DON'T like household chores - you may have a good excuse, particularly with all the back-burning going on in Australia in the lead-up to bushfire season.
A doctor in western Washington in the USA has warned against vacuuming while there has been lots of smoke in the air, because it can stir up unhealthy particulates in your carpet and recirculate them inside your home.
An interview on TV station KING-5 in relation to air quality following some recent wildfires warned that residents in the affected Puget Sound area should avoid vacuuming for up to a week as they wait for the smoke to clear.
Those Americans really love their fast food - so much so that a restaurant in Maine is facing backlash after switching from crinkle-cut to straight chips.
Jim and Leslie Parsons, the owners of Bolley's Famous Franks in the city of Waterviille, have confirmed via the eatery's Facebook page that they have received "disturbing and hostile" comments from some customers over the change of shape.
"While I fully understand the crinkle cut has been the long standing traditional fry of Bolleys, I was forced to make an unpopular business decision...the [crinkle-cut] blades are ridiculously pricey and flimsy," Leslie Parsons wrote.
The local police department has become involved, begging citizens to "accept the french fries".
"We really cannot be fighting or throat-punching people over our differences, or the differences between straight and crinkle-cut," a police Facebook post implored.
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