FReeper Canteen ~ Thursday's Helpful Hints ~ 5 July 2007

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Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS & TIPS
Welcome back to the FReeper Canteen Hints & Tips. I know that with all the cleaning up some of you might have to do after all that cooking and partying for the 4th of July celebrations, you might find someof these hints helpful in getting everything spic-n-span.
Here’s some cleaning hints.
*** Buy the cheapest liquid dish washing detergent that you can find, add a few tablespoons of vinegar to the dish water first. The vinegar cuts the grease and leaves the dishes sparkling clean. When you empty all of liquid laundry detergent, place the container in the bathroom. Then when you need to do hand washing like hose or lingerie, run hot water in the detergent container to use whatever soap is left inside the container, VERY HANDY!
*** Soap. Regular cleaning with plain soap and hot water will kill some bacteria. Keep things dry. Mold, mildew, and bacteria cannot live without moisture. Borax has long been recognized for its disinfectant and deodorizing properties. Mix 1/2 cup Borax into 1 gallon hot water and clean with this solution. Isopropyl Alcohol. This is an excellent disinfectant. Sponge and allow to dry. (It must dry to do its job.) Use in a well-ventilated area and wear gloves.
*** Lime And Mineral Deposit Remover: Vinegar and Paper Towels. Hard lime deposits around faucets can be softened for easy removal by covering the deposits with vinegar-soaked paper towels. Leave the paper towels on for about one hour before cleaning. Leaves chrome clean and shiny. For Plastic and Metal Shower Heads: Vinegar. To remove deposits which may be clogging your metal shower head, combine 1/2 cup white vinegar and one quart water. Then completely submerge the shower head and boil 15 minutes. If you have a plastic shower head, combine 1 pint white vinegar and 1 pint hot water. Then completely submerge the shower head and soak for about one hour.
*** When cleaning stainless steel counter tops, ranges or sinks, use club soda.You can buy a small bottle of generic or store brand club soda for about 50cents and it cleans like a charm and dries to a gleam without streaks or spots. Don't throw away flat club soda; even flat, it still works to clean stainless steel or spots spilled on the carpet.
(All hints found on websites. Management makes no claims to the effectiveness of any hints)

Posting early cause I know some people want to go see the fireworks.

1 posted on 07/04/2007 5:45:00 PM PDT by beachn4fun

To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; Soaring Feather; E.G.C.; darkwing104; Fawnn; Radix; stand watie; radu; ..

PINGING TO NEW THREAD

2 posted on 07/04/2007 5:45:52 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

3 posted on 07/04/2007 5:46:51 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))

4 posted on 07/04/2007 5:47:12 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

??? Your tagline.

A little help. I am slow.

5 posted on 07/04/2007 5:48:09 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

what # did I get lucky with?

6 posted on 07/04/2007 5:50:05 PM PDT by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)

7 posted on 07/04/2007 5:51:38 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

To: MountainFlower

You are #6 poster and #5 reply. (I think)

8 posted on 07/04/2007 5:52:27 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

You certainly are. Good evening, leda

FIRST

9 posted on 07/04/2007 5:53:00 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

you’re not slow. it’s about the valentines card patton
made for me this past year. he used that picture of the
5,000 yr old corpse couple in an embrace. i know, sounds
wierd, but i think it’s sweet. anyhoo, we only have 4,981
years til it could be us since we’ve been married for 19
yrs now. ;)

btw, his tagline is the same, he stole it from me. lol!

10 posted on 07/04/2007 5:53:10 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

11 posted on 07/04/2007 5:53:29 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

12 posted on 07/04/2007 5:53:40 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Well, at least I found the canteen

13 posted on 07/04/2007 5:53:51 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

To: MountainFlower

Good evening, Mountain Flower

you got

THIRD PLACE

14 posted on 07/04/2007 5:54:31 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...

15 posted on 07/04/2007 5:55:21 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

To: AZamericonnie

Good evening, Connie

16 posted on 07/04/2007 5:55:28 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Good evening, Sandrat

You are good at finding the Canteen, me thinks

17 posted on 07/04/2007 5:56:04 PM PDT by beachn4fun (How long will the world allow terrorism to be the answer to the problem?)

Good evening, beachn - we just had a cloudburst rip through here in Laurel.

18 posted on 07/04/2007 5:57:12 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)

That is sweet and thoughtful.

I knew I had seen it before associated with Patton.

Thanks for the "'splaining"!

19 posted on 07/04/2007 5:57:18 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Thank you for this evening's thread Beachie. Happy Independence Day! *Hugs*

20 posted on 07/04/2007 5:58:14 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

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