: BETTER THAN HINTS FROM HELOISEfrom Connie

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In a message dated 7/3/2003 8:47:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, OBoyle

writes:

> you're not!!!!)

>

> *Budweiser beer conditions the hair

> *Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

> *Cool Whip will condition your hair in 15 min

> *Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

> *Elmer's Glue. Paint it on your face, allow to dry, peel off and see the

> dead skin and blackheads it removed

> *Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea

> *Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

> *Minor burn-Colgate or Crest toothpaste

> *Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

> *Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kills insect stings too

> *Bee stings - meat tenderizer

> *Chigger bite - Preparation H

> *Puffy eyes - Preparation H

> *Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at

> most hospitals)

> *Stinky feet - Jello!!

> *Athletes feet - cornstarch

> *Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vaporub

> *Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and

> run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.

> *Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also

> *Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it

> and it won't hurt them if they eat it!

> *Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a paper

> coffee filter

> *Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

> *Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your

> garage for your hubby

> *Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

> *When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle the doll with corn

> starch and watch them slide on

> *Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!

> *Body paint - 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!

> *Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber

> band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

> *Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and ½ cup of

> milk of magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

> *A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!

> *To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

> *Wine stains. Pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

> *To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will

> absorb into the towel.

> *Remove labels off glassware, etc. - Rub with peanut butter!

> *Baked on food -fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and

> the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it.

> Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets, soak

> overnight!

> *Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

> *Dirty grout - Listerine

> *Stains on clothes - Colgate

> *Grass stains - Karo Syrup

> *Grease Stains- Coca Cola, it will also remove grease stains from the

> driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from batteries!

> (And we DRINK this stuff????)

>

> >> *Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24

>> hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.

>> *To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, or

>> just use 7-up instead of water.

>> *When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered

>> which is the freshest, so you " squeeze " for freshness or softness. Did you

know

>> that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday,

>> Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist

tie.

>> They are: Monday - Blue; Tuesday - Green; Thursday - Red; Friday - White;

>> Saturday - Yellow. So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie -

>> not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically

>> by color Blue - Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very

>> easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery

>> store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the one

>> with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new

>> everyday!!! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the

day

>> you are shopping

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