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TDJ-- Powdered Milk, 03-04-08
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Tips du Jour
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Mar 04, 2008 07:34 PST
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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TODAY'S TIP(s): HOUSEHOLD Department
Powdered Milk
Tim says: OUCH! This past weekend I decided to step my Mac computer
"back" TO the "Tiger" operating system FROM the supposedly more advanced
"Leopard" operating system, which is tantamount to going back to Windows
XP after having revved up to Microsoft Vista. Let's just say for the
heavy amount of graphics work I do, Tiger works better and let's leave
it at that until such a time Leopard has proven itself in the market.
Before installing Tiger, I dutifully copied all my important data files
to a separate hard drive. This included using Entourage's (the Microsoft
Mac version of Outlook) email EXPORT feature to presumably save all of
my tens of thousands of Tips du Jour tips, jokes, gripes, feedback,
etc., and especially my intensive TDJ FOLDER system as well as my email
account settings and exhaustive message rules.
After installing Tiger and saying goodbye to Leopard, I had to reinstall
all of my applications, which were many. It took all weekend and Monday,
also -- which is why yesterday's TDJ was non existent. At any rate, when
I installed Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac and IMPORTED my dutifully
exported backup Entourage files, the only folder that was returned was
my generic INBOX. Meaning, all the tips, jokes, gripes, feedback, etc.,
that I've received since the beginning of the year were LOST and
irretrievable. Luckily, I have an active "mirror" Outlook system still
on my PC, less the past three months of your submissions.
All of which is to say, if you have any submissions sitting in your SENT
ITEMS folder that you'd like to RESEND to me, feel free to do so. I am
particularly upset in losing my gripes and gripes FEEDBACK folders, as
many of you have had some great ones and even better comments.
Please bear with me these next several issues (or weeks) as it will take
a while to get back up to speed.
--Tim
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Okay, for today's tips I found one (on my PC!) that was submitted
several years ago and never used. It is all about:
Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk
* Paint your house.
Mix one and a half-cups Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk and one-half cup water
until it is the consistency of paint. Blend in water-based color to make
the desired hue. Thin the paint by adding more water, thicken the paint
by adding more powdered milk. Brush on as you would any other paint. Let
the first coat dry for at least twenty-four hours before adding a second
coat. Let the second dry for three days. Early American colonists made
their milk paint from the milk used to boil berries, resulting in an
attractive gray color. This paint is extremely durable. To strip milk
paint, apply ammonia, allow it to dry for about four days, then apply
bleach. Make sure you are stripping the paint in a well-ventilated area.
* Remove makeup.
Mix a teaspoon of Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk with warm water, apply with
a cotton ball, wipe clean, and rinse.
* Thaw frozen fish.
Mix one and one-third cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk in three and
three-quarters-cup water. Place the frozen fish in a pan and cover with
the milk solution. Milk eliminates the frozen taste ,returning the
fresh-caught flavor.
* Soothe poison ivy, insect bites, and sunburn.
Mix ten ounces Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk and twenty-five ounces water in
a quart container. Fill up the container by adding ice cubes and two
tablespoons salt. Apply to infected area with a cloth for twenty
minutes, three or four times daily.
* Take a milk bath.
Add one-half cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk to warm water for a soothing
bath.
Make a slight crack in a dish or plate disappear.
Mix one and one-third cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk with three and
three-quarters cups water. Place the dish or plate in a pan, cover with
the milk solution, then bring to a boil and simmer for forty-five
minutes at low heat. In most cases, the crack will vanish.
* Clean plant leaves.
Mix one and one-third cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk with seven and
three-quarters cups water, and using a soft cloth, wipe the leaves.
* Substitute whipped cream.
Whip one cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk in a cup of ice water for five
minutes. Use immediately.
* Clean silver.
Mix five ounces Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk, twelve ounces water, and one
tablespoon Heinz White Vinegar or Real Lemon juice. Let silver stand
overnight in the mixture, then rinse clean and dry thoroughly.
--submitted by Stephanie Rizzo
{{{ TODAY'S GRIPE }}}
People who are NOT handicapped and you can tell they are not
handicapped, (they also have no sticker, window marker, personalized tag
to prove it either) and a lot of them being healthy, lazy, young adults
who are PARKING in the Handicapped parking spaces!
It drives me crazy but I also have a funny story to go along with this
though... Before my Mother passed away in 2001 her Doctor gave her a
handicapped sign for my rearview mirror because I drove her everywhere
she went and she was 81 years old and starting to have some problems.
We went to Wal-Mart one day and I parked up front. She bends over and
is digging in her purse in the floor for something. She was a tiny
woman so she completely disappeared out of site behind my big Ford
Bronco door, so to the people walking by, it looks like I AM the only
one in the vehicle!
Of course, somebody I know from work comes out of the store just then,
sees me and comically starts dragging his leg behind him through the
parking lot and laughing (he is a friend of mine) but I was so mortified
I screamed "Mother, sit up!" so people could see that I was NOT the only
person in the vehicle.
ha -Then I had the thought, "I knew this would happen to me, I just knew
it because I just can't stand people who park in the handicapped space
who don't deserve to be parking there!"
With that said, just remember. . .
SOMETIMES OTHERS have to drive those handicapped individuals around, so
be careful who you judge, myself included!
--submitted by Patsy from Washington State.
Tim says: no doubt some folks abuse "handicapped" privileges. And some
who appear to be abusing them most likely aren't. Don't be quick to
point a finger, because you have no idea how many hundreds of conditions
truly require handicapped status. Besides, one day that person may be
you.
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TODAY'S G R O A N:
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous woman
sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat
down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.
Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket
toward the man.
He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.
"Oh my, I am so sorry," the woman says as she pops her eye back in
place. "I'm sure that must have embarrassed you so let me pay for your
dinner to make it up to you," she says.
They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the
theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her
deepest dreams and he listens, he shares his and she listens.
After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to
her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast.
They have a wonderful, wonderful time.
The next morning, she cooks a gourmet breakfast with all the trimmings.
The guy is amazed and totally impressed. Everything had been SO
incredible!
"You know," he said, "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to
every guy you meet? "
"No," she replies. . . . . . . .
"You just happened to catch my eye."
--submitted by Barb
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On their 40th wedding anniversary and during the banquet celebrating it,
Tom was asked to give his friends a brief account of the benefits of a
marriage of such long duration.
"Tell us Tom, just what is it you have learned from all those wonderful
years with your wife?"
Tom responds, "Well, I've learned that marriage is the best teacher of
all. It teaches you loyalty, meekness, forbearance, self-restraint,
forgiveness -- and a great many other qualities you wouldn't have needed
if you'd stayed single."
--submitted by Ann Gardner
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