Life Hacks

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Prov910

Prov910

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seoulsearch said:
I honestly keep getting the "Life Hacks" and "Terrible Advice" threads mixed up...

Every time I read a tip on one of them, I have to check to the title to make sure I know which is which...
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Ha ha! Okay, to eliminate that problem here's one that could fit in both threads:

When you throw your back out or pull a back muscle, begin alternating hot and cold on it right away. Then take a couple of prescription pain pills and drink bourbon until you pass out. <<This actually works pretty well. But it would probably be a good idea not to drive until the next morning. lol :)
 
Lynx

Lynx

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Hmm... I pulled a back muscle once and I didn't want to use a pain pill because I figured the pain would keep me from doing more damage to my back. I figured if I took a pain pill I would forget to be careful of that muscle and thus compound the injury.

It made it tricky going to w*rk that week, but I got through it.
 
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Prov910 said:
For poison ivy itch slather on some Preparation H.

I was working on a job site one morning a few years ago and got into some poison ivy. By mid afternoon I was itching like crazy. I walked across the street to a 7-11 and asked if they had anything for the itch. A truck driver who was paying for gas told me to put some Preparation H on it. It worked like a champ! lol
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Preparation H is also that "miracle-under-eye cream" that helps to decrease wrinkles. It really does shrink your skin a little bit.

(My fear is I'll rub my eyes with Preparation H on my hands and fingers, and that will burn like crazy. That, and I'm 61. I'm supposed to have wrinkles. lol)
 
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Lynx said:
So I'm NOT the only one! Thank you Kim.
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No, she was kidding, but wanted to find out if anyone else is that silly.

Outed!


(Just kidding.)
 
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Lynx said:
Hmm... I pulled a back muscle once and I didn't want to use a pain pill because I figured the pain would keep me from doing more damage to my back. I figured if I took a pain pill I would forget to be careful of that muscle and thus compound the injury.

It made it tricky going to w*rk that week, but I got through it.
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After the fact, but truthfully, had you gone to the doctor, chances were good he/she wouldn't have given you a pain pill. Maybe a muscle relaxer, but only so you didn't keep tightening your back because of pain, which then delays mending it. (We brace with pain, which tightens the back 95% of the time without us even thinking we're doing that.)

I have a bad back in multiple ways. I'm on a pain med, but it doesn't help the back one iota. What it does help is what a pinch nerve in the back caused -- spasms in my upper digestive system. The pain pill lowers the spasms.

In this day and age, no doctor is going to give you pain pills most of the time for any reason in the US. What they do is tell us what to do to heal faster, (or to delay the inevitable, since the back does deteriorate if you live long enough. lol)

Also, since you're just coming to that age when back pain starts happening more often, something with absolutely no proof it works, and yet pain doctors tell patients to use it all the time because it does work -- TENS Unit.

(Helpful tip. Not "Bad advice." lol)
 
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Aluminium foil. Good for cleaning and sharpening scissors of all sizes, (from cuticle scissors to manual hedge trimmers.) Crumple it up to roughly the size and shape of a steel wool pad, and use it like that.
 
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FenceMan said:
I've heard conflicting reports about the apple cider vinegar thing... I looked into it and ultimately decided it was a placebo effect more than anything.
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