Helpful Tips (floor, windows, Air Conditioner, tank)

[RAINBOWWAVES]

I love tips...does anyone have any?

Subject: Handy Hints

Reheat Pizza: Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Mona, Orlando, FL

Easy Deviled Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw
bag away when done easy clean up.
Janet, Killeen, TX

Expanding Frosting: When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less
sugar/calories per serving.
Kathy, Mesick, MI

Reheating refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Dave, Camden, DE

Newspaper weeds away: Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening
plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
Linda, Monmouth Jct., NJ

Broken Glass: Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass-the fibers catch ones you can't see!
Olive, Santee, CA

No More Mosquitoes: Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Diane, Moran, SC

Squirrel Away!: To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Kathy, Maumelle, AR

MINE!!!!!: If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips on. if the bike is stolen and later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the bike.
Janet, Carthage, IL

Flexible vacuum: To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Donna, Anderson, SC

Reducing Static Cling: Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and - voila - static is gone.
Pam, Maple Rapids, NH

Measuring Cups: Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Kim, Goldsboro, NC

Foggy Windshield?: Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Alicia, Tampa, FL

Conditioner: Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...
Kerry, Canada,

Goodbye Fruit Flies: To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Barbara, Birch Run, MI

Get Rid of Ants: Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home, & can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
Teresa, Mitchell, SD

Take baby powder to the beach: Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When your ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.

[pixieshmoo]

For frizzy, staticky (sp?) hair = you can take a fabric softner sheet (bounce, etc.) and starting at the top of your head, just gently wipe it down your hair on either side and in the back. It will take the frizz out.

Bikini shave-burn = children's balmex....put it on at night, it will make those red little itchy, burny, rashy bumps go away.

Regarding the ant issue, my aunt and uncle just had a problem with them....they used cucumber peels around the counter and in front of the doors (lay them on the floor right in front of the doorways) and it acts as bug repellent...they haven't had ants since.

[MoMark]

The fabric softner sheets also keep hornets away. For whatever reason, they don't like them.
To kill weeds that grow in the driveway cement or asphalt seams that you can't get a good enough grasp on to pull out by the roots, pour boiling water from a tea kettle on them. They die instantly
To clean your toilet boil, pour a boss of cheap store-brand cola into the bowl and leave overnight.
To help keep your septic tank from backing up with 'undigested' sewage, occasionally dump some raw hamburger down your toilet and flush. It causes bacteria to grow in the tank that eat all that sludge.
This is gross... but it works... if you ever get toe nail fungus, don't use a drug to kill it that affects your whole body, store some of your urine in a sealable container, let it age about two weeks, then wet a cotton ball with it and tape it to that nail. Do this for about a week. It should kill the fungus. It works for athlete's foot too.
If you ever undergo chemotherapy, take maitake mushroom tablets/capsules at the same time. It should prevent your hair from falling out and improve the results.

[pixieshmoo]

Originally Posted by MoMark

The fabric softner sheets also keep hornets away. For whatever reason, they don't like them.
To kill weeds that grow in the driveway cement or asphalt seams that you can't get a good enough grasp on to pull out by the roots, pour boiling water from a tea kettle on them. They die instantly
To clean your toilet boil, pour a boss of cheap store-brand cola into the bowl and leave overnight.
To help keep your septic tank from backing up with 'undigested' sewage, occasionally dump some raw hamburger down your toilet and flush. It causes bacteria to grow in the tank that eat all that sludge.
This is gross... but it works... if you ever get toe nail fungus, don't use a drug to kill it that affects your whole body, store some of your urine in a sealable container, let it age about two weeks, then wet a cotton ball with it and tape it to that nail. Do this for about a week. It should kill the fungus. It works for athlete's foot too.
If you ever undergo chemotherapy, take maitake mushroom tablets/capsules at the same time. It should prevent your hair from falling out and improve the results.

Yeah, that might be a bit gross, but the acid in urine does a lot of things....if you ever get stung by a jellyfish, urinate on yourself, on that spot (it's usually the leg or feet). If however, you get stung somewhere like your back, well, your scr*wed unless someone else pees on you LOL....but seriously, urinating on the sting really does work.

[MoMark]

Originally Posted by pixieshmoo

Yeah, that might be a bit gross, but the acid in urine does a lot of things....if you ever get stung by a jellyfish, urinate on yourself, on that spot (it's usually the leg or feet). If however, you get stung somewhere like your back, well, your scr*wed unless someone else pees on you LOL....but seriously, urinating on the sting really does work.

Thanks for cracking me up! And I've heard that too If I'm ever at the beach and get stung somewhere I can't 'reach', I'll look for the beer drinkers..lol

[pixieshmoo]

Originally Posted by MoMark

Thanks for cracking me up! And I've heard that too If I'm ever at the beach and get stung somewhere I can't 'reach', I'll look for the beer drinkers..lol

LOL....just make sure they're not too drunk to aim correctly, it could get scary!

[Steel Man]

Originally Posted by MoMark

...To help keep your septic tank from backing up with 'undigested' sewage, occasionally dump some raw hamburger down your toilet and flush. It causes bacteria to grow in the tank that eat all that sludge...

Canned dog food does the same as the raw hamburger...who knows, maybe your dog will be glad you got rid of that stuff!

[pixieshmoo]

But what if we don't have burgers because we already flushed the chop meat down the toilet, should we eat the dog's food? Ugh.

[CelticLady1]

Originally Posted by pixieshmoo

LOL....just make sure they're not too drunk to aim correctly, it could get scary!

I'm sorry, but I just don't think I could let a perfect stranger, (a drunk one, at that), pee on me...of course, on the other hand, come morning, they won't remember, whereas, if I asked my husband to do it for me, I'd never hear the end of it! Hmm...those beer drinkers are sounding better!

[pixieshmoo]

Originally Posted by CelticLady1

I'm sorry, but I just don't think I could let a perfect stranger, (a drunk one, at that), pee on me...of course, on the other hand, come morning, they won't remember, whereas, if I asked my husband to do it for me, I'd never hear the end of it! Hmm...those beer drinkers are sounding better!

Like I said, watch the aim though....or we can simply try to avoid jellyfish....Unfortunately for me (fortunately or unfortunately, not sure yet, depending on the way you break it down like you did), my husband might be one of the drunk pee-ers, he likes his budweiser.