I use “stain stick” for this. It’s solid, comes in a roll-on type tube, and was designed so you could treat a stain and wait before laundering. Treat the area and let it sit for at least 30 minutes–or up to as long as the label says. (I think it’s 7 days.) Then launder in the hottest water the fabric/color can stand. My “scientific” explanation is that the white stuff stays on the shirt because it’s not water-soluble–and the stain stick seems to work well on non-water-soluble stains. Obviously, YMMV.
I hated getting splinters as a kid because my mother would use a needle with the tweezers… I’m afraid of needles and it hurt! Then I noticed when I had a (wood) splinter and took a bath, my skin pruned up and the splinter fell out. So–especially with splinters in the hands and with children–try soaking the area in warm water before reaching for the tweezers.
You’ve dropped something on the floor and can’t find it?
Go get your flashlight, and use that to focus your search of the floor: Move the spot of light from the flashlight in a slow grid, and cover the whole surface you’re searching. You’ll find whatever you’re looking for, without having to worry about missing spots on the floor. Use the flashlight even if you have enough light to search with - it helps you make a methodical search, and keeps your mind focused on only one small section of the search at any one time.
Toner (the stuff you use to clean your skin) works really well to clean up hairdye. Both off your skin and off the sink, tap, tiles etc. in your bathroom. But not off non-tiled walls. If you get it on the walls. I think nothing will ever get rid of it.
If people are having trouble getting anti-perspirant stains out of their clothes, why not just switch to deodorant?
I find it’s easy to peel garlic if you just hit it with a hammer (or tenderizer…same thing) first.
Hydrogen peroxide is really good at healing cuts & sores in your mouth. Leaves that nasty fizzy feeling, but it works.
This is so obvious, but I was…oh…40 years old before I heard it: to open plastic produce bags at the supermarket, lick your fingers first.
When you get a new umpire indicator, turn the wheels to 0 balls, 0 strikes, and file notches in the wheels. You can then reset your indicator to a 0-0 count without looking. OK, not terribly useful to a large number of people.
When you get a new umpire indicator, turn the wheels to 0 balls, 0 strikes, and file notches in the wheels. You can then reset your indicator to a 0-0 count without looking.OK, not terribly useful to a large number of people.
But certainly the cutest.
I don’t know why, but I burst out laughing with your last tip, jsc1953.
Yes, def do NOT use oil, nor butter on a burn. I have heard as an old wife’s tale. But thankfully some tales have been absolutely proven or disproven. This particular one was disproven, as it can make the burn hotter and is not something that will help. They do, however, suggest aloe vera, and have been for years. Much safer.
If o.p thinks it works for them…? By all Means, keep doing it. BUT it is not a good idea to tell anyone else to do… as it CAN be harmful.
Stir ingredients with the handle, not the spoon end, of your wooden spoon. It will stir just as efficiently, and with a great deal less muscle power. Save a lot of grief giving a cake mix 300 strokes.
as it CAN be harmful.