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Show ' Makes I Cents BY VI JUDCE k DearVi: k. Don't throw away fluffy ) bedroom slippers when T they get holes in the h heels. Cut off the heels and use the remainder as K polishing mits for dusting, washing k woodwork, cars, polishing, etc. They're w handy! D Margaret D. Good recycling idea, Margaret. Personally, as ? you all know, I'm an avid 0 recycler. It's fun. try it. Take a good look at h anything you're thinking of discarding furniture, jv clothing, appliances, equipment, containers. 1 Ask yourself, "Is there ) another use for this?" S You'll surprise yourself at what you come up with. 4 It's fun to get the family in on the recycling game, A. too. Maybe offer a prize V occasionally for the best ) idea for a given object. J P.S. I'm already X thinking about darling hand puppets from old fluffies. Trouble is, I don't have any old ones around h right now to experiment ft with. Oh well, there'll be h some holes in some heels A eventually. My grand- V father used to say he had to watch where he put his v trousers or Grandma'd y have them cut up in a ( patchwork quilt. At any h rate, I'm not going to a .deliberately wear holes in K my fluffies so I can transform them into V puppets, but . DearVi: h Does anything smell worse than a stale X vacuum bottle or beverage jug. And have v you noticed how plastic , f) containers hang onto bad ; tastes and odors? It i seems like someone is always forgetting to clean a the jugs right after an outing so we're con- centrating on correcting V this. Baking sda is still f the best remedy, in my ) opinion. Fill containers n completely full with a hot f solution (about a tablespoon of baking soda per quart) and let this stand overnight. We also soak caps and corks because they can tran- A smit a bad taste to the f beverage. A Shirley Ferguson, Boise, V Idaho DearVi: ) I love to sew and I wish A I had a sewing room, but K for now the kitchen table has to serve as a cutting V table. I'm tall, though, J and bending over it while cutting out garments was ) playing havoc with my back. I've found, however, that the table can be raised to a comfortable height by merely setting its legs on cans, empty or full, it makes no difference. Select cans the right height for you. For me, the gallon size is perfect. Heightening the table each time might seem like a nuisance, but it's really a small matter when you consider the alternative in my case a lot of discomfort and sometimes no sleep at night. A Tall Tall Seamstress And a practical one, too. Dear Vi: When you're typing recipes or whatever on file cards, tape the four corners to a sheet of rACJiilar tvnind nannr , ; This prevents the inevitable slipping and piling up of letters one on top of the other, or crooked lines. I discovered this trick while typing my favorite recipes for a wedding gift. Incidentally, my gift made a hit at the shower. Ginger Adams Dear Vi: Who needs a garbage compactor. If you just take a minute to flatten cartons and boxes by opening the folds or stomping on them you can save an amazing amount of space in the trash can. E.M.B. Yes, and if you bury your garbage and make compost of the green stuff, you really don't have much left for the trash man to carry off. |