We replaced our back porch carpeting a couple weeks back. ( \u201cWe\u201d is a very generous use of \u201cwe.\u201d) There\u2019s a couple of stories in our carpets.
\nSome six or seven years ago I was puffing on a cigar, lost in some deep thought, when some ash fell and burned right through our old carpet. Well, I thought I\u2019d fix it before Kris, the Ever-Observing One, got home. Which I did: I just snipped a piece from an obscure corner (which wasn\u2019t a good idea) and cut out the right size around the burnt hole, and then glued down the new piece. Within a week or two, of course, Kris noted the oddity of this little patch. Asking me if I had burnt a hole through it, I simply used the husbandly \u201cI don\u2019t really remember, but I just might have.\u201d \u2018nuf said. Well, when we (same as above) pulled up the old carpet, the only thing that stuck to the floor was my patch. I had to whack it a time or two, but it popped off and then we were ready for the new carpet. We laughed about its doggedness.
\nIt is our custom to eat on the porch whenever we can, so Sunday evening we were having dinner when Kris spilled her 1\/3 glass of Merlot on the carpet. Before the glass had emptied itself she said, \u201cOh no, we\u2019ll (as above) have to replace this carpet.\u201d So, I hopped up, got some towels and daubed and then sprayed some Oxi-Clean and before long, no kidding, no stain whatsoever. Now a carpet that doesn\u2019t hold (the biblical) fruit (of the vine) stains is a miracle indeed. Of a sort.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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