What other commonly known stuff should I know, but don’t?

[Lolabear38]

I found out maybe 6 months ago that you should clean out the filter in your tumble dryer on a regular basis, as it gets full of fluff and lint and is a fire hazard. I had no idea. I’m an educated woman, generally reasonably intelligent and practical, I just had no idea you were supposed to do this. I don’t know how. My friend mentioned it in relation to something and I immediately told my husband who looked at me like some kind of moron - turns out he’s been doing it for years!

I’ve been thinking about it recently and I’m starting to wonder what other commonly known stuff you’re supposed to be doing in day to day life that I’m just not. Any ideas? Can be household related or just general life stuff really. I’m starting to wonder what I might be missing out on/ putting us in danger of.

Christ, I'm actually wrong on this one😂
Well, that's my thing I didn't realise then!!!

Yes this! This is the kind of info I’m looking for, thanks! Random stuff to do with the house that I should be doing, but I don’t know about. So I’m not 😂 thank you!

off to google how to do this exact thing right now…

That's good to know - I still like to check dates on fruit and vegetable packets. 🌹

Hahah love it

While I knew most babies are born bald, I didn't realise they have a little knob on their backs that you can turn to quickly grow hair.

Turn it clockwise and they sprout hair, anticlockwise and the hair retracts again.

Leggings designed for sport (as opposed to leggings designed for fashion) often have a small secret pocket in the waistband.

I discovered mine this week, instantly checked all my other leggings and yep, they all have pockets and I never knew.

Contact lenses have a right way up and a wrong way up. If it feels uncomfortable in your eye it is probably the wrong way up. There is a little etched symbol which shows the right way up. Also if you put one on your finger and hold it up to the light the edges will be more pointy if wrong and bowl shaped If right.

me too😮

@Lolabear38 Tell me what you don't know and then I will help you with it.

😂😂😂

Trying this on the next baby I see.

I find it difficult to believe that the tiny amount of ammonia in wee mixing with with heavily diluted bleach would cause a reaction that was strong enough to be of any concern at all.

Neither do I

Whilst i cant undo my decades of flushing I shall flush no more

in my meagre defence i will say we were taught in our pshe class in school you could flush them and that was one of the advantage of the tampon v pads (in addition to swimming)

Saw a clip from this morning the other day that casually said you weren’t to put wooden spoons in the dishwasher because they just swell up and hold onto bacteria. They all agreed like yeah that’s so obvious and I literally had a wooden spoon in the dishwasher at the time 😂

Apparently you should be using a washing machine and dishwasher cleaner once a month or something crazy too!

Aww, this reminds of a rhyme my Nan thought me decades ago:

The cuckoo comes in April
He sings his song in May
He dips his tune in the middle of June
And in July he flies away

And from those tight places in the car like down the side of the seats, wrap it round your fingers.

That how strong the sun (UV) is has nothing to do with temperature but the time of year and level of cloud.

We were told this after many years of owning our fridge. We didn't know before. I'd advise cleaning it asap because it made me gag

@Wigeon

On a totally different note, I was eating pasta salad at work earlier this week, that I'd made and brought from home and kept in my rucksack until lunchtime, and my colleague was appalled as she said it was very dangerous keeping cooked pasta out. She said it was as bad as leaving rice out and both should be refrigerated until you want to eat it. She said a friend if a friend actually died from pasta-related food poisoning.

Just buy yourself a small padded/insulated food bag and put a frozen pack (frozen overnight in your freezer) either side of your food in the bag and it will keep cool enough for safety until you're ready to eat. Especially if, like me, you add meat/fish to your lunch. 🌹

@knowthescore I’m not exactly a fan of blood from a nose bleed either.

Apparently it's tightly eighty and loosely lefty. I heard it on I'm a celebrity get me out of here last year. When I said 'oh how clever to help people know about which way to tighten nuts' DH said everyone must know that. Turned out my 16 year old DS knew it too and his older brother. Well no one ever told me that.

Tightly 80?

In response to US cars running on gasoline/diesel, I'm not sure what England's definition of gasoline is. The majority of US cars use gasoline. Choice of Regular Unleaded or Super Unleaded. Pickup trucks are about the only passenger vehicle that has the option to buy an engine that runs on diesel. Also delivery trucks, trucks hauling semi trailers, etc., run on diesel. It's supposed to be phasing out but that will depend on the environmentalists successfully getting the laws changed.

Yeah, I learnt that from my then four-year-old who had heard it on 'Handy Manny' I think 😅