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cwhatever said:
This stuff has got to be the best stuff on metal parts only. DO NOT USE ON RUBBER OR PLASTIC. It will eat away at those, so only use on metal. (I know this from experience)


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Or (don't know if its been mentioned already) just use baby oil for the same effects.... Again keep away from plastic and rubber.... I have used it on when cleaning the swinging arm or the wheels of my motorbike! Cuts through thick chain grease really well! :-)
 
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,purple and silver.


If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it willinstantly go mad and sting itself to death.
(Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
 
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.
If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
 
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
 
Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible
for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds
 
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears
out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
 
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements


In 2012, December has 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays,and 5 Mondays. ( TRUE.... I checked it ! )
This apparently happens once every 823 years! ( Meaning in 823 years December will have 5 Saturdays 5 Sundays 5 Mondays again and not till then)

I updated this due to everybody reading into it wrong sorry.
 
cwhatever said:
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears
out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .
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Gold isnt the only metal that cant rust any metal that dosnt contain iron/ferous does not rust.
 
cwhatever said:
In 2012, December has 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays,and 5 Mondays. ( TRUE.... I checked it ! )
This apparently happens once every 823 years!
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Did you really check this? Because either your fact checking skills stink or you checked it vs a chain letter. Try snopes. August 2010 had the same 5 as well as October 2010, January 2011, September 2011 and July 2012.
 
MacFett said:
Did you really check this? Because either your fact checking skills stink or you checked it vs a chain letter. Try snopes. August 2010 had the same 5 as well as October 2010, January 2011, September 2011 and July 2012.
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The quote is for Saturday Sunday and Monday ONLY. Sure there are other 5's but if you open the calendar and look at July saturday does not have 5 days, Tuesday does which makes 3 but it's not Saturday Sunday and Monday.
 
MacFett said:
Did you really check this? Because either your fact checking skills stink or you checked it vs a chain letter. Try snopes. August 2010 had the same 5 as well as October 2010, January 2011, September 2011 and July 2012.
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There are a lot that have 5 same days in the month 3 times. You might want to check snops again because they're WRONG! Like I said open the calendar yourself July this year DOES NOT have Saturday Sunday and Monday!!! Oct 11 had Sat Sun Mon, none in 2013.
 
Unless I missed it - it wasn't posted

If you cooked something and the stuff got burned stuck to the pot, simply add warm water to the pan / pot and throw in a tablet denture cleaner. Depending on the size use two or three :)
 
Take a ketchup packet from a fast food restaurant, bend it half, poke a few holes in it with a fine needle on the two bulged ends. Then, VERY gently set it under the toilet seat (Needle holes facing forwards) under the nub that contacts the porcelain. Oh, then wait. :)

Did it to my wife, it works! lol

If that's too technical, just place saran wrap over the toilet bowl making sure there's no wrinkles visible underneath the toilet seat. This is particularly handy for those pesky men whom never lift the seat to go #1. :D

Paybacks are a b#tch! lol
 
cwhatever said:
The quote is for Saturday Sunday and Monday ONLY.
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If we are speaking about 5 Saturday, Sunday & Monday in a single month it looks like August 2015 is the next, followed by October 2016 then July 2017.

If we talking about only December then it happens again in 2018.

(Verified by Google calendar apparently for android)
 
MacFett said:
If we are speaking about 5 Saturday, Sunday & Monday in a single month it looks like August 2015 is the next, followed by October 2016 then July 2017.

If we talking about only December then it happens again in 2018.

(Verified by Google calendar apparently for android)
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I like chit chatting with you, every now and then I stick 1 of those in there to see who will find it, you and a few others are about the only 1's that do. And yes sometimes I do post stuff that I forget to research too. Sorry about that part.
 
cwhatever said:
I like chit chatting with you, every now and then I stick 1 of those in there to see who will find it, you and a few others are about the only 1's that do. And yes sometimes I do post stuff that I forget to research too. Sorry about that part.
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It only bugged me so much because you said you verified it. But it gave me something to do on my lunch break today.
 
Here is a game like one, Take your age and multiply by 7 then multiply again by 1443 the answer will repeat your age 3 times! Works for any age but single digits will have a 0 between the numbers and not at the end of answer!:D
 
I know this works for folks born before 2k, I think for folks born after they need to add 100 and it still works. OK, here goes...

Take a tape measure, fold it over and put the end of it on your birth year a large U. Find the current year on one side, and on the back side will be your age you would turn during the year. So for me I would fold it over and line up the end with '75. I would find '12 and on the back side it would say 37 on the folded over side.

As I mentioned earlier, I think it still works for folks born after 2000 but they would need to go over 100 inches (i.e. born in 2002 would line the end of the tape up to 102 inches).
 
Unforgiven said:
I know this works for folks born before 2k, I think for folks born after they need to add 100 and it still works. OK, here goes...

Take a tape measure, fold it over and put the end of it on your birth year a large U. Find the current year on one side, and on the back side will be your age you would turn during the year. So for me I would fold it over and line up the end with '75. I would find '12 and on the back side it would say 37 on the folded over side.

As I mentioned earlier, I think it still works for folks born after 2000 but they would need to go over 100 inches (i.e. born in 2002 would line the end of the tape up to 102 inches).
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Not seeing it. If you do as you said, will have 0/75, 1/74, etc for 37 would be 33, not 12...

It does work if you fold over the tape, so that the last two digits of the current year are lined up with the 100" mark, then if you go to your birth year, on the back side will be your age... Is that what you meant? ;)
 
AntimonyER said:
Not seeing it. If you do as you said, will have 0/75, 1/74, etc for 37 would be 33, not 12...

It does work if you fold over the tape, so that the last two digits of the current year are lined up with the 100" mark, then if you go to your birth year, on the back side will be your age... Is that what you meant? ;)
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Oops, going from memory, yeah, I goofed.;) I just had to go to my shed to verify. I'ts been a few years since I did that trick with the kids.:o
 
Just came across this thread and made a list of tips .. only to find all but two were already here!

The two I have left are:

To remove minor scratches from CDs, cover with Brasso (or possibly silver cleaner) leave until dry, then polish off. I've had mixed results with this - only really works for fairly minor scratches and it's not a permanent fix - did let me rip the CDs though :)

When frying onions and/or garlic to soften them without browning, add a teaspoon of water. As the water boils off, add another teaspoon. This lets you cook the onions more quickly as you can fry at a higher temperature without browning. This one definitely works :)

Re spiders in the house: they have to be killed to avoid damage to hearing .. caused by missus screaming :)
 
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