"Helpful Hints" Sent in by Audj

Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:23:04 -1000
From: Audj
Subject: Fw: Household Hints

some good ones, especially the roaches!

HINTS

1) Cure for headaches:
Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead.
The throbbing will go.

2) Use of soap wrapper:
Don't throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap.
Place it inside your shoe cabinet or shoe box. It's a cheap way of
filling the air with a nice smell.

3) If your polished furniture has small scratches: Try rubbing
them with a shelled walnut. You'll see the scratches just disappear!

4) Are your shoes smelly: Here's a solution. Put some tea leaves into a
pair of stockings and stuff each into a shoe. Leave for a day or two and the
smell just vanishes!

5) Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for
future use in casseroles and sauces.

6) If you have problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves.
They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy!

7) Tips for stamp collectors: Place the envelope in the freezer for a few
hours. You'll then be able to easily lift the stamps off with a pair of
tweezers.

8) To keep buttons from dropping off: Dab a drop of clear nail polish
onto the thread the secures the buttons. This will harden and make it
more difficult for thread to break off.

SUPER HINTS

1) Are cockroaches in your home driving you mad? Try this tested trick.
Fill a large bowl with cheap wine and leave it under the sink. The pests will
drink it, get drunk, fall in the bowl and drown...easy!

2) To avoid hurting your fingers while hammering metal nails into the
wall: Hold the nails with a wooden clothes peg instead. So even if you miss,
you won't get hurt.

3) To take the tears out of chopping onions: Plug in a portable fan and
turn it to high. It'll help blow away the fumes from your eyes -- no more
tears!

4) Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub
raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.

5) To get rid of itch from mosquito bite: try applying soap on the area
instant relief!

6) 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!

7) Egg shells can be used to clean glass bottles: Break the shells into
pieces, drop them into the bottle with a few drops of detergent and a bit
of water, and shake vigorously. Then rinse with water.

8) Don't panic if your soup's too salty: Add cut raw potatoes and throw
them away once they are cooked and have absorbed the salt. Your soup's
saved!

SUPER DUPER HINTS

1) To return discolored socks to their original color: Boil them in a pot
of water with a few slices of lemon. The fruit acts as a natural bleach.

2) Use air-freshener to clean mirrors: It does a good job and better
still, leave a lovely smell to the shine.

3) If you have problem with slippery shoelaces which refuse to stay tied:
Rub them with a candle and make them less slippery so that knots stay put.

4) If you have stubborn grease stains on your work clothes: Add a bottle
of Coke with detergent. It'll help loosen the grease.

5) Renew the features on your old faded dolls' faces: By blending in a
cream foundation. Then apply a little rouge on the cheeks and for lips, nail
polish. Waterproof mascara can be used on eyes lashes.

6) Dirty marks on your white court shoes: Just drop some medicated oil
on a piece of cloth and clean off those dirty marks on your white court shoes.
They'll be looking as good as new again.

First Aid

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.

HOW TO DETECT A TWO WAY MIRROR

When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how
many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the
wall is a real mirror, or actually a two-way mirror?
Just conduct this simple test:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if
there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a
GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of
your nail, then BEWARE, for it is a two-way mirror!

After a tattoo is done, the artist puts some salve on it and covers it
with a gauze pad for 24 hours. Then the person is told to keep it moist with
either triple antibiotic ointment, or something of the sort. Preperation-H
works wonders, and won't allow any of the color to fade during the healing of
the tattoo. It doesn't have an offensive odor, and keeps the tattoo from
drying out as well. The healing time is cut in half, compared to other
ointments.

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