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girlfriend44 · 2023-01-20T10:33:55+00:00

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?

IcakethereforeIam · 20/01/2023 21:13

Never sing 'kiss from a rose' at a shark.

Solmum1964 · 20/01/2023 21:19

ClemFandango1 · 20/01/2023 18:39

Oil based make up remover will melt the glue on plasters as you take them off your whingy child.
Nail varnish remover takes sharpie off most things, including skin.

Surgical spirit works on permanent marker for those who don't have nail varnish remover. It also works on transfer-type stickers used in swimming competitions.

Warriormum1 · 20/01/2023 21:20

NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/01/2023 19:03

If you have plantar fasciitis, don't be fooled by any blithe assertions that it'll be fixed with one little injection at the GP. There are very real risks to the procedure up to and including complete rupture and permanent weakening of the structures of your foot, along with infection and thinking it's all better now, going for a long walk/run/wearing the pretty shoes again and promptly snapping the entire thing in half.

It can also be a symptom of more than simple impact damage and crap footwear needing orthotics, as it's very common in people with autoimmune or connective tissue diseases, partly due to the disease making the tissues more prone to damage and not healing and partly due to having poor biomechanics meaning you are putting more stress on the area in the first place. Also assume that it will always come back - so no wearing crappy shoes without orthotics.

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Physios give you those exercise sheets because they work for the vast majority of the population if actually done reliably. Even if/including people with autoimmune or connective tissue diseases. They also tend to be a bit matter of fact rather than fluffy bunny with you because they're expecting you, along with 99% of their patients, to not bother doing them. If you do follow their instructions, they will treat you like royalty and be delighted that somebody actually listened.

Also, be aware that whilst there are lots of wonderful physios and healthcare practitioners out there, there are some who will heath shame you into doing all of their donkey work so they can tick a box and collect their salaries.

WhereIsMyRollingPin · 20/01/2023 21:21

You can get chewing gum off most fabrics by soaking it in warm vinegar.

If you have been cooking before going out, take a photo of the oven knobs. That way you can avoid the "Did I turn the oven off?" worries.

Put a hole through the neck of cut tulips and they won't flop over.

If your child has a precious cuddly toy attach a label with your phone number on.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 20/01/2023 21:21

Try kneeing hard on the outside of the leg a few inches above the knee cap. It will give them a dead leg. In fact you don't even need to do it that hard, as my DH found it when I was showing him my new moves 😀

The other thing I was told (under the generic heading of 'fight dirty') was to scream as loud as you can (a lot of women have a problem with that, apparently) and either twist their nose or if you can use your keys ram them as hard as you can into the bit between the nose and the mouth; or punch hard there upwards. He said there's a big nerve there and it'll hurt.

CornishGirl56 · 20/01/2023 21:26

If you survive the bears and are then chased by elephants, run downhill to escape!

Solmum1964 · 20/01/2023 21:26

BunnyFantastic · 20/01/2023 18:50

washing up liquid will remove stains far better than any expensive stain remover.
Its especially good at getting grease spots out of fabric.

Soda crystals are amazing at cleaning - washing machines, cookers, for example.

Totally agree. Excellent on grass stains as well as blood and tomato.

WithIcePlease · 20/01/2023 21:30

If DC uniform similar or say 2 DC wear similar tights for school, put a blob of nail varnish on the labels/on the waistband of tights so sorting the washing is easier. Only 2 DC here so one had blobs, the other didn't but could use diff colours if eg 3 DC

Solmum1964 · 20/01/2023 21:33

pastypirate · 20/01/2023 18:56

And my best too from mumsnet if you have a king size duvet write on the bloody thing with a sharpie and never have to start again with the decking duvet cover on the wrong way.....

😂😂Have never realised they're not square! I believe the stitching runs from side to side anyway as that's how we've always used them.

Tereseta · 20/01/2023 21:33

Merryoldgoat · 20/01/2023 15:31

Percentages are reversible - sometimes makes calculations quicker:

eg 40% of 60 = 60% of 40

15% of 80 = 80% of 15

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Doris86 · 20/01/2023 21:34

If you have mouldy sealant around your bath, put cotton wool balls on top of it soaked in bleach. Leave overnight and prepare to be amazed.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/01/2023 21:35

You can get chewing gum off most fabrics by soaking it in warm vinegar
Or in the freezer , it'll snap off once solid .

I used to put a name tape in my DC clothes and write their name on the inside hem with laundry pen (there were clothes taken and the labels cut out at school )

OnSecondThoughts · 20/01/2023 21:37

The paper tissues you get in McDonalds are simply the best thing I've ever known for cleaning glasses (specs) and leaving them smear-free.

Laiste · 20/01/2023 21:38

Your national insurance number: save it in your phone as a contact. It's the one thing i can never remember off by heart, it never changes, and when you are filling in forms your phone is nearly always right by you to find it.

If you have a front door with a lock with a 'thumb turn' or twisty latch on the inside which is small or sharp to use, cover it with the cut off finger tips of a used rubber glove. Brand new ones are ok but less grippy) Stretch them over and layer them up and it makes it gripable and much easier to turn. You can do it so you have it coloured side out or inside out so it's white it works either way 😀

Verbena17 · 20/01/2023 21:38

Anybody who took a covid vaccine from 2020 (which were only authorised for emergency use), could not give their fully informed consent. This is because they were ALL experimental & still in trial until 2023 (Moderna Oct 22) & there is NO long term safety data. Trial patients will still be followed for a further 2 years following their second jab to collect data/safety data.

The companies who made/make them have ZERO liability/are exempt from liability which means the highest amount here in the UK you can get for vaxx injury is up to £120,000 (although you can still claim compensation in court) and this (if proven to be covid vaxx related) is paid through the uk government and is paid out of public funds (your own taxes!).

This isn’t a conspiracy theory 😉….you can look it up on the government website under ‘Vaccine Damage Payment’.

Original poster

girlfriend44 · 20/01/2023 21:41

If you get snails in the house when damp etc put some salt down,where you think they might be getting in.

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Cakeandcardio · 20/01/2023 21:41

If you have been preparing garlic or fish wash your hands with COLD water and soap. The hot water will cook the residual bits on your fingers and the smell will linger.

Laiste · 20/01/2023 21:42

Candle wax dripped on carpet:

Lay couple of sheets of paper towel, tissues or loo roll down onto wax. Iron it with a warm (not too hot) iron till it starts to melt - the tissue will soak it up. Keep replacing the tissue with fresh and ironing until all the wax is melted and soaked up.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/01/2023 21:42

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 20/01/2023 21:04

He also said if an attacker comes up behind you and tries to pull you backward, don't resist or pull forward against them

Also do not attempt to knee an attacker in the groin, as they can grab your leg and tip you over.

DS did self defence . there was a move he was shown where you push two fingers into the bit abve the clavicle/collarbone (I've just tried it lightly on my own clavicle and it bloody hurts !)

TotallyWhatever · 20/01/2023 21:48

Verbena17 · 20/01/2023 21:38

Anybody who took a covid vaccine from 2020 (which were only authorised for emergency use), could not give their fully informed consent. This is because they were ALL experimental & still in trial until 2023 (Moderna Oct 22) & there is NO long term safety data. Trial patients will still be followed for a further 2 years following their second jab to collect data/safety data.

The companies who made/make them have ZERO liability/are exempt from liability which means the highest amount here in the UK you can get for vaxx injury is up to £120,000 (although you can still claim compensation in court) and this (if proven to be covid vaxx related) is paid through the uk government and is paid out of public funds (your own taxes!).

This isn’t a conspiracy theory 😉….you can look it up on the government website under ‘Vaccine Damage Payment’.

🤷‍♀️ it was a public health emergency

MrsRinaDecker · 20/01/2023 21:50

If you’re posting for advice on mumsnet / other forums for advice, it’s helpful to specify which home nation you’re in rather than general UK. Many laws or rules or procedures (education / divorce / health etc) are devolved matters and otherwise you could get the wrong advice.
My ddad would definitely say to take a cool box with you when collecting your carry out!

GloomyDarkness · 20/01/2023 21:51

Random channel surfing informed me best way of getting rid of a body was to get a working chest freezer freeze the body and a wood chipper and chip it over a river - only caught the guy because it was suss he'd hire an industrial wood chipper and he didn't clean it well with enough bleach -so they picked blood traces they could match. Probably helped he was somewhere in New world with huge amount of trees - pretty sure here I'd be stopped and wished a good morning.

If on an desert island do not eat more than one coconut a day - I think it's a diuretic and more than one a day it does more harm.

If your car breaks down in a desert do not leave the car - because they have no chance of fining you a car they can fly over and see - or find - if you leave chances are you'll get lost and not found - GPS and mobile s may have changed this - but apparently best thing was to set fire to a tyre.

I agree with previous poster about plantar fasciitis and cortisone injections it was very much the last resort for FIL just before possible surgery as there were considered to be considerable potential downside for him.

DazzlePaintedBattlePants · 20/01/2023 21:53

You can cook potato waffles in a toaster, but not garlic bread slices.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/01/2023 21:53

MeanderingGently · 20/01/2023 20:44

Since the bear tips are so popular on here, here are the REAL arctic bear tips you all need (misses point of thread entirely!) But I have been in the Arctic, all over it in fact. Honestly, I really have......

Of all the bears, the white ones are the most dangerous. Y'know, the polar ones.
All the other bears generally attack when surprised/defending young. Polar bears actively hunt humans if they're hungry, very few other animals will.

If you're off to the Arctic on holiday, you'll only meet those white bears in Greenland, Arctic Canada/Alaska or Svalbard. Taking the kids to Lapland might be the Arctic Circle but trust me, you won't meet any wild polar bears. They don't live that far south in the wild.

You will never outrun a polar bear. Your huskies might scare it. You are better trying to scare it while it is still far away - loud noise or shooting your gun in the air. You can only actually shoot a polar bear if it's about to eat you as it's a protected species. And if you kill it and save your own life, there'll still have to be an inquisition....that's for the polar bear, not you.

Do NOT eat any part of your shot polar bear. It is highly carcinogenic. The Inuit hunters in Greenland and Canada (who can apply for licences and quotas to kill polar bears as part of their indigenous cultural rights) have to boil the meat for 9 hours before they can eat it. This is due to modern pollution which gets into the food chain and builds up in polar bear meat, it never used to be this way...

In Svalbard there are 1800 people and 3000 polar bears. It is therefore law that you cannot leave Longyearbyen (main town) without carrying a gun or being with someone carrying a gun as protection.
You will also learn to carry flares in your belt to frighten the bears away.
TOP TIP: ALAWAYS aim your flare at the bear's feet; amateurs aim their flare without thinking....it flies over the bear and lands the other side of it, and makes the scared bear run towards you instead of away from you. Typical newbie mistake!!

Sorry that was long.....but so many people don't seem to have proper white bear experience these days!!

Another tip.

Don't subject a dead Polar Bear to an Inquisition. It won't confess to Heresy even if it didn't expect it...

GraceAnatomy · 20/01/2023 21:55

My kids are what I call 'messy sleepers' I do not know how they managed to always get the duvet in such a mess that it needs shaken back to position every day.

Simple solution and fixed my frustration was to stitch a small length of ribbon to the duvet corners and to the inside top corners of the duvet cover and tie them together when changing their bedding.

Makes life so much easier as the duvet stays put!

I normally use the annoying ribbons that come on tops.