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Helpful (Anything) Hacks

JoyFilled Warrior — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:11:52 GMT

Who doesnt know helpful Hacks?

Use the plastic clip on Bread Loaf Closer to mark up, clip on, & ID each of your various electrical cords.

Weave one side of yr Necklace thru a drinking straw to keep it from tangling with itself or with other jewelry.

Use a plastic spoon under yr eye to keep from mascara from marking under yr eye.

Use an Electric Knife to cut thru heavy, or large objects, like Watermelon or Cabbage,.

Apply Vaseline or Cuticle Oil on the Cuticle before Fingernal/Toe Polish Application. Keeps the Polish off the Cuticle.

How bout you? Wanna Share?

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

FranandZoe — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:28:59 GMT

Those silica gel packs that come in shoes and other things - they work great for keeping moths out of woolens. I read about this years ago in Parade Mag.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Mz iMac — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:44 GMT

If you wear sneakers or any shoe w/o socks, to keep your feet from stinking up your shoes (YES YOUR SHOES/SNEAKERS DO STINK) pour BABY POWDER into your shoes. Actuallly any powder will do the job.

"Stinky" shoes/sneakers will stink up a house/apartment w/a quickness.

Piece of stocking over brush bristles = DRY SHAMPOO

Not really a hack.......when using dishwasher no need for the "dry" option. Use "air dry." Your dishes will be bone dry & burning hot as if you used "dry."

Amazon devices. I never use the "timer" function because you have to tell it to STHU! I always use the REMINDER function. You tell your device to "remind" you in so many seconds, minutes, hours. Then, it will ask you what the reminder is for. When the "reminder" activates, it will make a loud weird/aler sound.....tell you what your reminder is for 2x's & shut itself off.

You can also set multiple reminders throughout the day, week & month on one device or all of them if you have one in each room.

If you have home video security, instead of viewing on your teeny tiny phone screen, view on your BIG SCREEN smart tv! Even better, view on your desktop computer or 15"+ laptop screen.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

JoyFilled Warrior — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:12:04 GMT

Bake Turkey Stuffing/Dressing in Muffin Tins, that way everybody gets some of that desired crusty part in their serving.

Dip the sulfah ends of matches in melted wax to keep them dry, when you're going camping. Then scratch when ready to light

Put your purse belongings in a plastic baggie, then inside yr purse/fanny pack when leaving home, before boarding rides at Amusement Parks esp ones with wet rides.

Store cans of baked beans upside down so you don't have to scrape them out the bottom when you open the can.

If ordering something online, since places can fake a good review, only read the negative reviews, since they are probably not faked.

To make it easier to quickly find most used keys, I paint both sides of the key head with brightly colored nail polish. I use a different color for each key. The nail polish is extremely durable.

Pool Noodle Water Hose - If you need to fill up a bucket that won’t fit under your sink’s faucet, bust out a pool noodle. Set the bucket on the floor, slip the pool noodle over the faucet and run it down to the pail.

A Pool Noodle makes for lots of Hacks, if you search for them on the web, esp now that Dollar Tree has them in abundance.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Puggywuggy — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:20:47 GMT

Thank you everyone for these helpful hints!! ❤️

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Scooby Doo — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:19:21 GMT

I use the plastic bread clip on my roll of packing tape so I don't lose the end that I just tore off.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Mz iMac — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:26:28 GMT

@Scooby Doo That is a d@mn good idea! 👍🏾

That's a "why didn't I think of that" idea.😛

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

JoyFilled Warrior — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:48:59 GMT

Hi @Puggywuggy

You're very welcome. Enjoy!

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

JoyFilled Warrior — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:56:19 GMT

Here is a Handy Hack that @Tinkrbl44 offered on a prior thread:

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:37:32 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior

LOL!

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

We rescue cats — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:56:59 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior That one may be the hack of the year!!

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Lakelife62 — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:18:38 GMT

Clean your dusty window screens with a sticky tape lint roller.

Quick clean the inside of your car with a leaf blower (all doors open, obviously)

To clean stove and grill grates, put them in a trash bag with amonia, dawn and water, or oven cleaner. Close the bag and leave overnight. The goop will slide right off.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

lynnie61 — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:57:51 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior I don't have many keys on my keychain, but my SO does, so last year I painted the house key with pink nail polish. He struggles with so many keys on this key chain. Now he finds it right away! Wish it stayed on my nails like it has stayed on the key!

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

Snoopp — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:54:23 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior wrote:
Here is a Handy Hack that @Tinkrbl44 offered on a prior thread:

Haha.

Re: Helpful (Anything) Hacks

ROMARY — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:23:36 GMT

A couple of days ago I ran across three never used tooth brushes from a six-pack of tooth brushes that I purchased for a dollar in the 1970's or so.

Anyway, I thought about what I can use them for, and decided to use them as bottle brushes ! Jar-brushes.

Just brush away the residue in soapy water and rinse, dry the bottle or jar.

I know, it's a small brush, but it is working quite well.

Instead of throwing out new tooth brushes that are too firm, too large, too whatever.

I prefer 'soft' tooth brushes, and probably threw away the other three way back when.

Well, that's all for now.

Have a nice, comfortable, grateful weekend !