# Life hacks you figured out on your own **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041 "2023-03-11T20:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/510 "2023-05-26T12:39:51Z")
We had a couple of those when I was in high school (late '70s). I even put one of them together because my dad was pretty useless with tools and fixing/building things. It was a great cart, total workhorse. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/511 "2023-05-26T13:02:23Z")
My parents’ neighbor had a garden cart much like that. I was jealous because it seemed more stable than the traditional wheelbarrow we had. (The wheelbarrow had a tendency to tip to the side, and the whole thing was inconvenient to store in the garage, with those wide handles and no way to hang it on the wall.) ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/512 "2023-05-28T17:04:00Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Don’t you need a darkroom & vats of chemicals to develop old-skool film? Sure. and portable versions of both were available. The darkroom was a black cloth bag with armholes, the chemicals were premixed and measured. You put everything into the bag, along with your camera, and did everything by feel and memory. It wasn’t hard. I remember doing such things (never on a subway though!) back in the mid 60s. My father was an old school photographer who showed me how. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/513 "2023-06-19T16:23:01Z")
Here’s one I found the other day. I can’t be the first person to discover it, but I don’t remember ever hearing it mentioned. I pulled down the sun visor in my car, but the sun was just a bit below the visor. I flipped down the cover over the mirror in the visor, and that hung below the visor just enough to block the sun. Obviously that only works on some cars. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/514 "2023-07-16T14:37:26Z")
I found a good one yesterday. I have a Jeep Renegade with a small cargo area in the back. Whenever I load up my groceries, they slide around and make noise, which is annoying….plus the stuff falls out of the bags sometimes. I’ve also been keeping a pool float in this style in my car. It consists of two inflatable rolls connected by about 4 feet of netting. > **[Amazon.com: 2 Pack Water Swimming Pool Float Hammock,Pool Float Lounger,Water...](https://www.amazon.com/Swimming-Floating-Comfortable-Inflatable-Vacation/dp/B0BXKR76KK)** > > Buy 2 Pack Water Swimming Pool Float Hammock,Pool Float Lounger,Water Hammock Lounger, Swimming Floating Bed Hammock,Comfortable Inflatable Swimming Pools Lounger, for Adults Vacation Fun and Rest: Swim Rings - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on... So yesterday I discovered if I throw this float over my groceries (or whatever cargo I’m hauling that day), it keeps everything in place and I don’t have to fool with attaching nets and straps. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041/515 "2023-07-16T18:45:35Z")
One of our cars has a floorboard in the trunk that folds up to create a smaller section. In the other car there are little hooks that will hold a shopping bag upright. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041.md?page=25)