FReeper Canteen ~ Household Hints ~ 17 May 2007

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HINT & TIPS
Welcome to the FReeper Canteen Hints & Tips that can be make your life easier. Or not! Hopefully, you'll find something here that will make your life easier. Or maybe someone you know could use one of these ideas. If you have a hint or tip of your own, be sure to leave it behind before you leave the Canteen.
Ma can always use helpful ideas on how to keep the Canteen clean with all the youngsters running around.
Let's start with some general household hints.

*** 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.
*** If your polished furniture has small scratches: Try rubbing them with a shelled walnut. You'll see the scratches just disappear!
*** 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.
*** To keep lint and dust off glass top tables, wash them in a solution of warm water and fabric softener. Add one tablespoon of liquid fabric softener to one quart of warm water. The fabric softener will clean the glass inexpensively and will help keep lint from gathering on the glass. Also great for computer screens and TV's
*** Don't throw away odd socks or socks with holes in them, use them to make a mop. Tie several socks (10-12 works best) to a mop or broom handle and use just like you would a regular mop. White cotton socks work best for this project and by the time the "sock mop" wears out, you'll probably have plenty more socks to make a new one.
***Get rid of pet hair on upholstery effortlessly by wiping the furniture with a slightly dampened sponge.
(All hints found on websites. Management makes no claims to the effectiveness of any hints)
Join us again next week for more hints.

1 posted on 05/16/2007 5:55:13 PM PDT by beachn4fun

To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; Soaring Feather; E.G.C.; darkwing104; Fawnn; Radix; stand watie; radu; ..

Thursday’s thread is up

PING

2 posted on 05/16/2007 5:56:33 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

To: beachn4fun; All

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.
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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

Prayers going up.

3 posted on 05/16/2007 5:56:54 PM PDT by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)

4 posted on 05/16/2007 5:57:07 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

Hey what are you doing here? LOL It’s night time. ;)

5 posted on 05/16/2007 5:57:35 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: HopeandGlory

WOW.....Good evening, Hope

6 posted on 05/16/2007 5:58:24 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Good evening, Sandrat

7 posted on 05/16/2007 5:59:20 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Excellent thread Beachn! :) This is a keeper for me ;) To keep lint and dust off glass top tables, wash them in a solution of warm water and fabric softener. Add one tablespoon of liquid fabric softener to one quart of warm water. The fabric softener will clean the glass inexpensively and will help keep lint from gathering on the glass. Also great for computer screens and TV's
Thanks!

8 posted on 05/16/2007 5:59:51 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Good evening Beachy.{{{HUGS}}}
Great thread.

9 posted on 05/16/2007 6:00:22 PM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops,Allies and our President GW!!!)

Good evening, GB. I'm here to throw you off. hehe...BTW

10 posted on 05/16/2007 6:00:25 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

11 posted on 05/16/2007 6:01:01 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: Old China Hand

A little bird told me something.

Happy Birthday!

12 posted on 05/16/2007 6:01:14 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Thank you for this ribbon :)

13 posted on 05/16/2007 6:01:35 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: Mrs.Nooseman

Good Evening Mrs. N :)
Hugs!

14 posted on 05/16/2007 6:02:07 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

15 posted on 05/16/2007 6:02:15 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

16 posted on 05/16/2007 6:02:22 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Never accidentally close your cat into the refrigerator.

17 posted on 05/16/2007 6:03:02 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy

18 posted on 05/16/2007 6:03:21 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Evening GB.{{{HUGS}}}

19 posted on 05/16/2007 6:03:41 PM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops,Allies and our President GW!!!)

If you try it, can you let the Canteen know if it works?

This will be a good way to verify these hints....which work and which don’t.

20 posted on 05/16/2007 6:04:02 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

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