If you lose something on the carpet or floor, like an earring back, a contact lens, a needle or a pin or, heaven forbid, the diamond from your ring, you could spend ages on your hands and knees tring to find it. To locate that errant item in a hurry, simply cut a leg from an old pair of pantyhose (or a kneehigh) and slip it over your vacuun cleaner head. Vacuum the floor and in no time at all that lost item will stick to the panty hose like glue.