Another one of those 'how did I not know this' threads

[JustHereWithMyPopcorn]

I have just discovered, by accident, that if you open another tab in your web browser, you can click on the tab and drag it away so that you have a second separate browser open at the same time. I don't mean split screen but like you have opened a separate thing. Did you all know this already?

I know this is a pathetic thing to get excited about but I was literally like this and then giddy with excitement.

AIBU to be be pleased with my discovery?

@Cohle WOW!!

Please don’t attempt cheese on toast with the toaster on its side. I did this a few years ago and the toaster set on fire. I managed to extinguish it but it was really close to catching the kitchen cabinets!

If you do Ctrl +Alt+Delete + arrow down, you’ll flip the computer screen upside down. Quite entertaining if someone has left their computer unlocked

Every android phone I've had has a camera option on the locked screen.

The reverse percentages thing is a mind- blowing fact that I wish I'd known before doing my tax return!

I was truly amazed to find out that fridges have a removable drip tray at the back...

Haven’t read the full thread but I was v excited when I found out this a few years ago- the top shelf in your dishwasher is interchangeable!
You can take it out and either move up or down (depending on how it’s placed when you first get it)
I had bought smaller plates to use for years as my big plates could never be washed in the bottom (or top) of our dishwasher- now they can! (By moving through top shelf up to the next level!) mind blowing at the time (I live a simple life!)

I'm feeling bad now. This wasn't my comment. I don't seem to be able to quote people on here and I just cut and pasted because I thought it was really funny. I obviously missed out on the part when I should have made it clear that someone else had said this and I just remarking on how funny I found it. Sorry to the person who I seem to have plagerised (blush).

Oh, but I do have one tip - if you don't like dogs don't get one.

@honeybeetheoneandonly ,
I get a little cloud with a brolly that has to avoid birds and lighting when I have no internet , I love playing it

For drivers who have difficulty remembering which side the petrol filler cap is, simply buy an old Jaguar XJ6 Series II, which has one on both sides.

I know some cars don't have a triangle at all but do some have one that is on the wrong side?

Yes. I've had cars where the fuel cap was on the other side.

I think, though, that manufacturers are running with the urban myth now, as newer cars are more likely to fit. A case of fact following fiction.

Meanwhile, you can make pancakes in a sandwich toaster. And little cakes.

You need a thicker American style batter for pancakes, and Victoria Sandwich cake mix works well for cake.

3-4 mins per batch (I fill the hollows level). With the cakes, you can make a split in the longest side of the triangle to put in cream, jam, buttercream, etc. Lovely.

You can "fry" eggs in a sandwich toaster too.

Just occurred to me this one might be one some people might not know.

you know when your reading a long thread? You can change the page number between the ‘prev’ and ‘next’ links by just highlighting and typing a number instead of having to flick through loads of pages. If you have a vague idea of where you last read the thread up to it’s much quicker to go straight to page 8 than clicking front or back.

*You can cook beans in a tin in the Aga.

Open the tin or it will be more dramatic than you expected.*
My uncle, as a student, heated a can of beans in a saucepan without opening it (I don't know why he didn't just tip the beans into the pan first) I believe the result was----explosive.

Whether the legend of the Greek gods were always legends or whether it was religion that people believed in.

For drivers who have difficulty remembering which side the petrol filler cap is, simply buy an old Jaguar XJ6 Series II, which has one on both sides.

His and hers fuel tanks. Sorts out the arguments

Cut toast soldiers using a pizza cutter, much easier than using a knife.

Cut pizza with scissors. Much easier than a pizza cutter 😂

@jaffaeclipse - I asked my Classics teacher something similar to this on a trip to Rome (though ‘when’ the Italians stopped believing in the old Gods rather than if they ever did). He, rather enigmatically, replied that some still did, but refused to say anything further, and wasn’t one for teasing. That comment has always intrigued me.

Google Translate tip - tap the camera icon and point the camera at some foreign-language text. The phone will translate the text, no need to type. It will even work with Japanese etc.

@timeihadanamechange Perhaps he believed in them but didn't want to say?

I love that this is still going with some very useful and funny tips!

Open the tin or it will be more dramatic than you expected
My dad cooked beans in the oven withiut opening the tin when he was a bachelor.
We still talk about the beans on the ceiling poor man is in his 70s now.

Re boiling eggs in the kettle - take teh lid off and the auyonatic switch off doesnt trigger and water keeps boiling. Disclaimer: l think i think this due to Porridge or Cell Block H or.similar

That long hair is MUCH easier to manage than short hair - on me, anyway (just put it up, takes seconds). I have wasted much time messing around with trying to get short hair to look right.