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<blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 2714066" data-attributes="member: 17040"><p>The conversation about the versitility of the Egg Slicer on the "fruit on cereal" thread got me thinking. I bet people here have all sorts of nifty ideas for alternative uses for common household items. We call them "Georges" in my family because my grandfather was notorious for coming up with quick fixes and new tools. What Georges do you have? Share! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>1. An egg slicer can be used to make perfectly even slices in mushrooms, bananas, strawberries, etc. for use on things like cereal, oatmeal, or fruit salad. </p><p></p><p>2. (not really an item but...) If you can't open a jar with a twist off lid, try turning it upside down and giving it a swift bang on a table or countertop. (make sure the surface is sturdy) If the jar has developed a vacuum seal, this will shift it and make the jar much easier to open.</p><p></p><p>3. If you have a sliding board, a hose, and a tarp, you have a waterslide. Place the tarp at the bottom of the sliding board. Wet both the slide and the tarp, and then place the hose at the top of the sliding board and allow the water to run down. You slide down the slide, and across the tarp. (Note: If your slide is high, as in attached to a swing set, you may need two tarps.) </p><p></p><p>4. If the muffler falls out of the bottom of your car, you can replace it with a plastic Donald Duck orange juice container and duct tape. Other brands of orange juice container may work, we've just had sure successes with this brand. Remove the lid and cut another hole at the bottom of the orange juice container. Duct tape to the appropriate pipes. If your muffler was extra long, you can take 2 containers and cut the bottoms off. Attach them together with duct tape and then duct tape to the appropriate pipes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xath, post: 2714066, member: 17040"] The conversation about the versitility of the Egg Slicer on the "fruit on cereal" thread got me thinking. I bet people here have all sorts of nifty ideas for alternative uses for common household items. We call them "Georges" in my family because my grandfather was notorious for coming up with quick fixes and new tools. What Georges do you have? Share! :) 1. An egg slicer can be used to make perfectly even slices in mushrooms, bananas, strawberries, etc. for use on things like cereal, oatmeal, or fruit salad. 2. (not really an item but...) If you can't open a jar with a twist off lid, try turning it upside down and giving it a swift bang on a table or countertop. (make sure the surface is sturdy) If the jar has developed a vacuum seal, this will shift it and make the jar much easier to open. 3. If you have a sliding board, a hose, and a tarp, you have a waterslide. Place the tarp at the bottom of the sliding board. Wet both the slide and the tarp, and then place the hose at the top of the sliding board and allow the water to run down. You slide down the slide, and across the tarp. (Note: If your slide is high, as in attached to a swing set, you may need two tarps.) 4. If the muffler falls out of the bottom of your car, you can replace it with a plastic Donald Duck orange juice container and duct tape. Other brands of orange juice container may work, we've just had sure successes with this brand. Remove the lid and cut another hole at the bottom of the orange juice container. Duct tape to the appropriate pipes. If your muffler was extra long, you can take 2 containers and cut the bottoms off. Attach them together with duct tape and then duct tape to the appropriate pipes. [/QUOTE]
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