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From: MSN NicknameMcClug1  (Original Message)Sent: 3/21/2003 4:45 PM
Submitted by Noncook, Dianne on 3/21/03
 

Some helpful hints and who would think.....

  • Budweiser® beer conditions the hair.
  • Cool Whip® will condition your hair in 15 minutes.
  • Mayonnaise will kill lice. It will also condition your hair.
  • Paint Elmer's Glue® on your face; allow it to dry; peel it off and see the dead skin and blackheads, if any, disappear.
  • For shiny hair use brewed Lipton® Tea.
  • To relieve sunburn pain, empty a large jar of Nestea® into your bath water
  • To relieve the pain of a minor burn, use Colgate® or Crest® toothpaste.
  • If you burn your tongue, put sugar on it.
  • Rub in WD-40® Spray to relieve arthritis pain.  It will releive insect stings too.
  • Put meat tenderizer on bee stings.
  • Use Preparation H® on chigger bites and puffy eyes.
  • Put Crazy Glue® or Chap Stick® on paper cuts. (Glue is often used instead of sutures at most hospitals.)
  • Foot problems? Use Jell-O® to abolish foot odor, cornstarch for athlete's foot and Vicks® Vapor Rub for toenail (or fingernail) fungus.
  • Use Kool-Aid® to clean dishwasher pipes. Put it in the detergent section and run a cycle. To tie-dye a T-shirt, mix a solution of Kool Aid® in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the t-shirt and soak. Kool Aid® will also clean a toilet, it can be used to dye paint, and it can be used in Dannon® plain yogurt to make finger paint.  Your kids will love it and they won't be hurt if they eat it.
  • Peanut butter will get scratches out of CD's. Wipe it off with a paper coffee filter.  Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls, and rub it on new glassware, etc. to remove the sticky labels.
  • Pam® cooking spray will dry finger nail polish.  Use Pam® if you have a sticking bicycle chain. It will also remove paint and grease from your hands. Keep a can in your garage as well as your pantry. 
  • When doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle them with corn starch and watch them slide on.
  • If you have heavy dandruff, pour on the vinegar.
  • To make body paint, use Crisco® mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco® in the microwave, pour into an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice.
  • To preserve a newspaper clipping, use a large bottle of club soda and 1/2 cup of
    milk of magnesia; soak the clipping for 20 minutes and then let dry.  The clipping will last for many years.
  • A Slinky will hold toast and CD's.
  • To remove wine stains, pour on Morton® salt and watch the wine get absorbed  into the salt.
  • To remove wax, iron a paper towel over the wax stain.  The wax will be absorbed into the towel.
  • To remove baked-on food, fill the pan with water and add a Bounce ® water-softener sheet. Soak overnight. The static from the sheet will cause the baked-on food to adhere to it.  (2 Efferdent® tablets will work as well.)
  • To remove crayon marks from the wall, brush Colgate®  tootpaste on it.  It will also rmove stains from clothes.  Coat it on goggles and glasses to keep them from fogging.
  • To clean dirty grout, use Listerine.®
  • To remove grass stains, use Karo® Syrup.
  • To remove grease stains, use Coca Cola®.  It will also remove grease stains from
    the driveway when left on overnight, and It will remove corrosion from batteries.
  • To get rid of fleas in your carpet, use 20-Mule Team Borax®  Sprinkle it on the carpet and let it stand for 24 hours. 
  • To keep flowers fresh longer, add a little Clorox®, or 2 Bayer® aspirin tablets.  You may also use 7-Up® instead of water.
  • You don't have to squeeze a loaf of bread in the super market to determine which is freshest. Fresh bread is delivered  to the stores five days a week.  Each day has a different color twist-tie. They are: Monday - blue, Tuesday - green, Thursday - red, Friday - white, and Saturday - yellow. So if you are shopping on Thursday, you would look for a red twist-tie, not a white one, which is Friday's color, indicating that the loaf is almost a week old. To make it very easy to remember, the colors go alphabetically by color: blue - green - red - white -yellow; Monday through Saturday. I thought this was interesting, so I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers do have differently colored twist-ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors.  You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color twist-tie on the day you are shopping.


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From: MSN NicknameDiAnhnaSent: 3/21/2003 6:09 PM
Just a note here.. Our bakery does use the same method.. Different color ties for each day of the week..I didn't have to go to the store to figure this out..  Most bakeries do not change their ties.. The SAME COLOR YEAR TO YEAR.. We change our's every year..  We NEVER HAVE ANY DAY OLD STUFF ON THE FRESH SHELF.. We have a day old shelf.. And, a 3 day-old shelf.. We keep track of our bakry products the same way the big companies do.. Dianne.