Tip of the day.

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Stinky garbage...

FWIW...

Not everyone lives where they have garbage pick up and in many rural places garbage has to be taken to recycle centers etc...

Even though a lot of wet garbage gets composted...
It only takes a day or so for items like meat packaging (with the absorbing pads) to really start stinking...What we do is put the packaging back in the freezer until we make a garbage run...

I rinse and squeeze the absorbing pads in the sink before tossing them in the garbage. That's about the only "wet" garbage we ever have (other than roasted chicken bones).

Typically my wife will take wet garbage to work to toss since we go to the transfer station maybe once every 4 months, but the occasional wet trash dries out within a few days anyways if she doesn't take it.

 

[seville009]

Your funnels. Cover them up. I hang mine on the wall and throw an old shop rag over the top. Before that I would grab a funnel and spend a few minutes wiping the dust and dirt out of it. The film of oil just attracts dust and makes it stick.

I wrap my funnels in a large plastic bag - keeps everything out (bugs, dirt, etc) and even contains any leftover over drops until they dry out.

 

[ArlyA]

You’re not complaining too much. Similar complaint about engineering and using on another thread. Politicians make unrealistic regs. Engineers make a product to meet regs, but don’t use or have to use to experience the downsides of their design. Also, because the product is engineered, that cost has to be recovered, adding to more expense or a cheaper made product to make the difference.

But many people here are complaining about their $10-30 priced can's. Those engineer's are deigning a product to stay in that price range.

 

[seville009]

To keep car windows clean, in the winter, I keep a spray bottle of windshield washer fluid in a spray bottle along with an open bucket of washer fluid and a squeegee (foam and rubber wiper end) in it. Spray the windows with the spray bottle, then scrub and wipe with the squeegee. Gets the entire windows nice and clean. Cars are in the garage.



In the summer, same set up and method, but use plain old water with some Dawn dishwater detergent in it. Gets all of the bugs and road grime off.

 

[RSKY]

By accident my wife bought some 2.5 gallon freezer bags. The clear plastic kind with the press to seal closure. I keep my welding helmet, welding gloves, funnels, and anything else I want to keep clean and spider-free in one of those.

Also bought some dishwasher clean out tablets for use when she is gone all day and I wash tool boxes and other stuff in the dishwasher. Just have to time it so that washer can be cleaned out and cycled again with the clean out tabs before she gets home.

Stops a lot of drama.

RSKY

 

[Torvy]

This thread is for those silly little things you see someone doing and say, why didn’t I think of that. It could be a tool, technique, a homeowner thing, thread drift is expected.

My tip of the day. Dry erase board. I have one in my garage. It mostly contains oil change info for my vehicles, miles, date, how many quarts of oil it takes. I also started writing when I filled certain fuel containers that may get old. For example “chainsaw gas 10/23/22”.

We used one in the house when the kids were in school. Helped keep communication and schedules on track with 6 of us. At one point, we had 2. Still use one for planning.

 

[Torvy]

It took a special talent to change enough words etc. when writing a report etc. and get away with it...!

Now we have built-in cheater checks that tell you what % was copied and what source they used. Even works when they copy a friend.

 

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Now we have built-in cheater checks that tell you what % was copied and what source they used. Even works when they copy a friend.

Plagiarism is frowned upon in school and punishable...too bad the same rules don't apply to those elected to office...especially those elected to high office...!

 

[jmc]

This one I learned from a friend when I bought a car from him and he had a couple airline barf bags in the glove box.

Are airlines charging for barf bags yet?

 

[Avenger]

Here's a tip: Use a paint pen to mark the psi for each tire on the rim next to the valve stem.

Here are more uses for paint pens around the shop:
Write on the oil filter, the mileage or hours of the last change.
Write under the hood the weight, amounts, and part numbers of every fluid and filter.
Keep bolts and other parts organized by marking baggies (I use a sharpie for this) and putting the parts into the bag
Mark tire chains to what tire they came off of when you take them off in the spring (same with snow tires, so you keep them in rotation).
Mark chainsaw bar every time you flip it to keep wear even.