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    Use Alka-Seltzer to Relieve Summertime Bug Bites.

    in From Scratch

    Posted

    Use Alka-Seltzer to Relieve Summertime Bug Bites

     

    Despite all those tips on avoiding stings and bites, Mother Nature and the wrath of summer still got to you. Give yourself some relief from that irritating bite with Alka-Seltzer laying around the house.

     

    Household site DIY LIfe suggests dropping two Alka-Seltzer tablets into warm water. Soak a cotton ball in it, and then apply it your bite for 30 minutes. (You should not use this trick if you are allergic to aspirin.) Alka-Seltzer contains sodium bicarbonate, an active ingredient in baking soda, which helps relieve the itch.

     

    If that doesn't relieve your itch, try applying nail polish or just applying some good ol' Bengay on the bite.

     

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    Unusual Uses For Alka-Seltzer

     

    These fizzy little pills will help you unclog the sink, polish jewelry and more.

     

    Alka-Seltzer tablets and their generic equivalents are useful for more than just relief from indigestion and heartburn. From cleaning your toilet to attracting fish, these little pills pack big power when used in other ways.

     

    Clean Your Toilet

    Drop two tablets in the toilet, wait 20 minutes for the citric acid to loosen the grime, scrub and flush. Your toilet will look as clean as it would had you used conventional cleaners.

     

    Unclog the Sink

    A great natural solution for unclogging the drain! Drop 3 tablets down the drain, followed by a 1/2 cup of vinegar. Let the hot water run for 5 minutes and you'll have a clear drain. This will also work to deodorize the drain.

     

    Clean Burnt Food Off Glass Cookware

    Burnt the casserole again? Even with a good scrub, sometimes the food seems to stay. Enter Alka-Seltzer. Drop 5 tablets in a sink full of hot water, soak your cookware for an hour and the burnt food will come off with ease.

     

    Clean a Glass Jar, Vase or Thermos

    For difficult to clean vessels with intricate design and hard to reach places, a wash cloth or scrub brush just won't do. Instead, drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets in, add hot water and swish it around until the tablets are dissolved and let it sit for an hour. Rinse, and the glass jar, vase or Thermos will be as clean as new.

     

    Polish Jewelry

    Drop two tablets in a bowl of warm water. Let your jewelry soak for about 20 minutes. It will look new again! (Note: This is not safe for pearls or opals.)

     

    Clean a Coffee Percolator

    Fill the water chamber and drop in two tablets, then run a cycle. This will clean out all the internal components. Run through another plain water cycle before using the machine again for coffee.

     

    Go Fishing

    Fish love bubbles, and dissolving Alka-Seltzer is very bubbly. Put a tablet inside your tube jig and cast off. The fish won't be able to resist the stream of bubbles.

     

    Soothe Insect Bites

    Drop two tablets in warm water, then soak a cotton ball in the solution. Apply it to the infected area for 30 minutes for relief from the insect bites.

     

    Aside from these great Home Ec. solutions, Alka-Seltzer tablets have been attributed medicinal benefits beyond those listed on the box. Here are two of the rumored benefits:

     

    Manage Nicotine Addiction

    Take two Alka-Seltzer tablets three times daily to relieve nicotine withdrawal symptoms and curb cravings.

     

    Cure Urinary Tract Infections

    Take two tablets in a glass of water as soon as you notice symptoms. Results are almost immediate. Keep in mind that Aspirin is a main ingredient in Alka-Seltzer so those with Aspirin allergies shouldn't use it.

     

     

     

     

    Blooming pictures!

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    Du Bois Region History Forum

    in Local History Forum

    Posted

    Hi

     

    Would any of you history forum fans be interested in starting a group on Facebook.  It would be a great way to connect and learn more about our region.  I am interested in rails to trails and restoring passenger rail transportation.  Also, connecting Sandy and Du Bois with a greenway through the Highland Street Tunnel to the Beaver Meadow walkway over the Maple and Chestnut Avenue tressels.

     

    If you are not a member of Facebook, please consider joining.

     

    Please contact me through Facebook, or my email at richlevine00@hotmail.com.

     

    This could be very cool.

     

    Richard Steven Levine

     

    Why don't you do it right here ??????????

    History of the DuBois Police Department

    in Local History Forum

    Posted

    History of the DuBois Police Department

    Thanks to Officer Licatovich for the disc he shared.

    I will posting photos and articles here and will keep this thread locked to keep it more organized.

    If you want to comment on any of these please start a new thread in this forum which is the "Local History Forum"

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    First up is a letter asking the DuBois Borough for a $10 raise for the month in 1903.  ;D

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    TOP FREE Online Photo Editors

    in Important Thread Archives

    Posted

    I had this posted a couple months ago and I forgot about it and it fell off the board.  :'(

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    Dishwasher Soap

    in From Scratch

    Posted

    I noticed the p-nut butter thing too. I put the vinegar in the rinse compartment and it made a really bad smell in my dishwasher and my whole house. Like burnt vinegar. Did anyone else have this happen? I just can't figure out why; but the smell was so bad in the house that it made your eyes water. I had to open a few windows for a bit.

    Are you using distilled white vinegar?

    Favorite Cookie Recipes

    in Recipe Forum

    Posted

    Sneakerdoodles (Snickerdoodles)

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    Laundry Soap.........

    in From Scratch

    Posted

    I noticed a few of you that have front loaders and have used the homemade laundry detergent .. are you still using it and do you like it? Thanks in advance..

     

    We have a front loader and Lisa really likes using the homemade laundry stuff.

    We've been using it for over a month.

    If you have any questions give me a call.

     

    Easy Household Solutions

    in From Scratch

    Posted

    Barbecues

     

    Cooking

     

    Forster Toothpicks. Identify rare, medium and well-done steaks on your barbecue grill by using colored Forster Tooth-picks to mark steaks on the barbecue.

     

    Maxwell House Coffee. A clean, empty Maxwell House coffee can doubles as an excellent disposable pot to be used on the grill to cook bratwursts in beer.

     

    Morton Salt. After barbecuing, sprinkle Morton Salt over the smoldering charcoal to prevent the embers from flaring up into a roaring fire again.

     

    Grill

     

    Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. To clean a barbecue grill, make a paste by mixing equal parts Arm & Hammer Baking Soda and water, apply with a wire brush, wipe clean, and dry with a cloth.

     

    Cascade, Glad Trash Bags, and Parsons' Ammonia. To clean caked-on grease from an outdoor barbecue grill, place the grill in a Glad Trash Bag and add one cup Parsons' ammonia, one cup Cascade dishwasher detergent, and two gallons hot water. Secure the bag closed. (The fumes from the ammonia help weaken the bond of the baked-on food and grease.) Let sit for forty-five minutes, then hose down the grill and wipe clean.

     

    Dawn Dishwashing Liquid and Glad Trash Bags. Mix up a solution of one-half cup Dawn Dishwashing Liquid and one gallon water. Place the grease-coated barbecue grill inside a Glad Trash Bag, pour the soapy solution over the rack inside the bag, seal the bag shut, and let sit overnight. The following day, scrub the rack with a wire brush and rinse clean.

     

    Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and Glad Trash Bags. Place the grill in a Glad Trash Bag. Wearing protective eyewear and rubber gloves, spray the racks thoroughly with Easy-Off Oven Cleaner, close the bag, and secure with a twist tie. Let set for four hours in the sun. Rinse well with a garden hose.

     

    Glad Trash Bags. When your outdoor barbecue grill cools down, cover it with a Glad Trash Bag to protect it from the elements.

     

    Pam Cooking Spray. To make cleaning a barbecue grill easy, coat the grill with Pam Cooking Spray before barbecuing. After cooking, when the grill is cool to the touch, scrub the grill with a wire brush. The cooking oil enables baked-on food to slide off much easier.

     

    Reynolds Wrap. To make cleaning baked-on food from a bar-becue grill easier, place a sheet of Reynolds Wrap on the hot grill immediately after you finish barbecuing and close the lid. The next time you use the barbecue, peel off the foil, crumple it into a ball, and scrub the grill clean, easily removing all the burned-on food.

     

    WD-40. To clean baked-on food from a barbecue grill, remove the grill from the barbecue, spray with WD-40, let set for five minutes, then wipe clean. Then wash thoroughly with soap and water.

     

     

    >Windex. To clean baked-on food from a barbecue grill, spray with Windex while the grill is still warm, then scrub with a wire brush. Let cool, then rinse well with water

     

    Igniting

    Conair Pro Styler 1600. After lighting a charcoal fire in a barbecue grill, carefully use a Conair Pro Styler 1600 hair dryer set on cool to fan the flames until the charcoal briquettes catch fire.

     

    Maxwell House Coffee. Using a can opener, remove the top and bottom of an empty Maxwell House Coffee can. Use tin snips to cut a few tabs around the bottom rim of the coffee can. Stand the can in the center of your barbecue grill, place one sheet of crumpled newspaper inside, fill the rest of the can with charcoal briquettes, add lighter fluid, and light the news-paper through the punched holes. When the coals glow orange, remove the hot can with tongs and set in a safe place to let the can cool.

     

    Tidy Cats. Prevent grease fires in barbecue grills by covering the bottom of the grill with a one-inch layer of unused Tidy Cats cat box filler.

     

    Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Apply a thick coat of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly to a cotton ball to start a fire in a barbecue. The cotton ball will burn for a long time.

     

    WD-40. WD-40 works as a substitute for charcoal lighter fluid. As with lighter fluid, be sure to let the charcoal fire burn off the WD-40 before cooking food on the grill.

     

    Insects

     

    Aunt Jemima Original Syrup. Lure insects away from a barbecue by coating a few small pieces of cardboard with Aunt Jemima Original Syrup and placing them around the perimeter of the yard. Wasps and bees will be attracted to the home-made flypaper instead of your guests.

     

    Budweiser. To attract bees and wasps away from a barbecue and your guests, place open cans of Budweiser beer around the perimeter of the yard. Bees and wasps love beer. They fly into a can of beer, get drunk, and drown

    Dawn Dish Liquid

    in From Scratch

    Posted

    ICE PACK. Partially fill a strong zip-type sandwich bag with Dawn dishwashing liquid, close and freeze. Just to be safe, double bag it. Freeze. The liquid soap stays cold much longer and it can be re-frozen many times. It will conform to the place you need an ice pack.

     

    BUBBLE PARTY. Combine ten parts distilled water and one part Dawn Dishwashing Liquid to make your own bubble solution. And add 1/4 part white corn syrup (like Karo ) if you want to make more sturdy bubbles. Gather up things like clean soup cans that have both ends cut off or Hula-Hoops with makeshift handles attached. If you want to, you can pour the solution into a plastic kiddy pool and make huge bubbles. Turn it into a scientific experiment and go on a hunt for bubble-making items in your kitchen. This is a super cheap idea that's lots of fun.

     

    HAND DEGREASER. Forget those pricey automotive hand cleaners.

    Full strength blue Dawn Dishwashing Liquid cuts through grease and gets hands and nails clean with no harsh chemicals.

     

    Add a quarter cup of Blue Dawn to your next tub bath, for a really Clean feeling. Makes great Bubble Bath too!

     

    CLEAN AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS. Soak them in a solution of Dawn dishwashing liquid before you put them away to remove all the oil and grime. As a bonus Dawn will help prevent rust from forming on the tools.

     

    MANICURE SECRET. Soak fingers in full-strength blue Dawn. It makes the cuticles soft and easy to work with. And it removes the natural oil from the fingernails, which allows the polish to adhere very well.

     

    REPEL ANTS. Spray counter-tops, cupboards and any other area where you see ants with a solution of Dawn and water. Wipe dry. The slight residue of Dawn that remains will not be a problem at all for kids or pets, but ants hate it. Should you see a trail of ants, go ahead and hit them with the Dawn spray. You'll see. It will kill them.

     

    BATHROOM CLEANER. Original blue Dawn Dishwashing Liquid has some kind of miraculous quality about it that makes it "melt" through stubborn soap scum and hideous build-up on showers and tubs, no matter whether porcelain, acrylic or fiberglass.

    Use it straight up and you'll bless the day you read this column.

     

    HAIR PRODUCT BUILDUP. Once a month use original Dawn as you would shampoo. It will remove excess oil from your hair and scalp and strip away any build-up of styling products without any damage. Perform this once a month and you won't have to buy expensive salon products that do the same thing

     

    STAIN SPOTTER. Original blue Dawn Dishwashing Liquid used full-strength gets just about any kind of spot out of washables. Keep a small squeeze bottle in the laundry room so it's always handy.

     

    BONUS: Dawn Dishwashing Liquid is biodegradable, while other chemical solvents may not be.

     

    DOUBLE BONUS from Maggie:

    Ever had a CD so scratched up it could no longer be used?

    Try some Dawn Dishwashing Liquid on it, gently working it into the grooves with your fingers, and then rinse completely with clear water. Dry gently with a soft cloth. Voila! Repaired and usable CD!!

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