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cats ripping open your black rubbish bags?

sprinkle vinegar on the bags!..cats wont go near them.

I just got this email and there are some good ones here.
Enjoy

GOOD THINGS TO KNOW

1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair

2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads

6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar On it!

10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

11. Bee stings - meat tenderizer

12. Chigger bite - Preparation H

13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H

14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

15. Stinky feet - Jell-O!

16. Athletes feet - cornstarch

17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub

18. Kool aid To clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)

19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon Plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!

20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

22. Pam Will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!

26. Body paint - Crisco Mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!

27. Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia, Soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

29. A Slinky Will hold toast and CD's!

30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt And watch it absorb into the salt.

32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.

33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!

34. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce Towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, Soak overnight!

35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate Toothpaste and brush it!

36. Dirty grout - Listerine

37. Stains on clothes - Colgate

38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup

39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola, It will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!

40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- Sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.

41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, Or just use 7-up instead of water.

42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie. They are: Monday = Blue, Tuesday = Green, Thursday = Red Friday = White and Saturday = Yellow. So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.

Don't laugh this not a joke!! If a recipe calls for a pound of mincemeat,use half as much and bulk it out with either a large cup of porridge oats, or a cup of pearl barley.Feeding four kids on a wing and a prayer made me inventive.By the way, it tastes the same, and is just as nutricious.

Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.


Or Ron's way is... Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink! lol

To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.


If you accidentally oversalt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix-me-up."

Plain old Club Soda is a household helpers must. Not only does it get lots of “oops”es out of laundry (like red wine), it also does wonders on your carpets! Next time you have a spot, pour a bit of Club Soda on it. Give it 10 minutes to work. Then pat dry!

If you're buying anything off the internet including insurances, holidays etc, go through cash back sites such as Quidco.

Get an internet price for all insurance renewals then ask your current provider to price match; just saved myself £68

I make soup out of the stalks of broccoli and cauliflower rather than throw them away, once they have been wized up you don't know they are stalks.
I bought a micro cloth from a pound store for cleaning windows and it is great, I don't need to use any window cleaning products now.
I use white vinegar and bicarb for loads of cleaning jobs.
Angela

Rabbit Stew yum yum lol

If you've finished a box of wine, blow some air into the tap to inflate the bag, you can then get another half glass of wine from it.

If the bottom of your iron is covered in brown stains, cut a lemon in half and rub the juice over the marks, then wipe off with a cloth to remove.

Cats tearing at your black rubbish sacks when left out for collection? Sprinkle the sacks with vinegar, the smell will repel them.

if you have a CD that is skipping or sticking wipe it ith some silver polish then rub with a lint free cloth until all the polish has gone - your disc will then play without skipping

Got an old duvet that you are about to throw out?...Use it to line the inside of the loft opening/door to keep the heat in.

You may want to look at the MSE website - Mart Lewis' moneysaving website where there are boards for saving money and old fashioned thift

Nothing wrong with roast rabbit mate!

And I have been told feral cat aint bad either!


xxx mick

mick
we ain't got all them round here mate.all we get is flat rabbits and hedgehogs and the occasional cat

Dont waste those dead animals you see on the roadside!

Roadkill is an excellent source of free meat.
(as long as it is reasonably fresh!)

Roast haunch of venison, , wombat stew, possum pie, kangaroo burgers!

All delicious!

xxxxxx mick

The inside of a banana skin will polish your leather shoes for you, just rub them over afterwards with an old cloth or soft paper towel, kitchen roll type. Then put banana skin under your roses to rot down as the potassium is good for the roses. Susan, I think that's what Ron meant when he said polish the table, eat the banana and use the skin.
Patent bags and shoes can be cleaned with a little milk on a cloth, buff up with paper towel or cloth as before.
Shoes will last longer if you get them repaired before the heels are too worn down and shabby and soles done before they wear through. Find and get to know a good shoe repair shop/cobbler and he will probably do small jobs free, like stitch a handle back on a bag or something. Mine does. I just pop some change into the charity box on the counter.

Keep some porridge oats ( around 50p a bag from Tesco or similar) in an airtight jar and add a spoonful to shop bought muesli to make it go further, you can also add some to minced beef mixes like bolognaise or savoury mince. I did it the other day and no one noticed it to be any different to my usual savoury mince.

Cut open toothpaste tubes to get the last few squeezes out - this also applies to creams like hand/face cream and shampoo etc

Lizx