Two friends—one an American woman, one a foreign man—started to really go at it. I was sitting directly between them and kept trying to diffuse the situation since there were a lot of people there and everything was getting a bit personal.
I sort of thought, both of the below words kind of work, but I really like defuse--it seems more definite and therefore, stronger.
And the US has the top 2, plus 4th place positions in the top 10:
My idea for a Cotton Council add campaign. Get it? It also sounds like, cotton comfort.
The ads could feature attractive models who are wearing stylish and comfortable cotton garments being "caught" by surprise.
Now, let's see if I invented this. (Goes to Google) doesn't look as if this type of advertising campaign has been tried.
I hereby offer the phrase and idea to any council or group that wants to use it, for 1% of the total spend on media space--this would include any video, images or audio versions of the concept.
Shortly after leaving home, just in time to be on time to an appointment, a dreaded idiot-light popped on to my car's dashboard. It was the red battery light, which has meant that I've lost my alternator the last few times it's happened. I turned off the lights and fan to conserve the battery and pressed on.
After my appointment, I headed home with much trepidation: The car could literally die at any point on the way home. I might make it home, which would save me a tow and hours of delay.
On the drive home, I mused that a new alternator would cost maybe $500 to have replaced. The steering was also on the fritz--sometimes it worked okay for a bit and then not at all for a while. Another $500. I decided to give the car a look under the hood to see how hard it might be to change the alternator. I had done a couple of alternator installations myself, but have also paid to have the totally buried one on my BMW changed. A look under the hood showed me a completely missing belt that drove the alternator and what had to be the power steering compressor!
I looked up how to do the job and it seemed pretty straight-forward. I decided to replace the missing belt and the other one, which was only for the AC. The AC one was in the back and you put it on by clamping a block onto the drive shaft pulley and then manually turning the shaft, forcing the belt into place. I realized quickly that the car needed to be put into neutral. Once I got the belt into place, to my dismay, it was off by one slot on the AC pulley! The gadget to force the belt on, would not work in reverse. I found a piece of Tygon tubing and trapped it between the belt and the AC pulley. Once I ran it through the contact part of the upper pulley, the belt got into the right grooves. The remaining belt had a way of loosening one of the pulleys. Then you just add the belt and re-tension.
I gave the car a start and the idiot lights were all off and the steering worked perfectly!
Added: Before I did anything, I disconnected the battery and put the charger on it. It went from almost completely dead to almost 50% (the charger has an analyzer built in) by the time I was ready to give the car a start.
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