Wrap the elastic around your waist and pin it to see if it’s comfortable. If the elastic slides down too much, cut the elastic shorter. You may need to cut an extra 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) off of the elastic. If the elastic is too tight, move it higher up on your waist or use a longer piece of elastic. Click to see full answer. Just so, how much smaller is waist than elastic?

Most washing machines require a standpipe with a height of at least 36 inches.Click to see full answer. Consequently, how tall should a washer standpipe be?Either way, the standpipe height should fall between 30 and 48 inches from the floor. You will need to confirm building codes in your area, but most outline that the trap is at least 12 inches off the floor and the standpipe is a minimum of 18 inches above that.

Explore More Hunter College students want Starbucks to take their lattes and shove them! Students at the City University of New York school are protesting a Hunter proposal to install a Starbucks on their campus saying it doesn’t serve the needs of a public college. “The coffee is overpriced,” said Briana Calderon Navarro, 25, a senior from Brooklyn. “Most students honestly can’t afford the coffee at Starbucks.” Navarro has been leading the charge against the coffee giant, saying there was already a cafeteria and cafe on campus selling coffee as well as bookstore across the street and sidewalk vendors with cheap Joe.

In which I answer a leftover question from a previous week’s chat: Recipes sometimes call for refined or unrefined coconut oil. What’s the difference? The places where I shop have just one basic coconut oil. Should I shop elsewhere? There’s a noticeable difference, and there are definitely occasions where you’d want to pick one over the other. Unrefined coconut oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat, and it smells and tastes like coconut.

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