| RE: Urine Stains on Underwear |
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Windex Blue with amonia. Spray it on and throw it in the washing machine. You can also use it on upholstry and pat off the moisture and stain w a white paper towel. I learned this from a man who moves furniture for a living. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Afghan Stitch Tips |
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I learned this just this month. If you have a pattern that looks the same on both sides and you are working on a cylinder shape, you can turn it around and work your crochet across the "inside" of the piece. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Bath and Body Basket Ideas |
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You could cushion the basket w wash cloths. They could be folded in fancy napkin forms. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Microwave Heat Bag |
Here's a coincidence! Not 30 minutes ago I finished two hot pads for my chihuahuas. I used 100% cotton fabric and 100% cotton batting (thin). I cut 6 layers of fabric using a plate for the shape and 2 layers of the batting. Layer 2 fabric, 1 batting, 1 fabric. Sew around the rim of all and leave a 4" opening. Turn it inside out so the batting has fabric on each side. This gives you a low temp side with the batting, and a higher temp side with the fabric. I stuffed them with cheap, bulk rice and then sewed the opening shut. Popped them in the microwave for 90 seconds.
A word of warning--a friend put his nylon or polyester socks in the microwave to dry them after he got caught in the rain. They melted and started a fire in the room.
I've been thinking of finding a cotton shirt and sewing on a liner with vertical tubes to fill with rice. I'd have the tubes run around the shoulders and across the back. My bursitis just yells for it. --Stone in OKC ... View related article. |
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| RE: Rats or Squirrels Chewing on Wires Under the Hood of My Car |
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I have had good luck with minced garlic getting them out of my attic soffits. I also painted the screens with clear pepper juice. You can make this: putt peppers in a hot glass jar, pour hot vinegar in to fill the jar, put the lid on and leave for 3 weeks. After handling peppers do not touch your face and be sure to wash your hands.) A small bottle of pepper sauce costs about $3. You could also sprinkle cayenne pepper powder over your engine wires. --Stone in OKC ... View related article. |
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| RE: Nature Foretelling the Season |
I have noticed that my dog will grow a thick coat before a bad winter. I noticed it because one year he did not grow a thick coat and I thought he was sick. It was was a very mild winter. One day it hit me--epiphany!
This late summer has been horrid with fiddleback spiders (Oklahoma). I'm waiting to see if there is anything unusual about the coming months.
I hope other people respond to your question. This is fascinating.
--Stone in OKC ... View related article. |
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| RE: Uses For Plastic Hooks From New Socks |
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You're talking about the plastic stick thing that starts with a curl on one end, goes up and bends back down and ends with another curl higher up? I have a rolling cart/table that I use for house cleaning. I've got a trash container held at one end with a "bongo?" cord. I've draped the sock things over the cord and I hang tools on them--broom, dust wand, brushes. Leaves a lot of room on the cart for things that go in the next room. There's a box on the bottom shelf for things I don't want to decide whether or not to throw away. If I don't need them after a month, I find it easier to throw away. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Permanent Marker on Unfinished Hardwood Floor |
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Hair spray works on acrilic paint. I don't know about magic marker. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Cheap Recipes For Australians |
Well, all my ideas have just been posted by these great folks. Victory Garden. Bean sprouts. Corn and bean combination=necessary amino acids equivalent to meat.
Sounds like it is time for a town meeting. Agenda: community garden, barter system, labor for labor or goods, carpool to the grocery. Does your church or neighbor have something like a big dry basement where people can drop off stuff they don't need, pick up things they do? Might be worth renting a place and share doorkeeper time. I know I would pay someone to cart off stuff, if I knew someone could use it--a lifetime of stuff that I could not throw it away because someone could use it.
I think I can speak for all of us--your letter staggered us! In a crisis we can depend on hard boiled eggs and peanut butter. Your situation in Australia is 4 times harder than ours. You warrior on, girl! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Soft Drink Stains In Car |
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I've used Windex Blue with Amonia on fabric with success. The trick is you have to get the liquid out--the stain dissolves into the liquid. Maybe you could take the seats out and turn them so the liquid is pulled down into a paper towel. Or just try to press the liquid out with a paper towel. ... View related article. |
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