Get you a tube of E6000. Good stuff. I was thinking of coasters, placemats. or even on plastics cups. Those are easy.
I'd like something big enough to get rid of all of them in one fell swoop ( fell what? ). Maybe some chains like these. Then do something with the chains. My buttons are mostly small. You could probably combine two rows side by side. There are 5 windows downstairs in the living room/dining room that could use 10 curtain tie-backs. They claim you can tint light-colored plastic buttons with Rit Dye. That stuff is still around.
"Shakespeare either coined the phrase, or gave it circulation, in Macbeth, 1605: MACDUFF: [on hearing that his family and servants have all been killed] "All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?" "The kite referred to is a hunting bird, like the Red Kite, which was common in England in Tudor times and is now making a welcome return after near extinction in the 20th century. The swoop is the rapid descent made by the bird when capturing prey." "Shakespeare used the imagery of a hunting bird's 'fell swoop' to indicate the ruthless and deadly attack by Macbeth's agents."
My father's side of the family used odd expressions like that a lot. I wonder when and how they got passed down. What was required reading for kids in schools in the 1800s? I have a habit of carrying on the tradition, without the background knowledge. Probably incorrectly.
Treatise on whist Emund Hoyle "By 1741, Hoyle began to tutor members of high society at the game of whist, selling his students a copy of his manuscript notes.[5] Hoyle expanded the manuscript and published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist in 1742, selling it for the high price of one guinea.[6] " "When the book quickly sold out, rather than publish a new edition, Hoyle sold the rights to it to bookseller Francis Cogan for 100 guineas, an enormous sum for a small pamphlet.[6] " "Before Cogan was able to publish a second edition, two printers pirated the work, giving the author as "A Gentleman" rather than Hoyle. The printers disguised their identities by publishing under false names, one as Webster,[7] the other as Webb.[8]" "Cogan published second[9] and third[10] editions and two months later, obtained an injunction against the pirates which he announced in a fourth edition (all 1743).[11] To distinguish the genuine editions from the piracies, Cogan paid Hoyle two pence per copy to autograph the genuine works." "The piracies were profitable to Hoyle, though a disaster for Cogan who was forced to lower the price of the book to match the pirates and to pay for Hoyle's signature.[6]" "The phrase "according to Hoyle" (meaning "strictly according to the rules") came into the language as a reflection of his generally perceived authority on the subject; since that time, use of the phrase has expanded into general use in situations in which a speaker wishes to indicate an appeal to a putative authority."
Out of curiosity, I pulled up 100 common idioms, according to Hoyle FLS international. It's even worse than I thought. They just sound like normal conversation to me.
I think the regulations on gray/grey water are less stringent than those on black water/sewage, at least that is true here. You cannot run it into bodies of water, but if you are away from lakes and streams, you can run it onto the ground if you are not in a town or city. Most people don't however, since it will freeze into a skating rink come cold weather. They do make gray water systems for cold regions, but I don't know anyone who has one.
I have looked for county/city codes about disposal of washing machine water, but they don't separate it from toilets/sinks/showers. Most likely I'd be required to have a regular septic system just for the washer. I probably do 3-4 washer loads per month. I buried a large plastic catch basin surrounded by some gravel, connected to the basement floor drain when they poured the concrete floor in the basement. Hoping it outlasts me. If it doesn't, I'll hire a plumber to put in a pump. It won't be cheap. No place upstairs to put a washer/dryer right now, unless there is some serious remodeling.
We have that too if you are near water , but if you are not near a stream or lake, it is no different than the fertilizer most folks put on their lawns and gardens. It probably doesn't move as much as the soluble salts in fertilizer. Phosphate used to be an issue and that is in fertilizer, but most if not all detergents no longer have that in the ingredients. No herbicides in the wash water either.