Save Money by Cleaning Toilets With Coca-Cola?
Something I’ve seen more than once on various “weird tricks” and “hacks” websites is advice about saving money by using Coca-Cola as a toilet cleaner. […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
Something I’ve seen more than once on various “weird tricks” and “hacks” websites is advice about saving money by using Coca-Cola as a toilet cleaner. […]
Spend here, save there: Sometimes spending on one thing saves you money on something else. How installing dehumidifier helped my clothes dryer. Several years ago I […]
Years ago I attended a talk about safety and crime prevention given by a local police officer. One thing he said led me to develop […]
Front-loading washing machines have filters (sometimes called “coin traps”) to prevent solid objects from getting into, and possibly damaging, the pump that moves water out […]
It’s a good idea to prevent lint from going down the laundry-sink drain. You can get lint traps that attach to the end of your […]
In much of North America the last snow of the winter usually occurs sometime in February or March, which is also the time of the […]
Eventually, you’re going to need a button. Or a bolt. Or a spring bar pin. It’s a pain to have to make a special trip […]
According to the internet, when confronted with a shower curtain or shower curtain liner that has become icky with accumulated dirt, limescale and hard water […]
For a long time, I’ve wondered if maybe some day I might take an old washing machine and hook it up to a stationary bicycle […]
If you want your pots and pans to last longer, avoid taking pots and pans that are cold (i.e., room temperature) and putting them directly over […]
Over the past weekend I avoided the convenience of paying someone to cut some low-hanging branches on the trees in my yard. I avoided the […]
I was in Phoenix a few weeks ago visiting my parents. I noticed that it was difficult to get the shower in the guest bathroom […]
After I looked more closely at the washer that we had gotten for free, I soon saw why someone had gotten rid of them. There was […]
Some months ago our washer and dryer both stopped working. The washer, a front-loading model, had a catastrophic break-down — the drum came loose and […]
Over the last couple years I’ve rolled home 2 or 3 lawnmowers whose owners placed them on the curb on trash-day eve. Upon finding no […]
Did you ever notice that it’s not easy to get just a small amount of dish-washing liquid from the bottle it’s sold in? Dish-washing liquid […]