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18-10-2003, 09:41
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Household
Any household tips or money/time/effort saving ideas welcome.
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19-10-2003, 02:13
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Re: Household
Use plastic pegs to seal bread,tea cakes,frozen food etc.
Flat coke very good for fetching a sparkle to your Loo and sink.
Got a spot then in an emergency dab on a spot of toothpaste and let it dry. Works a treat.
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28-10-2003, 14:33
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Re: Household
Salt on spilt red wine brings the mark out of any carpet.
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28-10-2003, 14:46
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Re: Household
Also salt poured on to slugs kills the little buggers.
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28-10-2003, 14:57
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Re: Household
ground coffee & garlic keeps the slugs away, to.....they won't cross the line.
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28-10-2003, 17:35
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Re: Household
Hope it's used coffee grains tealeaf,otherwise what a waste of good coffee.
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28-10-2003, 19:51
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Re: Household
Use cheap lemonade in a vase instead of water flowers last longer.
Warm water with sugar works well but remember to cut the stems a little each day and top up.
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29-10-2003, 08:56
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Re: Household
Use plastic flowers - they last longer still
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29-10-2003, 16:49
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Re: Household
Plastic floweres not quite the same some how but your not wrong. lol
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01-11-2003, 16:14
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Re: Household
Believe it or not, babywipes are excellent for cleaning patent leather shoes and handbags. Discovered this by accident. They are terrible for cleaning babies bottoms.
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01-11-2003, 21:24
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Re: Household
Baby wipes have many uses Lettie. Brilliant for cleaning trainers.
Good for cleaning paint work. Infact they have a multitude of uses round the home.
Wipeing the phone etc.
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03-11-2003, 16:29
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Re: Household
to remove greast marks from clothes,place a brown paper bag over mark,and iron,the paper picks up the grease,leaving the item spotless
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03-11-2003, 16:30
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Re: Household
any good tips on cleaning windows,,coz no matter what i try(and thats almost everything) they still look streaky!!
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03-11-2003, 18:19
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Re: Household
Have you tried a solution of warm water and vinigar applied with scrunched up newspaper or a soft cloth and then dry with newspaper.
Leaves them smear free in theory at least. I to am useless at cleaning windows.
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05-11-2003, 22:02
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Re: Household
Old vynle records make brilliant plant pot holders.
80s records seem to melt better. lol
They make unusual potholders and keep your window sill clean.
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