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27 Feb 07 - 10:36 PM (#1981404) Subject: BS: Handy Hints From: Bert The kids had left a load of laundry in a plastic sack and forgotten it. By the time we found it, it was smelling pretty bad. Tree said "Look up Heloise on the internet and see what we can do with it" Heloise said to use a half cup of ammonia with the wash. It worked great and had the added benefit of getting the clothes REALLY clean. Now we use it all the time and it saves a lot on laundry detergent. Our Laundry detergent goes about three times as far. |
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28 Feb 07 - 03:17 AM (#1981510) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: MBSLynne Doesn't it make them smell? In times past, they used urine as a cleaning agent because of the ammonia content Love Lynne |
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28 Feb 07 - 04:07 AM (#1981529) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: GUEST,micca at work They also used urine for extracting Woad, and apparently, that smelled pretty bad too, I think it was Elizabeth 1 had some kind of a law enacted that kept Woad production several miles from anywhere she might be living because of the production smells. You need not worry much about "residual" Ammonia in clothing after the wash, as Ammonia is one of the most water-soluble gases around the rinsing process should remove it all. Another benifit of putting it in the was is it will degrease the pipework in your washing machine and help keep that clean too! |
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28 Feb 07 - 05:59 AM (#1981592) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Liz the Squeak It's used for tanning too - urine that is, not woad. The law was that tanners were not allowed to set up their workshops closer than a mile to the city workshops and not upstream. Apparently male urine was better than female urine and huge barrels were left in convenient places for men to use. Guess they were the original pissoirs. LTS |
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28 Feb 07 - 06:11 AM (#1981597) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: catspaw49 Okay......I'm waiting for the inevitable comment............................................................ ............................................................................................................... ......................................................................anyone? ........................................................................................................................... ..................................................................like, "Finally, another use for men" ...................................... Spaw |
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28 Feb 07 - 06:16 AM (#1981600) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Liz the Squeak Oh Spaw, as if we would..... We already knew you were all piss artists! LTS |
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28 Feb 07 - 07:20 AM (#1981615) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: MBSLynne Lol!!! My goodness Spaw, you really left yourself open to that one! Talk about setting someone up for a good line! Love Lynne |
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28 Feb 07 - 07:24 AM (#1981618) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy Used in tanning eh! Does that mean if you go to tanning salon they piss all over you? Skipy |
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28 Feb 07 - 07:49 AM (#1981639) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Scrump Hmm, I think we'd better not go there skipy :-) Dog s**t was also used in the tanning industry, and people used to go around collecting up dog turds. See here for some info on tanning in the old days. |
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28 Feb 07 - 08:59 AM (#1981707) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Sorcha Urea is still used as a component of skin softening lotions and creams. Where do you suppose they get it???? |
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28 Feb 07 - 09:04 AM (#1981713) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Wesley S Toothpaste makes a good silver polish. |
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28 Feb 07 - 10:54 AM (#1981828) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: mack/misophist In the old days urine was the cleaning agent of choice for white stone steps. |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:04 AM (#1981835) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) My mum used to use ammonia to clean combs. Does it do any damage to the clothes like bleach would if it was used over a long period of time? |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:16 AM (#1981847) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Geoff the Duck Micca! I thought they wore WOAD for extracting the urine! Or is that another story.... Quack! GtD. |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:19 AM (#1981848) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Hey, skipy: ever heard/read this Epitaph? "Here lies Squire Hugh. Ye harlot crew, Come mak yer watter on him: I'm sure that he Weel pleas'd wad be Tae think ye piss'd upon him". (R Burns.) |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:21 AM (#1981851) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: jeffp Urine was also used in the manufacture of saltpeter, which is a component of gunpowder. During the American Civil War, urine was collected for this purpose. Now there's a job for you! |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:38 AM (#1981870) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: frogprince While I was in Navy boot at Great Lakes, there was some medical research going on that called for major amounts of some urine component. We all peed in trash cans instead of the urinals for awhile, and had our turn at the "piss detail", carrying cans to a collection point. I couldn't begin to remember any more clinical specifics about it anymore. |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:48 AM (#1981886) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: LilyFestre Ok, changing the subject...back to the Handy Hints line of thinking... I love to burn candles but have always had trouble getting the leftover residual wax out of the bottom of the votive cups. I don't remember where I heard it or from whom, but the following works every single time without scraping and all that messy stuff: Candle Wax Removal (from plates or votive cups) Put votive cup in freezer for a few hours. Take the cup out of the freezer and the wax should pop right out in one piece. Sometimes the wax sticks and can be easily loosened by using a butter knife along the edge of the wax and POP, it comes right out! :) LQF |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:49 AM (#1981887) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Scrump Of course, in olden days in the Navy they used to drink the stuff on long sea voyages when the fresh water ran out. Are you sure they were collecting it for medical research, frogprince? :-) |
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28 Feb 07 - 11:52 AM (#1981892) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Bert eanjay asks 'Does it do any damage to the clothes' It doesn't appear to. We've been using it for a few weeks now and all the laundry seems cleaner and fresher. |
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28 Feb 07 - 12:01 PM (#1981898) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Scrump What, Bert, urine? |
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28 Feb 07 - 12:03 PM (#1981900) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy Scrump, you are taking the piss! Skipy |
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28 Feb 07 - 12:25 PM (#1981914) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Micca When I was doing the Biochemistry section of my college course we "collected" urine by putting a 20 litre aspirator in the Gents toilet at the college. It was used for practicing techniques of "drug" metabolite extraction and preparatioon for yous in High Pressure Lisuid Chromatography, and in Gas-Liquid Chromatography, It gave "authentic" extraction and metabolic results, and carefully calibrated amounts of the "drugs to be tested for was added, this helped in both detecting very low concentrations and also in calibrating the accuracy of teh instruments . With these calibrations we could detect concentrations in the body of 1:1000 million easily and a lot less of somethings. |
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28 Feb 07 - 01:24 PM (#1981963) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) The same works with chewing gum as with wax. Chewing gum can be easily removed from clothes it they are put in the freezer - the chewing gum will just lift off. |
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28 Feb 07 - 02:06 PM (#1982001) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Liz the Squeak Chewing gum and freezer... doesn't work with hair. LTS |
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28 Feb 07 - 02:10 PM (#1982005) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: bobad "doesn't work with hair." For that you need liquid nitrogen. |
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28 Feb 07 - 02:48 PM (#1982046) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: terrier The ancient Welsh would keep their teeth clean and bright by scrubbing them with birch twigs and even up to the last war, soot and salt was used to keep your smile whiter than white. Researchers have decided that when using your washing machine, ignore the ammounts of washing powder stated on the packet, it's just too much. Usually about one sixth the stated amount is plenty. Too much powder actually can damage the machine. And ...... the best way to move a trash can full of urine..........CAREFULLY. |
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28 Feb 07 - 04:26 PM (#1982126) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) To clean the dishwasher run it empty with a cup of white vinegar. |
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28 Feb 07 - 04:27 PM (#1982129) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) I mean empty of dishes - you still need the water! |
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28 Feb 07 - 04:57 PM (#1982157) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy But, it is not empty if it has a cup in it. Skipy |
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28 Feb 07 - 05:01 PM (#1982160) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Donuel We simply take the kids dirty smelly underwear - put them into an industiral shredder, bottle them and sell them on ebay as deer repellent. |
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28 Feb 07 - 05:20 PM (#1982181) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Becca72 to go briefly back to the piss tips...my great grandmother swore by it for clear skin...she (supposedly) put used (wet) diapers on her face...yeesh. |
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28 Feb 07 - 05:30 PM (#1982188) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) Nice one, Skipy - more than once!! What makes me think you are not taking this absolutely seriously? |
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28 Feb 07 - 05:32 PM (#1982190) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Sorcha Table salt and lemon juice paste will get rid of rust stains on natural fiber clothing. |
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01 Mar 07 - 12:40 AM (#1982427) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Peace "eanjay asks 'Does it do any damage to the clothes' It doesn't appear to. We've been using it [half cup of ammonia] for a few weeks now and all the laundry seems cleaner and fresher.) Of course you know NOT to use it with bleach. |
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01 Mar 07 - 12:47 AM (#1982432) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Bert Yup. |
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01 Mar 07 - 01:07 AM (#1982436) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Peace And not to use it as turkey basting, right? |
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01 Mar 07 - 04:23 AM (#1982491) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: GUEST Apparently if you get stuck with spines of a sea anemone, peeing on them will release them and ease the discomfort. |
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01 Mar 07 - 04:42 AM (#1982498) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Geoff the Duck I believe that the remedy for sea anemone stings also works very well on politicians! Quack! GtD. |
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01 Mar 07 - 05:14 AM (#1982525) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jack Campin Urine is also a good wood stain. Many old flutes and recorders were stained by leaving them immersed in urine for a few weeks or months. If you have an old boxwood instrument that isn't yellow, that's what's been done to it. I've seen this effect in houses in Edinburgh: one I lived in was built in 1826 and the bed had been in the same place ever since. Where the chamberpot would normally go there was a dark circle on the floor. You find this fairly often where the original floorboards are still in place. It also happens underneath the baby's cot. |
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01 Mar 07 - 05:38 AM (#1982535) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy What's the differance between:- a rich scotsman a poor scotsman & a dead scotsman? a rich scotsman has a canopy over the bed, a poor scotsman has a can o pee under the bed, and a deed scotsman, can a pee at all! Skipy |
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01 Mar 07 - 07:12 AM (#1982584) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: George Papavgeris All this praise in favour of ammonia and its many uses; nobody questions why we stopped using it as much, though... It's because of the damage to the environment caused by ammonia/nitrates. I thought everyone knew that. The effect would be visible a few hundred yards from the oh-so-clean clothes, the sparkling machine and pipeworks, at whatever point the effluent comes into contact with nature. Have we come so far from our idealistic youth? |
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01 Mar 07 - 09:14 AM (#1982692) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy Since ammonia has a high affinity for water absorption, it can easily concentrate in lakes, rivers, and ponds . This is a major problem since dissolved ammonia is acutely toxic to fish and other water habitat in concentrations as low as five parts per million. Skipy |
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01 Mar 07 - 12:52 PM (#1982890) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: The Fooles Troupe They used to collect dog turds once upon a time too... I'm not making this up you know.... |
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01 Mar 07 - 01:04 PM (#1982906) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) If anyone's still collecting them I can help - everywhere I go there seems to be dog s***. |
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01 Mar 07 - 03:42 PM (#1983118) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: autolycus back to handy hints [and thanks for the one about washing powder.] The same is true of toothpaste. You don't have to do a line of paste right along the brush.as they do in the ads. A drop of toothpaste the size (oh God,I didn't think of this beforehand.Honest.) the size of a pea [NO, PEA] is sufficient. Ivor |
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01 Mar 07 - 05:28 PM (#1983244) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: terrier Somebody mention doggy doo? Try this for a HANDY TIP |
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01 Mar 07 - 07:26 PM (#1983353) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Geoff the Duck eanjay - If you can find the address of the owner, feel free to post it back through their letterbox. I certainly would if I could identify the ones who take their animals to foul the pavements where our little ones walk to school. Quack! GtD. |
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01 Mar 07 - 09:44 PM (#1983443) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: leeneia I've started using washing soda to cut down on the amount of detergent I use. Again, it doesn't take the amount they say. The box says to use a half-cup, but a palmful (2T, maybe) softens the water enough. Ammonia may be bad for the environment, but a little bit in warm water will remove blood from cloth better than anything else I've ever tried. |
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01 Mar 07 - 10:12 PM (#1983475) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: GUEST,JuJu The pee in your lotions & shampoos etc., comes from horse pee. Ever read the ingredients on Eucerin lotions? Wee Wee! |
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01 Mar 07 - 10:14 PM (#1983477) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Metchosin And white wine will remove red wine stains from tablecloths. |
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01 Mar 07 - 10:49 PM (#1983492) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: The Fooles Troupe ... but red wine does not remove white .... :-) |
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02 Mar 07 - 08:17 AM (#1983763) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Jean(eanjay) According to Kim and Aggie you can put your dishcloth in the dishwasher as well as in the washing machine. I tried it last night and it worked. |
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02 Mar 07 - 08:34 AM (#1983777) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Bainbo You can save money on batteries for your doorbell, by taking them out, and then going to the door every two or three minutes to see if there's anyone there. |
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02 Mar 07 - 08:45 AM (#1983786) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: The Fooles Troupe Bainbo - just leave the door open, then they can all just walk in... |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:05 AM (#1983798) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy You can tame budgies and parrots easily by replacing their grit with iron filings. By holding a large magnet, they will sit hapilly on your hand for hours. Skipy |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:08 AM (#1983801) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy Old people:- If you feel cold indoors this winter, simply pop outside for ten minutes without a coat. When you go back inside you will really feel the benefit. Skipy |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:24 AM (#1983827) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Rapparee Never throw a brick straight up. Don't put your finger between the nail and the hammer. Paint will "take out" all color of wine stains. |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:43 AM (#1983851) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy When cooking spaghetti, tie all the ends together. That way you can eat it in one long suck, eliminating the drudgery of washing up knives and forks. Skipy |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:48 AM (#1983858) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: skipy DIETERS:- Buy only Russian Alphabetti Spaghetti as there are only 22 letters in the Cyrillic alphabet. Just watch the pounds fall off. |
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02 Mar 07 - 09:52 AM (#1983864) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: The Fooles Troupe So Skipy, you mean Eatng spaghetti sucks... |
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02 Mar 07 - 12:01 PM (#1984022) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Scrump A handy hint: you can impress your friends by taping the BBC TV Quiz show "Mastermind", and memorising all the correct answers. Then, when they come round, play the recording back, but don't tell them it's a recording, just act as if it's on TV now for the first time. Then watch their faces as you correctly beat all the contestants to the right answers, and make smart remarks such as "Fancy not knowing that - this is supposed to be his specialist subject, the idiot", etc. |
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02 Mar 07 - 12:36 PM (#1984086) Subject: RE: BS: Handy Hints From: Rapparee Don't let someone else reload for you. Demand written proof that she's over 18. Never eat at a place called "Mom's". Just because you can doesn't mean you should. |