Important tips we might not know.

[girlfriend44]

There are social tariffs for broadband and water if your on some benefits.
If you have Plantar Facilitis a Cortisone injection can be given free at the doctors and helps relieve the pain.
Tell us something we might not know that can help us?

Your child doesn’t need a diagnosis of anything in order to claim DLA. It’s all about to what extent their needs are different to what would be reasonably expected of their peers.

@girlfriend44

never ever trust the brexiteer tories ever ever again.

Say your leaving your provider or whatever, say Sky and they should reduce your monthly price. You always need to ask though.
Each time this offer expires, ring the month before and ask for it again.

As soon as you are pregnant work out your 8 week qualifying period and look to maximise your earnings e.g go full time/increase hours.

To qualify for SMP when starting a new job wait for your first period before TTC. You would be amazed how many TTC when offered the job and miss out.

Was looking forward to lots of interesting tips, things we might not know.

Bicarbonate of soda mixed with fairy liquid to form a paste is a brilliant stain remover for clothes. Massage gently into the stain leave for 5 minutes then wash as normal.

If you're doing academic research, instead of paying to subscribe to journals, email the author of the paper you want directly. They will often give you the paper for free.

Buy your dc brightly coloured swimming costumes (not blue/ black/green) so you and the lifeguards can see them quickly and clearly if they are underwater for any length of time.

Take a copy or photograph your case and passports in case they go missing on holiday.

If you batch cook once a week and make six or eight extra portions for the freezer (stuff like chilli, bolognaise, goulash, stew, curry, shepherd's pie) it means that after a month you only have to cook once or twice a week (other than boiling a bit of pasta or doing some veg or a jacket potato to accompany the batch cooked meal). It's a lifesaver for working parents.

If you're stranded in the Arctic and have to kill a polar bear for food, DON'T eat it's liver - at times it can contain so much Vitamin A that it could kill you.

If a recipe calls for self saising flour but you only have plain, you can make SR by simply adding 1/2 tsp baking powder per 100g Plain flour.

And speaking of bears,

if it’s brown, lie down
if it’s black, fight back

If it's white, Good Night.

Percentages are reversible - sometimes makes calculations quicker:

eg 40% of 60 = 60% of 40

15% of 80 = 80% of 15

If a recipe needs melted chocolate and your chocolate is in a plastic wrapper, chuck it into a pan of hot water, wrapper 'n all. It melts great and saves messing about with a Bain Marie type of situation. If It's wrapped in paper, do the same but just tie it into a sandwich bag or zip lock bag.

If confronted by an angry primate, crouch down and make yourself as small as possible. Look downwards, never look them in the eye and extend your arm with your palm facing upwards as a submissive gesture.

If you need to clean the bottom of a tall vase or jar, put a tiny splash of water in and add a teaspoon of rice. Gently agitate the item in a side-to-side motion for a minute or so then empty out. The rice acts as an abrasive and will leave the bottom nice and clean.

This is good except sometimes the brown ones are more or less black and the black ones can be brown. Damn sneaky are bears!

A good spray of hairspray will remove biro/felt tip/permanent marker from most hard surfaces.

If you have lots of dc, allocating each dc a colour for towels, school bags, lunch boxes, coats etc really helps save time and they cant argue that the item left on the floor ‘isnt mine’

If your food is a bit blah, add a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice before you try adding more salt

Camels can kick sideways, approach with caution!

Surely trying to scrape the melted chocolate out of the wrapper is more hassle than a Bain Marie?!

Or the huskies if disaster happens on the way.

Top tip of the day thanks

Sorry should have been more descriptive-I cut a small hole in the end and squeeze it out like one would with a tube of cream or such

I'm just here for the bear tips.