What's your life hack?

 
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Post by Retro_Origin » Sat. Jun. 03, 2023 11:55 am

noun: life hack
a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way.


What are your favorite life hacks in the following categories? (this might take off and cause some discussion, or maybe not!!)

(1) Coal related
(2) Cooking related
(3) People related
(4) Occupation related
(5) Finance related
(6) Hobby related


 
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Post by Retro_Origin » Sat. Jun. 03, 2023 11:59 am

I'll give a sample

1. Buy coal ahead of time, when it's paid for and it's there, it's a bill that can't be affected by inflation!

2. A little tomato fried in with the butter and then pulled will make your scrambled egg juicy and sweet-like
2b. When making boxed brownies rather than trying to mix in a separate container and then scrape all the mix into a 9x13, just pour the oil into the bottom of the 9x13 and then dump dry mix and other ingredients in and stir it all up right in the pan. Works like a champ! No sticking!

3. Some people are verbal processors, they think as they speak, and sound like they are contradicting themselves at first...but really they think best outloud

4. No occupation is simple, there's always a trick or a catch to make things go great or really bad.

5. Spend less than you make

6. got nuthin!

 
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Sat. Jun. 03, 2023 12:25 pm

Never touch what ain't yours.

 
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Post by SMITTY » Sun. Jun. 04, 2023 9:19 pm

I find that ignoring ANYTHING the government or corporate media tells me puts me in a great place. This covers every aspect of life hacks. :P

 
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Post by Paper » Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 6:55 am

When I smell strong cleaners or strong mint smells, I'll get at least one good sneeze.

When my back feels compressed, I know that if I extend my back and sneeze, it'll crack my back from top to bottom.

So... When my back occasionally feels compressed, I'll open up a tin of strong mints and pop one, or a bottle of Lysol, and within 30 seconds I'll feel a good sneeze coming on. I put my hands on my knees, extend my back and wait for it!! AhChoo!!! Zip!!! My back is perfect!!!

It's not much, but it's cheaper than a Chiropractor.

 
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Post by theo » Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 10:03 am

Paper wrote:
Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 6:55 am
When I smell strong cleaners or strong mint smells, I'll get at least one good sneeze.

When my back feels compressed, I know that if I extend my back and sneeze, it'll crack my back from top to bottom.

So... When my back occasionally feels compressed, I'll open up a tin of strong mints and pop one, or a bottle of Lysol, and within 30 seconds I'll feel a good sneeze coming on. I put my hands on my knees, extend my back and wait for it!! AhChoo!!! Zip!!! My back is perfect!!!

It's not much, but it's cheaper than a Chiropractor.
YOu got that down to a T!!!!! Good job! 👍

 
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Post by Paper » Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 11:29 am

theo wrote:
Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 10:03 am
YOu got that down to a T!!!!! Good job! 👍
I discovered it by accident, but I know the exact location. I was on a job at a paper mill outside of Florence, SC and I had a cold. I was bending over to put my lock on the lockout box and sneezed.. Zippppp!! It was such a feeling of relief, and I knew that mint or ammonia would make me sneeze. I put two and two together... That was 15 or so years ago and I still do it to this day. :yes:


 
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Post by Retro_Origin » Thu. Jun. 15, 2023 8:36 pm

Paper wrote:
Wed. Jun. 14, 2023 11:29 am
I discovered it by accident, but I know the exact location. I was on a job at a paper mill outside of Florence, SC and I had a cold. I was bending over to put my lock on the lockout box and sneezed.. Zippppp!! It was such a feeling of relief, and I knew that mint or ammonia would make me sneeze. I put two and two together... That was 15 or so years ago and I still do it to this day. :yes:
Pretty funny! And interesting! It's amazing what little tricks we find out to solve the quarks of our bodies!!

Take my dad for example, he has a very constricted esophagus, if he doesn't stage his foods he can 'get stuck' as we call it, all my life I remember him pausing, sitting there blowing up his cheeks, pushing on his belley and flexing his abs to try to free things up...decades later he discovered the palm sander (no sandpaper, just rubber pad) would do a better job of loosening it...so now he would traverse into the basement when he was stuck and we'd hear "vvvvrrrrrr" for a while, then he'd come back up and chow down!

Once I came home from college on the weekend and he got stuck again... he said to my sister "J, go get it"....my sister (16ish) went and got her trumpet, dad lifted his shirt and she buried the muzzle into his gut, with a couple red faced muted 'notes' he was free in a jiffy....I mean...you can't make this stuff up!!

 
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Post by Paper » Thu. Jun. 15, 2023 9:21 pm

I can only imagine what folks that didn't know that trick thought the first time they saw him do that!!!

:yes:

 
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Post by waytomany?s » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 6:17 pm

Does it count that I use junk mail to start my charcoal?

 
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Post by warminmn » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 6:45 pm

waytomany?s wrote:
Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 6:17 pm
Does it count that I use junk mail to start my charcoal?
Only if you can light the paper with a fart :lol:

 
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Post by nut » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:36 pm

I use shampoo for bodywash. Suds up my head first and use the excess for bodywash.

 
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Post by Hoytman » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:38 pm

nut wrote:
Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:36 pm
I use shampoo for bodywash. Suds up my head first and use the excess for bodywash.
TMI :lol:

 
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Post by nut » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:41 pm

Hoytman wrote:
Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:38 pm
TMI :lol:
Hey, it was life changing. :D

 
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Post by waytomany?s » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 9:17 pm

nut wrote:
Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 7:36 pm
I use shampoo for bodywash. Suds up my head first and use the excess for bodywash.
I use head n shoulders. Dries.my skin out too much if I do that. I used.to though when I was younger and had more hair.


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