Recently Submitted Tips
Staying Sober - Your friends have decided on a night out with a 'few drinks' and you want to avoid ending up with a dreadful hangover and regrets, but you are not keen to let your friends down - or be seen as a bit of a 'lightweight. What to do? One solution is to drink a wineglass of olive oil before setting off, I have used this method a few times with good results. A Turkish friend suggested eating a bowl of yoghourt and diced cucumber before the session - David E
Delay Dementia - Physical exercise seems to be the best way to keep the brain healthy. Yet another study reported today on The Huffington Post, this one is from researchers at Cardiff University in Wales, concludes that keeping active in one's later years cuts the risk of all types of dementia. I first came across an article describing a Canadian study as far back as 2001. Didn't some ancient Roman or Greek say the same thing - "Mens sane in corpore sana."- David E
Rust Removal Tip - Rust spots and pitting on chrome can be easily removed by balling up a piece of aluminum foil, wetting it with Coke and rubbing. Best to use gloves if there is a lot of rust -- Carla S
Garden Tip - When coiling up a long hosepipe don't try to achieve a loop in one go, first feed it into a figure of eight, then bring the two coils together. This way you can avoid the tendency to twist. I saw some workmen pulling an extremely long cable out of a pipe in the the ground and now copy their method. You can do the same thing with ropes and cables. -- Annie Weston
Red Wax Stain in carpet: I have the answer and it takes less than 5 minutes. No hot irons required. If you have a small shampooer, boil water in a kettle and pour it directly on the wax. Suck it up immediately. I did this on a white wool rug and was amazed to see the wax and the colour disappear totally. Lynne L. Lowe
Cambridge, Ontario Canada
Removing Permanent Marker.
Many parents with kids, or people working in offices, will have experienced the problem of someone using permanent marker on a dry-erase board or other similar surface. Removing the “permanent” ink is remarkably simple.
Just scribble over top of the permanent ink with a Dry Erase marker. It will almost instantly dissolve the permanent ink and you can just wipe the surface clean with a dry cloth or whiteboard eraser. --
Matt Wilkins,
Calgary, AB Canada
Lost Socks. Save the ring of the gallon container of milk (ask a few friends to give you theirs so you don’t have to wait so long to get several). Pull the socks through. Throw into the washer/dryer. If one breaks replace it with another milk jug ring. You don’t have to worry about rust from a pin or sticking yourself. -- Debby, Bowling Green, Ky
Crockery Stains: This is an old remedy which may have been sent already, but for anyone who has not tried it, to remove tea or coffee stains from cups rub with lemon juice. This also works on stainless steel pans that are marked by boiling pasta, beans etc. -- anna_m
Hi, Very helpful site --
Heynspyou35
In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. ~~ Herodotus
