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Useful (and not so useful) facts gleaned from reading random books
Helpful little things around the home
Cut a complete strip from the tops of bags of frozen food & use them as ties when returning food to freezer.
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Even soft scoop ice cream can get hard when some is removed. To prevent this scrunch up a freezer bag to fill the space & the ice cream will stay soft.
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Create a cheap & effective hand scrub by mixing 1 teaspoon full of sugar & 1 of salt with a medium portion of cheap hand cream.
Dampen hands then rub mixture in well. Rinse off with warm water.
If honey is available add 1 teaspoonfull to the mix to help to soften hands.
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If an egg breaks on the floor, cover it with salt. This will help to absorb most of the slippery white & help it to clean up easier.
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To clean a really dirty toilet mix a paste of flour & bleach. Apply & leave overnight. The flour will hold the bleach in place.
Clean as normal.
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Use bicarb on a bee sting & vinegar on a wasp sting.
Just remember bicarb bee
‘winegar’ wasps
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Adding a few grains of rice to a salt cellar will stop dampness.
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To clean copper & brass rub with a lemon dipped in salt. polish with a soft cloth
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