
Helpful Tips To Make Life Simpler
Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know.
Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving
across the road and mounting the curb.
Lose weight quickly by eating raw pork and rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.
Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to fast wipe whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.
Apply red nail polish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting polish should be selected).
If a person is choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down their throat and presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.
Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whiskey. The following morning you can create the effects of hangover by drinking a thimble full of dish washing liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

To keep ants away, place whole cloves
around window sills
and doors or, anywhere you see them. This
really works and
is non-toxic to pets and children.
Dried, pulverized egg shells make an
excellent plant fertilizer.
Dry shells thoroughly (place on paper towels
or newspaper.
Let air dry several days) then pulverize them
Use inside or out.
Cold tea (no cream or sugar) makes a super
cleaner for all your
woodwork like baseboards, cupboard doors,
closet doors etc.
Not for use on painted woodwork or furniture.
Cottage cheese, sour cream, and other dairy
products that come
in plastic tubs, will stay fresher longer if
you store them upside
down in the
refrigerator.
Apply a cloth soaked in cola to a rusted bolt
or screw to
help remove rust and loosen
bolt.
Add a can of cola to the wash load when
washing a load of
grease soiled clothing. The cola will help
loosen the soil.
Cola applied to the chrome bumper of your car
and then scrubbed
with crumpled up aluminum foil will help get
rid of rust spots.
If you move into a new home where the
previous owners were smokers, putting mint
flavored coffee beans in open dishes will
remove the smoke odor from
closets.To help
remove
ink stains from clothing, saturate ink stain
with
hair spray and then wash as
usual.
Cascade dishwasher powder added to the wash
load will help
remove grass and mud stains from
clothing.
If you have access to fresh mint, place it
around windows and
doors to keep away the ants.
If an egg breaks on the floor, sprinkle it
generously with salt,
let dry, and you will then be able to just
sweep it up.
Lemons or carrots kept in jars of water will
stay fresh
indefinately.
To make
your tires and
wheels look like new, spray them with
oven cleaner, wash off with soap and water,
then rinse with
water.
Putting a birth control pill in the soil of
your houseplants every 2-3 months will make
them grow and bloom like crazy.
Goop hand cleaner (goop is the brand name) is
great for
removing stains from fabric also.
If water problems leave the inside of your
dishwasher or washing
machine dingy, put some Tang instant drink
crystals into them
and run them through a normal cycle.
To clean
the glass door
on the inside of your oven,sprinkle some
baking soda on a wet rag, wipe down glass and
then rinse.
The baking soda will remove greasy stains.
To remove
scuff marks
from tile floors, put a little alcohol
or fingernail polish remover on a rag and rub
marks gently.
After chopping onions, wet your hands and
sprinkle on some salt,
rub hands well and then rinse in cold water
to remove onion smell.
Pour club soda on carpet stains, rub gently,
then blot up.
Hydrogen peroxide will remove blood stains
from clothing.
Pour directly on stain, rub gently, rinse in
cold water.
For water rings on furniture, apply a little
mayonaise, rub gently
for several minutes, then wipe off and buff.
After cleaning your stove top and range hood,
apply a thin film
of car wax to make furture cleanings easier.
Clean your bathroom mirror with a bit of
shaving cream to keep them fog free.
For pet "accident" stains on carpet, pour
some white vinegar on
area to remove odor.
For items that are hard to clean because of
narrow openings like
some vases, fill item half full of hot water
and drop in denture cleaning or alkezer tablet.
Pour the contents of a 1000 IU vitamim E
capsule into a newly
opened container of cooking oil to keep the
oil fresh longer
with no rancid smell.
If you need to re-open an envelope that
you've already sealed,
place it in the microwave for a few seconds
to loosen the glue.
To clean the glass doors of your fireplace,
use oven cleaner.
Keep a bag of kitty litter in the trunk of
your car in winter time
to use as traction for slippery weather. Just
throw some under each
tire.To prevent
packaged
cheese (block or shredded) from molding
before you finish it all, place a tablespoon
of sugar inside the package.
To clean copper bottom pots, sprinkle on some
salt and then rub
with a lemon slice.
Put moth balls in the garden to keep out
animals.
To get rid of slugs, put a cup of beer at
ground level.
To remove rust stains from white clothing,
rub the stain with
some salt and lemon juice and then place
garment in the sun.
To unclog a drain pour 1 cup of baking soda
followed by one cup
of white vinegar down the drain. After
fizzing stops run hot water
through drain.
To tell the difference between raw and boiled
eggs, place egg
on flat surface and spin. Boiled eggs will
spin and raw eggs will
wobble.Thanks
KKSB!!
25 Uses
for Bounce Dryer
SheetsLots
of other uses for the sheet used in drying
laundryUse it in old
books
you buy at garage sales it takes the odor out
and photo albums that don't get opened too
often.
Repel mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce
through a belt loop when outdoors during
mosquito season.
Eliminate static electricity from your
television screen. Since Bounce is designed
to help eliminate static cling, wipe your
television screen with a used sheet of Bounce
to keep dust from
resettling.
Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean
with a used sheet of
Bounce.
Freshen the air in your home. Place an
individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or
hang one in the closet.
Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded
needle through a static cling on the thread
before sewing.
Eliminate static cling from pantyhose. Rub a
damp, used sheet of Bounce over the
hose.
Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual
sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before
storing.
Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of
Bounce under the front
seat.
Clean baked-on food from a cooking pan. Put a
sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit
overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic
agents apparently weaken the bond between the
food and the pan while the fabric softening
agents soften the baked-on
food.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a
sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the
wastebasket.
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a
sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all
the loose hairs.
Eliminate static electricity from venetian
blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of
Bounce to prevent dust from
resettling.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand
papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect
sawdust like a tack
cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an
individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a
laundry bag or hamper.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of
Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so
they'll smell great in the
morning.Thanks
Vern!!
TIPS
FOR A LIFETIME
1). Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the
bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream
drips.
2). Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your
pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect
shaped pancakes every time.
3). To keep potatoes from budding, place
an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
4). To prevent egg shells from cracking,
add a pinch of salt to the water before
hard-boiling.
5). Run your hands under cold water before
pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan-the
marshmallow won't stick to your fingers.
6). To get the most juice out of fresh
lemons, bring them to room temperature and
roll them under your palm against the kitchen
counter before squeezing.
7). To easily remove burnt-on food from
your skillet, simply add a drop or two of
dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of
pan, and bring to a boil on stove-top -
skillet will be much easier to clean.
8). Spray your Tupperware with nonstick
cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based
sauces - no more stains.
9). When a cake recipe calls for flouring
the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix
instead - no white mess on the outside of the
cake.
10). If you accidentally over-salt a dish
while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled
potato - it absorbs the excess salt for an
instant "fix me up".
11). Wrap celery in aluminum foil when
putting in the refrigerator - it will keep
for weeks.
12). Brush beaten egg white over pie crust
before baking to yield a beautiful glossy
finish.
13). Place a slice of apple in hardened
brown sugar to soften it back up.
14). When boiling corn on the cob, add a
pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's
natural sweetness.
15). To determine whether an egg is fresh,
immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If
it sinks, it is fresh - if it rises to the
surface, throw it away.
16). Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut
it in half and rub it on your forehead. The
throbbing will go away.
17). Don't throw out all that leftover
wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in
casseroles and sauces.
18). If you have a problem opening jars:
Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give
a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
19). Potatoes will take food stains off
your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato
on the stains and rinse with water.
20). To get rid of itch from mosquito
bite: try applying soap on the area, instant
relief.
21). Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well,
they are said to never cross a chalk line. So
get your chalk out and draw a line on the
floor or wherever ants tend to march - see
for yourself.
22). Use air-freshener to clean mirrors:
It does a good job and better still, leaves a
lovely smell to the shine.
23). When you get a splinter, reach for
the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers
or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over
the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape
removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
24). NOW Look what you can do with
Alka-Seltzer: Clean a toilet - drop in two
Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes,
brush, and flush. The citric acid and
effervescent action clean vitreous china.
Clean a vase - to remove a stain from the
bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with
water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
Polish jewelry - drop two Alka-Seltzer
tablets into a glass of water and immerse the
jewelry for two minutes. Clean a thermos
bottle - fill the bottle with water, drop in
four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for
an hour (or longer, if necessary). Unclog a
drain - clear the sink drain by dropping
three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain
followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar Wait
a few minutes, then run the hot water.
25). If your VCR has a year setting on it,
which most do, you will not be able to use
the programmed recording feature after
12/31/99. Don't throw it away. Instead, set
it for the year 1972 as the days are the same
as the year
2000. The manufacturers won't tell you. They
want you to buy a new Y2K VCR.
Thanks
Pearl!!!