hill manages its own bottles
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you know of any redemption centers in the Lewiston-Auburn area, besides Hannaford (which does not give cash for bottles anymore), that accept the returnable milk bottles from Smiling Hill Farms? The only one I have found is Lewiston Redemption Center, but they do not refund the full deposit amount due to […]
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Paying for bottle, can redemption
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I came upon an impropriety while returning empty soft drink bottles to a store. They state this state requires by law a deposit on said bottles but doesn’t require the store to return the deposit upon returning the same to the store. While this nickel and dime doesn’t mean much to the […]
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Convention delegates pay their own way
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Who foots the bill for Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine delegation to travel to the National Republican Convention? Many thanks, Sun Spots. — Carolyn Libbey, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots put this question to the Sun Journal’s state politics editor, Scott Thistle, who said that the attendees to conventions pay their own […]
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Reader seeks adjustable hospital bed
DEAR SUN SPOTS: You helped me before and I need your help again. I’m 73 years old and in need of a twin-sized adjustable bed with a top that lifts, just like you would find in a hospital. I have been sleeping in a recliner for the last six months due to back problems and […]
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Rates for calling cards often exorbitant
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Buyer beware! I’m hoping to give everyone a heads’ up on one of the prepaid long-distance phone cards available at local stores. The carrier is IDT and not Verizon any more. They charge a 17 percent surcharge for each call made! I was horrified. I purchased a 350-minute card and before I […]
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Casino payoffs do not vary by time of day
DEAR SUN SPOTS: My friends who go to the casino say they do not play in the morning, because the slots don’t pay. I say the slots are set at the factory and only the gambling commission can change them. Who is right? Also I play on pogo.com. I have not been able to access […]
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Chimney sweep takes money, fails to return
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to know if any of your readers might know how to contact chimney cleaner (name withheld). Two years ago, he stopped by and cleaned my chimney, and I fronted him some money that he said he needed for some materials he needed for a job. He promised to pay […]
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Readers recall Sandford’s Shiloh ‘Kingdom’
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the inquiry about Shiloh, another more obscure book that might shed some light on the history of Shiloh and its leader is “The Almighty and Us, The Inside Story of Shiloh, Maine,” by Arnold L. White. — Bruce Conant, Hilltop Books, Hebron, 966-2177, [email protected] DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have just read […]