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Miscellaneous TIPS
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Affordable Colored Linens: Since colored bed linens cost more, wait for the department stores to have their linen sales, purchase white linens, and then dye them your favorite color. You will need to purchase 2 boxes of Rit dye per 1 sheet set. Glenda Rodenbaugh, Jackson, MS
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Cleaning: FLOORS/WALLS
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Cob Webs: To clean walls of cob webs and dust use a dust mop just for this chore. Elizabeth, KY
Crayon Stains: Using Baby oil removes crayon from any surface. Apply a little at a time and gently rub. Brings it right out! Shelly, KY
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Cleaning: CARPET
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Candle Wax (Carpet or other fabrics): Cover the spot with a brown paper bag or old cloth and run a hot iron over the bag. Keep moving the bag to a "dry" part of the bag until all of the wax has been absorbed. The wax comes up immediately and won't harm your iron. Sarah, LA; Leslie El-Amin...
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Cleaning: BATHROOMS
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Bath Tubs and Sinks: A used dryer sheet is good for cleaning your bathroom sink and tub. Just get it wet and clean away. It also leaves a nice shine. It also takes away that ring around the tub! Tyronza Long, LA & Linda Brown, MI
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Cleaning: METAL/JEWELRY
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Brass: Use regular white toothpaste. Shirley Myers, SC
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To get brass shiny, clean it with ketchup and a soft cloth. It brings the shine right out. Jaime, WI
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Cleaning: GENERAL HOUSEHOLD
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Broken Glass: To pick up small slivers of broken glass from a hard surface, use a slice of bread. Place the bread on the broken glass slivers and press down gently. The glass will stick to the piece of bread and not into your fingers. Works very well! Kristy, KS
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Cleaning: KITCHEN/FOOD
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Baby Bottles: To clean milk residue out of baby bottles, put a tablespoon of raw rice, one drop of dishwashing liquid and hot water in the bottle. Fill the bottle up half way with hot water and shake it up for about 2-3 minutes. Of course this is only done after the sterilizing of bott...
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Laundry TIPS
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All Purpose Laundry Stain Remover: For Kool-Aid, blood, chocolate or just any sort of stain, buy a small bottle of the original Dawn liquid dish soap. Apply it and if possible let it set overnight. Wash it the next day and all traces of the stain will be removed. Robin Fulkrod, Anderson, IN.
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Put The Chill on Your Utility Bill (Hemat Energy)
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PUT THE CHILL ON YOUR UTILITY BILL
To keep your winter utility bills from spiking, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. offers these thermostat suggestions:
Turn the thermostat down when the family is out of the house. It takes less energy to warn a cool home in the evening than to maintain war...
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Help Stain
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Ibu-ibu, ada yang tau ngga gimana caranya mengilangkan stain/grease/noda/spot di stainless steel appliances (di kulkas, dishwasher, atau oven?) Please help...
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Solutions to 10 Household Annoyances
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1. You can't get a sticker off the car, window, wall, etc. To remove the sticker, heat it with a hair dryer until it feels warm, and then carefully scrape it away with a plastic razor blade (available at an auto parts store) or a credit card. For any leftover glue, use Un-du Adhesive Remover, Goo Gone or...
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50 uses for vinegar
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Great tips from friend...
1. Kill grass on walks and driveways. 2. Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved. 3. Increase soil acidity. In hard water: one gallon of tap water for watering rhododendrums, gardenias, or azaleas. 4. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around doors, a...
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Need to know how to remove marks and stains
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http://www.crayola.com/canwehelp/staintips/stain.cfm
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Information on tornadoes by Beverly Murrelle
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Information on tornadoes
Can you imagine winds of 320 miles per hour heading your way? An F-5 tornado has the potential of creating such a nightmarish reality. Not even a motion picture can exaggerate the ruins displayed by this devastating whirlwind.
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Clothing stain removal
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Clothing stain removal
I will list the methods of removing certain stains from clothing, perhaps you are already familiar with some of them, if not I have helped.
First of all I might suggest if there is a spot or stain on synthetic fabric which you can't identify, or th...
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Defensive and safe driving
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Defensive and safe driving
All of us have a responsibility to be safe drivers. But even the most careful drivers can take easy preventative steps to help make them even safer drivers. If you become one of these drivers, and commit to do the following things, you may s...
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Benefits of vinegar
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Benefits of vinegar
I really do not believe that there is one thing this amazing product called vinegar can't do! It has hundreds if not thousands of uses and is not limited to cooking. There is not a room in anyones home that one could not find and use vinegar for.
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Vacation Safety Tips
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Vacation Safety Tips Summer will soon be upon us. Now is the time everyone will be planning for there vacation. But there are certain things people forget to plan before, during and after their vacation. The following article hopefully will help you to feel more at ease while you are away. Before you l...
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BURGLAR-PROOF YOUR HOME:
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BURGLAR-PROOF YOUR HOME: 15 No-Cost Ways to Protect Your Home and Family! By Queen Mason for Red Triangle Enterprises, Inc. Copyright 1998, Red Triangle Enterprises, Inc. According to U.S. Department of Justice data, an American home is burglarized every 8 seconds. In the next two decades...
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Top Tips for Car Travel with Teenyboppers
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Top Tips for Car Travel with Teenyboppers by: Magdalena Ball When my youngest son was only 2 months we took a 12 hour trip in the car for a family millennium celebration. Since my eldest son was right in the middle of toilet training himself, and the baby was breastfeeding on a 2 hourly schedule, the trip...
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