Life hacks (was: That last sliver of soap (and other frugalities))

[shootermcgavin003]

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Originally Posted by Juan!

Ya I hate doing drive bys and I dunno who to shoost cuz blek letters

shoot em all?

[theholycow]

Reviving this thread. Changed title.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/22-thi...re-doing-wrong
- How to fold a fitted sheet
- How to clean a blender
- How to reduce taco mess
- How to reseal a bag of chips without a clip
- How to make a bag of chips into a bowl of chips by folding the bottom
- Other crap that doesn't matter

Bunch of cool shit in here if you like keeping your shit organized/clean, just apply to whatever crap you store instead of whatever crap they're showing:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/52-tot...-your-entire-h

A few in here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/44-rea...much-easier-in
like these:








Cookie bowls


Find screws and small carburetor parts:


Bring alcohol where you can't normally bring it:


This one should work but you can't tell by feel. Knowing by feel is better because it works in the dark, when your arms are full of something big you're carrying, etc. Drill holes, cut edges, or put rubber covers on your keys instead.


Save energy and make your car smell good (did I post this in the chat thread or something?):

[stonehenge]

so mash hacks

and yeah the cookies look familiar so you may have posted it before

[Dubyagee]

Vodka bears dont work...

[stonehenge]

at least you still end up with vodka and bears

[pwtr02ss]

Lots of useful info there

[theholycow]

[theholycow]

Sometimes we post those images that scroll for dozens of pages, full of life hacks and such. I once posted a thread for small tips on how to be frugal (like sticking the sliver of soap to the new bar). Etc.

Why not have a single thread for it all?

I've been binging on this today: http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips
Of course there's always http://lifehacker.com
Then there was the short lived http://life.hackaday.com/

So anyway, while reading Reddit LPT I remembered one of my own. I do a lot of my best thinking in the shower, whether it's figuring out how to fix something or just my grocery list. Unfortunately by the time I get out of the shower I've forgotten. Solution: Buy tub markers/crayons made for little kids to scribble while they take a bath. They're perfect for writing ideas on the shower walls/doors.

[stonehenge]

I would probably end up drawing seks acts and leaving dirty notes for wifey

[theholycow]

That would work too.

Here's another one. Don't have a headlight dinger? Hang something from your keys/around the ignition cylinder when you turn the lights on, so you will have to take it off to get the keys out. I use a harbor freight flashlight, which hangs from my headlight knob when they're off so I remember to use it.

[theholycow]

Just saw this one on Reddit:
LPT: Eat your burger over your french fries so the grease drips onto them

I've been doing that for years, it's great.


Also put a layer of fries between the bun and meat.

[Cez★]

[BillyJeanKing]

your burgers are greasy enough to drip??

[theholycow]

A good thick juicy burger is bound to drip. Yours are dry enough not to drip?

[BillyJeanKing]

mine are perfectly juicy

DNW grease burger

[theholycow]

Have you ever been to a steakhouse, even a fake chain one?

Bro do you even lift?

[stonehenge]

Most legit burgers have a lil leakage but dnw enough to leave all over fries. I've done that when the ketchup/mustard/BBQ/eggyolk comes out of the burger but dnw grease.

[BillyJeanKing]

Originally Posted by theholycow

Have you ever been to a steakhouse, even a fake chain one?

Bro do you even lift?

CAMB

[theholycow]

[theholycow]

[MikeH]

if you have netflix http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/TE...trkid=13630398

[theholycow]

http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/..._control_type/
When getting a universal remote control, type the instructions along with your device codes in a small piece of paper and store them in the battery compartment.


I've always done that. Works great. I don't bother with the instructions, just the codes, because I can usually figure out the instructions. Also I download the manual in PDF and stick it in my Dropbox where I'll always be able to find it. Just now I realized it would make sense, if the model number isn't clearly labeled, to write the model number on the note in the battery compartment too.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/...aundry_basket/
carry all your presents in a laundry basket

Been doing that for years too. Not just presents but all manner of stuff like that. Laundry baskets are GREAT for hauling around a bunch of stuff.

[shootermcgavin003]

we use a rubbermaid storage tub to pack all the presents. been doing that for years so it would get fucked in bed of truck.

[stonehenge]

[BillyJeanKing]

seriously some of the hacks i've seen are just like that

i.e. harder than the actual way of doing it