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Sorry Gang,
I don't like sending these out but I don't know if anyone has tried these.
Jason

>    INTERESTING ITEMS
>   1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair
>   Yes-- along-time home conditioner
>   2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
>   3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
>   Have heard of using Mayo, but nbot cool whip--have never tried either.
>   4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair
>   5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see 
>the dead skin and blackheads
>   6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
>   7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
>   8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
>   9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
>   10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too
>   11. Bee stings - meat tenderizer
>   This works
>   12. Chigger bite - Preparation H
>   13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H
>   Yep, swo the models say
>   14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of 
>sutures at most hospitals)
>   Never tried it., but sounds reasonable.
>   15. Stinky feet - Jell-O!
>   16. Athletes feet - cornstarch
>   Have heard of this--it won't cure it, but helps dry up the sores.
>   17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
>   18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent 
>section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink 
>this stuff)
>   I think Heloise says this works if you use a citrus flavored Kool 
>Aid--it's the acid that cleans.
>   19. 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!
>   20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a 
>coffee filter paper
>   21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
>   22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can 
>in your garage for your hubby
>   But it's kind of greasy too, isn't it?
>   23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
>   24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch 
>and watch them slide on
>   25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!
>   26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the 
>microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color 
>of your choice!
>   27. 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
>   28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup 
>of milk of magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many 
>years!
>   29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
>   30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate 
>toothpaste
>   This one doesn't make sense.  Toothpaate would create a mask on the 
>lenses.
>   31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the 
>salt.
>   Probably right.  Club soda another remedy oiften suggested.
>   32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, 
>it will absorb into the towel.
>   Yes, I've done this and it works.  You can also use an ink blotter.
>   33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!
>   34. 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!
>   35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
>   Have heard of this, never tried it.
>   36. Dirty grout - Listerine
>   37. Stains on clothes - Colgate
>   38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup
>   39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola, it will also remove grease stains from 
>the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!
>   40. 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.
>   41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer 
>aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water.
>   I hacvwe used a shbot of bleach or a spoon of sugar.  Flowers last about 
>a week if you cut an inch off the stems before you put them in water.  This 
>keeps the stems from clogging and water can get to the  blooms.
>   42. 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 and
>   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 ones 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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