Sally Charles uses pepper to plug a leaky radiator; Rhonda Dodson uses fingernail polish to remove pine sap; Russell Mercer sprinkles kitty litter on the driveway for traction; Timothy Inboden glued carpet to the bottom corners of heavy appliances for easy moving; K.C. Drefke coats metal garden tools with paste wax to prevent rusting; Wynell Whitaker cleans his microwave by zapping a cup of baking soda and water for 20 minutes; Mark Mitchell fills a paper sack with yellow sawdust to cover up the scent when cleaning up after an urban dog walk; Pat Juenermann adds glycerine to the load when washing plastic shower curtains; W.E. Frye plugs holes in his birdhouse with corncobs until bluebirds arrive; Bobbie Mae Cooley makes scare sparrows from feathers and cork to keep birds away from the garden; Lois Klein-Miller lets children divide clothes based on color to teach them fashion coordination; Jerome Knapp lights a newspaper in the back of the fireplace while cleaning to prevent ashes from spreading throughout the room; Fred Race forces glue into hairline cracks in woodworking and sands it smooth; Sharon Fritchlery glues field corn to a mouse trap for repeated kills; Lakshmi Tache vacuums sluggish files and releases them outdoors; Allen Mader smears dark grease on a hardhat to keep flies away; Earl and Barbara Hodel trap flies in a jar with chicken liver.
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