{"id":471,"date":"2009-04-13T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T19:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelgreenlief.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2009-04-13T13:32:44","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T19:32:44","slug":"some-helpful-hints-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/2009\/04\/13\/some-helpful-hints-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Some helpful hints for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mother told me that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.<\/p>\n<p>1. All this time you&#8217;ve just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.<\/p>\n<p>2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don&#8217;t get opened too often.<\/p>\n<p>4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.<\/p>\n<p>5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.<\/p>\n<p>6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.<\/p>\n<p>7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.<\/p>\n<p>8. To freshen the air in your home &#8211; Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the e closet.<\/p>\n<p>9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.<\/p>\n<p>11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.<\/p>\n<p>12. To freshen the air in your car &#8211; Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.<\/p>\n<p>13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.<\/p>\n<p>14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.<\/p>\n<p>15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.<\/p>\n<p>16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.<\/p>\n<p>17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.<\/p>\n<p>18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.<\/p>\n<p>19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.<\/p>\n<p>20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.<\/p>\n<p>21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mother told me that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you. 1. All this time you&#8217;ve just &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/2009\/04\/13\/some-helpful-hints-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Some helpful hints for you&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-service","category-entertainment","category-government","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}