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How can you stop sweat from running into your eyes while at work in 40+ degree Celsius weather?
How can you stop sweat from running into your eyes while at work in 40+ degree Celsius weather?
I work at an outdoor mall and must wear a uniform and we are not to alter our wardrobe while on shift! That said, we can not wear a bandana, although…
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How to quickly cool off a room without a fan?
So, it may be the middle of winter in Canada, but my room is always stifling hot due to a few of things. For one, I have two computers (one of which is usually running) and those produce a lot of heat. Another thing is that I haven't found a way to…
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How to press a touch sensitive elevator button without touching it
In my office place, the elevator can only be called and/or operated by buttons that are touch sensitive. Pressing them with gloves or my jacket won't work. With current affairs going on, even though I thoroughly wash my hands, I really don't like to…
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How to eat loud food (chips, celery) quietly
I like munching celery at work, but I don't want to annoy my co-workers. Today, I cut my celery into 1-inch (bite-sized) pieces so I don't have to loudly bite it off from the stalk. How else could I eat celery (or carrots or tortilla chips) quietly?
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How to start fire with wet fire wood after it has been raining or snowing
In the winter when there is snow or in the other seasons after it has been raining all the wood on the ground is wet. When I go to the forest or somewhere in the nature and need to make fire it is very difficult to burn these wet branches. I usually…
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How to counteract the burning sensation after eating spicy food?
Last month I bit into an unlabeled pepper that turned out to be a cayenne pepper. I spent the next two hours dunking my head into a sink full of water while my mouth burned, my eyes teared up, and my cheeks turned red and became swollen.
That wasn't…
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How to clean crevices of electronics without compressed air?
For cleaning keyboards and other computer components not reachable with a cloth, I generally use a can of compressed air.
However, the can is empty. What else can I use that would be a general household item?
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How to effectively delay the need to pee when I really can't go?
There are times when we really can't go to the toilets, e.g. clinical urine tests requiring the first morning urine. so we must hold that first pee from the time of waking up until reaching the lab, which might take several hours.
Are there any…
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How do you test if batteries are good?
I have a huge flashlight which runs on eight D batteries. I gathered the eight batteries, but I'm not sure if they are all good, and I don't really want to test them all.
I tried testing them all out, two at a time on another smaller flashlight, but…
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How to get cat urine smell out of wooden floors?
Sometime ago I bought an old house that had soft wood floors. Half the house had carpet. The person that had lived there before had cats, and the carpeted area of the house had a strong cat urine smell. The smell was so strong that you would have a…
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How can I remove the cork from a wine bottle when I don't have a corkscrew?
How can I remove the cork from a wine bottle, without it falling into the wine, when I don't have a corkscrew?
I'm not talking about flanged corks, or corks that partially protrude from the bottle already, but about normal corks that are placed like…
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Stop free-roaming dogs from entering my property
I have a house that enters into an alley. With the snow, I can see all the tracks from the dog(s) that come into my yard. Today, I saw a few piles of dog feces that I had to clean up before coming into work.
I do not see human foot prints around…
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Quick and dirty substitute for cream in coffee?
Has anyone found a palatable substitute for cream/creamer in coffee?
I can't count how many times I've made up a cup of coffee, only to realize in horror that I don't have any cream/creamer.
This morning I almost reached for margarine in…
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Stop car doors from slamming against wall inside my garage
When I park my car in the garage, the passenger side ends up being close to the wall (garage design, not parking issue).
My passenger (my partner) always ends up slamming their car door against the wall.
How can I stop them from slamming the car…
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How to open a beverage can that has a broken tab?
I believe using force is not an option as it contains carbonated beverage.
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