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    these are awesome guys!

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    Briefly running very hot water over a mosquito bite kills the itching permanently.

    Plug falling out of an electrical socket? Keep it in place by using a push-pin and a rubber band/hair tie

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    Easy way to remove sand from body

    If you do any camping(similar activities) at the beach you may have a hard time with dragging sand into your tent or sleeping area.

    Get some baby powder, unscented, or whatever you want, and when you go to get in your tent or have sand to get off your body take the baby powder and put it on the sandy areas and rub it in/on the sandy parts.

    The sand will fall off,and the powder will leave a coating on, that if you don't walk very far in the sand(like to use the bathroom in the middle of the night) it usually won't stick, but if it does, just powder up again, and there will be no sand in your tent/sleeping area.

    This is really more for the end of the day and not really for people that oil up in oils/lotions all day long.

    I spend a lot of time of the beach(days-week at a time), and getting sand in my tent/sleeping bag drove me crazy.

    I was shown this trick, and it has made ALL THE difference in the world. I never have sand in my tent/sleeping bag any more.

    Cut a notch in a patio chair to create an instant wine glass holder

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    Sick of having a box full of tangled cords? Use toilet paper rolls.

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    got some spare eggs and leftovers? Mix together and bake at 350 for 15 mins!
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    Before you store ground meat in the freezer, flatten it inside the freezer bag.
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    An easy way to pack a bunch of clothes on hangers.
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    Use Plain White Chalk To Remove Grease Stains From Clothing
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    Use Mac power adapter to open beer bottles
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    Homemade stain removers for the toughest stains...
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    Mix your dishwashing liquid with water and put it in a water sprayer to save money and to make dispensing easier.
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    need to protect your sd cards while traveling? Perfect makeshift case.

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    Refill travel-sized toothpaste tubes. Make a siphoner by glueing two caps together end-to-end and drilling a hole through the middle. Then screw a tube into each end and squeeze.

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    Make a splatter shield out of a platic lid for when you’re painting a high surface.

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    Put leftovers on cheap frozen pizza
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    Avoid spills when refilling squeezy ketchup bottles by swapping the lids around.
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    (I learned this from a friend, get more ketchup at McDonald's)
    Ketchup Hack. Pull the outside of the cup for more space.
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    When cleaning a pool, use the vacuum hose to corral the debris on the surface to one side of the pool
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    Don't throw out your empty pickle jar and liquid. Make your own pickles simply by adding in cucumbers to the pickle jar. Store in the fridge for a few weeks.

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    How to open any lock
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    Losing chapstick?

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    Use a potato peeler to get a thin slice of onion.
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    Use hair conditioner instead of shaving cream. Blades last at least three times as long.

    Use a marker to keep track of your medicine
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    Remove buildup in your dishwasher by placing a dishwasher-safe cup filled with plain white vinegar on the top rack. Using the hottest water available, run the dishwasher through a cycle.

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    How to cancel a hotel reservation after the no-cancellation date.

    A lot of hotels (like the one I work in) will not allow you to cancel a reservation a specific amount of hours before the date (24, 48, 72) and will charge your credit card regardless of if you show up or not. Here is a work around for that.

    Call the hotel and tell them that you're travelling on business and the meeting that you needed to attend got pushed back 1, 2, 3, or however many weeks you'd like.

    Ask them if you can reschedule your stay for then. I'm not sure about all hotels but mine will do this with no hesitation (occupancy permitting).

    Call back in a week or so and tell them that you need to cancel your reservation for x date as the meeting you were going to attend got cancelled/moved/whatever. They'll cancel it.

    Boom, no cancellation fee, no getting billed for a stay you didn't get to enjoy.

    When the urge to sneeze arises, push your thumb under your nose to dissipate the sensation.
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    Keep batteries in old gum box for travel!
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    place folded Toilet paper over auto-flush toilets' sensors to prevent them from flushing while you're still doing your business and possibly scaring the, well, **** out of you.

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    Use a bit of cinnamon in your indoor plant's soil.

    My roommate grows various vegetable plants in the house, and by adding a bit of cinnamon, which is a natural anti-fungal, keeps any kinds of molds from growing in the soil.

    Keep a loose screw secure in your eyeglass frames by dabbing it with a touch of clear nail polish.
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    How to tell if your breath is fresh
    Lick the back of your hand. Wait for it to dry. Smell it. That's what your breath smells like.

    Gross, I know. But it works

    Use an elastic band to prevent "push-and-turn" door knobs from locking by accident (or by children)
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    Rub a magnet on a screwdriver. This way, your screws won't fall off your screwdriver easily.

    You can open a wine bottle with a coat hanger
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    Avoid razor burn and make your skin feel great after a shave by using an alum bar

    Use a Magnet to Find Nails and Studs in Your Wall

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    If you get poison oak or ivy use the inside of a banana peel to rub over infected area. Instant relief for most people

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    Default Beyond Life Hacks Thread

    I thought it would be good to start a thread with ideas/things that people may not be aware of but make life a lot easier.

    To start it off:

    Formatting Paintbrush in MS Word.
    Having problems with numbering or spacing or tabs aligning? Try this tool first. Highlight the formatting you want to copy, click the paintbrush once for single use or twice to "lock it" for multiple uses, and highlight all the text that you want to match.

    Filetype:pdf in Google Search. If you're looking for books or manuals or other .pdf type documents, put Filetype:pdf in with your search words and the results will all be .pdfs.

    For Gmail, use your e-mail with a +Spam for sign-up sites where you don't want their crap. Just set a filter to make +Spam go to your spam folder. i.e. [email protected] will go directly to my spam folder.

    Back your car in your garage. Not sure why more people don't do this. As you're approaching your garage you can see that no kids or animals are in the way and you can safely back in. When you go to exit, you're clearly seeing in front of you and won't back into the garage door or over some kid or do anything else stupid. Plus, you're well set up in case you need to leave quickly due to emergency (fire, robbery, whatever).

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    Another good one is to use Google's Incognito Window (or probably similar with other browsers) to browse Newspaper sites where they have annoying pop-ups cover the screen unless you buy a subscription.

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    Originally posted by 01RedDX
    If you need quick help with any computer problems, use a girl's name to register on tech forums.
    hahahahah! this is great!
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    Kinda like this morning when I wanted to tell my GF to pass the sugar and it came out "You fucking bitch, you've ruined my life."

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    Originally posted by 01RedDX
    If you need quick help with any computer problems, use a girl's name to register on tech forums.
    Hahaha! Of course!

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    Use Dental floss to cut cakes if you dont have a knife.


    Also, if you want to label all the cords at the back of the computer, use these.

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    but label them "printer" "keyboard" (etc etc), or just color coordinate them.


    http://www.wimp.com/search/life+hacks
    ^ Bunch of awesome tips in those videos, all about "life hacks" and whatnot.
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    Use press and seal wrap on your refridgerator shelves. When they get dirty, just remove it and put on a new layer.

    Back of the door shoe holders are fantastic for everything. Cans in the pantry, cleaning products in the closet, socks, toys (especially barbies/action figures and hotwheels cars), you can cut them smaller for under the sink too.

    If you have a corner in your pantry/cupboards that is basically useless, put in a lazy Susan and you can put all kinds of shit in there.

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    Originally posted by Melinda
    Use press and seal wrap on your refridgerator shelves. When they get dirty, just remove it and put on a new layer.
    That's a great one!

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    When in an elevator hit the close door button, hold it, then hit your floor # and hold it. It'll go right to your floor without stopping for the other suckers.
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    Originally posted by SJW
    When in an elevator hit the close door button, hold it, then hit your floor # and hold it. It'll go right to your floor without stopping for the other suckers.
    Only works on certain brands of elevators.

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    When you are too lazy to start a new thread with life hacks just post in the old one.

    http://forums.beyond.ca/st2/share-yo...=&pagenumber=1

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    When trying to get a spot for the fireworks , just ride a motorbike and go around the barricades
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    Originally posted by Markll7
    How to open any lock
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    Much much simpler way to open a lock.


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