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    tired of giving away bottled water - not green - what to do?

    One of my goals for the year to to be more environmentally friendly and eliminate the amenity of bottled water. If any of you have done that, what alternative do you offer, if any? Do you have coolers? Is there plumbing involved?
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    fixing toilet leaks saved me a bundle

    A few months ago I posted a whine about my huge (and growing huger) water bill. Well, we decided to test the toilets for leaks and were horrified to find that six of my eight toilets were leaking. After we replaced the flappers, my water bill dropped 60%. I'm sharing this sad tale (with a happy...
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    What would you do?

    As a mother and her teenage son checked out, the mother mentioned that the son had "put paper in the toilet" and clogged it up. Well, we spent yesterday plunging and pouring chemicals into the toilet to unclog it. Nothing worked. I finally gave up and called a plumber today, who snaked it...
  4. K

    new twist on a scam

    We get these scams every day but this one struck me as funny: "Hello, I am Dr.Jeff Adams. I want to book Lunch for 15 guests from my Department arriving to your country. We will all come for Lunch on November 4th, 5th and 6th by 2.00pm each day. Get back me with your Menu if there is...
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    B&B for veterans

    An article describing the free night Nov 10 for veterans appeared in our local newspaper on Tuesday, with a link to the list of participating inns, and I have been getting call after call. Anyone else inundated like that? We booked the first two callers, and are now turning them away. Makes me...
  6. K

    converting to a restaurant kitchen

    A local chef has been asking me for a couple of years to let him cook & serve a monthly dinner in my B&B. I'd also like to serve a full Afternoon Tea. But my Health Department says I need a restaurant kitchen to do anything more than make breakfast. As a 5-room B&B in NC, we are required to...
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    water usage

    My water bill keeps going up and up and I want to do some analysis. (it's the engineer in me...) I am going to dig out my old water bills and compare to my occupancy for each month and come up with a metric: gallons per guest-night, which I will record for the past couple of years. I also need...
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