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How do I keep saran wrap (plastic wrap, cling wrap) from clinging to itself?
To tenderize meat, I first place it between two sheets of saran wrap, and then beat it with a meat tenderizer mallet. It's not wrapped tightly, else the wrap would just break when you hammered it. Placing the two sheets is always a nuisance, and the…
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How to get rid of dandruff from hairs?
In every winter my head skin become ruff and get dandruff which cause hair broken sometime when I shampoo my hairs it is clean just for hour or two after a day same thing happened again.
Can you please give me natural way to get rid of dandruff…
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How to stop cats from chewing my headphones?
How can I prevent my cats from chewing up my headphones? I've gone through two sets of earbuds recently and don't want to keep having to buy new ones regularly.
Solutions that involve buying a particular type of headphones are okay--I need to buy…
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How to take pictures in the rain with a digital camera, so that lens doesn't get damaged?
I do a lot of trekking and visiting waterfalls.
I have a digital camera, however, I cannot take pictures in these wet environments (rain, waterfalls, etc.) because I do not feel comfortable risking my camera from getting water damage.
Is there a…
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How to get a stronger radio signal?
I have a headphone and a cellphone that has built-in FM radio, and the headphone acts as the radio antenna. but my problem is the radio stations I listen to are very far from my place, good thing there are some positions where the sound is very…
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How do I remove a Daddy Long-Legs egg sac without breaking it open or killing the spiders?
Daddy long legs (Pholcus phalangioides) are fond my bathroom. I can normally coexist with them; they don't disturb me, I don't disturb them, and they're too much of a pain to move when they're on the ceiling.
However... sometimes, one comes in…
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How to keep laptop on your lap and still be safe?
I have been reading a lot of about how using laptop on one's lap is not safe for health (skin disease, fertility etc.)
I am in a situation where I need to be working from a living room sofa, and I need to use my laptop on my lap. What would be safe…
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How can I clean a textured bathtub?
My bathtub has a textured non-slip surface on the bottom, which is in the form of a fine grid of raised and lowered areas, forming thousands of tiny squares about 1mm on a side. So each square is a little indentation in which dirt and grime tends…
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Removing blood from colored clothes
I got blood on my blue shirt. I would usually use peroxide, but last time I tried that, my shirt got ruined (colors got messed up). What is an easy way I can remove blood from my shirt without ruining the color.
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Bought a Do-It-Yourself Hair Clipper; How do I cut my hair without making a hairy mess on the floor?
I just bought my first DIY hair clipper but I don't want to make a hairy mess on the ground and make it easy to clean up. I've considered the following options:
A trash bag – A trash bag is difficult to lift and then throw in the bathtub or the…
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How to keep something at a cool room temperature?
So it's the middle of summer, and I have some high-cacao dark chocolate, the sort that will start to melt if you so much as look at it funny. I don't want it to melt, but the obvious way to get food down below room temperature is to put it in the…
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How to Keep Phone Cool in Car
In the summer, with the sun beating down on my phone while I drive, my android phone tends to overheat.
I stumbled upon an ad hoc solution -- I had a piece of paper double folded to be 4.25" by 5.5" and stuffed in in-between the cables coming out…
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How can I remove impurities from water easily when my water purifier is not working?
There are some situation where I have to face this problem when my water purifier is not working properly. So what I can do so that I can remove impurities from water. There are some issues with water at my home so is there anything which I can do…
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How to prevent ice cream from melting without a refrigerator?
There are times when you are at work where you have the best ice cream parlor in town around the corner from your office. But you want to take the ice cream home and enjoy it there. Is there a way to keep the ice cream from melting at work without…
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What are some quick ways to cool off at home, in extreme heat, if the electricity has gone out?
But without actually spraying water on yourself and getting wet
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