Pour solid ingredients into a cup Pour about a third of a cup full of liquid into the cup Swirl cup gently until mixed Fill cup with remainder of liquid

Use some other utensil.

Or some object, such as a chopstick, straw.

Or pour the mixture back and forth between two styrofoam cups until it's blended.

If you already have coffee and a cup, you're done .

Pour coffee into cup, let sit for a while (optional), and drink.

Not to need any of that extra fufu (i.e. cream/sugar) in the first place is the ultimate life hack.

Result = drink coffee anywhere regardless of the availability of "condiments".

My method is a variation of one of the other answers.

I add the milk and sugar to the cup and swurl then add the coffee.

Coffee stirrers.

Go to Mcdonalds or anywhere that is a chain restaurant and take a couple extra when you're there.

You're overpaying for their food anyways, may as well take a couple of cheap plastic stirrers!

When it is clear that it is only me drinking this coffee

I use this trick

: I take a first sip and, while still having the cup in drinking position, I "blow" the coffee back into the cup so that the created turbulences sirres up the sugar at the bottom.

I always wondered if this is considered inhygenious by someone, but it works for me.

Some coffee shops provide spaghetti pasta for such a use.

You can also pour the dry ingredients slowly into the water stream, but you need steady hands and good timing so as not to end up with dry ingredients left once the cup is full of water.

Use your finger (if your coffee is not too hot and your finger is clean) as seen in 10 Years movie.

Maybe this is a variation on other answers, but one option is to make sure the cup is significantly bigger than the amount of coffee you are drinking to allow room to safely 'swirl' the coffee and ingredients together.

If there's a lid, you can get away with a little less room.

If it's one of the lids that has a closable sippy hole, you may even get away with actual shaking the coffee (though obviously ensure that the lid is held on tightly as you do)

If you don't want to pull anything in the cup, there still is a (very simple) way.

Not very effective but it works.

Just stand upward, hold the cup in front of you and turn in your own axies.

The liquid in the cup will turn counterwise while the cup will not.

The "mixing-force" is very weak in this, so sugar which has not dissolved completely ain't affected by this very well.

But if you can wait a view minutes after inserting sugar, or if you only use milk, it works well.

Question: I often encounter a situation where I have coffee, hot water, sugar, and Styrofoam cups, but no spoon. How do I effectively mix the ingredients?

Mixing coffee without a spoon

It's questionable whether stirring coffee is even necessary in some circumstances, however, if you don't have a spoon to hand, you could use some other utensil such as a chopstick or straw. It's even possible to get special coffee stirrers, or if the coffee is not too hot you could in fact use your finger. You could also consider swirling the cup gently or pouring the mixture back and forth betweeo two cups. As a last resort, you may want to simply sip some of the mixture and then blow it back into the cup to mix it more.

The options include putting in the ingredients with one third of the water, swirling and then adding the rest of the water, using a straw, chopstick or spaghetti strand, pouring between two cups, drinking the coffee without sugar or creamer, adding milk and sugar first and then coffee, getting plastic stirrers from a fast food restaurant, sipping the coffee and squirting back from your mouth to blend, using a large cup to allow more swirling or using a finger if not too hot.

Put the solids in, pour one third of the water, swill around and then pour in the remaining water.

Use some other utensil such as a chopstick or straw or pour back and forth between two cups until blended.

Just drink the coffe without the sugar or creamer.

First add the milk and sugar, then swirl, then add the coffee.

Get some plastic stirrers from a fast-food restaurant.

Make the drink, take a sip, squirt the liquid back from your mouth into the cup to blend it.

Use your finger if the coffee's not too hot.

Use an extra large cup and if possible a lid too so you can swirl more vigourously.


this question made me laugh because it hit so close to home.

During college I sometimes went over a month without showering ~:)

here are my tips wear clean clothes!

often times I find that it is actually my clothes that smell not me when you get home for the day, get naked.

the exposure to the air will dry off the sweat and stop it from "brewing" dust the stinky parts with baking soda, a great de-odorizer that shouldn't cause a reaction watch what you eat, eating a lot of processed foods and sugars can cause your sweat to be extra pungent wear gym shorts/lounge shorts under your pants, the extra layers stop the smell from leaking out sink bath, i know you said no bathing but just a quick splash of water and a stiff rub with a towel can help in a pinch witch hazel wipes for your booty, unlike wet wipes they should not cause a rash and help to stop any itching

you may be experiencing learn to wipe your butt after going number two, seriously if your butt smells like feces its because you are leaving feces there after you "wipe", wipe that stinky brown away!

Just take a shower.

Please.

Even if you are lazy about bathing, if you are experiencing the problems that you described in your question, it will take less time and effort to alleviate your olfactory issues by bathing relative to any other conceivable workaround.

Good personal hygiene is important to keep healthy!

But you can put off shampooing your hair for a long time without it getting greasy by using dry shampoo.

Not to sound alarming, and I'm not trying to read into this too much, but you should know that it is considered a symptom of depression, or some other psychosis, when someone stops taking care of their own personal hygiene.

Feeling "lazy" about washing your body, or that this task is "too much work", are signs of depression.

It's not considered normal for someone to neglect their personal hygiene.

You may not feel that you are depressed, but are there other hygiene or personal care tasks that are also getting neglected?

It's a slippery slope.

Even asking here, about how to accommodate this behavior, shows some acknowledgement that this is not normal.

Cologne and deodorant don't count.

I'm not a doctor, so don't consider this as a diagnosis.

However, this is not normal behavior

and I hope you get motivated to either change your behavior or look into discussing how you feel about this with someone who is qualified to give you their professional opinion.

Web search on 'depression not bathing' .

I will not accept Wet Wipes as an answer.

I find that Wet Wipes often give me a rash.

Try to find a wet wipe that does not contain Methylchloroisothiazolinone

While I have never gone a week without bathing, I do find what I posted on another question works to control odor, which is to use surgical scrub.

A common brand of 4% chlorhexidine gluconate available at drug stores is Hibiclens.

(There is the veterinary brand Novalsan but that's 2% and doesn't work for some of the other uses I have for chlorhexidine.

I also use it in mouthwash.)

I've not had any adverse reaction and it also seems to help skin conditions which might be exacerbated by an irregular cleansing regimen.

You need to bath.

If you are really stinking bad then squeeze some lemon in the bathtub and add a few drops of rose water.

It will make you smell nice.

Also you can add liquid dettol(antiseptic liquid) to be hygienic.

If you don't want to bath then shave the hairs on your chest and underarm areas.

Hairs in these areas absorbs the sweat and smells really bad.

Question:
I'm a bit lazy about bathing, so sometimes I'll go a week without cleaning myself. I counteract BO by avoiding manual labor, so that I don't break a sweat; I also use deodorant and cologne. However, these prescriptions do not mask the smell of an unclean hiney.

How best to keep that area clean without bathing?

I will not accept Wet Wipes as an answer. I find that Wet Wipes often give me a rash.

How to Not Smell Like Feces without Bathing?

To stop smelling without bathing, there are a few techniques that you can try. One of these is simply to wear clean clothes and shave your chest and underarm hair. You may want to also consider a surgical scrub.

The options are to wear clean clothes, dust smelly parts with baking soda, avoid processed foods, take a shower, use dry shampoo, seek help for depression, find an irritant free wet wpie, take a bath with lemon and rose water or use a surgical scrub.

Wear clean clothes, dust your smelly parts with baking soda, avoid eating processed foods.

Just take a shower - it's quicker than any workaround.

You may be depressed if not washing - try to find help rather than masking smells.

Try a wet wipe that does not contain Methylchloroisothiazolinone.

Take a bath with lemon and rose water in it, and antiseptic liquid for greater hygiene. Reduce smells by shaving armpits and chest.


you can make your own tea bags by using a square of cheese cloth or muslin folded over a few times, place the loose tea in it, use butcher's twine to tie the bag up and there you go!

you can even untie the twine and re-use the cloth for other bags.

What's good about this hack is that you can make tea bags of any size depending on how large you cut the cloth.

so you can make single serving ones for just a cup or you can make larger ones for when you want an entire pot of tea.

If you don't have cheese cloth/

muslin

I suppose you could use another fabric

but you really want something thin so that the water can seep in and mix with the tea and also to let flavor out of the bag and into the tea.

To add to the cheesecloth idea...

coffee filters can also be used to make a pouch for a bundle of leaves.

I would caution to be careful of using fabrics or materials that are not food-safe as they may contain chemicals that will leach right into the tea along with the good stuff.

After looking at a tea strainer on Google something immediately came to my mind, however it will involve perhaps demolishing a sieve.

If you happen to have an old sieve that you are willing to modify somewhat then that's great - carry on reading.

Step one

: Remove the old metal mesh from your old strainer, some wire cutters would work on a stronger metal but scissors may work or you may even be able to push the metal out.

Step two

: Remove the metal mesh from your sieve and cut out a square / circle or whatever of the material the same or a similar size to the piece that you have just removed from the old strainer.

Step three:

Insert newly made mesh into the old casing and seal it down with some glue - leave to dry for a day to make sure that it is fully cured and won't get into your beverage.

Step four

: You should now have a makeshift tea strainer thing - probably won't be as fine a mesh than the original but should suffice for most tea leaves.

Note, if you do not want to use the old casing you can probably makeshift your own out of paper clips or metal wire and shaping them into whatever shape

you want it and then making a cage like thing with the sieve mesh.

Another method I found when looking for a different solution to your problem is to use some tin foil .

I'll summarize the contents of the link I have attached: Cut a foot square of tin foil

Fold in half twice

so it is now a quarter of the original size Pour tea leaves into the center

Bring corners together above the leaves and twist them together making a sort of stick - you'll end up with what looks like a tin foil ball on the end of a tin foil stick When you are ready to brew your tea, poke some small holes in the tin foil ball with a cocktail stick or similar and then brew in the normal way for the normal amount of time!

Here is what it should sort of look like: Good luck.

Rather than using a strainer built into your teapot, use an external strainer.

Allow the hot water and loose tea leaves to hang out in your pot, then pour through the strainer into your cup.

This one costs $4 Cdn on amazon.ca.

I'm sure you can find plenty in that price range.

Slightly more expensive ones come with a little bowl to set them down in so as not to dribble on a counter.

Getting a french press for coffee works very well with this.

You don't have to press the leaves down at first if you feel like letting them float for longer.

Then it's up to you when you want to press the leaves down.

It's also extremely easy to clean, and you don't need to make special tea bags or anything that will need to be thrown away after each use.

Question:
My metal mesh tea strainer rusted so I discarded it, but I have failed to find a replacement strainer because this teapot was likely purchased overseas.

In a teapot, how else can I filter the tea leaves steeped in hot water, from the resultant liquid that is poured and sipped? Woefully, this teapot can't be equipeed with a filter at the spout.

How to steep but separate leaves in a teapot without a mesh strainer?

If you're looking to steep separate leaves without a strainer, you could wrap them in some cheese cloth or muslin. Coffee filters can also be used in a similar way. Alternatively, you could strain the tea by pouring it through an external strainer or even make a makeshift tea-strainer using an old sieve. A French press for coffee also works very well for straining tea.

The options are to make your own tea bags out of cloth or coffee filters, replace the strainer in the teapot by cutting out part of an old sieve, buy an external strainer or use a French coffee press.

Make your own tea bags out of muslin or cheese cloth. The can be re-used.

Use coffee filters to make bags for the tea.

Cut a section out of an old sieve and fit into the teapot where the old strainer was.


As you mentioned, a small flat screwdriver works best.

However, you can use basically anything that's thin, stiff, and non-round.

I used to do this all the time to my brother to piss him off (ah, youth).

Some of the things I've used: The metal clip from a cheap pen

A paperclip with the very tip bent to a 90 degree angle (to simulate a screwdriver)

A safety pin (bent like above).

Works a bit better, due to stiffer metal.

The end of an old tangled up Slinky (bent straight) A metal coat hanger with the tip hammered flat Creativity goes a long way here.

The flat end of a cheap teaspoon.

Not all types work though, more expensive teaspoons often have fancier handles that won't work.

It's stronger then most other methods using paperclips or other improvised things

and you don't have to hammer anything flat.

If you don't care about the spoon you can bend it in the middle for extra leverage.

If there is a round hole in the middle of the door knob, push a carpenter nail into the hole, dead-center and push against the spring.

The lock will release, as if magic.

2.5 inch nail works everytime in my experience.

Bobby Pin or even Safety pin will work too.

If you don't have either open your wallet and take out an old laminated card.

Insert it between the door and the door frame about where the lock cross bar goes into the door jam.

If the curved part is facing you place the flat edge of the card sung against the curved lock bar and pull the door knob towards you as you are pushing the card snug.

The door will open.

If the curved lock bar is facing away from you use the corner of the card to tickle the top or bottom back edge of the lock cross bar.

This might mean bending the card slightly.

Again you are trying to release the lock bar by applying pressure on the curved edge that goes into the door jam.

After a few seconds when you feel the corner edge of the card is snug against the lock cross beam, again apply pressure to the doorknob pushing it away from you and pulling it towards you as you press on the card.

After you get the card in the right spot when you pull the door towards you you should feel the cross bar give and the door will swing open.

This also works for outside door locks with more substantial locks.

Just not deadbolts.

Question:
I have an interior door with a twist lock. It locks from the inside and on the outside takes this type of key:

However, I lost the key, and seem to have locked the door before my last exit. What can I use to access the room without damaging the lock?

Note: my precision screwdriver set is locked inside this very room.

How to open a privacy lock doorknob without the key?

There are a number of ways of opening a privacy lock doorknob without a key. You could try using a small flat screwdriver, the flat end of a teaspoon or a laminated card. Similarly, a bent safety pin or paperclip may also work. It may also be the case that there is a round hole in the middle of the door knob, and if you push a carpenter nail into the hole, the lock will release.

The options are to release the spring using thin and stiff such as a paper clip, safety pin or coat hanger, or open the latch using a credit card.

Anything thin, stiff and round will do, such as a paper clip or a safety pin or a coat hanger.

If there's a round hole in the doorknob push a nail in to release the spring.


Cup socks

Now here's not the best solution in terms of heat preservation

but it's a hack.

What keeps our feet warm in winter can't be too bad for a cup of coffee: Wrapping a thick winter men's sock around a cup is not too hard as long as it is not yet filled.

For optimum insulation we can get 2 or 3 layers of warm wool by putting the cup base down into a sock, then fold the sock two or three times, always leaving the top of the cup open.

After that we can pour in our hot coffee, which will stay hot much longer than before (also depending on the sock's material of course - thick wool may be best)

Of course we can also knit them for a better fit .

Pour hot/boiling water in the mug and let the mug warm up, that way the drink won't cool down when you pour it into the cup.

You can also use a microwave oven to heat the liquid, but make sure

the mug has water in it , an empty mug will not heat and potentially damage your microwave.

This will be slightly less effective, since a microwave goes to ~65°C, while boiling water goes to ~100°C. or Put something on top of the mug if you aren't drinking it to keep it warm.

Also, thermo cups.

Kept my coffee hot for an hour easily.

I have found the most efficient method is to use a thermos mug, which has a vacuum barrier between the liquid and the environment.

More expensive than regular mugs, but my drink is still warm the next day if I leave it overnight.

You can use something to cover the cup.

This way it will decrease losses from evaporation.

Technically you can do some other thing

but I don't know how suitable these are: wrap the cup in aluminium foil to decrease

infrared radiation wrap it additionally in some isolation material to reduce heat exchange

The most simple trick is to add some of the hot beverage after you drink some of the cup.

I make tea in a kettle which I leave on the stove and add some to the cup after I drink some of the tea in the cup.

You have a few options.

First, I would recommend getting a thermos, but if you really want to use a mug, there are a few hacks.

Awhile

ago, I read this thing about a stick that keeps coffee warm.

A good substitute would be to warm something up in the microwave like a spoon or another utensil and then put that in your coffee.

It can get very hot, so you can wrap something around the top of the handle like a napkin.

I like to wrap thick rubber bands around it.

You can also use a heating pad as a coaster.

Just heat up the pad in the microwave, then you can put the mug on it to keep it warm.

If you work with a computer at your desk, you might be able to use the heat coming from the computer to warm the mug (doesn't work for all computers)

One last thing, you can put a cloth or a towel over the top of the mug when you're not drinking it.

Heat rises, so if you can block air from rising out of the top of the mug, then it will stay warmer.

This is my favorite one

Why not to use mug warmer?

Keeps a full mug or cup of coffee, tea, soup or any other beverage at the ideal drinking temperature (150-160°F/65-70

°C, however it depends on the product).

No need to pre-heat, just put your fresh cup of coffee on the black pad and coffee stays the same temp for as long as you like.

They're very cheap and convenient.

This solves the problem of having to take the cup back to the kitchen to reheat.

Few hints:

There are versions which you can connect to your laptop via USB, however some of them aren't heating enough, so it's better to use one with a standard wall outlet.

Buy one which should have an "auto-off" switch, just like most curling iron have, as a safety feature.

Otherwise don't forget to turn it off when you leave house so it won't catch on fire or damage your table underneath.

Some of them usually won't keep a full cup hot, but it's does a good job of keeping the hot beverage once you're down to about a half a cup.

Question:
Every time when I make a tea or coffee especially in winter time, it's get cold very quickly.

How I can keep my hot beverage warm long enough to enjoy my drink?

Please keep in mind, that I don't want to use any fire on my desk:)

How to keep a mug on the desk warm?

There are a few ways to keep a mug warm on a desk, although the easiest solution would probably be to use a thermo cup or thermos mug. Alteranatively, you could try covering the mug so that the heat doesn't escape, placing it on a mug-warmer or using cup socks. Another interesting idea would be to pre-heat the mug by pouring boiling water into it first.

The solutions are to use cup socks, to heat the mug first with boiling water, to use a thermos mug, to place a cover over the top of the mug, to place a very hot metal object such as a spoon in the mug and to buy a mug heater.

Warm up a metal spoon in the microwave and place in the coffee or use a heating pad as a coaster and put a towel over the top of the mug.

Use a mug warming product which can run from your laptop or from the mains.


There are several possibilities that can lead to streaks from the wipers: Worn out wipers: replace them Dirt particles or leaves: clean the wipers Wax polish on the screen: clean the screen with an alcohol-based cleaner Oil remnants from dust on the roads: clean the screen with an alcohol-based cleaner or with gasoline (explosive, be careful!) For cleaning the screen or the wipers we always keep a spray bottle of household glass cleaner in the back of our car.

Sometimes even worn out wipers can be resurrected for a limited time until they can be replaced.

This can be done by wiping the blades with your thumb.

This will not only remove dirt particles but it will also somewhat "sharpen" the rubber plates from our skin.

Windshield wipers need to be replaced about once a year, and the streaking you're experiencing in rainy weather is almost certainly due to worn out wipers.

If you have replaced them recently, or you cannot replace them soon, examine them and clean them.

They need to be able to flex, and the wiper blade edge needs to be continuous with no cracks or missing pieces.

Clean them to remove any dirt, particularly in the areas that would prevent the blade from flexing and moving, and dry them with a soft cloth.

Then spend some time cleaning your windshield so the wipers don't have to work so hard running over insect leftovers and other windshield debris that might be stuck in place.

Lastly, you can try RainX or a similar product.

These cause the windshield to be hydrophobic, which forces water to bead up and fall off the windshield more quickly.

You'll improve your visibility, and even worn out wipers will be able to clear the windshield more effectively.

Replacing the wipers, however, is the best solution.

Clean the wiper blades with a soft cloth.

If that does not help, they may be worn out so you may have to consider replacing your wiper blades with new ones.

To those all whose looking for permanent solution I found out your answer just wash the window with "Easy-Off Oven Cleaner Heavy Duty Trigger Spray" twice.

and make sure it only touches your windshield just to be safe.

And rinse it a lot.

Mine looks like straight out of manufacturer now.

I had this problem in my earlier car and the new car I am using now.

I was wondering why this happens in a new car.

All my internet searches lead me many things not worked for me.

Things did NOT work for me are:1.

Vinegar Treatment2.

Lime scale remover3.

Glass cleaner4.

All highly priced branded car windshield cleaners6.

Lime Juicewhat not...

Nothing worked.

Some said like use a clay bar...

blah, blah....

But the solution is simple and here it is Just wash your wind shield with DISH WASHER SOLUTION .

I live in Chennai, I used Vim Solution, But then it shall be the case every good dish washer solution out there in the grocery shop.

Just use about 20 drops of dish washer solution, spray little water, rub it with a cloth or hands to lather and wipe of.

Then wash and wipe with water.

In my understanding, the Tar / residual hydrocarbons from the vehicle exhaust get deposited on the wind shield and form a thin sticky film that causes smudge when wiped by the wipers.

Don't waste your money buying highly priced car items sold in the Petrol Bunks, car accessory shops

etc, I found them simply useless.

If you find spotted smudges, may be you could shave them off with a new shaving blade (INR 10 approx) or you can resort lime scale remover solutions.

Question:
My wiper blades leave streaks on my windshield when I run them during rain and this is rather annoying to the point where sometimes I run the wipers with low frequency just so I don't the get the streaks (which affect my visibility) -- but then I pay the price in terms of lowered visibility from the rain.

What is a simple way to stop / prevent streaking caused by my wiper blades?

How can I remove streaks on my windshield from the wipers?

The simplest way to remove streaks from a windshield is to simply clean the screen with a household glass cleaner, RainX or dishwasher solution.

If the wipers are worn replace them, if dirty clean them with soft cloth , polish the screen with wax, clean the screen with alchohol-based cleaner or with gasoline, or a product such as RainX or oven-cleaner or dish washer solution.

If the wipers are worn out replace them, if dirty clean them, polish the screen with wax, clean the screen with alchohol-based cleaner or with gasoline.

Wipers need replacing once a year as the rubber perishes - check that they are ok and clean with RainX or similar product.

Clean wipers with a soft cloth and replace if worn out.

Wash the windscreen using oven cleaner spray.

Wash the windsreen using dish washer solution.


I assume both warming up and insulating the toilet seat from the skin will give the same comfort.

Socks Place socks on either side of the toilet seat.

This will prevent the direct contact of buttocks with the toilet seat, but there are some risks involved in it as the socks may get germs, so be sure to wash them afterwards.

Toilet paper Fold the toilet paper three or four times and place it on one side of the seat, ensuring that it covers one side of the oval seat.

Do the same for other side.

Rub with Napkin Rub the seat with towel napkin until it warms up to the satisfactory level.

Artificial seat made of cloth Stitch a seat shaped material with some thin layer of insulating material.

Have some sets of this.

Replace it daily.

I sit on it for a few seconds with my pants on.

This lets enough heat transfer that it warms up, but not so much that its unbearable.

A porcelain toilet feels cold because porcelain is good at transfering heat.

You can buy plastic or wood toilet seats : this is a ring that is placed on top of the toilet, and attached to the toilet via a hinge.

Plastic and wood don't transfer heat as easily as porcelain, so they don't feel as cold.

Just use about 1/4" thick of foam from appliances, cut out a shape to fit your toilet seat.

Remove and hang it up after each use.

If you have a minute to spare before sitting, try using a blow dryer, otherwise known as a hair dryer, on it.

That should work pretty well, but only if you aren't dancing from holding it in.

A prevention method, and not really a hack, is to buy either a heated seat or one of those cushioned seats which will still be cold but should warm up much faster.

Soak toilet paper with hot water.

Rub the toilet paper on the ring of the seat and squeeze out the water.

Then dry the toilet seat.

The toilet seat is now warm.

Three rather simple methods you could use before/instead of sitting down on the cold seat: Preheat the toilet seat by rubbing the ring for a while using your hands Add some insulation , like covering the ring with toilet paper Avoid sitting on the it , squat over it like they do in some cultures

I took a heating pad we weren't using anymore.

One of the long kind and not the short heating pads.

I tied it around the toilet lid with the majority of the pad facing the toilet seat.

The heating pad has two straps on each end, so I tied them together on the back (top) of the lid.

Now, everyone must close the lid regardless of user's gender.

I plugged it in at the sink outlet (I also swapped out the standard outlet with a GFI).

I set the heat control just a tad before the lowest setting.

In other words, when it was on the lowest setting (one)

it was too warm ( like hot), so I turned the dial more towards the off position, to where it's just registering 'on'.

Perfect!!.

I leave that puppy on 24/7 for the most part because you never know when you have to go.

The women love it and I sit regardless of my purpose for using the toilet.

Long gone are the days of having to stand just to conform to social expectations.

An added plus is no more splatters to clean up.

A very cheap and effective method that I have used while living in the mountains, is to use a tennis ball.

Keep the tennis ball next to the toilet, and before you sit down, vigorously run the ball along the seat.

Press down hard, because the key to warming it up is to create heat from friction.

With practice, you can get the seat nice and toasty in about ten seconds.

We use to wash it with boiled water to keep it warm in winter season.

I always switch the waterline on the back to the hot waterline.

if you don't have one by a flexible cord and go in the basement switch it around

The ultimate solution for this is a electric bidet toilet seat .

It is more hygienic and after you wash your anus

you can warm your back just pressing a button!!

It's awesome and reduce the using of toilet tissue paper as well as your cost.

Question:
In the winter, the porcelain toilet seats can get extremely cold and are just unpleasant to sit on in the event that 'doody' calls.

Is there a quick way to warm up the toilet seat to make it more comfortable to sit on?

How to quickly warm up a toilet seat

There are a number of ways to quickly warm up a toilet seat. One would be to cover the seat with something, such as toilet paper or socks. Alternatively, you could rub the toilet seat with a towel napkin until it's warm. Another option is to simply blow the toilet seat with a hairdryer or, in fact, sit on it with your pants on for a while.

The options are to place socks or toilet paper on the seat, rub with your hands, a cloth or a tennis ball till warm, make an artificial seat out of cloth, sit on it in pants until warm, get a plastic or wooden seat, make a foam seat cover, warm it with a hair dryer or with toilet paper soaked in hot water or fit an electric heating pad.

Try placing socks on the toilet seat or toilet paper or rub with a napkin until warm or make an artificial seat out of cloth and replace daily.

Soak toilet paper in hot water and wipe the seat.

Rub the seat with your hands, add insulation, cover with toilet paper, try squatting without touching the seat.

Attach an electric heating pad to the toilet lid.


You've almost given the answer in your question: If you have a starting headache due to little water or food, then your best option is to drink and/or eat.

Neither pills nor lifehacks should be used instead of drinking or eating.

And then it's another story what to drink or eat if not regular drinks or meals are available, or if the headache comes from other medical situations.

But normally, start with drinking and/or eating, and maybe relax and try not stressing.

Eat salted nuts and wash them down with water.

There are three common causes that account for the bulk of all headaches (not counting migraines).

They are lack of potassium, lack of protein, and dehydration.

Salted nuts alleviate the first two and water resolves the third.

Results in just a few minutes.

By way of notes, if you were inclined to argue about muscle tension headaches that's what potassium does.

Cold Compress Soak a small towel in cold water, wrap it around an ice pack, lay down, and hold it on your forehead.

Or, depending on the type of headache...

Hot Compress Soak a small towel in as-hot-as-possible-but-it-will-not-burn-you water, lay down, and hold it on your forehead.

Tension headaches can also be relieved with caffeine (thus why it's various pain relievers).

Drinking hot, caffeinated tea will doubly help.

Hydration - water is best, also try sports drink with electrolytes Coffee helps if you are into that.

Accupressure/reflexology REALLY WORKS

I prefer the hand pressure point.

It is hard to recommend something specifically that will work for you but based on the information you gave, I think it is worth it to looking into trying out a pair of FL41 tinted glasses.

Large number of people (including myself) suffer from migraines because of photophobia, blepharospasm, and any other light sensitivity "syndromes".

We are just more likely to have eye strain due to certain light wavelengths.

Tinted glasses help block these wavelengths and therefore, keep your migraine from starting in the first place.

My migraines were always triggered at work (fluorescent lighting and computer screens) as well as on really sunny days.

I tried out a pair of tinted glasses and it was almost instantaneous for them disappearing.

Again, not sure if this is the case or trigger for you but it is an option you can explore.

Note: If you do so though, make sure you get "real" FL41 glasses...I guess not all have the same tint density (source: https://www.axonoptics.com/migraine-causes/ )

Word of warning: this is an extremely impractical solution.

At one of my old jobs we had an Anechoic chamber .

The result of being in one of these is that is is extremely quiet and when the lights are off, extremely dark.

One of my colleagues used to swear that five minutes sitting in it with the lights off would cure any headache.

I can anecdotally confirm.

A less extreme/more practical alternative could be keeping your head under a duvet, curtains drawn, earplugs in.

Bend over at the waist, let your arms hang loose, tuck your chin in and let the blood rush to your head.

Hold for 10-20 seconds.

Repeat as necessary.

I find that regulating the blood to the brain helps with some headache causes.

Something like: Putting a slight pressure on both temples and holding that for 1 minute on, 1 minute off helps.

Placing your index finger and thumb on the bridge of your nose (there's a small blood vessel on either side, I believe) Other than that, though as others have said, water (sips, not gulps) helps.

A headache can be caused by withdrawal symptoms if you are "addicted" to caffeine.

See this article from the Smithsonian.

If you are addicted, try slowly reducing your intake of caffeine over a week and then when you do not drink you will not suffer "the dreaded caffeine withdrawal headache."

Question: I've experienced this sometimes when I go for hours without water or little food and suddenly I experience a headache that gradually gets worse as time goes on. Until now I used to just pop a pill and get it over with, but I've always looked for alternatives and frankly the internet is filled with data over data. So I need to be recommended a will-work-in-any-scenario kind of solution.

How to quickly cure headaches without medicine

There are a few ways to cure a headache without medicine and possibly the most effective is to eat or drink, perhaps eating salted nuts and drinking water. Alternatively, you could bend over to allow the blood to rush to keep your head under a duvet with the curtains drawn and some earplugs in. Applying light pressure to both temples and holding this 1 minutes on, 1 minute off, could also be effective. Wearing tinted glasses or applying a cold compress might also help.

The options are to eat and/or drink something, relax, eat salted nuts with water, lie down with a cold compress, try accupressure or reflexology, try tinted glasses, try 10-20 second bends, apply slight pressure to your temples 1 minute at a time, lie down under a duvet with earplugs.

Get something to eat and/or drink - and try not stressing.

Lie down with a cold compress on your forehead and drink hot tea.

Drink electrolytes or coffee and try accupressure or reflexology.

Try tinted glasses - you may have migraine.

Try sitting in an anechoic chamber or lying under a duvet with curtains drawn and earplugs in.

Bend over for 10-20 seconds with arms loose and chin in - repeat this as needed.

Put slight pressure on your temples - 1 minute on and 1 off - and also drink water.

You may have caffeine addiction, in which case slowly reduce your intake.


Try using water.

Take the dust and put it in a plastic garbage bag and then add water slowly while holding the bag as shut as you can.

Now that the dust is wet you can handle it without it blowing in your face.

Add the mixture slowly to a bowl or buckets of water and the dust should float making anything appear.

If the earring is big you can sift through the wet dust.

Please do either method outside so that any spilt dust does not go in your face.

Get a second vacuum with a hose attachment.

Over the opening of the hose, attach (with duct tape?)

a screen that will let through dust and dirt but nothing bigger than, say, a popcorn kernel.

Then simply vacuum all the dust from the first vacuum's bag into the second vacuum's bag through the hose.

The larger object -- such as an earring -- will get caught by the screen or will just remain in the first bag.

The trick to this for me has always been surface area.

I cut open an old grocery store plastic bag, and lay it on a table.

I then cut open the dust bag, and carefully spread it into as thin of a layer as possible so that there's no need to dig a lot.

Cleanup is simple: fold the grocery bag to seal the dust.

In general, you're trying to avoid getting dust into the air column, and the surest way to do that is to disrupt the pile as little as possible.

If the depth of the pile is thin enough, you should be able to do a quick visible inspection in order to find your lost trinket.

I also tend to use a pair of tweezers to work through the debris or fish things out of the bag when I can see them towards the top.

If the biggest problem is making a mess, I would take it outside.

Having some dust fly around there doesn't really seem like a problem.

And if some of it does reach the ground, rain (Or a bucket of water) will wash it away soon enough.

The dustbag contains not only dust and dirt - it's also heaving with bacteria, so although I do exactly what you now intend to do, I first take the precaution of wearing a face mask (just a basic dust mask) and rubber gloves.

If you can, take the bag outside and spread a sheet of something (plastic, tarpaulin, whatever) and put the bag on it.

If its disposable, then slit it open and rummage for what you want, if not, you'll have to either put your hand in and rummage, or gently tip and pull out the contents onto your sheet and poke around to find the object.

Best not done on a windy day... and after all that, I hope it is your earring and not something you don't even want, like a bottle top!

If you can find someone who has a metal detector . . .

with two large plastic trash bags, sort half of the debris into one bag and test it with the metal detector, keep dividing the contents by the results of waving the metal detector over the bag.

Get a really strong rare earth magnet and run it around the part of the bag that would be the top of the dirt pile.

If you feel it connect to something, bring it to the top of the bag and then try to pull it out with your finger.

If your earring was a non-magnetic metal (which is most likely) and this plan doesn't work, it's likely you will feel extreme rage having failed after all the trouble of getting the magnet.

To handle that, tell the vacuum you hate it, optionally kick it a few times, then tell it it's sacked.

Then go watch QVC so you can buy a new earring.

One method to recover the potential earring would be to take the bag to an open area where making a mess would not be a concern , and just splitting the bag and spilling its contents.

The wind will carry away the dust and fine particles (hold the bag from upwind) and the earring and other heavy objects will fall straight down .

Just be sure to clean up the bag pieces and other large refuse so as to leave the area unpolluted.

Question: While vacuuming, I heard the typical 'kaclink kaclink' of a larger solid object being sucked up. I think it might be an earring I lost a few days ago, so I'd like to get whatever it is out of the bag. How can I do this while minimizing the amount of dust gets back into the air?

How do I extract a small object from a vacuum cleaner bag?

There are a few ways to extract a small object from a vacuum cleaner bag, however, the simplest way is probably to take the bag outside, break it open and look through the dust. If you empty the contents, you should spread them as thinly as possible to provide the best possible chance of finding the object in question. Alternatively, you could consider adding water to the dust to make it easier to handle, or even using a second vacuum cleaner to remove the dust from the bag.

The options are to add water and sift manually, to remove the dust using a second vacuum cleaner, to take outdoors and spread on a plastic sheet (wearing a face mask) before sifting and to try a metal detector.

Put the dust in a bag, add water to it and sift with your hands.

Get a second vacuum and use it to remove the dust from the bag and the earrings will be caught by the screen of left in the bag.

Empty the bag slowly onto a plastic sheet, carefully sift and after you are done bundle up the sheet with dust inside.

Put on a face mask for the dirt and bacteria and take outside to sift on a non-windy day.

Take the bag out on a windy day and let the wind blow away the dust, leaving the earrings behind.


You can use an actual can opener to open your can.

Either place the flat rectangular end of the can opener against the normal opening of the can and pry it open, or place the pointy end of the can opener against another part of the lid and pry a new hole in the lid to drink out of.

Get a metal spoon or butter knife and you can lay the edge of the handle across the opening, similar to the way the tab sits, and apply pressure opening the can.

I would strongly advise against using sharp objects (like screwdrivers) to make a hole that is different in shape from the intended opening.

It could result in small bits of aluminium (that the can is made of) falling into the contents, and possibly cause harm if ingested.

Just simulate the usual way of opening cans using a spoon handle or a similar non-sharp object in the same motion as the original tab.

Lay a teaspoon on the hole, face-down, keeping the tip of the head against the edge of the tab/hole.

Apply pressure to the middle of the head of the spoon.

This will push the tab into the hole, in much the same fashion as the actual ring pull would.

Take care to only press on the middle of the head of the spoon - stay away from the edges, otherwise your finger may slip into the hole when the tab gives way (which nobody wants).

OK, you all have no clue about how to do this.

Get a blunt plastic object, like the base of lighter

(I can guarantee that that will work) and then place it against the outside edge of the scored tab (bit that pops down) and then rub back and forth while applying medium pressure.

The tab will burst open (be warned, it makes one hell of a bang).

The drink remains carbonated and won't fizz over.

A mechanical can opener with the spinning gears or an electric one can be gently used to cut off the entire top of the can.

Then just be sure to pour into a glass as you will cut your mouth on the shredded can.

Solutions: Take a pair of pliers or like tool and grab what is left if the tab.

With these pull upwards and open the can.

It make a few trys and ruin the can, so drink the soda out of a cup to avoid messing with your mouth.

P-38 can opener.

All pictures taken from Wikipedia.org.

Shown to demonstrate types of can openers available to use.

Use a can opener.

You can avoid all of the situation by just opening the can with a can opener.

There are portable can openers (p-38 can opener is a really small one)

so you are always ready.

Some forceful methods: Use a sharp object, I.e. a screwdriver or other clean sharp object to poke a hole in the can.

Be very careful, and direct the object away from your body.

Make sure the object is clean.

Take a sturdy blunt object and place it on the tab.

Then apply force, the tab should fall in making the contents accessible.

Some other helpful advice can be found on this site .

Using force is always an option.

Seriously, though, the main thing you want to avoid is squeezing the can while you are opening it, or you will have a mess.

Aim for the perforations with a screwdriver or a spoon

and you should be able to ease it open.

Pushing in the indented area with a flathead screwdriver worked best for me!

Question: I believe using force is not an option as it contains carbonated beverage.

How to open a beverage can that has a broken tab?

There are a few different ways to open a beverage can with a broken tab, and a simple method would be to use a normal can opener. Alternatively, you could simply push the hole open in the can using a metal spoon or a screwdriver.

The options are to open the can using a can opener, a metal spoon handle, a teaspoon head or a screwdriver but avoid squeezing or it may make a mess.

Use a metal spoon handle to force it open.

Place a teaspoon upside down over the tab and press down in the middle of the spoon.

Use a mechanical opener with spinning gears and open like a can.

Use pliers to pull off the tab or open with a can opener or a screwdriver .

Avoid squeezing the can or it will make a mess.

Push in the tab with a flathead screwdriver.


Oxalic acid, or cleaners with oxalic acid, such as Barkeepers Friend , are effective at removing stains from stainless steel.

If the surface is lacquered brushed steel or brushed aluminum, though, they could damage the finish.

The cleaners themselves, though, may leave a bit of powdery abrasive residue that has to be removed.

We find the white melamine sponges (sold as Magic Eraser, but there are generic types widely available) can work really well, but they warn against using it on the front of stainless-steel appliances without trying it in an inconspicuous area first.

Wipe in the direction of the brush finish, not in swirly motions.

Try using Coke .

I stopped drinking it after I saw what it did when I left a coin and a bullet casing in it.

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Isopropyl alcohol AKA isopropanol is very good at removing greasy marks from surfaces.

Last time I bought it, I got it from a large pharmacists.

Clean with soap and water first and when dry put a dab of neat isopropanol on a paper towel and rub the areas you want to get clean.

Methylated spirits would work similarly but probably not quite as well.

Since no one has brought it up, you can rub a paste of baking soda on stainless steel appliances/pots/utensils.

It removes stains and revives the shine.

Also rubbing banana peel helps the shine.

I've used WD-40 to buff up my SS appliances.

not only does it clean things off well, but the appliance is resistant to fingerprints for a while, afterwards.

When I sold my previous apartment I was told to use cooking oils to clean stainless steel surfaces, i.e. canola oil, olive oil, or similar.

To my surprise this turned out really nice, and the oil is usually easily accessible.

Have used this trick ever since.

Just add a few drops to a cloth and wipe it clean.

Question: Stainless steel appliances look nice and modern, but they are a pain to keep clean. So far I've tried soap and water, diluted vinegar, and a damp cloth. None of these really seem to leave it spotless. What are some easy ways to remove fingerprints, water stains, and marks from stainless steel appliances?

What is an effective way to clean stainless steel appliances without commercial products?

There are a variety of non-commercial products that you can use to clean stainless steel, including a melamine sponge, coke, cooking oil, methylated spirits, banana peel and baking soda. Rubbing one of these products on the appliance may well be effective.

The options are to use oxalic acid (as long as the surface is not lacquered), melamine sponges, coca-cola, isopropyl alcohol, AKA isopropanol, baking soda paste, banana peel or WD-40.

Use oxalic acid or cleaners containing oxalic acid - but might damage lacquered surfaces.

Use isopropyl alcohol, AKA isopropanol to remove greasy marks from surfaces.

Cooking oil such as canola, dabbed onto a cloth.


If you have 5-10 year old sons, daughter, nieces and nephews (basically kids you trust with a ring), get a group of them together and tell them that whoever finds the ring in the grass will get $20 (or some other appropriate, parent-approved prize).

Also have cake & ice cream for those who didn't find it.

Go outside that night with a very strong flashlight or preferably a higher-intensity floodlight.

With any luck, the glint of any metal object will stand out considerably compared to anything else you might find among the grass.

Work systematically.

Search the lawn one square at a time.

You are much more likely to find something searching one square meter at a time rather than wandering aimlessly.

Obvious but expensive answer: wave a metal detector over your lawn.

Maybe a friend has one you could borrow?

First of all, do not assume it is in the garden unless you are absolutely certain.

If there is any possibility it is somewhere else, then those other places must be systematically searched.

Do not use a rake.

Do not walk around on, or otherwise disturb in any way the search area.

Randomly casting around for the object is a bad idea.

The way to find the ring is to systematically search the search area.

To do this with a plot of ground, like a backyard, what you should do is string it with a grid.

Drive in wooden stakes around the perimeter of the area.

Make sure the stakes are well outside anywhere the ring could have dropped.

Next, pull twine around the stakes making a lattice pattern.

Tie a heavy object to the twine and throw it across

so you do not have to walk in the search area.

When you are done you should have the yard divided into a grid, each cell being about 16 inches square.

Once you have divided the search area into a grid, begin searching it cell by cell, marking each cell after you finish it.

If your ring is in the search area, it is likely you will find it as long as you thoroughly search each cell.

Also, check all branches and twigs in each cell; sometimes an object will catch on a twig.

Crows here in the Pacific Northwest find everything.

I threw a loaf of bread squares onto my lawn one morning, trying to remember where I put my single car key.

Voila, a crow buggered around and flipped the key so I could see it.

Luckily he didn't use it for his nest.

You could try raking the grass, with any luck the ring might hook onto one of the many tines on the rake and thus be retrieved.

If it doesn't hook on, it should be easy to hear the metal on metal 'ding' noise once you've scraped over it.

You could also try the old vacuum panty hose trick.

Your neighbors might think you are crazy, if they see you vacuuming the lawn :)

Question:
How do I find my gold ring which is lost inside the grass in my garden?

Please tell me an easy way to find my ring quickly.

Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn

There are a few ways you can find a gold ring lost on the lawn. If you have young children, you could offer a reward for whoever finds it. Otherwise, you could try going out at night with a strong flashlight to catch any reflections, and work systematically, one square at a time. If you know someone with a metal detector, this could also be very useful.

The options include getting a group of children to search, look at night with a flashlight, use a metal detector, make a string grid and go over it systematically or try the old vacuum panty hose trick.

Round up some children and offer a suitable reward.

Search at night with a flashlight and look for the glint.

Make a grid on the lawn with string and search each square systematically.

Put some bread down and watch the birds - one may pick up the key.

Use a rake - it may capture or clink against the ring.


Install pool noodles to your wall.

Or use pipe insulation.

Ask your passenger to get out of the car before you park the car.

This also leaves you free to park it right next to the wall.

For the passenger, this has the advantage they can open the door to its stop and easily get out of the car.

My answer assumes, that you already tried simply talking to them and it did not work and also, that you DO want them to exit the vehicle at exact this place.

Since this is Lifehacks, not "How can I train my passengers to behave like I want", I would recommend taking steps that, even in the case of them smashing the door against the wall, the damage will be intercepted or minimal.

You could install some kind of buffer, either at the wall or your door.

A buffer on the car might make your car look ugly though, so this may be an issue for you.

But the big pro is: it not only works in your garage, but in every public parking lot as well.

Also, it's cheap (maybe $5-10).

The con of this is that the buffer will absorb the damage for you and in doing so, it will wear off within some hundred usages.

The alternative is a rubber buffer on the garage wall; a far more durable solution and it won't make your car ugly.

A rubber impact bar can be bought in any hardware store for as cheap as the other solution.

Compared to the car-bar, this solution is of high durability.

Try attaching a (preferably soft) door mat to your garage wall.

My granddad used this method and this works very well because you have a large surface where the door can bump into.

If you use screws instead of tape or glue, ensure you cover the screws.

My mum had this problem and she found some spare pieces of thick wool carpet that were left over from when they refurbished and folded them over so they were double thickness and then stapled them to the wall .

So the car door always had a soft landing - it worked well, no more scratches and dents!

I'm sure most flooring places will sell you some very cheap off cuts (or even give them to you free) if you don't have anything suitable already.

You need a heavy duty type wall stapler ideally or else

you can use one of the builders glues or even ordinary screws (but then you need to protect the screw heads so they don't scratch)

I make the passenger get out first, but even so, I have flat pack cardboard boxes previously used for various things leaning against the walls of the garage

so I don't damage any of the doors myself when opening them in there.

I did have to tape them flat - once, one flopped open and I couldn't get out of the driver's side, it stopped the door from opening wide enough.

Assuming you have a wall on both sides of your garage, you can cut a length of rope a foot or so (the exact length may vary) short of the width of the garage.

Securely fasten this rope to the driver's side wall of the garage.

Before letting your passenger out, thread the rope through the driver's side window and instruct the passenger to affix it to the handle on the interior of the passenger side door.

When they open their door, the rope will prevent it from opening fully and hitting the wall.

I had some leftover vinyl siding (from having exterior siding installed).

I nailed it to the wall (interlocking as you would if you were installing it normally).

Works great

and now I don't have to worry about how to store the extra pieces (encase an exterior piece gets damaged).

It lays very close to the wall, but still provides a fairly soft surface to bounce a door off of.

You might be able to ask for some scrap pieces if you see someone house getting sided.

Each piece should be at least a couple of feet.

Buy a smaller, more fuel efficient car?

You can also tape a pice of foam to the car door or garage door.

Honestly I think most people care more about the dents in their car doors than they do about the massive holes in the ozone layer from driving those huge SUVs!

Question:
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 door against the wall?

Stop car doors from slamming against wall inside my garage

An effective way of stopping car doors from slamming against the wall in the garage is to install some form of buffer on the wall. This could be made from pool noodles, pipe insulation, an old doormat or even wool carpet. Alternatively, you could simply ask the passengers to leave the car before you park in the garage.

The options are to put something on the wall such as pool noodles, pipe insulation, a mat, foam, a scrap of old carpet or vinyl, or a buffer on the door or buy a smaller car.

Put pool noodles or pipe insulation on your wall.

Ask your passenger to get out the car before parking.

Fit a rubber buffer either to the car door or to the wall.

Attach a soft doormat to the garage wall.

Attach a scrap of carpet to the garage wall.

Lean some flat pack cardboard boxes against the wall.

Tie a rope to the passenger door so that it cannot be opened too far.

Buy a smaller car - to help minimise door dents and ozone layer holes.


We have a mango tree too and every now

and then we experience this.

Try putting a printed sign on your wall that says: "

The mangoes in this tree are private property.

Should you really want one, just ask nicely. :)"

Maybe you can house your dogs closer to the MANGO tree.

A tall fence sounds like it should work but will cost quite a bit of money.

I would write a sincere notice, perhaps something like this: Please do not steal my MANGO fruit.

You are tresspassing and stealing fruit from my yard is a punishable offense.

I have notified the police of tresspassers and they will be looking out for any offenders.

I have seen people try to solve this annoying problem.

Apart from putting the sign that @Carlo Borja suggested, try draping a net over the tree.

This will hopefully prevent any stealing as any smart but bad kid would just understand that throwing rocks will not work.

Increase the height of the wall and/or add anti-climbing features like spikes or razor wire.

Inject laxitive the ones closest to the wall which are easiest to steal (the low hanging fruit haha).

Prune the tree

Immediately after harvest this year, prune the tree away from the wall.

Make sure that all the branches are well inside the wall, and lower to the ground.

By making the tree less visible, and requiring people to completely climb over the fence you'll discourage most random casual theft.

Further, the tree should fruit more productively over time if it is well-pruned, and should you lose additional fruit to theft, it won't impact you as significantly.

Plant

another tree

Another tactic is to plant another mango tree, thus producing twice as much fruit as you have now, allowing you to freely give the fruit away without worrying too much about whether permission was obtained.

Extend the fence up Adding another 2-3 feet of lattice, wire, or bamboo fencing on top of your existing wall may be permissible (check your local building codes).

Lightweight and inexpensive, it should be easy to install.

Because it's not heavy duty, climbing over it would be an act of destruction, and will discourage many people from attempting.

The extension will also limit visibility, and make rock-throwing less successful.

Pinch buds at beginning of season

With a few minutes work a day at the beginning of the season, you can remove the flowers or fruit buds from the side of the tree that overhangs past the fence, and locations that are easy to get to from the fence.

Just remove the buds or flowers by pinching and twisting.

The remaining fruiting locations will typically do even better than usual, as the tree will expend most of its energy on the surviving buds.

Don't take this the wrong way , I kept a fake sign board saying "Please don't climb this compound wall, it is electrified" actually it wasn't electrified at all.

Now I removed that sign board because I was warned by a Cop.

So my friends please don't try this method.

Install a fake CCTV camera on the fence overlooking the tree.

Try to find the best compromise between cost and realism, including warning signs, wires leading to nowhere, blinking LEDs, etc.

Can you create a convincing mannequin that would give the impression from a distance that someone was watching?

Question: I have 3 mango trees in my garden and my house is surrounded by a 4.5 feet compound wall. Random kids from my street tend to climb upon my wall and start to steal mangoes. sometimes they throw stones to get them, which falls & spoils flower pots in my garden. How to protect my mangoes and prevent them from stealing?

Bad kids stealing mangoes from my trees at home

There are a number of different techniques that you can use to discourage people from stealing your mangoes. You could house dogs a little closer to the tree, you could install a taller fence or you could even just leave a polite notice asking people not to take them. Try pruning the tree so that it is harder to steal the fruit or even drape a net over it. A more sneaky method would be to install a fake CCTV to give the impression that the tree is being watched.

The options are to keep dogs close to the tree, put up a higher fence or warning sign, drape a net over the tree, add spikes or razor wire to the wall, inject laxatives into the fruit, prune the tree to grow away from the wall, plant another tree or install a fake CCTV camera or a guard mannequin.

You could house your dogs closer to the tree, put a higher fence or put up a warning sign.

Increase the wall height and/or add spikes or razor wire.

Inject laxatives into the low-hanging fruit.

Prune the tree away from the wall, plant another tree further away, add a lattice on top of the wall or pinch the buds closest to the wall so there will be less fruit there.

Position a mannequin to give the impression a guard is keeping watch.


Zippered plastic bag + slice of bread.

The bread will slowly provide moisture to the tobacco and help it stay moist.

Change bread as needed as it will become hard within a few days.

This trick also works for cookie jars.

When my tobacco is dry i spray some water in the pouch and mix it up.

It works perfectly fine for me.

I've used a moist cotton ball or moist cigarette filter (unused) in the pouch with good results.

I've also breathed into the pouch through my mouth for 20-30 seconds, closed the pouch tightly and let it sit for a while unopened.

My personal experience and from that of the old timers is apple slices.

Not only does it keep the tobacco moist, it adds a taste that pairs perfectly with tobacco.

You need to use a piece of terra cotta.

They sell them on amazon, etc.

for use in brown sugar.

When you get it, let it soak in water for about 30 minutes.

Then pat the surface dry and throw it in with your tobacco (or "cilantro") and it should keep things moist for about 3 months.

You can use certain types of wood.

I think cedar is recommended.

Native American Spirit's has a pouch humidifier for their roll your own tobacco pouches.

(Sold Seperately) :)

thick cut potato skins work very well, as they don't leave behind any scent or taste that could contaminate your tobacco being a quite neutral earthy vegetable, and can keep it moist for up 3-4 days.

further to @

adems answer

I have also sprayed my tobacco to rejuvenate it before now, but

id spread it out and use something that mists rather than sprays as I have also ruined a pouch this way

(you could dry it out again but it becomes very weak tasting)

hope this helps

Zip bag + sponge.

Wet the sponge, squeeze it.

Put into bag.

Close bag.

Voila.

Should hold for quite some time (At least 3-4 weeks if not more) You can cut off piece of the sponge to make it smaller.

Lettuce leaf inside the pouch (either leather with a zip or the plastic wallet

you buy it in, keeps moist better than a tin

) - will need to be replaced every 2 or 3 days, depending on its size and type of lettuce.

Cos or Romaine lettuce, followed by Little Gem, is the best, because they have a thick moisture filled spine on the leaf - break the spine a bit before putting in the tobacco.

I'm mystified though -

I like my tobacco fairly dry, so I only resort to lettuce when the weather is very hot and the tobacco's become crispy.

I've spent more time drying out my tobacco (sometimes in a warm oven) than keeping it moist over the years...

but then the UK has high humidity most of the time.

We use a sponge in a ziploc bag which is left open, and the sponge saturated and this works fine with our tobacco to keep it moist.

Question:
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 ultimate way to keep tobacco, in either a tin or pouch, moist.

How to keep tobacco moist?

There are a few different ways to keep tobacco moist, and most involve keeping it in a zippered plastic bag. Inside the bag, you could also keep a slide of bread, a damp sponge or moist cotton ball to provide moisture. You could also spray some water in the bag when the tobacco gets dry. Apple slices or potato peels can also be effective.

The options include a zippered bag with a slice of bread, spraying water into the pouch when dry, placing moist cotton balls, cigarette filters apple slices, pieces of terracotta, cedar wood potato skins, a Cos lettuce leaf or a damp sponge or into the pouch.

Zippered plastic bag + slice of bread which should be changed every few days.

Put a moist cotton ball or cigarette filter in the bag.

Apple slices keep the tobacco moist and taste good.

Add a piece of terra cotta soaked in water.

Types of wood such as cedar or a special pouch humidifier.

Use a zip bag and keep a damp sponge inside.


During a camping trip, I had seen the camp guy place a pan/plate filled with water, right under a light.

Being the only light source in the room, the moths came in and many got tricked and dived into the water.

But a window net screen is best solution

In India, open spaces with greenery translate to two things: great view to look at during the day mosquitoes rushing in to your house by the night

You could try buying stick-on nets for your windows.

These have adhesive backing velcro frame that you can stick on the borders of your window frames (you have to keep the window open all the time though) and then stick on the net.

This means you will fresh air and no bugs by the night.

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Light temperature makes a huge difference.

If you are using compact fluorescent lamps, make sure you are using those with "yellow light" (2700 Kelvin).In the case of incandescente lamp, you can use a 220V lamp on a 127V instalation the light will attract way less insects (moth included).

This will not prevent any moths but will reduce a lot their presence.

This isn't a hack answer, but I've got the same problem, I hate them in the house.

I never open a window at night when the lights are on unless its one of the windows covered either in net curtain (which prevents most of them getting in, not necessarily all, depends how bright the light is in the room) or an insect screen.

Both of which you'd have to buy...

Well, if darkening your screen is not a option: Take a cloth and pin that up in window.

This can be achieved with tacks, tape or etc.

This is not a hack, but investing in other cooling options would be wise.

Having a fan facing the window also helps.

As this gives the insects something to fly against and makes it harder for them to enter.

I've had success in tricking flies into leaving a room by turning on a light in the hallway.

You may be able to distract (a percentage of) the moths by installing a more moth-attractive light somewhere outside.

Question: I have a mottephobia (a fear of moths) and when it's too warm in my room in the night I can't just open the window. My Screen is way too bright. Is there any way to open the window by night and nothing flies in?

How can I open the window when it's dark outside without fearing that moths might fly in?

It is difficult to completely prevent moths from entering your house, but the most effective method is probably to hang a cloth or a net screen over the window. You could also try turning a light on in another part of the house to distract the moths or even install a more "moth-friendly" light in the garden.

The options include a window net screen, low temperature lights, a net curtain, a cloth pinned up in the window or an outside light to draw the moths away.

The best solution is a window net screen.

Try installing a moth attracting light somewhere outside.


You can use straight white vinegar and newspaper to clean glass very well.

Spray some vinegar on the surface to be cleaned, then use the newspaper to wipe away dirt and grime.

I would recommend wearing gloves to keep from getting any ink on your hands.

This method, although super simple and great for people prone to bad reactions to chemical cleaners, might leave some streaks.

(I've never noticed any, but I've heard other people complain about it, so maybe it's a technique thing?)

Depending on the amount of dirt, it also might require a little more elbow grease than desired.

In any case, there are many variations on this theme.

This article from Mrs. Clean provides a specifically streak-free formula using ammonia, vinegar, cornstarch, and water, as well as some extra tips on cleaning all things window related.

Good luck!

In India we use cheap and best glass cleaner called ' vibhuti '

( It is a whitish soft powder which is produced after baking cow dung cakes ).

Take a cup of vibhuti, mix it with a cup of water to form a paste.

Smear this paste all over the glass

& let it dry for 3 minutes.

Use 100% cotton cloth to wipe up.

With a single wipe your glass will be clean & super shiny.

Get a bucket or container, put in warm water, a squirt of washing up liquid and a slosh of vinegar - wash the window with this, preferably using a cloth (dishcloth, old teeshirt, whatever, but not a microfibre cloth).

Now get another bucket or bowl, this time with plain water and more vinegar (about 1 to 2 tablespoons to 4 pints) and rinse with that, sloshing it on with another cloth, or if you can, throwing it over the glass (depends where the glass is, if its outdoors, throw it on to rinse off the soapy stuff).

If you've got a squeegee, wipe off the rinse water with that, or let it drain down naturally - letting it drain naturally doesn't leave smears, but anything that doesn't run off in terms of water droplets might leave a mark.

Doesn't matter what kind of vinegar, so long as its real vinegar.

A mixture of equal parts of water and regular vinegar (white distilled or cider) works well.

The vinegar smell will disappear quickly.

White vinegar works as others have said.

If you have rubbing alcohol it can be mixed with the vinegar.

I would use the paper towels rather than the microfiber as they can be a bit more abrasive for cleaning stubborn grime.

All you need is water and dish washing liquid (preferably Dawn).

Just do like one to two little squirts of dish washing liquid per gallon of water.

Works great.

Don't use paper towels!

They can scratch the glass!

I also hear that they produce static electricity which will attract dust back to the windows!

Preferably, use a squeegee for washing windows.

Doesn't have to be an expensive one.

If you don't want to get a squeegee, a microfiber cloth that you already have is a good alternative.

Here's the official Lifehacks technique to use when you clean windows to save time and effort.

It works with every liquid cleaning solution from technological to ecological.

It's not only what you use but how you use it.

When cleaning the exterior of the windows, use all the same direction for your strokes.

BUT Use a different direction for the strokes for the inside surfaces.

For example: use only vertical strokes when cleaning the exterior and only horizontal strokes for the interior surfaces or vice-versa.

WHY When you're finished and you examine your work, if you do see a smear or a mark—You'll know immediately by the direction of the smear which side of the glass it's on to remove it completely.

Use methylated spirits in place of windex.

Spray it on and wipe off in exactly the same way you would use windex.

You can just simply use warm water, sponge and vinegar.

DO NOT USE PAPER!!

I've tried it and it is not very smooth and scratches the glass.

Very simple to use rubbing alcohol mixed with water -- I use paper towels to wipe dry -- never had a problem with streaks also do this with my glass coffee table!

Question: 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?

How to clean glass without glass cleaner?

The best way to clean class without using glass cleaner is probably by using a mixture of vinegar and water or rubbing alcohol and water and simply rubbing the glass with a sponge or some newspaper. A mixture of water and dish-washing liquid may also be sufficient.

The options include spraying on white wine vinegar and wiping off with newspaper, smearing on cow dung paste and wiping with cotton cloth, washing once with water and detergent and a second time with water and vinegar, spraying on methylated spirits and just using warm water with detergent and a squeegee or microfibre cloth.

Spray on white wine vinegar and wipe off with newspaper.

Make a paste from powdered cow dung cakes, smear on then wipe off with a cotton cloth.

Wash the window first with warm water and detergent and a second time with a bucket of plain water containing 1 to 2 tablespoons of vinegar.

Use a 50:50 mxture of water and vinegar (white, distilled or cider).

Combine white wine vinegar with rubbing alcohol and wipe with paper towels.

A bucket of water with two squirts of detergent and use a squeegee or a microfibre cloth to rub off.

When cleaning the outside make sure all strokes are in the same direction and for the inside all strokes in a dofferent direction so that you can spot easily where any streaks might be.

Spray on methylated spirits and wipe off like you would windex.

Warm water, sponge and vinegar - but not paper.


Make sure your mouth is closed completely.

You can bite slowly, which might sound quieter, though it is really just enlongating the sound.

This trick only really works with chips, and might also be a bit unappetizing.

Put the chip in your mouth, and don't bite it right away.

Let it soften a little from your saliva.

It won't taste quite as crunchy, but it also won't sound so crunchy.

After that, bite more slowly with your mouth fully closed, as Doug said .

Blend it in a blender.

Chips require you to also add some salsa or in general a "wet" component, celery or carrots don't.

Carry it to work in a container of some kind and use a spoon to eat.

To me, this is more of a manners question, as crunchy foods are meant to be crunched.

So, offer some chips (etc.) to your workmates before snacking.

Explain they are welcome to any and apologize for any 'ravenous munchings' they might overhear from your cube.

Then devour like a Cookie Monster.

They'll find you charming & amusing.

In my cube environ, I used to slowly pour my water from bottle to mug, gradually increasing the distance for volume, then topping it all off with little splooshing sounds.

It's a great (rare occasion) groggy-Friday-afternoon activity that always got some giggles.

Then I'd watch to see who was the first inspired to hit the bathroom.

You don't mention if the foods must be raw.

If you can cook them first it will soften foods like carrots and other crunchy vegetables and they will no longer be crunchy.

For chips, crisps, tortillas and etc, press them against the roof of your mouth using your tongue.

The softness of the tongue will help to suppress the crunch noise.

Then eat normally.

Those foods shapes are specially engineered to do the crunch sound, so that's a quiet way to get rid of the shape first, then eating.

For celery, first slice in pieces.

Place a piece in between your last teeth, empty the air from your mouth, then bite slowly.

Same theory as above, get rid of the crunchy shape.

Just be careful to not bite your cheek.

After the first bite, finish it normally.

it really works with the chips.

If you are taking it out from a packet then open it wide.

so that you dont mess your hand with the salt.

take single piece and put it completely inside your mouth.

wait..

dont just start biting it.

close your mouth completely and try to make your tongue as close as possible to the lower layer of the chips slice.

then crush it by pressing it upwards with your tongue.

this will make the slice more moist and also the sound produced by biting it with tooth is much higher then that of tongue.

so once it is crushed for the first time.

then you can eat it how ever you want. enjoy munching.......

Question: 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?

How to eat loud food (chips, celery) quietly

There are a few things to bear in mind when trying to eat loud foods quietly. You should try to keep your mouth completely closed, bite slowly and try pressing the food against the food of your mouth with your tongue. Alternatively, you could cook them a little first to soften them or simply put them in a blender.

The options are to keep your mouth closed and bite slowly, soften chips with saliva in your mouth before biting, put the food in a blender, offer some to your workmates so you can all crunch together or cook the food to soften it.

With chips allow them to soften in your mouth with saliva before biting.

Offer some to your workmates so you can all crunch together.

Crunchy vegetables can be cooked first to soften them.

Press chips etc against the roof of your mouth with your tongue for a bit first - eat celery sliced with your back teeth.


Not sure if this qualifies as a life-hack, because you have the standard options of: Nailing/stapling it to the frame Using tape, either double-side or single-sided.

Use more if it falls down... Using some sticky goo, like

blu-tack or similar stuff Depending on your frame, add a back panel or front frame, and wedge the poster between these (Could also be done using plexi glass panels)

Glue it onto the frame

I have had great success in the past using binder/bulldog clips.

The larger the poster, the larger the clips need to be (and/or more need to be used)

but I have found that simply clipping a couple to the top of the poster

works very well --

the 'wire' part of the clip can then be hung on a nail or similar, with no need for a frame.

If the poster doesn't hang perfectly straight, you can use an additional clip at the bottom to 'weight' it.

The only risk from this method is a little creasing around where the clip 'bites'

but I expect that would be less bad than marks left by tape.

Bulldog clips may be superior to binder clips depending on the material of the poster you are attempting to hang, as well as the aesthetics you are going for in your presentation of this work of art.

I guess you could try to use some Super Bonder.

This way it will REALLY hang it, but beware that it's kinda hard to remove it once applied.

I would use a removable spray adhesive.

Super 77 seems to work well for this, but the paper can tear if the bond is too strong.

Prevent this by not applying a super thick spray, and by waiting at least a minute before sticking the poster to the wall.

I am particularly fond of using thumb tacks to hang objects.

They have multiple uses and are removable.

The only downside is that it will leave a tiny hole in the poster.

I recommend of course using clear so that no colors are distracting from the poster's image.

Depending on what type of frame you have, you can thumb tac the poster to the wooden frame in the top two corners, and then use another 1,2, or 3 thumb tacks (depending on weight) to hang the wooden frame.

This all depends on weight.

If you want to get creative, you can take some durable string or fabric cut into a strand and use it with the thumb tacks for a neat effect.

It is all about weight balancing.

Here's some Hacks / 5 creative ways http://www.athomeinlove.com/5-creative-ways-to-hang-artwork-without-a-frame/

Otherwise, try a thin piece of custom sized plexiglass or acrylic that can overlap the poster with some alternative hanging options!

Question:
I bought a poster 135*85 cm without a frame.

When i try to hang the poster with double-sided tape on a self made wooden frame, the poster will be down in a few hours.

Because of the size there are no click systems available.

How can i easy and cheap hang the poster?

Cheap way to hang a poster without frame

There are multiple options for hanging a poster with a frame and the simplest is possibly by using thumb tacks. Alternatively you could attach it to a frame using either staples, glue or bulldog clips. You could also consider using an adhesive, although this could make it hard to remove once applied.

The options are to nail, staple, tape or glue it to the frame, to hold it in place with binder or bulldog clips, stick it with Super Bonder or thumb tacks, or use plexiglass or acrylic cut to size.

You could nail, staple, tape or glue it to the frame.

You can hold it in place with binder or bulldog clips.

You could use Super Bonder - but it's hard to remove.


I can't imagine what it must be like in the heat in India, but here in the UK, when we get one of the 5 or 6 days a year where it's too hot, I always find that I feel much more comfortable if I can keep my HEAD cool.

I fill a sink with the coolest water available and dunk my head under.

For some reason it seems to be particularly effective to enter the water with the crown of the head first.

Hold your face under as long as you can, the water will soon start to get too warm so the effect is lost.

I then splash some of the water on arms, neck and other places where I get sticky with sweat.

Crucially, I don't dry myself afterwards but let the water evaporate and cool me again.

This works very well when your hair is wet because it takes a long time to evaporate away.

You could also arrange or use some sort of fan.

Hand held fans are quite useful and effective, and doesn't require too much energy to handle. Or go large scale and make some arrangement with a blanket/curtain attached to a rope which when pulled would move and increase the air flow in the room and create a fresh breeze.

If you need to cool down but do not want to get wet - I would firstly recommend against the 'hack' of putting a cold cloth or ice on your neck.

The reason is that all this is doing is cooling the blood coming through yor carotid artery that then goes directly to the brain - with the consequence of tricking your brain into thinking your body has reached a normal temperature and swwitching off the normal biological response of sweating to cool yourself down again.

To get your core body temperature back down to normal I personally would try a combination of the following: Get as much airflow over the skin as possible to maximise the evaporation of sweat

(fan/aircon/driving with windows open) increase the water resting on the skin - as evaporation is an endothermic process which draws heat away from its surroundings (in our case - our skin/blood)

Drink something cold to cool the body from the stomach outwards

Obtain a wire small animal cage.2.)

Install an exercise wheel inside the cage.3.)

Clip or tape several standard playing cards onto the exercise wheel in a manner of which the cards will encounter resistance to air as the wheel rotates.4.)

Obtain a hamster or other similar, small, active critter.5.)

House said critter within the wire cage along with sufficient food and water.

When the critter gets bored he/she/herm/shim will jump up onto the inside of the exercise wheel and begin running.

This will maintain rotational movement of the wheel, causing the playing cards to act as do the blades of a fan, producing air movement.

Locate the cage in proximity to your head, close enough so that the air movements can be felt by your head.

Talk to the critter while he/she/herm/shim is running so that he/she/herm/shim stays happy enough to want to keep running.

Go to the washroom and turn on the shower, cold water, full blast.

Close the bathroom door and window.

Pull up a small chair so you're positioned not far from the running water.

Depending on how strong your shower-head is, you should be cooling off in a short while from the vapor of the cold water.

Jump under the shower.

But for the last minutes you should shower hot, this will open your skin pores and allows your body to better control your temperature for the next hours.

I always do the following:- A cotton cloth that is ready to be washed, using which you can rub off sweat from your body.

This will at least give you some relief from the running sweat off your body, which tickles for some people.

Small hand-held fans that will not hurt your hand, and will also give quick airflow to your body.

Sit down or lie down for 5-10 minutes at least, keeping yourself calm, without doing any activity.

I tried going under shower to cool off, but that doesn't help you after 2-3 minutes, if your body is always doing some activity - like slowly walking or getting tensed.

So the best option is to remain calm for 5-10 minutes or more, and follow all the above-mentioned steps.

Hope it helps!

For a water conservation alternative to the answer from @Lefty

I find that having a wash cloth soaked in cold water is very beneficial.

Wipe the wet wash cloth over your face to wet it and then wrap it around the front of your neck.

The cool water will cool the blood circulating around you as there is a main artery and vein in your neck.

The cloth will get warm after a while.

Just go back for cold water again when needed.

Question: But without actually spraying water on yourself and getting wet

What are some quick ways to cool off at home, in extreme heat, if the electricity has gone out?

There are a few techniques you can use to keep cool in extreme heat and one involves washing your face with a cold wet cloth and then wrapping it around your neck. You could also use a handheld fan. Another method that could work is by either taking a cold shower or running the shower full blast and sitting near it.

The options are to put a cold cloth or ice on your neck, maximise airflow with fan, aircon or open windows, have a cold drink, sit next to a cold shower on full blast or keep a damp cloth and use to dab face and neck.

Use a fan or a blanket and rope to waft air around.

Put a cold cloth or ice on your neck and maximise airflow with fan, aircon or open windows and have a cold drink.

Sit next to a shower turned up full and cold - the vapour will cool you.

Use a cotton cloth to keep rubbing the sweat off your body.

Keep a damp cloth with you and use it to dab your face and neck - rinse with more cold water as required.


You could put the note in a bowl of uncooked rice, or somewhere warm, (e.g., in an airing cupboard) or in the sun (e.g., on a window sill).

On a flat table, place a paper towel or facial tissue, then the bill, then another paper towel or facial tissue.

Press down hard on the top paper towel or tissue, across the entire surface of the bill.

Replace both paper towels with a new, dry one. Press down again.

Do this about 5 times

and you'll have a dry (or 95% dry) bill.

Should take less than 2 minutes.

Take a cardboard box; some aluminum foil; some black paper, black plastic or flat black paint (gloss and semi-gloss are not as good, but will work) and a roll of plastic wrap.

Cut the flaps off of the box and use them to build a single or multi-faceted (the latter being better) reflector panel by arranging them above the inside of the box such that they would bounce light they catch inward.

Cut one side of the box down to about 25% of its original height.

You can use this piece to make the reflector even bigger too!

Now, either paint the inside of the remainder of the box black or line it with either the black paper or black plastic.

Cut a hole

maybe 1"-2" in diameter near the top of one of the remaining sides to allow the moist, hot air to escape.

Place the wet money inside the box pretty much anywhere, you can even attach it to the sides via any method you like if you want to have more exposed surface area to the hot air.

FINALLY, seal the top of the box shut with the plastic wrap and set your reflector atop the box and aim the low side of the box at the sun.

You can also heat up some lunch or dinner in here as well as solar ovens can get quite hot!

The best part?

This is reusable and as mentioned, can cook food too!

Some other, ummm less "inspired" yet absolutely valid ideas...

You could hang it on a clothesline out in the sun as well.

But you'd have to watch it closely of course.

Clothespin

the bill(s) to a stick and ride around on your bicycle, motorcycle or hang out of the car window while driving about (low speed is important here!)

Crank the car AC and use binder clips to hold the narrow end(s) to the vent.

I think this still pretty much qualifies for the no-electricity based products since all power whether mechanical or electric is provided by the engine and is thusly self-contained.

Duct tape the edges to your shirt and run in circles, stand in a windy area, if living in a big city with a subway system, stand over one of the ventilation gratings which blast out large volumes of air as the trains pass beneath.

I assume you mean any artificial heat when you say "electricity".

The best way of drying absorbent items without using any artificial heat is to either use diffusion/heat from the air by hanging the notes to dry like you would a sheet, or placing it against your skin and use your body heat.

I suspect the former method is the most effective (and comfortable!)

unless you're someplace very cold and/or humid.

Drape it over the open end of a glass or cup and set it somewhere out of the way.

Go away and do something else for 24 hours.

Come back and put a dry bill back into your wallet.

I love the remarkable simplicity of Brett's answers

--- I might try some of these constructions during the upcoming 24 hours just to pass the time & have something ready the next time I wash my trousers.

just spend it.

Make the shopkeep worry about how wet it is or will be.

Question: Normally when I keep money in my back pocket of my jeans I forget to remove it before putting it for wash. How do I get, say a $50 note, to dry up quickly without using any electricity-based products ?

How to get a drenched currency note dry?

To get a drenched currency note dry, you could try putting it in a bowl of uncooked rice or sandwiching it between two paper towels repeatedly until dry. You could also hang it out in the sun or simply drape it over a glass and leave to dry.

The options are to place it in a bowl of uncooked rice, somewhere warm or in the sun, sandwich it between paper towels, hang it on a clothesline or drape it over a glass or a cup for 24 hours.

Put it in a bowl of uncooked rice or somewhere warm or in the sun.

Sandwich between 2 paper towels and press down, replacing the towels as needed.

Drape over a glass or cup and leave for 24 hours.