Handy Hints
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Handy Hints
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Joan Wilson says to protect your backseat from messy kids or dogs, use an old shower curtain or two to spread right across the seat. |
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Handy Hints
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Matilda Cohen makes notes in a diary of any news through the month, then when she writes to friends she has all the information at her finger tips. |
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To keep cut flowers looking fresher longer Esther Smith uses 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of sugar in tepid water |
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Bob Gutierrez sent this tip in to stop your dog from barking. Put some coins in an empty metal tin that you can tape closed. When the dog barks shake the tin. They don't like the sound so will stop what they are doing when they hear it |
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Debra price wrote that to prevent age spots on your skin, wear sun screen every day regardless of the weather, and if you already have age spots, try rubbing lemon juice on them with cotton wool, you will find they will fade after a few weeks |
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If you have a bee sting, moisten the sting, then rub aspirin into it. The aspirin neutralizes inflammatory agents in the venom. |
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If you have food scraps that are going become smelly, put them in a plastic bag in the freezer until rubbish day. This prevents the rubbish bag smelling so dogs and cats will not be tempted to investigate. |
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Use flowing soap on a damp cloth and spread over your bathroom mirror, then buff so the mirror is clear. This prevents the mirror steaming up. |
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Handy Hints
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If you hang garments out to dry on coat hangers and quite often find that they blow off and end up on the ground, Sellotape two hanger together facing the opposite way and that will keep them on the line. |
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If you are filling your hot water bottle for the first time, add a teaspoon of glycerin to keep the rubber soft. |
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Handy Hints
Every week several newspapers through out the Manawatu, Wanganui and Kapiti Coast feature our popular handy hints column. Most of these hints are sent to us from readers of the columns. The hints are collated on this page.
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Handy Hints