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Reviews of Battery Operated Nasal Aspirator for Babies?
Never unless the doctor recommended it and showed me how to use it.

 

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Getting Rid of Bugs in Dog Biscuits?
You have carpet beetles. Call an exterminator and have the carpet cleaned by a professional steam cleaner like Stanley Steamer. If you dont have carpet you still need to throughloy clean the whole room and exterminate. Store your dogs food in an air tight container...

 

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Smelly New Athletic Shoes?
You should have taken them back and maybe you still can if they have not been worn much. They were probably made in China and it is probably the glue they used. Dont buy shoes made in China. You dont know what they are made of.

 

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Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Ideas?
Reserve tables at a nice restaurant and invite the guests.

 

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Dust Accumulation on Dark Furniture?
If you plant some fast growing bushes along the road at the end of your yard and let them grow as tall as they can, they will catch most of it. You will have to hose the bushes off often.

 

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Cleaning Heirloom Painted Furniture?
To start with why dont you try just plain water. This is how they clean valuable paintings that have hung for centuries. Dampen a paint brush, the kind used for oil painting. Get a half inch wide one. Dip it in water, lightly blot then brush a small spot to...

 

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Aluminum Foil For Cleaning Your Iron
You can purchase a tube of iron cleaner in the supermarket. It is designed to clean your iron without damaging the surface in any way. It is cheap and lasts a long time.

 

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Ideas for a Christmas Float with 9/11 Theme?
Actually this float seems inappropreate for both Christmas and children. Not that 911 needs to be forgotten but Christmas is a joyous occasion and we all try to make children happy during that season.

 

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Cooking Acorn and Spaghetti Squash?
Put the acorn squash in the oven after cutting it in half and cleaning the seeds out. When the squash is soft (about an hour in the oven or ten minutes in the microwave) add butter and sugar to it. Lovely. I do not know about the other squash as I have never...

 

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Freezing Fresh Mushrooms?
I do it all the time. Do not wash them until you thaw them. They will be soft but for cooking they are great. If you wash them first they will stick together.

 

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Cleaning Up Whiskers After Shaving?
My advice would be to tell him to solve the problem himself but there better be NO MORE hairs on the sink. If he can earn a living he can figure it out.

 

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Remedy for Plantar Warts?
I have heard that soaking the bottom of your foot in cider vinegar (straight) for several weeks will make it drop off. I am not sure about that but if you are not going to go to the Dr, you might try it. Dont expect results for a while.

 

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Earning Extra Money While on SSI?
You are allowed to make a certain amount but why dont you ask the people who will know the answer at the SS office?

 

Spool of serger thread in container next to machine.

Save on Sewing Thread
You can also run two bobbins. Place one in the machine and one on top. They will both empty at the same time, then run two more.

 

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Slipping Boots On Easier?
A long handled shoe horn might do the trick. Some shoe stores give them away. A stainless steel one will last forever and doesnt cost very much. I think he will need the long handled one though.

 

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Value of a 1945 Encyclopedia Britannica Set?
Sorry, old encyclopedias are worth nothing. No one will take them either. The information in them is mostly outdated. I often thought some of the pictures might be fun for children to cut out.

 

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Stuffed Cabbage?
Your goal is to soften the leaves so they roll easily. You can put the head of cabbage in the freezer all night and when it thaws the next day the leaves will be wilted and ready to use. Or you can submerge the head in a large pot of boiling water for ten or...

 

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Substitute for Gouda Cheese in a Recipe?
Colby or mild chedder of any kind will be fine.

 

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Homemade Potato Chips
Canola is a very good oil but many, many people are allergic to it. It can cause stomach cramps. If this is the case than refined olive oil or peanut oil is good.

 

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Deciding When to Retire?
If you have the option stick it out. At least until you are 65 and will go on Medicare (dont forget a suppliment like AARP). That way you wont be out the health insurance and you can continue making your house payments easily. When you no longer have to pay...

 

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Picture Stuck in Frame?
If you cant scan it at least take a picture or several pictures of it before you try anything. A copy shop like Kinkos or Staples might be able to scan it in larger equipment.

 

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Caution when Reusing Food Containers
I would think you would have learned to mark your containers before something happens you will regret.

 

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Cooking with Frozen Tomatoes
I tried to vote thumbs up on this tip but it all came up encripted.

 

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Threading a Singer Merritt 3145?
Just take it to a local sewing machine shop. They will show you and probably wont charge you. If they do it will be just a small amount. Take a marker and draw where the thread goes and write instructions as needed. Also let them show you how to work the bobbin...

 

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Choosing Secondary Health Insurance for Seniors?
She should have got on AARP insurance when she first went on Medicare. She may still be able to do it. The best policy they have is expensive but she will have no deductible whatsoever and the policy will cover Medicare deductible.

 

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Dividing Time Among Friends?
You cant worry about what someone else says. It wasnt their party. Your friend sounds controlling.

 

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Dead Mouse Smell?
If it is really a dead mouse smell it will go away in about ten days. Sometimes mice get trapped in walls and cant get out.

 

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Selling Crafts Using Licensed Fabrics?
I believe that means you cant mark the bolt up and sell it. Once you have used it to make items they are yours to sell.

 

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Using Coffee Cans to Make Candles?
If the can is ribbed or turned over at the top you whave trouble removing the candle. Make sure the container you use has straight up sides.

 

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Cleaning a Coffee Thermos?
Soap, water, bottle brush. Done.

 

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Removing Nail Polish from Acrylic Nails?
You are not supposed to soak your fingers in it. You just put it on a cotton ball and remove the polish just like you would with any other polish remover.

 

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Blocked Septic System Plumbing?
You have to have them pumped out every so often. Call a septci company. They will come out and empty it into a large truck. Also if your washer has a self cleaning lint filter, that lint is going into your septic tank and not decomposing. Never clean your carpets...

 

Painting Over Very Dark Brown Walls?
Pale colors will make a room look larger. Walmart has a color called coral that is lovely.

 

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Plugged Garbage Disposal?
These things can be put in the disposal but not in large amounts. If her hand is small enough to reach into the disposal she can bring the peelings out and start over, I have had to do that. Sometimes something like a piece of plastic gets in mine. I just reach...

 

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Herbal Relief for Back Pain?
I had the same thing. The problem is not with the disks that were repaired but with the ones that werent. You may have been taking darvocet which was taken off the market. There are other things that your doctor can give you. If he wont, then change doctors...

 

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Ask Companies To Honor Competitor's Free Shipping
Speaking of saving your post office, set the big banks and credit card companies do it for you. Mail back the empty self addressed postage paid envelopes they send all the time and the post office gets reimbursed for the processing.

 

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Ear Ache Relief?
He needs a doctor. Home remedies wont help and may allow him to get worse.

 

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Making Housecoat from Towels?
It would be cheaper to buy the terry cloth and then make the bathrobe. Towels are expensive.

 

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Cheap Fix for Laptop With Broken Keyboard
Just a suggestion but since the keyboard and mouse were so cheap maybe he should have paid for them out of his allowance. He should have taken better care of it.

 

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Keeping Spiders Out of the House?
Those spiders may be from an egg sac that hatched. Or they might be coming in through the dryer vent. Make sure everything is sealed around the vent so if they come in the vent hose they cant get out.

 

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Removing Urine Stains from a Plastic Toilet Seat?
Just get a new seat. They arent expensive. If your stains are caused by medicine given for kidney infection the stains will never come out.

 

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Freezing Brown Rice?
Absolutely. You can even buy frozen brown rice at Trader Joes.

 

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Freezing Brown Rice?
Yes I do it all the time. Actually when I cook rice I always cook a lot and then freeze it in portions.

 

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Getting Onion Odor Off Your Hands
It is not necessary to go to all that trouble. A simple wash under cold water will take it right off. Just cold water.

 

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Dryer Not Turning?
Under no circumstances should you ever run that dryer if it doesnt turn. You are asking for a fire if you do.

 

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Cleaning Carpet That Has Been Flooded?
You call Stanley Steamer or some other company what uses the tank steamer truck. Believe me they will get it clean and smelling great.

 

Large Spiders Web Reflecting in Sunlight

Wildlife: Spider Web
The spider was most likely an Orb Weaver. They come out at night and make the webs. Then they go into hiding in the daytime somewhere close to the web. In a knook or cranny. Look out at night and you may see it. They are harmless but can get huge. The problem...

 

TP tin holder with lid on and extra roll on top.

Store Rolls of Toilet Paper in Pretty Tin
That is a good idea but remember thjose tins can leave a rust ring if they get wet. Either coat them with clear paint or find a plastic container.

 

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Pound Cake from Boxed Cake Mix?
Why dont you just pick a pound cake recipe from on line and make it from scratch? All you need is butter, flour, milk, baking powder, salt and sugar. That goes for any cake. I havent bought a cake mix in years.

 

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Getting Red Hair Dye Off Your Forehead?
Go to a beauty shop. They will fix it for you. You probably cant do this yourself.

 

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Keeping Carpet Clean?
The best way is to never eat in the room with your carpet. Then, make everyone takes off their shoes when they come inside. Give them house slippers and enforce the rule. The cleanest houses you will ever see are the ones where people take off their shoes when...

 

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Waxing Hardwood Floors?
Why dont you just get some Johnsons floor wax. Not the liquid kind but the paste wax.

 

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Reuse Pictures On Address Labels As Stickers
For those who enjoy reading and collecting books, you can stick these lables inside the cover so if you lend the book it will come back to you.

 

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Canning Tomatoes?
You will know if the tomatoes smell sour or the jars dont seal. You should be fine if you boiled them for ten mintues though 20 would have been better.

 

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Hiding Valuables?
Either the theif knew you kept your jewelry there or they were looking for drugs. I dont know how many people live in your house but the bathroom is a bad place to put anything you dont want taken. Some peole snoop and take things. I can tell you where NOT...

 

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Plastic Sacks in WWII?
The author may have been mistaken. I do not believe they had plastic then but they did have rubber which they melted and painted onto canvas making it waterproof. They also had oil cloth which was similar but not as durable.

 

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Inexpensive Heating Unit Similar in Efficiency to Window AC?
Portable oil heaters put out a lot of heat and use little electricity. Coil heaters use a lot of electricity so dont invest in these.

 

Removing Mud Stains from Clothing?
Try carpet cleaner and rinse well.

 

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Treating the Pain and Itching from a Yellow Jacket Sting?
If you have Aspercreme it works as well as the new antibiotic creme that has a numbing agent in it.

 

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Use Vinegar for Cleaning
Vinegar is not a disinfectant. Hospitals do not use it. What it will do is create a hostile environment for bacteria so there will be fewer of them where you use vinegar. However if you are cleaning a counter where you prepare food use a solution of bleach...

 

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Freezing Bell Peppers?
I was and chop them and then freeze them. Mostly I use the frozen ones for cooking because they do get soft when frozen but the taste is the same.

 

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Cooking Chicken in a Crockpot?
Chicken cooks so fast on the stove that I really dont know why you would want to do it in a crock pot. I mostly use my crock pot to keep things warm while I am serving.

 

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Shower Caps in the Kitchen
I think you can find plastic caps for food bowls but plastic that is not made for food should never be used. Even if the plastic is not touching the food there are fumes. This is not a good idea.

 

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Asking a Guy to Homecoming?
Just ask him if he wants to go. He can only say no. Have a second choice in case he says no, but he will probably say yes.

 

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Fleas in the House?
The problem is that the eggs laid by the now dead fleas are hatching. You must vacumm your house twice a day for a week and they will be gone. Havent you noticed there are less bites right after you vacumm? Also here is a hint for you. Spray insect repellant...

 

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Snake in Wall of House?
You can buy a can of spray foam. It hardens after you spray it and fills holes. You might want to call a exterminator to find it in case it is poison. I saw on the Animal channel that small poison snakes are worse than big ones because they do not know how...

 

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Receiving SSI?
Actually you will receive part of his SS if he has made more money than you since you were married for ten years but why ask us when any questions you need answers to can be answered by the SS office and you know the answers will be right. They do not mind...

 

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Identifying the Source of a Musty Odor?
It sounds like you need a ceiling fan. Moist air accumulates at the ceiling of large open rooms and does not circulate.

 

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How to Complain to a Company and Get Real Results
Normally Sears will drive one crazy. But you are right, you get better results speaking softly. Once I bought a couch from them which they later told me was not in stock so they sent me a loaner for a few weeks. Three months later I still had the loaner and...

 

Fruit tree in bloom.

Pear Butter Novice?
Isnt the browning part of it? Apple butter is always brown. If your pears are the really sweet kind I see no reason to add sugar but I wouldnt worry about the browning part.

 

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Removing Cup Ring from Wood Furniture?
You know there is nothing wrong with asking people not to place drinks on your furniture. If they were not taught this as a child it is time they learned. I certainly would mention it to the person if you know who they are.You probably cant ever get the stain...

 

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The Queen's Linen Tablecoths
I really dont think that is true. It might have been true several hundred years ago but is unsanitary now.

 

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Plantar Wart Coming Back?
Plantars warts are caused by a virus, not a long toe. Either you misunderstood or got took.

 

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Value of Claxton Encyclopedias?
Frankly no. You probably couldnt give them away.

 

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Insulating Sliding Glass Doors Inexpensively?
You can buy a package of clear plastic window covers. They are designed to keep out drafts. You staple or tape it tightly over the whole window. You can still see out and a drape or blind over that will keep you warm. These plastic covers can be put over other...

 

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Abusive Husband?
In the state where I live if one partner allows the other to display violence in front of a child the child gets removed from the home. This is harsh I know but you are guilty of child abuse if you continue to allow this to go on. Leave or have your husband...

 

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Freeze Cheese in Wrapping
I also freeze cheese and have no problems. However three years is too long to freeze anything. Cheese as well as meat can get freezer burned, which means it really isnt fit to eat.

 

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Substitutes for Wine in Recipes
That is a very good idea. It is important to remember that juice does not keep as long as wine so once it is opened it should be used within a week.

 

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Living Room and Kitchen Paint Color Advice?
My dear, it is your home and you can paint it whatever color you want. Of course you can paint each room a different color, I do it all the time and so do most people I know. Dont let people tell you what to do in your own home.

 

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Work Any Oil Into The Hinge
Best to buy oil intended for that purpose. Machine oil is not expensive. If you use other oil such as baby oil or cooking oil it will tend to gunk up after a while and you will have to clean it out. It is always best to use things for their intended purpose...

 

Jacket for Elvis Golden records.

Value of an Elvis Presley Golden Record?
Any item such as this is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. You might find someone who will pay more or you might never find anyone who will pay this much. I think you would go a long way before finding as good a price as this.

 

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Boiling Potatoes and Eggs Together?
It doesnt add flavor but it is practical because both have to be boiled. Be sure and leave the skins on potatoes while boiling to keep them from getting mushy. Dont over cook and use red potatoes. They are firmer and make a better salad.

 

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White Linen Shirt Has Turned Dingy Grey?
Clorox bleach. Rinse in vinegar water.

 

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Caring for a Cat With Jaw Cancer?
Do what your vet says to do. Poor kitty, These things are never easy.

 

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Have Friends and Family Check On Older Parent
Better to have a lock with a punch code. Give the code to the people who will be checking in on her. If you need to call 911 you can give them the code when you call.

 

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My Frugal Life: Raising Five Kids
Great except for the candle. One energy saving light bulb is cheaper in the long run than any candle you can buy and lasts much longer. Ask the electric company. Candles put out smoke and residue which you breathe.

 

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My Frugal Life: Raising Five Kids
Also if just want a little light, get night lights. They burn practally no electricity.

 

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Counting on Leftovers for Another Meal
Rice a roni, tons of salt, loaded with msg and preservatives.

 

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Sideburns Grew Back Thicker After Being Shaved?
Relax. Your hair seems thicker and tougher because it is short. Let it grow and the sun will lighten it a little and it will get softer as it grows. Soon it will be as before.

 

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Slow Cooker Liver and Onions?
Liver and onions only takes a few minutes to cook in a frying pan. Flour the liver, put in hot oil and cover with onions. Add salt and pepper. After a few minutes turn it over and cook a few minutes. Make sure your liver is sliced thin. Then pour a little water...

 

A table filled with antique nicknacks.

Reselling Antiques and Collectibles
I can only say out of consideration for potential buyers, that if you have used insecticide on a piece of furniture that you make that clear. It would not be right to subject kids or pets to that chemical.

 

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Shelf Life of Frozen Foods?
You should not keep anything longer than 6 months. Commercial freezers can reach lower temps than home freezers.

 

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Using a Back Scratcher to Retrieve Dropped Items
You can buy inexpensive grabbers. They have a long handle and a squeeze claw that actually pinches on the object and picks it up. No bending at all is required. You can get them at any medical supply store but I have seen them in the grocery store. I am sure...

 

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Receiving Disbursements from an IRA?
Has it occurred to you to ask the holder of your account?

 

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Receiving Disbursements from an IRA?
Has it oddurred to you to ask the holder of your account?

 

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Tofu Recipes?
There are two kinds of tofu, firm and soft. If you look on the internet under recipes for tofu you can find lots of uses.

 

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Uses for Canned Peach Juice?
This is not really juice. It is very thick high fructose corn syrup and you really should just pour it down the drain. The liquid in lite peaches is pear juice with a small amount of high fructose corn syrup.

 

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Freezing Bell Peppers?
I wash them, chop them after removing the seeds and spread them out on a cutting board. I put them in the freezer then when they are frozen I put them in a zip lock bag. I have been doing this for years and also with celery.

 

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Seasoning a Teflon Grill?
Surely there were directions with it. Normally you do not season teflon. You may want to add a little oil before cooking depending on what you are making.

 

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Causes of Itchy Scalp Other Than Dandruff?
Yes but there are two other possibilities. One is yeast which can be cured with Selson Blue shampoo and the other is head lice (it is rampant among kids). Try the shampoo for a week and see if that doesnt stop it.

 

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Causes of Itchy Scalp Other Than Dandruff?
Yes but there are two other possibilities. One is yeast which can be cured with Selson Blue shampoo and the other is head lice (it is rampant among kids). Try the shampoo for a week and see if that doesnt stop it.

 

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Collecting Child Support from Social Security After Parent Dies?
No matter what we say, the only way you can get any benefits is to apply so go to your SS office and check it out.

 

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Child Support and Social Security?
We dont know if we dont live in your state. If they are making you do it then they can.

 

Interior view of the purse.

Uses for a Vintage Purse?
It is very cute and I would perserve it instead of using it. Keep it nice to pass it down. Sometimes things like this get passed down for many generations. It is small enough to take up very little space. Put it in a drawer or chest for safekeeping.

 

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Keeping Celery
Wrap it in plastic wrap first so the celery wont come in contact with the foil.

 

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Crafts Using Small Plastic Cat Food Containers?
Yes, take them to a recycling place and leave them.

 

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Helping My Sister Deal With an Abusive Relationship?
She thinks he is going to change. He is not. Call the child welfare in her state and inform them about the special needs child and the other children. They will investigate and determine what should be done. She could leave this abusive man if she would but...

 

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Is a Tenant Responsible For Getting Rid of Fleas?
Different states have different tenant laws. I would suggest you ask your tenant for a pets clean bill of health signed by the vet. If the cats have fleas the vet cannot sign it, The tenant should show that the cats have been treated with Advantage or Frontline...

 

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Cleaning Hairbrushes?
Put it in a sinkful of hot soapy water.

 

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Making Shower Curtains
I put my cloth shower curtain in the washer with the hooks on. Then I hang it right up when it get through spinning.

 

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Freezing Celery?
Yes. Wash it, dry it, chop it, put it in bags. and freeze it. I have done it for years.

 

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Use Medical Exam Gloves For Messy Tasks
The only gloves that should be used for food handeling are food prep gloves. I wonder sometimes if the word about plastics being toxic is getting out. So many people are so quick to use any empty container or product such as these medical or cosmetic gloves...

 

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Unsubscribing from Freecycle?
If you really cant find a way to unsubscribe, send the mail to your spam folder then you wont have to look at it.

 

Shopping for Inexpensive Foam Hand Soap?
There is a special dispenser that you can buy. You fill it with any liquid hand soap and when the top is pushed, the soap comes out foamy.

 

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Making "Something Old" from Grandmother's Wedding Dress?
Dont distroy the old dress. Find something else to give them that is old.

 

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Salmon Patty Recipes?
One can pink salmon one fourth cup finely chopped celery one forth cup finely chopped onion one egg one half cup crushed crackers one tsp salt and pepper Mix and scoop up some in your hand and make a patty. Holding the patty on one hand sprinkle a good portion...

 

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Getting a Divorce When the Other Party Won't Sign?
So request a masters hearing. Better yet, get a lawyer. Someone has given you bad advice.There is no such thing as a person having to stay married. All this time he is your next of kin.

 

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Freezing Cooked Beets?
Yes but you can cut them up first and then they will be ready to serve.

 

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Determining the Value of a Vintage Set of Encyclopedias?
Nothing. Look at all that has happened and been invented since 1961. None of that is in your encyclopedias. Yet, all that is in your encyclopedias is in the new ones which are actually on CD and take up less space. You are better off throwing them out and making...

 

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Adding Small Shelves to a School Locker?
Yes, you can buy small shelves that will fit or you can make them. To make them get light weight boards and cut them as high as you want your shelves. Then cut wood to fit across your locker. Place a board on each side of the inside of the locker then one on...

 

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Shopping for a Belt for a Singer Treadle Sewing Machine?
Probably what you would use now is a belt like is in vacuums. You might ask at a vacuum shop because they carry different belts. If they dont have the right one go anywhere that uses belts (even a car repair shop) and see if they have one. Measure how long...

 

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Buying a Generic Brand to Save Money
No matter how cheap you buy soda, even if it is a penny a can you are wasting your money and are not frugal. There is no food value in it and in many cases it is harmful to you.

 

Bumblebee on Pink Flowers

Wildlife: Danger and Elegance
Just so everyone will know, there is now a series of shots that will stop the effects of bee stings for those who are allergic. My grandson was fatally alergic to stings and was told he would die if he was stung again. He took the series of shots ans is now...

 

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Determining the Value of a Partial Set of 1865 American Encyclopedias?
Just advertise them on Craigs list or ebay. They are worth what someone is willing to pay. Otherwise you can pay an appraiser to tell you.

 

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Baking Soda Darken Skin When Used as a Deodorant?
I dont know about whitening but plain old alcohol will stop underarm odor. I am allergic to commercial deoderants and have found that cleaning my underarms with alcohol after shower and before I leave the house works very well. After all bacteria are what causes...

 

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Eye Catching Name Ideas for a New Discount Food Store?
Sometimes straight and too the point is best. What is wrong with dent and scratch for a name? then people will know exactly what your business is.

 

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Parent's Level of Involvement in Cub Scouts?
No. Some fathers cant be there and some mothers are single parents. Normally the cub scouts have a den mother, but not necessarily and meet once a week. Parents do not attend these meetings. Once a month there is a pack meeting and that is when parents attend...

 

Potty Training a 3 Year Old?
Stop forcing her. Forget about it and put her back in diapers. Soon she will tell you she wants to use the potty. It has become an issue so you need to let time pass and wait it out. Years ago we tried to get the kids trained by two. I have noticed that these...

 

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Yellow Jackets in the House?
Why do you want to do it yourself? You may not be able to. Call the exterminator and be done with it.

 

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Securing Slip Covers?
Does the cover have a ruffle or pleat around the bottom? If so, take the cover off and sew a piece of heavy fabric tape around the top of the ruffle seam. Then take a staple gun and staple the cover to the chair. The tape keeps the cover from tearing.

 

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Peroxide to Whiten Teeth?
No, no, no on the straight peroxide. Ask your dentist if you dont believe me.

 

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Asking a Friend to Sadie Hawkins?
:Will you go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with me? Id like to take you to the Sadie Hawkins dance

 

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Repairing Cloudy Headlight Lens?
You can buy a kit or just take it to a body shop and they will polish the headlights for you. Lens are no longer glass but some kind of acrilic that scratches.

 

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Combining a Baby Shower and Wedding Reception?
Why dont you just have the wedding reception and let her friends give the baby shower? Normally parents dont give the baby shower. That way you could spend the money on the reception.

 

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Fixing Dents in Lampshades?
Make him buy you a new one. Of all the inconsiderate things for him to do. He needs to see what happens and take the consequence when he doesnt hang his hat where it belongs. My husband did the same thing twenty years ago. He had a lot of caps and kept leaving...

 

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Recipe for Chinese Long Beans?
Yes. Steam the beans. You can get one of those little steamers that fit inside a pot. Steam them about five minutes then sprinkle a little soy sauce and some toasted sesame oil ober them. Then some salt.

 

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Using the Dishwasher as a Drying Rack?
Why would you be washing and drying dishes if you have a dishwasher? I do not own anything that will not go into the dishwasher. I have not owned a dish rack in many many years.

 

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Finding the Value of an Encyclopedia Set?
No. You will never find anyone to take them so just put them out for the trash. Sorry.

 

Guest bedroom in the bed and breakfast.

Removing Curry Odor from a House?
They may have been burning insense. Just make sure they leave when they are supposed to.

 

Guest bedroom in the bed and breakfast.

Removing Curry Odor from a House?
Oh and I make curry all the time and it does not smell beyond the meal when it is served.

 

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Cleaning Fiberglass Shower Pan
If it works I think you should mention the brand so the rest of us can try it.

 

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Freezing Bananas in Their Skin?
I do it all the time for use in cakes and breads.

 

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Helping a 6 Month Old Sleep Through the Night?
He isnt ready. Why the rush? Why make a child or baby misserable just to suit your schedule. Enjoy him and let him be happy.

 

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Refrigerator Overheating?
Everyone I know who has one of those has trouble with it.

 

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Getting Rid of Ants in the Kitchen?
Put a line of talcom powder across the place where they are coming in. They wont cross it.

 

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Determining the Most Cost Effective Lighting Source?
Electricity is the cheapest and safest. Low energy light bulbs and energy efficient appliances will save you even more. Lamp oil and candles not only cost more to light a room but they put residue into the air you and your family breathe which is unhealthy...

 

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Pizza Cutter for Cutting Homemade Noodles
A good idea but noodle cutters are back on the market. I bought one in the kitchen ware dept of a department store but kitchen stores will carry them too I am sure. They will cut a row of ten noodles in one cut. They work like a pizza cutter only they have...

 

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Stewed Apples Too Sweet?
Add twice as many more apples and no more sugar.

 

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Keeping Carpets Clean with a Toddler?
If I were you I would just purchase area rugs, large ones, and put them down over the carpet. I have done that before. Not for the same reason though. Once I had to live in an apartment for three monthys that had bad ratty carpet on the floor. I couldnt stand...

 

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Getting Family Members to Help Around the House?
Put your foot down and tell them you are not their slave. Tell them what you will do which is probably cook. No one should have to do for someone else what they can do for themselves. You should not have to clean up after any adult. I dont know how old the...

 

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Getting Family Members to Help Around the House?
Oh and one more thing..tell your husband you are his wife not his mother and he is treating you like his mother.

 

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Cleaning Bath Toys with Bleach
3/4 cup bleach is way too much. One tablespoon per five gallons is enough. I know this. The us department of food safety requires dishes that are washed by hand be soaked ten minutes in this solution. How you can tell if the solution is safe without measuring...

 

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Removing Scented Oil Type Odor from House?
The problem with those scented candles and plug in air fresheners is that they have oils in them. These oils are released into the air with heat, Not only do they put a fine layer of these oils all over everything but they are extreemly hard on the lungs of...

 

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Shopping For School Supplies
I do think it is important to let your child choose their back pack and lunch bag. They like to be proud instead of embarrassed.

 

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Blanching Vegetables Before Freezing?
I think you can but the blanching, if I remember correctly helps to keep frost from forming on them. The proper procedure is to blanch them for one minute, plunge them in ice water for a minute then lay them on a towel to dry. It is worth it if you have a better...

 

Bathroom sink and cabinet.

Removing Musty Smell in Bathroom Cabinets?
You can leave your cabinet and closet doors opened at night. This will allow fresh air to get to them.

 

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Back Child Support?
Child support is not based on need. It is based on the principal that if you bring a child into this world you are obligated to support it. If you did not always pay then someone else did it for you and you need to pay it back. It is not your call to say if...

 

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Holes in Tee Shirts?
You didnt say where the holes are. If they are in front then there might be a rough place under the counter in front of the sink that is catching on the clothing. It is also possible that you have a rough zipper that is catching on the clothes during the wash...

 

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