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How to squeeze a nickel: here's hoping you find new ideas among these staff and reader tips.(FEATURE)
Grow annuals from seeds. It's much easier to buy flats, but seeds are very inexpensive.
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Rather than buy plants, trade plant clippings with friends. They're free!
I pay most of my bills electronically through credit-card debit or bank debit. I'm never late and I don't have to pay penalties.
The Web site at www.billshrink.com can help you analyze your cell-phone bill to determine whether you'll save money with a different plan.
Call up your Internet, phone, and cable companies and try to get a better deal. I cut my Internet bill in half that way.
Don't go to coin machines that charge to convert your change to bills. Some banks offer that service free.
- Reader tips to restore taste and smell.(MEDICAL MAILBOX)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post May 1, 2008 700+ words
...After I used it a short time, my taste began to return and remains normal. I continue to use the product. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Betty Feltman Cygnet, Ohio Dear Dr. SerVaas, I lost my sense of smell for about two years. Then, I came...
- Reader tips galore: we highlight your backup tips, favorite Mac programs, and...
- Magazine article from: Macworld November 1, 2009 700+ words
...mentioned, off-site backups are not easily accessible, and online backups are limited in size. Terry Plowman [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I rely on Time Machine and the Time Capsule to store a full backup. I exclude only the Cache and Junk folders...
- Drywall repair.(READER TIPS)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics Berendsohn, Roy July 1, 2005 700+ words
...creative juices flowing. We're still fielding letters about our article on the topic in February 2005 (page 85). Here are reader tips ... and one from me. * Cut a square piece of drywall to cover the hole, then on the back of the patch remove a thin strip...
- The chicken soup challenge - Reader tips, plus our favorite way stir up a...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Dornbusch, Jane April 12, 2000 700+ words
...various cooks' idiosyncracies. Cranberry sauce in chicken soup? Well, it takes all kinds. (See sidebar for a list of reader tips.) But most telling of all was the range of interpretations of the term "chicken soup." Chicken soup with farfalle and...
- Reader tips: holiday traditions.(Advertisement)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Country Living December 1, 2003 700+ words
Our readers share the traditions that make their holidays memorable. Try these tips, or create your own to make your holiday a special one! EXTENDED HOLIDAY My grandparents started the tradition of the "New Year's Fairy" as a special treat for their four daughters to wake up to on New Year's Day.
- Reader tips: fleas be gone.(News, Tips, Facts, and Lore)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Sports Afield Buick, Tom June 1, 2003 700+ words
Tom Buick, of Hayward, WI, writes: When I was a dog trainer for the government during World War II, we used to put one teaspoon of white vinegar in each quart of the dogs' drinking water, and they never had ticks or fleas. Send your tips, anecdotes, and oddities to: SPORTS AFIELD, Atnn: Almanac
- Reader tips: family travel; our readers share their most effective tips to make...
- Magazine article from: Country Living April 1, 2003 700+ words
LICENSE FOR AMUSEMENT On long road trips, it has become our habit to always try to spot license plates from all 50 states. We make a list of the states at the start of the trip and check them off as we see them. If we spot plates from Canada, Mexico or any other country, it becomes all the more
- READER TIPS
- Magazine article from: Backpacker Anonymous December 1, 2007 700+ words
No More Meltdowns I use a reflector pad to keep my white gas stove stable on snow. Without an insulating base, hot stoves can sink down and tip over. I built mine by wrapping an 8x8-inch square of thin cardboard with two layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil and taping the seams with duct tape. Placed
