Let's start a thread of just random advise / hacks

[washingmachineslivelongerwithcalgon]

No specific topic, just great advise you'd give.

Keep it simple.
(Apologies, I didn't know which other category to put this under that would gain traction)

I'll go first:

• don't sweat the petty stuff, & don't pet the sweaty stuff.
• if you can't open a food jar, pierce the top to get the air out and it opens right up!
• drizzle a tablespoon of marmite into the cooking fat before you roast your potatoes (and drizzle some over the spuds)
• if you don't have egg cups, use shot glasses
• hair spray gets most things out of carpets. (Learnt this when staying at a boyfriends house as a teen and dropped lipstick. Blind panic and hairspray saved me!) used it ever since, in emergency situations.

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Too many bits of advice to quote from Ted Lasso.

Higgins tells Ted to, “Find out before you flip out.” That's a very good tip.

So.... all I'm reading from yours is 'how to make wine sorbet' 😆

My advice is don't google spiders! Even if you think you know the sort that's been mentioned, best of not checking to make sure 🙈

Housework - don’t try to do everything. Do one different job everyday or better still get everyone in the family to do one random job a day even if it’s a 5 minute one. That way housework never becomes unmanageable.

If at family meals you get the rage at the sound of your loved ones chewing and swallowing, discretely watch them through a vertically positioned fork so you can imagine what they would look behind bars for their disgusting noise crimes.

@washingmachineslivelongerwithcalgon ignore them, it's easier said than done, but you are entitled to do whatever you like while doing anything else - including feeding.

Thank you for creating this thread! I feel I will be stain remover Queen going forward 👸🏻

Hope any treatment you're having is helping

Hide an Apple air tag in your car if you have a high number of cars stolen in your neighbourhood. Will help to locate it as they're often parked up somewhere for a few days to ensure no trackers are on them.

And spring-loaded tension curtain rod, fixed tightly between a wall and cupboard in a utility room (high up) makes a good place to store spare coat hangers so they don't get tangled with each other.

OP, sorry to hear about the cancer. I hope you ignore the few twats on here and come back when you're feeling calmer.

Not so much a hack as a life rule, but mine is to always shower on Friday and Saturday evenings, as you never know when you'll be invited out unexpectedly! This has happened to me a few times and I've been able to get ready quickly because I'm already showered!

Genius! Love this - thanks for sharing

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When your dishwasher is done, open it up and hang a tea towel over the door and close it. The tea towel/exposure will allow it to dry inside making it easier to put away when you’re ready.

If you forget to do that, empty bottom drawer first. That way you’re not dripping any wetness from the top shel to the bottom

What ratios?

I have some "advice/advise" advice... ice is a noun, is is a verb... that's a bit of a general rule for -ce and -se words... probably not all but I can't be bothered to check...

Don't whack jars on a worktop, you could break the jar and/or dent the worktop.

Don't put carpet in a bathroom, just don't.

Better yet avoid disseminating these unnecessary chemicals into the environment.

If you paint using acrylics- a splash of Rug Doctor carpet shampoo in the water after you've done the initial clean of your brushed works wonders. Leave to stand for a couple of hours and rinse. Clean brushes and handles.

A little talc sprinkled on fabric removes grease stains.

Least said soonest mended

...and a little talc sprinkled along the skirting boards shows you how many mice in the kitchen you need to worry about.

Alternative to washing up liquid, biological washing powder gets anything out. I had to get a dog poo stain off a cream carpet. Worked a treat.

If your sandwich isn’t looking very appealing after you have made it, bung it in the sandwich toaster. Miraculously it will become more delicious.

Old fashioned shopping list in the kitchen (with a pen right there); train everyone to write down anything they have finished/need/want as soon as they realise.

take photos of your passport ID page, driving licences etc. You never know when you may need a copy.

As soon as your DC can walk teach them to put their own clothes in the washing basket.

I agree, I have had one for years , I don’t know what I would do without it.

DH does this. I'm a lazy arse though, so instead I drop the top rack at one side (where you adjust the height) and have a cuppa instead.

A bottle opener or tin opener will release the pressure on a tight jam lid.

Hide chocolate in your lunch bag. No one else thinks to look there.

Never run out of Tea bags or Night Nurse.

OP I hope tomorrow is a good day for you. Phone therapy is therapy. And if you're too knackered to read anything Audio books are your friend.

To cure hiccups, have someone cover your ears tightly and gulp down a big glass of water (the one useful thing I learnt from my ex!)

If you don’t have shot glasses, use egg cups. As discovered on. Center parks stay in my 20’s.