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I swear, I must be seeing different videos. The ones I see saturate the rugs, but that is no where near a thousand gallons of water. Maybe 20, 50 tops!

I have see some that put them inside a drum and spin, and some that lay them flat and squeegee/scrub - but none of those would use anything anywhere close to 'thousands of gallons' - unless your talking about cleaning 300 rugs.

If we are talking about the same videos - I am sure it is not thousands of gallons (per rug). Probably not even a hundred. I'd be surprised if it was even 50. I fill 1000 gallon stock tanks using a large diameter hose off a water truck - and 1000 gallons is a LOT of water, that takes a while to pump out of a 4" wide hose. I don't know that the 'chemicals' are even that much more than a detergent. Man it is satisfying watching them squeegee that dirty water out! LOL

So my vote is throwing them out is worse for the planet.

I got a wild hair and decided to shampoo my area rugs. I have three 10'x13' area rugs. Two in my living room and one in my dining room. I bought a carpet cleaning machine.
These rugs are 20 plus years old, and have gone through raising 3 kids, on a farm. I don't have inside pets, but the dog was a frequent visitor.

First I vacuumed very thoroughly, including flipping them over and vacuuming the backside. It's amazing what that knocked loose! LOL
After I had them vacuumed really well, I bought some plastic sheeting and put that down underneath them. I have old hardwood floors and didn't want the dampened rugs ruining the floors.

I think I did at least 4 or 5 rounds before I felt like the water was actually clean coming out of the machine. The first couple rounds. Oh my STARS! It was awful! I did keep these rugs vacuumed regularly!

The strangest thing, was after letting them dry for a few days I vacuumed again. I was astonished how much dirt came out again. More light sand type, but geesh! My rugs are matching darker oriental patterned rugs - so I guess the dirt just didn't show that much. They did look way brighter after cleaning though. God it was a workout!

I have no place in my area I could take the rugs to be professionally cleaned. One of my friends sent her off to the place that said they cleaned them, but when she got them back, they still had needles from her Christmas tree in them. LOL

With CD's - pay attention to the maturity date. They can automatically renew - and you don't want that to happen. Keep a reminder of when the maturity date is.

I parked some extra in some higher yielding CD's this spring. I won't need the money until next year, so it was a good easy way for me to make a little extra on it. I think I have 5 days (might be a few more than that) at maturity to cash it in. Otherwise it rolls back into a new time period, with less favorable rates. Plus I will need the money for operating capital at that point.

I wear a 9 to 9.5 and get the large. They are so much more comfortable, especially if you are running.

Iowa here, and it has been an issue for many weeks now.

It even affect our crop growth. A deficient in photosynthesis can affect stalk strength in corn. Weaker stalks is one of the worst things that can happen with corn.

The haze is quite thick here today, but I know it is worse on the east side of the state.

I was a fairly picky eater, but loved what my Mom cooked. She wasn't much into casseroles, so I think that contributes to my not loving the so much.

When I make spaghetti, I never add the sauce to the pasta. Mix on your own plate if you want. Same for salads with dressing - dress on your plate.

I was lucky that my kids were never to picky with my food, but each one had a couple things they didn't care for, and I worked around it.

One thing that helped, was that I involved them in the planning, shopping, and preparation from a very early age. They seemed more willing to eat things they had actively participated in making.

They are fantastic cooks now and very adventurous eaters. Their friends always ask them how they know how to cook - it was just everyday life here. Same way they can all weld and set fence posts! lol

If your DH didn't get it out, and the Genius Bar didn't fix it - take it to an independent cell phone fix-it shop. IMO, the Genius Bar wants you to buy new. A good reputable repair shop is more on your side.

I write quite a few a month, but they are all for our farm/ranch.
Quite a few business are check payment only, like feed, vet, etc.
I pay for all our feeder calves by check. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. We buy the calves and usually send a check to the seller after we get the calves. But when we buy from a new ranch, we always give them our bankers phone number, so they can verify we have the funds to pay, as it can easily top $300K (and calves are WAY more expensive right now).

We pay our hired help by check also.

It works well for record keeping.

Tornado area, and have had damages from a couple, and also some straight line wind that took out an entire building.
State Farms response was to pay the claim and drop us.

That poor child. You can never take back hurtful words, especially said to a child. How painful.

Yes, or even replaying ones I saw the day before.

I was getting tons of Your Network is Unstable a couple days ago. That is not totally unnormal for me, but it was happening a lot.

I love my Surface Pro. You can detach the keyboard and use as a tablet style. Small enough to easily fit in a handbag.
My daughter as a Surface laptop and loves that.

We both bought ours as refurbished.

It might stop some people from making a purchase. If the insurer would not issue coverage, then no gun. But there are so many ways to purchase guns, I don't know how it could work.

Gosh, I haven't made them in forever!

I used to make steak and chicken ones all the time in the summer. I need to get back into that.