Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Stuff I've learned, Part whatever ...

... Home Edition! You're welcome!




If your washing machine starts to smell a little, well, musty, run some Oxyclean through with a few loads. It'll get rid of the smell.

If your vacuum cleaner stops picking up dirt, it's probably got a broken belt. A new belt, which takes about one minute to install, costs less than five bucks; a new vacuum cleaner costs ... well, you know what you paid for your last one.

If you're buying a new lawn mower, go ahead and splurge on an electric start. It'll be the best extra fifty bucks you've ever spent. F*ck that pull-cord sh*t.

Oh, and go with high wheels in the back, unless your lawn is as smooth as a pool table.

Those sound-effects clocks, the ones with a bird singing or a train whistle blowing every hour? They go through batteries like poop through a goose.

If you ring someone's doorbell and don't hear the doorbell ring inside the house, it's probably broken. Knock instead.



So! That's what I got. How about you? Any helpful household tips?

4 comments:

~~Silk said...

If you have a useable attic, and your access is one of those drop-down ladders, install a block and tackle from the rafters that drops down through the hole. That way you don't have to carry stuff up a rickety ladder.

~~Silk said...

Store scissors slightly open. The blades are curved so that the cutting edges are tight, and if you store them closed all the time, it puts pressure on the screw joint, so that they eventually loosen up. Store them open, and they'll stay tight.

Becs said...

If you got lazy about taking laundry out of the washer, run it through another cycle with 1/3 cup of borax. (Remember? 40 Mule Team Borax?) It sweetens it without perfuming it. Also, you can make your own much cheaper laundry detergent by mixing borax with laundry soap. It's in WalMart. Recipe online somewhere.

rockygrace said...

~~Silk, my drop-down attic ladder is in the garage, which has a 10-foot ceiling. I have to set up another ladder just to reach the pull-cord for the attic ladder. Fun!

and Becs, I just checked out Borax on line, and it doesn't have the illustration of the mule team on the box anymore!! WHAT HAPPENED, BORAX?