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How can I remove melted chocolate from my phone's headphone jack?
I had my Motorola Moto e5 Play phone in my bag, and a bit of chocolate melted into the headphone jack. I tried to use tape on the end of a toothpick, but it didn't work. I need my headphones to chat to my mates. Anybody's help would be fine. Thanks
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Applying identification mark on a glass trophy
I won a trophy and it is made out of glass almost entirely, except a label regarding the event on the front.
The problem is, there is no unique identification mark for it. (Like our names, the event for which we won). There are about 10-15 winners…
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How can I effectively determine the distance to the car in front of me when parallel parking?
Most modern cars have reverse sensors in them, and many have reversing cameras. These conveniences help a lot in ensuring that you don't hit the car behind you when reverse parking.
But I find it very difficult in estimating the distance to the car…
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How to dry clothes without clothes line or laundry dryer
Because the clothes line was already occupied and we do not have a laundry dryer I was stuck with a load of washed clothes and no place to dry them. What are some alternative ways to dry your clothes? As a temporary solution I placed my wet laundry…
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How to prevent plugs from falling out of a wall socket?
Despite carefully securing a plug in an outlet, many times I find that the plug falls out minutes after the fact (it happens all the time with things like phone chargers). I have been careful in making sure that the cord is loose enough so that it…
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How to keep my glasses clean from getting marks
It is really annoying to keep taking reading/driving glasses off to clean them and put them back on to know there is a new spot or new spot appear and there is at least one tissue going to waste every day.
How can I make sure my glasses are free…
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What are some good strategies for dealing with the end of daylight saving time?
It's that time of year again! I always struggle with the end of daylight saving time, when we have to shift our clocks back and suddenly it is dark all the time before I even leave work. I find it really challenging. What are some good strategies…
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How to reduce size of bubble wraps?
Big ones are too voluminous to throw away; a single wrap could fill up a whole garbage bag.
Any quick and/or handy way to "shrink" it?
I tried
to pop each bubble with fingers over hours/days
to stomp on it: at least better than the former, no…
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What is the most efficient way to get hair off a bar of soap?
Too often, thin, straight hairs get stuck to our bar of soap.
I usually use my fingernail to scrape them off, then wash them off my fingertips. But even if I'm gentle, this seems to scrape up a lot of soap along with the hair.
What is the most…
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How can I know the people following me just use multiple cars but not a GPS tracker?
Dealing with a very toxic situation, I am listened/spied on by my neighbor and his friend and they follow me as soon as I leave my home, be it on foot or by car.
Is there a trick I can use to determine if they are just using multiple cars to follow…
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How can I get rid of the fumes from a new rug?
I hesitated to use the word “fumes”, but I’m really quite certain that’s what they are. I just got a new 8’ x 10’ rug from rugsusa.com and it’s spreading intense fume smells across my whole main floor and into the second story. I’ve had a fan…
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Is there a way to prevent washcloths from getting rough?
Washcloths used for bathing/showers seem to lose their softness and start feeling rough really quickly. And putting them through the wash doesn’t completely restore them. Is there a certain way of washing them or maintaining them that can help them…
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How can I remove skin oil from my phone's screen?
My phone screen picks up the usual fingerprint smudges, but there is a band where the swipe keyboard appears that is particularly bad. Rubbing with phone screen cleaning wipes and glasses cleaning clothes does not remove the smudges from this…
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How can I stop dress shirts from billowing in the back/on the sides?
I've noticed that around a couple hours after I tuck in my dress shirt to my suit, the sides and back will begin to puff out. And even when I tuck in the sides, the back will have a lot of excess shirt.
For example:
Notice that even if the shirt…
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Remove expansion foam from clothes
As an occasional user of expansion foam, I know that it gets on my clothing quite often. When removed ASAP it does not really leave a mark, but if you wait for a bit it can stain your clothes, and become really hard to remove (sticky).
How can you…
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