Home Remedies

[Full Quiver]

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop.

Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.

For high blood pressure sufferers, simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives; then you'll be afraid to cough.

You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them....

If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.

Daily Thought:
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES; NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

[dolfan]

WD 40 ..... laugh on, but I have a true story.

We were at the University of North Alabama (Go Lions!) in 1992 or '93 (probably early 93 when this happened). I worked at Rent-A-Center. I had gotten a used VCR either given to me or for $5 because it wouldn't work right. In what may be the only instance I ever truly repaired anything, I took the VCR apart and saw that the little rubber belt was broken that runs the arm out and pulls the videotape against the head. I went to AutoZone, got a thin o-ring that fit perfectly and replaced it as the belt and --- voila! --- a VCR was reborn.

Until one day when it was squeaking for some reason and my wife was home alone and was going to watch something we'd recorded off TV. A squeak? Well, what stops a squeak better than ...... yup.

So, one afternoon that week I was home from class and was going to pop in a video, only to watch the VCR gobble it up. I pulled the tape from the VCR and it was an oily mess of tape. What in the world???

I smelled it. I knew the smell. I knew VCR's don't smell that way and have no oil in them. (I'm a genius like that.) I took the VCR apart and thoroughly cleaned the arm, the head, etc. and put it back together. Believe it or not, it worked.

So, when my wife was home later, I said, "Hey, let's watch a movie." "No," she said. A little back and forth before she came out with what she'd done to the VCR --- a little WD-40 to quiet the squeak.

[paul]

Several years ago when I left Cogop, I took a job in a plant for income while trying to figure out my next move. We had a maintence man ( from Alabama) He was getting close to retirement age.

You could tell he had been banged up quite a bit. One night I went into the shop to get something and he had his pant legs rolled up and a can of WD40. I asked him, " Billy" what are you doing? He looked at me and said I'm spraying my knees with WD40 it works wonders on the arthritus.

[dolfan]

My grandmother regularly sprayed WD 40 on her knees for arthritis. I've heard it said many times that it helps.

[scooter]

I fixed my shifter/rod/arm this weekend with tape and a zip tie. It was good for 500 miles. I bought the nut to fix it but I thought I'd see how long the patch lasted. The answer was all the way.

[Mole_J]

This (from hotforwords) is a cure for hiccups. I tried it a few times and it actually works

[dolfan]

I fixed my shifter/rod/arm this weekend with tape and a zip tie. It was good for 500 miles. I bought the nut to fix it but I thought I'd see how long the patch lasted. The answer was all the way.

I had a tooth that had been root-canalled (is that a verb?) that later broke. I Super Glued it back in. Seriously. It held for about 3 days.

[MacUser]

I've super glued both my former Bosses finger and my dads thumb back together.