35 Lifechanging Ways To Use Everyday Objects

[snagglepuss]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/35-lifechanging-ways-to-use-everyday-objects


Several that caught my eye:


Add saline solution to refresh dried-out mascara.


Use fabric softener and vinegar in a spray bottle to release wrinkles from clothing.


Use a cereal container as a trash disposal in your car.

[Suich]

1. I'm going to get someone else to try the

"open wine bottle with shoe!"

I really want to know if it works!

[snagglepuss]

2. Good idea. I too have my suspicions about that one.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I was willing to try it......

but the video is "no longer available", so I have no idea how that would work.

The stupidest suggestion there was to use Vicks VapoRub on things that you don't want pets to chew or pee on......and all those things are like carpet, furniture, shoes, etc. Sure, I really am going to smear greasy, stinky Vicks on these things. WTF.

I will vouch for mayo to remove water stains on wood furniture. It does work and is easy.....but it doesn't work to remove alcohol stains. I haven't found anything to remove whiskey stains.

[Suich]

4. I Googled "open wine bottle with shoe."

Got 2,440,00 hits in 0.18 seconds.

Tell me if you try it.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. OK, I googled.

I am pretty shocked at all the posts! But I did find this:

Inspired, challenged, bored and thirsty on a summer afternoon, I grabbed a bottle of six-year-old Italian Pinot Grigio and three-year old California Sauvignon Blanc, both closed with real corks, and headed to the nearest sturdy tree. I banged the bottles against the tree with Crocs, Keens, dress shoes, cycling shoes, dish towels and, finally, straight-up, bottle against tree. Neither of the corks budged. Not a millimeter. Now I was sweaty, annoyed, chagrined and thirstier than before. And the wines had angry bubbles swirling around the bottles.

I’m not saying it can’t be done. I’m just saying I couldn’t do it that day. So my advice to you: at picnics, hiking, when you need to open a bottle without a corkscrew, bring a screwcap. Or champagne
- See more at: http://www.drvino.com/2010/07/16/how-open-wine-bottle-shoe-croc/#sthash.hFqvL65m.dpuf

That will be me. Actually, I watched a few of these and I think that I would end up being a klutz and ending up with a broken bottle. I bet if there is a way to hit that just right to break the bottle, I can do it.

Actually, I liked that idea of wine while I'm hiking. That is one place I never thought of wine.....with being so loaded down with bottles of water. Wine is a better idea. (Hey, can anyone figure out how to read this compass?????)

[NMDemDist2]

6. moldy cheese

i found out a few years ago that if you NEVER touch the cheese with your hand (always use plastic or the packaging) it won't mold. there's some thing on our skin that causes the mold to start

[intheflow]

8. I'm suspect of a few of these suggestions.

Using fabric softener and vinegar in a spray bottle to release wrinkles? Seems like that would be fairly toxic smelling - especially for people like me with scent sensitivities. You can also use plain water in a spray bottle, which is what I do. Sometimes I'll put a couple drops lavender oil in the bottle, but nothing too smelly.

Using a newspaper as an odor absorber may work, but as pictured it will equal newsprint all over your fresh veggies. Ick.

Using non-stick spray on votive holders may work, but you have to pay for the spray which isn't cheap. The other thing you can do, on the other end of candle burning, is to put the votive holders in the freezer for a few hours. The leftover wax at the bottom of the holder will pop out when frozen.

A toilet seat cover to blot facial oil? What, you cruising Texaco bathrooms for your skin care treatments? If you so desperately need to blot oil, regular toilet paper will do the trick, and it's far more common than toilet seat covers!

And how frickin' big does your handbag have to be so you can roll a whole lint roller around the bottom to pick up loose change?!? Ridiculously large, that's how big!