INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Go to your local grocery store and buy a bottle of basic vinegar, typically a 5% concentration of acetic acid. The best bargain is probably to buy a one gallon jug unless you only have a few weeds. If you are killing a lot of weeds, you may need to buy more than one gallon, but one gallon will cover a large area. The acid in vinegar is what kills the weeds. White vinegar is most recommended, and probably the cheapest, but you can use apple cider vinegar as well. A bit of dish soap will help the spray stick to the weeds. You should add 2 teaspoons (9.9ml) of dish soap per 1 gallon (3.8l) of vinegar. Stir the mixture in a bowl or bucket. Choosing a pump sprayer with a hose and long nozzle will make spraying large areas of weeds easier. Fill the sprayer up with the vinegar and dish soap mixture, or put as much in the sprayer as you'll need. Another option is to pour the mixture into an empty spray bottle. You can buy an empty bottle or you can use a bottle that used to contain window cleaner or another gentle household cleaner. Make sure to rinse it out well if you use a bottle that had other liquid in it. If you are only killing a few weeds, or covering a small area, you can poke four or five holes in the cap of the vinegar bottle and use the bottle to douse the weeds. If you're using horticultural vinegar, which has an acidity of 30%, dilute it with water. If you're using regular white vinegar, you won't need to dilute it. The acetic acid in vinegar dries weeds out, so applying vinegar on a day when the weeds will get at least a few hours of direct sunlight increases the drying power of the vinegar. Spray in the morning so the weeds can get lots of sun. If it rains unexpectedly shortly after you spray the weeds, you'll most likely have to apply a second round of vinegar. In this case, sunny means hot as well, ideally in the range of 70+ degrees. Using the pump sprayer, spray bottle, or vinegar bottle with holes, thoroughly douse the weeds you want to kill. Cover the leaves with vinegar, but also spray down around the roots. You don't need to soak them so they are dripping wet but spray an even coat. Wait around 24 hours and check the weeds. If you aren't satisfied, you can spray the weeds a second time. Vinegar kills crops and flowers as well as weeds, so take care any time you are spraying weeds around good plants. Vinegar is not always a good option if you are spraying weeds in a garden, flower bed, or in your yard. Vinegar shouldn't soak into the soil and kill other plants unless it makes direct contact with them. Vinegar can corrode your sprayer if you let it sit for a long time. Carefully rinse your sprayer out after every use. Dump the excess vinegar out and then fill the sprayer with water. Be sure to pump and spray the water to clean out the hose and nozzle.

SUMMARY: Buy white vinegar. Mix the vinegar with 2 teaspoons (9.9ml) dish soap. Pour the mixture into a garden sprayer. Choose a sunny day to spray weeds. Spray directly onto the weeds. Avoid spraying vinegar on desirable plants. Clean the sprayer out after you finish.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Before you season a non-stick pan, it's a good idea to deep clean it to take off any stains or food particles that can be partially responsible for the pan's stickiness. Begin by adding 1 cup (236.59 ml) water, 2 tablespoons (29.57 ml) baking soda and cup (118.3 ml) of white vinegar to the pan. Place the non-stick pan onto the stovetop over medium heat. Heat the pan until the vinegar mixture is boiling, about ten minutes, then take the pan off the heat. After you take the pan off the stove, pour out the vinegar mixture into the sink. Then wash the pan as usual with gentle dish soap, being sure not to use steel wool or other abrasive tools that can scratch the non-stick pan further. After washing out the pan, dry it with a soft dry cloth. It's important to have a completely dry pan before you season it with oil so that the oil can stick to the surface of the pan.
Summary: Add water, baking soda and vinegar to the pan. Heat on medium until boiling. Wash the pan. Dry the pan.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Some dictionaries say the word stems from the word crab and the word cur, which meant dog or a "disagreeable person" in Gaelic. Some of the definitions of curmudgeon are not positive. For example, a curmudgeon is defined at times as a "crusty, ill-tempered" old man. In popular culture, curmudgeons are typically older men with grouchy attitudes. However, not all definitions of the word are negative. For example, an alternative definition says curmudgeons are people with stubborn ideas or opinions. This might be laughed at by some, but it can be a strength at times. It's certainly necessary for any institution or society to have people willing to say what no one else will. Studies show that curmudgeons are more likely to be males and over the age of 70 - although they do exist among all demographics. There are physiological changes that occur with age and that can cause a worsening of mood. Sometimes men are really experiencing physical symptoms like declining testosterone levels that make them grumpier. If you feel like a curmudgeon, but don't want to be one, see a doctor. Maybe there is a medical issue that a doctor can address. If you are feeling depressed on a constant basis, that's not a good place to be. It's different if you are choosing to be a curmudgeon and are happy in that state (even if you don't show it). But if you are suffering signs of clinical depression, contact a doctor or therapist. There are many resources available to help you. Start paying attention, and you will see curmudgeons in public life everywhere. They are a common character in movies and politics, for starters. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is sometimes considered a curmudgeon. This is because he will often play the iconoclast, and his contrary opinions are often filled with words that are designed to have an attention-getting flair. However, he has an underlying mission and stays true to his stated values - he wants to make a point about the problems with the majority decision. Curmudgeons consider themselves lonely arbiters of common sense and sometimes they are right. Clint Eastwood in the movie "Gran Torino" is a curmudgeon. "Get off my lawn," is his famous catchphrase. Walter Matthau is a curmudgeon in the movie "Grumpy Old Men." Bill Murray in the movie "St. Vincent". Dana Carvey's character "Grumpy Old Man" on Saturday Night Live is a curmudgeon.

SUMMARY:
Figure out the kind of curmudgeon you are emulating. Realize that sometimes grumpiness is camouflaging a medical issue. Study famous curmudgeons to get a sense of how to do it with style.