| Ask the Carey Brothers: Cleaning vinyl siding
Q. I have a small, portable one-room air conditioner that I've used for several years. Now, some of the grease has leaked from the rear of the unit onto the vinyl siding of my house. How do I clean it off?
A. Always try soap and water first or the cleaner that is recommended. Having said that, and because the grease you're describing is probably a petrochemical based material (not silicone), it can probably best be cleaned using something like gasoline or acetone.
First, make sure there are no flames or sparks nearby, and turn off and disconnect any nearby appliances that could spark while you're working. No smoking during this project.
Then, simply put a very small amount of gasoline onto the rag and wipe. The stain will disappear.
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Villa-O: From conception to opening night
The polished and repolished honey-brown mahogany glows. Waiters obsessively straighten sky-blue napkins and fluff throw pillows with nautical flags. From the white-tiled kitchen comes the thud-thud-thud of cooks pounding veal chops. Nearby, two bartenders quietly cut limes into quarter-inch slices and remove caps from liquor bottles, preparing to fill orders. And then, the customer orders a limontini. A server, in a solemn and solicitous voice, explains the problem: The orange and lemon slices have only been soaking in the vodka a few days. It will take a week for the spirits to be fully infused. Until then, the cocktail will fall flat. But the customer isn't buying the explanation. You're either ready to open or you're not ready to open, he snarls.
Woman jailed after police say brother is shot
A McAlester woman remained in the Pittsburg County Jail this morning, accused of shooting her brother in the chest.Police arrested Pamela Reynolds, 37, of McAlester, Wednesday night on an initial complaint of shooting with intent to kill, said McAlester Police Det. Capt. Don Hass.Her brother, Leroy Daniels, 31, of Atoka, was reported in stable condition this morning with a gunshot wound to the chest at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Hass said.Police received a report at 10:08 p.m. on Wednesday of a shooting at Reynolds' residence at 825 N. Second St., Hass said. He said Reynolds reported the shooting.McAlester police patrolmen Loyd London, Chris Troussel and Robert Young responded to the call.London arrived first at the scene, Hass said."He found Pamela Reynolds standing on the front porch," Hass said.Daniels was lying on the living room floor, moaning, he said."She shot him in the chest with a .45 automatic," Hass said of the allegations against Reynolds.An ambulance had rushed to the scene, along with police, Hass said.Police arrested Reynolds without resistance, he said.
New boss Megson watches Wanderers
We wouldn't be in this battle if you had handled the situation properly in April. As for taking us forward, what does that mean we are at the bottom premier league and the plan you have put in place looks at taking us to the bottom of the championship. the sooner you are gone the better. PS take megson with you .
Woman denies sex-on-air conditioner accusation
It was Sunday morning, and Arianna Scudelletti says she was simply having a drink with a male friend outside her grandmother's Naples home before walking down to the beach. Naples police, on the other hand, say it was a lot more risqué than that. Scudelletti, of Miami, and her friend Victor Manuael Martes, 24, of Miami Beach, were arrested Sunday morning and charged with disorderly conduct after a man who drove by the home with two children alerted Naples police to two people having sex on an air conditioner, according to arrest reports. Police officers who responded to the scene reported finding both Scudelletti and Martes in “different stages of undress." She said she was wearing bikini shorts and a T-shirt. “We were sitting there talking. We had a bottle of vodka," Scudelletti said in a jail interview Monday night.
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