FReeper Canteen ~ Household Hints ~ 17 May 2007

May 16, 2007 | Entertaining the Troops Committee

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

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.

HINT & TIPS

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen Hints & Tips that can be make your life easier. Or not! Hopefully, you'll find something here that will make your life easier. Or maybe someone you know could use one of these ideas. If you have a hint or tip of your own, be sure to leave it behind before you leave the Canteen.

Ma can always use helpful ideas on how to keep the Canteen clean with all the youngsters running around.

Let's start with some general household hints.

*** Use of soap wrapper: Don't throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap. Place it inside your shoe cabinet or shoe box. It's a cheap way of filling the air with a nice smell.

*** If your polished furniture has small scratches: Try rubbing them with a shelled walnut. You'll see the scratches just disappear!

*** If you have problem with slippery shoelaces which refuse to stay tied: Rub them with a candle and make them less slippery so that knots stay put.

*** To keep lint and dust off glass top tables, wash them in a solution of warm water and fabric softener. Add one tablespoon of liquid fabric softener to one quart of warm water. The fabric softener will clean the glass inexpensively and will help keep lint from gathering on the glass. Also great for computer screens and TV's

*** Don't throw away odd socks or socks with holes in them, use them to make a mop. Tie several socks (10-12 works best) to a mop or broom handle and use just like you would a regular mop. White cotton socks work best for this project and by the time the "sock mop" wears out, you'll probably have plenty more socks to make a new one.

***Get rid of pet hair on upholstery effortlessly by wiping the furniture with a slightly dampened sponge.

(All hints found on websites. Management makes no claims to the effectiveness of any hints)

Join us again next week for more hints.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks...I will pass the birthday wishes.

[SevenofNine]

MONK photoshop this Please ROFL

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070517/481/mosb13705171735

So when did Vlady go Hollywood

[El Gran Salseron]

Of course I know and she doesn’t really say that. Just a joke designed to get a few laughs. :-)

[EsmeraldaA]

I know.....I know. hehehehehe

[fatima]

Gosh they are getting sooo big.

[beachn4fun]

How are you suppose to get laughs if no one but you knows what it means?

;)

[tomkow6]

YUPPERS! And I’m listening to it!

[EsmeraldaA]

Ohhhh but I Do too. :D

[El Gran Salseron]

I mistakenly gave some credit for intelligence to the readers of this forum!

*running and hiding*

It means, "Good for nothing." Did it make you laugh this time?

[beachn4fun]

Hey, I knew nada was nothing. Couldn't remember what Bueno meant. So there.......hrumpf.....

[El Gran Salseron]

That's OK. I'll forgive you this time. Just be careful in the future.

[beachn4fun]

Yeah, sure

[AZamericonnie]

Sending continued prayers & *Hugs*!

[monkapotamus]

"MONK photoshop this Please ROFL"

[No Blue States]

LOL

If true I have much more to come before my dues are paid.

[MeekMom]

re:404

Thanks for the update Kathy.
My prayers are lifting them up right now.

+ peace

[tomkow6]

Afternoon, MM!

[trussell]

Praying...have been since reading the first report, will continue as long as the prayers are needed.

Salvation, could you please ping the warriors to post 387 and 686? There are a few other posts that discuss it, but I don’t know the numbers of those at the moment.

[GrandEagle]

Knock Knock...

[tomkow6]

Hoos ther?