Any helpful life hacks?

Gawdzilla Sama said:
Read the label! Finger Nail Polish Remover is just paint thinner. Clotrimazole is used in "jock itch" products and "feminine itch" products and for athlete's foot cures. But the pinkish box is usually more expensive than the athlete's foot cure.
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White spirit/turps substitute is usually distilled petroleum while nail varnish remover is mostly propanone (acetone) or isoprop.
Michael 345 said:
I take a lot of what I collect to Bali and give to casual friends I have over there

Lots of the stuff is suitable for the children

:)
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Exactly. The bottles/cups are going to a charity (once the niecphews have helped themselves), fabric totes to go the NCBI charity shop, notebooks to a writing group, mini-torches to FotE, power banks to everyone.
I still have a highlighter surplus though.

Oh and today the presenting software company passed out large packs of nanobricks, miniature lego.
 
Catsmate said:
White spirit/turps substitute is usually distilled petroleum while nail varnish remover is mostly propanone (acetone) or isoprop.

Exactly. The bottles/cups are going to a charity (once the niecphews have helped themselves), fabric totes to go the NCBI charity shop, notebooks to a writing group, mini-torches to FotE, power banks to everyone.
I still have a highlighter surplus though.

Oh and today the presenting software company passed out large packs of nanobricks, miniature lego.
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Currently there is book promotion happening and a large retailer is giving away a series of small books for kids

Bali will get them in November

:)
 
Small "hack", if your modem is on a carpeted floor and it feels a little too hot to you, put a magazine under it and it will cool off. Most modems have small "feet".
 
sideshowbob said:
'Cause you can't use 'em on a smart phone.
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The police here give out invisible ink pens with a small ultra light torch kits

You can mark the inside of your mobile phone case with your driving license number or other ID which can be seen under the torch untra

Police will check if they have reason, ie they find a bunch of phones in someone's possession

Of course other stuff can be marked if you can pick a region where it is not subject to being rubbed off

The high value currency notes in Bali have invisible ink built in the old notes and shops have small check ultra lights on the countertop

New notes high value are like the Australian polymer plastic, and are made in Australia,I think

Note to self - clean smart phone screen from White Out spell correct

:)
 
Seattle said:
Small "hack", if your modem is on a carpeted floor and it feels a little too hot to you, put a magazine under it and it will cool off. Most modems have small "feet".
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Along the same lines I recently bought a triangle style small soft pillow sold as a prop for your tablet

Had elastic retainers in the corners

Since I work a lot on the floor this seemed perfect

Used once. Tablet got hot enough to switch itself off but not hot enough to be a fire hazard

First time ever had a tablet shut down for being to hot

:)
 
Has anyone tried dry shampoo? A friend of mine swears by it when she’s too lazy or pressed for time to wash her hair. I have long hair so, I dunno.
 
wegs said:
Has anyone tried dry shampoo? A friend of mine swears by it when she’s too lazy or pressed for time to wash her hair. I have long hair so, I dunno.
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electro depolarising hair spray ? you then brush out the dirt ?

it doesnt remove dead skin from your scalp

you cant replace water & the saturation, ionic sodium laurel sulfate polarization process

its probably more of a form function than a cleansing function

if washing & blowaving was cheaper you could probably have salons specialising in just that
30 minutes for a long haired person to have their hair wash & dried for a reasonable price seems like a real winner, but public trends and habits can be very odd fickle and random things.
 
wegs said:
Yes, it's designed to give your hair the appearance of being washed, etc.
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oh
ok then
changing the ionic polarisation around your head will effect the charge that holds on to germs & viruses(small note) specially once you roll your head on your pillow, do you then breath in cold & flu viruses that have been electrically attracted to your hair by the spray)
i would want to check to see which way it pushes
if it bonds to the hair shaft and pushes out, or it pushes in to fill the space.

a water soluble medium strong hold spray in a small can would probably do the same, small mister water bottle and a bristle brush.

you cant avoid build up though, eventually you have to wash off the product to re-gain the lift & look.

probably quite handy for a travel pack
 
One from one of my idiot cousins: "Don't get your shoes wet when you clean the 'gator tank. Take them off first."

Posted that from the hospital, so it seems legit.
 
Cargo pants are useful anti-claw protection when the kitty is climbing your legs. Add a few layers of papers for extra protection.
 
Some people like to "clicker train" their pets. This begs the question "will you always have the clicker with you?" I found that "clucking" the tongue does just as well, and I usually have my tongue with me.
 
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