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How do I minimize dirt tracked around the house?
During winter and spring, lot's of grit and dirt gets tracked into the house on boots/shoes. People remove their footwear when entering, but the dirt still gets tracked in on socks over the course of a week or two. How can I minimize the amount of…
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How can I hide a cable from a lamp in my room
In my room I have got a lamp and have a frustrating cable hanging against the wall. How can I hide the cable?
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A trick to make bulk erasable handwritten notes on traditional paper and in books?
I write a lot of notes in notebooks and on text books that I only want for a short period. I find erasable pens very handy for this process. But is there some way I could blank my whole notebook, textbook and/or worksheet book between uses (or use…
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How can I get the effect of a Band-Aid -like tape?
Is there a way to make or get Band-Aid tape? I want a skin-applicable adhesive that works without the absorbent patch on it. Is there another similar tape or a way to get this kind of sticky adhesive without cutting up a dozen band-aids?
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Huge noise in my inkjet printer
I have a basic model inkjet printer, and my guests have to sleep in my PC room only. I am supposed to take printout in midnight only. I tried to control the heavy noise during printing by using the dust cover that came with it. But it did not help.…
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How to clean dead skin off feet?
I put a small amount of baking soda in my shoes every morning to stop my feet from smelling throughout the day. Because of this, my feet get very dry and flaky with dead skin, especially between the toes and around the heel.
It is not fungus or…
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How do I scratch the middle of my back in a car?
I always seem to get an itch right on the middle of my back when I am driving alone - hence there is nobody to help me with this issue.
How can I relieve this itch in the middle of my back while driving?
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How can I get wrinkles out of a dress I can't Iron or wash?
I recently bought a pretty, secondhand prom dress from a thrift shop. Unfortunately, it is covered in little wrinkles!
It is made out of a silky, polyester fabric, and has little dots of glitter. It has some bigger, on purpose folds, and I don't…
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How to Stop Scratching
When I apply some lotion onto my skin to prevent it from being dry (I am already seeing side effects...), my skin just gets really, really, itchy. I can't resist scratching even though I'm not supposed to. That would just remove the lotion and make…
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How can I dull or darken this zipper with household products?
I just bought this bag:
(source: cdn-apple.com)
See that orange zipper? It's way more orange than it looks in this photo.
This photo doesn't even do it justice. It is neon, day-glo orange. It's too orange for me, but other than that I like the bag…
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How to determine if US paper money is genuine?
Say I do business with somebody and they pay me with a $100 bill. I want to know if it's real or not. I've already held it up to light to inspect the fibers of the paper, but I want to know if there's a hack to ensure it isn't counterfeit.
A method…
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How do I know if my car tires have enough air without a guage?
It is appropriate to do a quick vehicle inspection on occasion. It would be good to know if a tire needs air. Is there a way to know without having to use a tire gauge?
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How to warm a meal when camping or in the wild
Can you give me an advice how to warm a meal which I carry in a jar or in a can when I go somewhere on camping or on tents in the wild.
I don't want to carry heavy things like gas bottles, a pan or a pot, because sometimes I have to walk a lot and…
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How to store ice cream so that it is easy to scoop
Whenever I eat ice cream (store bought), I have to work really hard to get it into my bowl. It always freezes when I put it in the freezer and makes it very tiresome to scoop. What are some good ways to store ice cream, so it doesn't freeze and is…
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How to get rid of frozen snow
I was out of town for the weekend when we got snow. By the time I got home, we had a warm day which partially melted the snow, followed by a freezing night which refroze everything.
I tried chipping away at the ice/snow with my shovel, but a) it…
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