Yo Tarabull !!

“I heard/read where you had a stanky sleeping bag.

Wash it with down cleaner AND a capfull of pine oil cleaner.

I gets the stank out!!!”

“Hey MarkO. I ended up washing it w/ some vinegar and a bit of "Nature's Miracle" (which is specifically for cat smells).

If that didn't work, I'll try that, tho. Thanks!”

“Hey tara, I saw the other thread.

Somebody suggested dry cleaning.

NEVER DRY CLEAN A SLEEPING BAG!!!!!!

That can have severe health consequences.

Front loader washer........two hours in a dryer....maybe more.....on LOW!!!”

“If you didn't fart in ur sleeping bag so much, this wouldn't be a problem”

“I'm still trying to figure out how Tara farting in her bag could result in a cat-pee smell...”

“If you push to hard to get the fart out, you might pee”

“Yah, but cat pee? Much different smell than human pee.”

“maybe tara is the new catwoman, complete with all the smells”

“K. I'm at their house now. They both smell fine. So far so good.

Still gonna fluff them in the dryer for a spell. I'll let ya know if the smell resurfaces after putting it in the dryer.

MarkO... You say LOW heat. I woulda thunk NO heat?

P.S. Health Consequences???”

“"NEVER DRY CLEAN A SLEEPING BAG!!!!!!

That can have severe health consequences."

Huh? We dry cleaned two bags to rid them of cat pee and havent had any ill effects, unless of course you are referring to that pesky 6th digit on my right hand or m,y "hair ball" issues.”

“it took dry cleaning to get you some hairy balls......


hummm......perhaps there is something to that water up there.”

“LOL @ sirpete!”

“Dry cleaning solvent vapors are said to be quite unhealthy, especially if concentrated in a bivy or tent.”

“What le Subtil said.

I think part of the chemical compound is chlorine.

I heard a horror story back when I was a kid about someone who suffocated after sliding down into a bag that had been dry cleaned.

That solvent will remove some of the natural substance that keeps the down from clumping too.”

“what about a suit that covers your body, like business attire? Folks dress in dry cleaned clothes daily for years and dont get dead, is it more like suffocation?”

“birch, maybe if you wrapped a freshly dry cleaned suit around your head and went to sleep it would do the same.

I reckon the sleeping bag insulation retained some of the deadly chemical and BLAM, you're dead.”

“What about just a healthy dose of Febreeze and/or Lysol?”

“hi tarabull!!!
i looooooooooooove you.”

“roll camera”

“MarkO! Long time no see!

From Campmor:
"DO NOT DRY CLEAN YOUR SLEEPING BAG. The manufacturers of our
synthetic and down fills inform us that solvents and fumes
used in cleaning may be retained in the insulation and if
inhaled, could produce skin irritation, allergic reaction,
or possibly serious physical injury."

http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/campmor/sleep_tips.jsp”

“Well that explains my nervous twitch.”

“Hey, do you know about the NMU job fair for teachers on April 5th? Had to tell you here, I don't have a current e-mail for ya!

How's everything going?”

“bump”

“No, didn't know. Midweek, eh? I'd have to talk to my boss... Thanks for the info!”

“There's a whole bunch of job fairs that week - MSU, WSU, Eastern, Central, Western, Northern, and UofM. Am I missing anyone?”

“I just rec'vd my degree and teaching certificate in the mail this week. Guess that makes it all official. :-)

Which one are you going to?”

“No idea.....certainly not the NMU one! I'm not going to the Wayne State one either. There's a listing of all of them on the MSU website, I think. Maybe it was the CMU website....I don't remember!

I'm still working on getting the proper paperwork to sub in Farmington schools! What a PITA!”