Tips and Wrinkles

£7 (or was it £6?) mini chopper from Asda (own make) absolutely fantastic and worth its weight in gold for onions, herbs etc.

The other point I meant to make is that if curtains are long enough to need ironing over the banisters, they might be too heavy for most washing machines.

I've led a very sheltered life gillybob

Iron your curtains in the bedroom put ironed curtains onto the bed.

I iron my duvet covers on the bed.

Hang your wet clothes on hangers most things will dry good enough to not need ironing.

Since I retired I iron very little can't see the point clothes get creased when you wear them.

Always wipe down your bath and shower after use the tiles will stay looking great for years. My bathrooms been in for 5 years and it looks as good as new.

Wipe your stove down each time you use it, you'll not have to have a time consuming clean then. I use throw away wipes it's so much better than greasing up a cloth.

I learned about RightyTighty/LeftyLoosey on the children's programme Curious Gearge

Wash baking tins immediately after use and leave to dry in the residual warmth of the oven after baking. Prevents rusting of the tins' seams, edges etc.

Store empty cake tins,Kilner jars, etc with a teaspoonful of rice grains inside to absorb any moisture.

The warmth of your body will de-crease un-ironed clothes as you wear them

White distilled vinegar takes stains out of carpets. 1part vinegar to 2 parts water. Even takes out old coffee stains. Might take 2 goes and check for colour fastness.

Does anyone know a good way of getting that grey bloom off glasses when they've had too many washes in the dishwasher?
Don't tell me about Calgon anti-bloom stuff! - it only prevents bloom on new glassware.

has salt run out?

We only wash cheap everyday glasses in the dishwasher.

We only wash cheap everyday glasses in the dishwasher.

Tried baking soda in a thick paste left for 5 minutes on the glass oven door. Did quite a good job. Some ideas in [dare I mention it Daily Mail] last week} suggested cheap cola in the loo to get rid of lime scale, will try it .

It also seems lemon, vinegar and baking soda will clean most things well.

Bit gross this one but nevertheless........before doing a number 2, flush the toilet and less chance of residue sticking.

Once the glasses get that bloom from the dishwasher, I don't think you will ever get rid of it. You have effectively sand-blasted the surface with strong chemicals.

If you soak your dentures in Steradent or one of the other cleaners, do not pour the used solution straight down the basin drain. Fish out the dentures and then pour the stuff round the bowl of the loo. If you leave it a while before flushing it away it will do some cleaning.

I use white vinegar all the time in my laundry.
Use diluted to soak man made fibres that smell sweaty before putting in the machine.
Use instead of fabric conditioner on towels, tea towels, dishclothes etc - Fabric conditioner coats the towels and reduces the absorbency.
No vinegar smell, no sweaty smell and frsh fluffy towels.

Not quite in the home but didn't know where else to put it.

When buying greeting cards the cheapest ones are wrapped in cellophane, strange but true.

Also if you look at the back of the cards a lt of them have an envelope symbol which denotes the class of postage ie letter, large letter