# Little ideas that work - ALMOST to 'M' even for MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164 "2003-07-13T15:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/41 "2003-07-15T23:24:22Z")
Rub bar soap on the slides of wooden drawers that are sticking and on wood screws before driving them in. Smells good, too! WD-40: Works like magic when sprayed on bait for catching halibut. Seriously. Just don’t let Fish & Game catch you. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/42 "2003-07-15T23:25:32Z")
If you need to pour a liquid from a 46 ounce can into another container (tomato juice, for example), instead of punching one hole on opposite sides…punch two holes right next to each other on one side and one hole on the other side. Pour from the side with two holes. Pouring goes much faster! ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/43 "2003-07-16T00:55:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Creant \* > \*\*I was always too lazy to drag the whole jug of detergent down to the laundry room, so I would just pour some on a washcloth and throw it in with the rest of the load. \*\* Genius! Just when I thought I couldn’t get any more lazy… someone goes and suprises me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/44 "2003-07-16T02:20:59Z")
My jug of liquid detergent suggested throwing the cup in the washer… Sorry **TVGuy** … I have found that keeping a grooming brush on the headboard gets rid of cats when their attentions are unwanted…like about 2 am on a workday. ---
**Author:** ![tolyri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tolyri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tolyri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/45 "2003-07-16T03:17:31Z")
Use wetted down, used dryer sheets to clean shower doors and other soap scum infected areas. With continued use the surface will actually start repelling water (and the aforementioned scum.) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/46 "2003-07-16T03:58:33Z")
I put candle wax on wood screws to make them go into the wood with less effort. WD-40 also removes permanent marker from whiteboards (Someone used a Sharpie on my whiteboard… OK- it was me) Aquarium filter charcoal will suck up odors in a fridge, catbox, etc. Szechuan beef (extra spicy) makes for a good decongestant, and it’s tasty as well. Baking Soda makes for a much cheaper aquarium pH booster. Unshelled peanuts in the petstore are much more expensive than the ones in the supermarket. Cooking your eggs in the bacon fat is tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/47 "2003-07-16T05:11:11Z")
While were on aquarium tips, its very easy to build your own CO2 injector instead of buying a fancy expensive one. I won’t go into the details unless someone asks. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/48 "2003-07-16T15:05:08Z")
A couple of years ago my wife discovered a snake in my son’s room. On the second floor of our house. :eek: So she dutifully called me at work. Since I worked about an hour away, I asked her to call animal control. She did, and they would not take care of any animal INSIDE a house, so we were on our own. I came home and other than a pillowcase, I had nothing to catcvh a snake with. Fortunately I was pondering the question as I releived myself, and saw some facecloths sitting in the bottom of the tub. Inspiration! It’d be heavy and I should be able to wrap the beast up in it and get it into the sack. So I enter my son’s sealed room in search of the snake. Carefully turning over things so I can locate it again, I eventually find it under his pillow. Flop, on goes the towel. I wait to see if he’s going to wiggle out, but he doesn’t. Then it occurs to me that he’s cooling down rapidly and getting sluggish, so I scoop up the towel and pop it into the pillowcase. Of course my son wanted to keep it, but frankly I had no place to keep a 5 foot black snake. So we took it to the park and bid it a tearful farewell. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/49 "2003-07-16T20:38:48Z")
Vinegar cuts right through tea stain on porcelain. And, **Quantum Butterfly** , I’ve had good luck with Oxy-Clean on old armit-stains. It does require soaking, but it allowed me to rehabilitate some old white T-shirts and one dress shirt that I thought would never return to active duty. ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/50 "2003-07-16T20:39:17Z")
**Quantum** , I recently purchased a few shirts at a garage sale and one of them had REALLY BAD underarm stains. I hosed 'em down (and I mean COMPLETELY SOAKED) the stains with SHOUT (the “new and improved thicker” kind that’s almost like a spray-gel) and left it on the shirt for 4-5 days before washing it. Try also adding some Baking Soda or Borax to your washing when you add the detergent. (I use approx. 1 cup per load). For some reason this seems to help “boost” the detergent. And a General Laundry one: getting dressed in a hurry? Don’t have time to iron your wrinkled shirt & pants? Toss in the dryer for about 10 minutes along with a damp towel - wrinkles are gone. (Works best on cotton, works adequately on cotton-poly blends, linen, and silk, sometimes works on rayon, and never ever works on nylon.) ---
**Author:** ![small\_but](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@small\_but](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/small_but)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/51 "2003-07-16T21:51:29Z")
more on the uses of vinegar: It makes an excellent aftershave (provided you have NOT nicked yourself- and yes, I have found this out the hard way), particularly if, like me, you think perfume is for women. Apply with a shaving brush, leave for about half a minute and rinse off. Diluted about half-and-half with water, and used twice a week instead of or after your regular conditioner, it will clear up mild dandruff. You have to be careful not to get it in your eyes, but it is less painful that soap if you accidentally do. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/52 "2003-07-17T00:04:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Plug a gunshot wound with a tampon, it will expand to fill the hole and help stop bleeding. (you still need medical help though!) ROFL at the rider! People! Do _not_ limit your treatment for gunshot wounds to the insertion of a tampon! 😃 Um . . . a tip. Lessee. Oh! I know – During bug season, spray the front bumper of your car with a light coating of non-stick cooking spray and you will find that the deceased and dried-on bugs are way easier to get off when you wash the car. ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/53 "2003-07-17T04:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DogMom \* > \*\* > And a General Laundry one: > getting dressed in a hurry? Don’t have time to iron your wrinkled shirt & pants? > Toss in the dryer for about 10 minutes along with a damp towel - wrinkles are gone. > (Works best on cotton, works adequately on cotton-poly blends, linen, and silk, sometimes works on rayon, and never ever works on nylon.) \*\* I’ve heard of that, although I do something differently… If I want to get rid of wrinkles in clothes quickly, I take the clothes I want to wear to the shower with me. There I hang them somewhere close to the shower where they get the steam but won’t get wet (the other end of the shower on the shower curtain rod is a good spot). Then I just take a nice hot shower (without the exhaust fan on). The steam un-wrinkles (de-wrinkles?) the clothes and they’re good to wear. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164/54 "2003-07-17T20:26:38Z")
I find the best remedy for wrinkled clothes is being a guy and not caring if my clothes are wrinkled. Viva La Testosterone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-ideas-that-work-almost-to-m-even-for-mpsims/188164.md?page=2)