Learn something new.

[Zappo]

You know those "find-the-differences" games and arcades where you are presented with two very similar images and have to spot the minute differences? You can instantly become supernaturally good at them if you cross your eyes so that the two images superimpose (a bit like what you do with stereoscopic images). 90% of the differences will become obvious. I don't know how useful this is, but I think you could win a few bets.

Fresh blood stains are best cleaned with cold water and soap. Remember this after you've murdered someone in a fit of RPG-induced madness.

 

[Pbartender]

Vinegar is a good inexpensive substitute for Jet-Dry type dish solvents. The vinegar's acidity helps remove water deposits not only from the dishes, but also from the dishwasher's water lines.

 

[Voodoo]

If you have a heavy night drinking planned eat a whole pack of 12 Jaffa Cakes (I'm not sure if you get them in the US, they have a very tangy orange jelly in them) before you start. This will in no way prevent you vomiting from over-indulgence, but the whole experience will taste much better than it would otherwise.

 

[Pbartender]

If you have a heavy night drinking planned eat a whole pack of 12 Jaffa Cakes...

You know the first thing that flashed through my mind was Teal'c from Stargate: SG-1 munching on a jelly-filled doughnut.

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

haiiro - wow! Those were really cool. Going to try those out!


If you've absolutely got to touch a wire you think is electrified, use the back of your hand. If you use the palm, then the reflex action from the shock is to close your hand... which is really not good if the wire is live.

Not that I'm advocating touching live wiring!


CarlZog - Re: The hangover thing. The multivitamins and water is good. Asprin helps... but IME better if you replace Asprin with Ibuprofen... It has anti inflamatory properties - reduces swelling - which apparantly cuts down the headache the next day. Don't know if this has any basis in real medicine, but it sounds sensible to me. If not, then got to love that placebo effect.

 

[reveal]

CarlZog - Re: The hangover thing. The multivitamins and water is good. Asprin helps... but IME better if you replace Asprin with Ibuprofen... It has anti inflamatory properties - reduces swelling - which apparantly cuts down the headache the next day. Don't know if this has any basis in real medicine, but it sounds sensible to me. If not, then got to love that placebo effect.

Back in my youth, I used to drink a lot and hardly ever had a hangover. My secret? I forced myself to throw up before I went to sleep. I then drank a glass of water, 2 aspirin and 2 pieces of bread. It helped get rid of the alcohol in my stomach. Not advocating that, of course, but it's what I did and it seemed to work.

 

[CarlZog]

CarlZog - Re: The hangover thing. The multivitamins and water is good. Asprin helps... but IME better if you replace Asprin with Ibuprofen... It has anti inflamatory properties - reduces swelling - which apparantly cuts down the headache the next day. Don't know if this has any basis in real medicine, but it sounds sensible to me. If not, then got to love that placebo effect.

Makes sense. Alleve, Tylenol, Motrin -- all different stuff but most would seem to work.

Carl

 

[diaglo]

"Worthless?" How can knowing 1 pint = 1 pound be worthless?

if you pay 1 pound for a pint. i want to know which pub you go to...

 

[reveal]

if you pay 1 pound for a pint. i want to know which pub you go to...

If I found a pub that charged only 1 pound per pint, I'd never leave.

 

[Psion]

If you find yourself wanting to put non-'mericun/English characters in your posts, like for example in a favorite performing artists threads when one of them has an uhmlaut in their name , and you don't happen to have a non-English keyboard, in Windoze(TM), go to Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Character map, and select and paste the characters you need. (XP has this installed by default; you might have to manually install it in older versions.)

If you have kids old enough to play with the computer but young enough to not be trusted when you walk away from it for a few seconds, hit [Windows Key] + L to quickly lock the computer.

Papa john's lets you order pizza online; they have a little pizza-make feature that lets you put in exactly the pizza you want without trying to communicate complexities such as "all extra cheese, peperoni on half, sausage and olives on the other" etc., over the phone.

If you get blood on something, try putting peroxide on in quickly.