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FReeper Canteen ~ Household Hints ~ 17 May 2007
May 16, 2007
| Entertaining the Troops Committee
Posted on 05/16/2007 5:55:08 PM PDT by beachn4fun
FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
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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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; entertainment; military; troops
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To: AZamericonnie
I look so forward to showing you. :)
Thanks
Hugs!
261
posted on
05/16/2007 8:07:12 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: AZamericonnie
Good evening, AZ.....how are the eyes? Feeling better? How are your ducks?
262
posted on
05/16/2007 8:08:32 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: GodBlessUSA
hydrocortisone cream and oatmeal.
Another use for an old sock.. Handful of oatmeal. Wet it with warm water, scrunge it and pat the milk on.
You can also do an oatmeal bath a lot cheaper than aveeno with 10% of the mess.
Oatmeal in the leg of a stocking and tie it on the spigot of the bath tub. The good stuff comes out in the bath water and the mess stays in the stocking.
Also stay away from hot showers or hot baths, will make the itch flare up something awful.
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:08:42 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma
Prayers on the way for Brad’s Gramma and her husband.
264
posted on
05/16/2007 8:09:43 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
To: LUV W
They will be beautiful when you return home :)
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:10:17 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: TASMANIANRED
We use Windex to get too-tight rings off fingers at work. It’s cold and slick and they just slide right off.
Sometimes all I have to do is say “I’ll get the Windex to take it off”...and some people get it off themselves! LOL!
266
posted on
05/16/2007 8:10:48 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2 Pet. 3:10"..the earth..will be burned up." God promised REAL global warming.ALGORE can do nothing!)
To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...
Sierra Vista AZ
Tonight Mostly Cloudy
Currently
73°F at 8:02 pm
Feels Like 73°F Low: 53°F
Today
High: 87°F
Humidity: 40% Pressure: 29.83 in
Visibility: 35 mi
Wind: N 1 mph
Thu
52°F/89°F
Fri
62°F/90°F
Sat
60°F/91°F
Sun
57°F/90°F
267
posted on
05/16/2007 8:11:15 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: GodBlessUSA
I am anxious to finally see them bloom. They have had many hazards this spring to set them back.
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:11:34 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2 Pet. 3:10"..the earth..will be burned up." God promised REAL global warming.ALGORE can do nothing!)
To: beachn4fun
These are great ideas! Thank You!
269
posted on
05/16/2007 8:11:56 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(I'd rather be LUCKY than GOOD!)
Comment #270 Removed by Moderator
To: Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma
her husband are in urgent need of prayer. I spoke with him Saturday and he sounded pretty good, except for that cough. I guess it got worse.
Prayer's up for Brad's Grampa, hang in there FRiend, we're pulling for you.
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:13:23 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Ask me about Troop Support...)
To: beachn4fun; AZamericonnie; LUV W; MeekMom; Mrs.Nooseman; GodBlessUSA; Jet Jaguar
Thanks everyone! I got an early present from my older boy, a new tackle box to go with the new rod and reel he got me for Mother’s Day!
Today (the 16th) would have been my father’s 87th birthday and tomorrow I will be another year closer to the half century mark! NOOOOOOOOO!
272
posted on
05/16/2007 8:14:51 PM PDT
by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: TASMANIANRED
Thanks Taz :)
Oatmeal is a great idea. I forgot about this one. My Mom always had an oatmeal soap for us kids. :) At this point I’m tempted to make oatmeal and apply it. LOL I'm definitely going to try the hydrocortisone also.
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:15:07 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: mylife
Send them to me! I recycle to earn my way in this crazy state!
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:15:17 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(I'd rather be LUCKY than GOOD!)
To: swmobuffalo
What a great gift and your son was very thoughtful to combine the two gifts for you.
You must love to fish!
God rest your dear father’s soul!
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:17:24 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2 Pet. 3:10"..the earth..will be burned up." God promised REAL global warming.ALGORE can do nothing!)
To: SandRat
Can you believe that it’s only 56 degrees here right now...and we got another 6/10ths of an inch of rain? We won’t be a desert if this keeps up. We’ll be tropical! LOL!
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:18:37 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2 Pet. 3:10"..the earth..will be burned up." God promised REAL global warming.ALGORE can do nothing!)
To: GodBlessUSA
There is a product called IVY Chex..that you scrub after exposure.
Washes the oil off.
277
posted on
05/16/2007 8:18:45 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: swmobuffalo
Yay... Enjoy fishing. What a thoughtful son. :)
A beautiful day of honoring your Dad and then your Bday follows. I hope you have a wonderful day!
278
posted on
05/16/2007 8:18:58 PM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: LUV W
We’d like a little of tht moisture.
279
posted on
05/16/2007 8:19:39 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I am totally amazed that we have gotten so much.
It’s supposed to keep raining off and on through the
weekend.
My grass is beautiful! Hubby hates it...he has to mow it! LOL!
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posted on
05/16/2007 8:21:49 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2 Pet. 3:10"..the earth..will be burned up." God promised REAL global warming.ALGORE can do nothing!)
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