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.

Its currently in the 80s

641 posted on 05/17/2007 7:43:58 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)

642 posted on 05/17/2007 7:44:21 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)

Good Morning Tomkow!

643 posted on 05/17/2007 7:45:06 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)

I see that Tony Blair is paying his "Farewell" visit to the U.S this week. He's visiting with the Prez.

HEY TONY....Thank you for your support and friendship to the U.S.

Wishing you God Speed and Blessings.

644 posted on 05/17/2007 7:47:28 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

645 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:00 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

70! Holy cat! How cold is it geting at night?

Local weather reports say it might drop to 58. When the sun goes down, it's gonna be chilly! This just doesn't happen here...

This is bee-zarre.

And it could just keep on doing like this all summer, if you ask me.

I'm not betting so much as a dime on that, though. ;-)

646 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:05 AM PDT by Allegra (Socks.)

To: Tanniker Smith

while you were sleeping

647 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:28 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

To: Tanniker Smith

while you were sleeping

648 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:34 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

649 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:41 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)

650 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)

651 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)

652 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)

653 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)

654 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)

To: Tanniker Smith

while you were sleeping

655 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

656 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:54 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)

657 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:54 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)

658 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:54 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)

To: Tanniker Smith

while you were sleeping

659 posted on 05/17/2007 7:48:59 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

To: Tanniker Smith

while you were sleeping

660 posted on 05/17/2007 7:49:00 AM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

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