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How to keep track of how many uses a razor blade has left
I used to use a regular cartridge razor, but switched to safety blades about a year ago. I find that I can get roughly 10 shaves out of a safety razor blade before I need to replace it, or else it starts getting dull and I start cutting myself.
The…
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What is the best way to use a tower fan and an oil heater to heat a room quickly?
I have a finned oil heater and a tower fan. I need to heat my bedroom quickly, during the winter, as this bedroom has no central heating.
The finned oil heater has 7 fins about 4cm apart. The tower fan is the same height at the oil heater, and the…
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How to straighten a bent tent-peg
Metal tent pegs get bent(particularly if they hit a rock) , particularly the fancy aluminium ones for hiking. Plastic ones don't but they are much more bulky.
Once they are bent they seem to say bent forever.
I am looking for a way to unbend them --…
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How do I prevent a bookmark tassel from fraying?
My favorite notebook has a woven bookmark tassel that is prone to serious fraying:
My question is a simple one: how do I stop it from fraying?
A good solution can't visually interfere with the tassel, though. For instance, taping it would work,…
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How to clean glass without glass cleaner?
I'm all out of Windex/glass cleaner and I want to clean a very dirty window without leaving streaks. I have both a microfiber cloth and paper towels available. What can I use instead of glass cleaner?
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How to keep tobacco moist?
I have heard of lemon, apple, cucumber, copper coins, steam and read about freezing, storing in airtight containers. I have tried cucumber and I can't say it really worked.
Knowing the power of stackexchange I thought I would try and dig out the…
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Sunburn Soothing and Removing Tips and Tricks?
Obviously you can't simply remove a sunburn, that'd be nice. I am just wondering if anyone knows any tips or tricks to soothe it and/or make it go away faster? Other than obvious things like lotion, sunscreen, and pain medicine.
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What is the best way to clean a stove?
I have a stainless steel stove that is covered with old oil splatter and other spills. What would be the easiest way to clean it? I would prefer to not use off the shelf cleaning agents.
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How to cover up or fix a dent on a phone?
I recently got a new phone.
I recently dropped said new phone on a hard ceramic flooring.
My heart broke in two at this point as I discovered I had dented the phone as the case is a pile of rubbish and doesn't protect the corners.
Now I have to look…
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How do I keep the buttons of my clothes from unraveling/fraying?
With many shirts and sweaters with buttons I find that over the period of usage the threads inside the buttons start to unravel. Eventually this causes the button to pop off unexpectedly. How can I keep the threads of the buttons from…
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How to stop paper curling up
Sometimes paper is stored in a roll, mainly drawings or wrapping paper. When you try and lay it out flat it attempts to go back into a roll meaning you have to hold down the edges all the time.
How can I keep the paper from attempting to roll back…
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Kettle Not Whistling
My old kettle rusted, so I bought a new one. My old kettle whistled very loudly when the water reaches boiling point. I can barely hear my new kettle whistle. How can I amplify the whistling sound of my new kettle?
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How to keep leftover pizza tasting fresh
Whenever I order pizza, I always have some leftovers. I'll usually have them in the next day or two, but they never taste as good. I don't know if it's how I store the pizza (in aluminum foil in the fridge) or how I reheat it (in a microwave), but…
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How to quickly break in shoes?
Whenever you get a new pair of shoes, they are supposed to worn around a bit to 'break them in' as to avoid getting a cramp or whatever. However, I don't want to walk around my house all day in order to do this. I was wondering if there are any…
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Get Just a Portion of a Block of Frozen Pasta
My wife and I cooked too much elbow macaroni one night, so we put it in a gallon freezer bag in the freezer. A few days later when I took it out, it had formed a solid mass the size of an eggplant. I didn't want 4 cups of pasta. I just wanted part…
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