Snow Traction, Pine Cone Bird Feeder, and Other Country Lore

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If you're going to slaughter a turkey for Thanksgiving, an old sock works well as a turkey blindfold.
If you're going to slaughter a turkey for Thanksgiving, an old sock works well as a turkey blindfold.
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A Denver reader recommends facial yeast to tone the skin and treat acne, but warns it might drive family members away.
A Denver reader recommends facial yeast to tone the skin and treat acne, but warns it might drive family members away.

The following housekeeping tips and other bits of country lore were submitted by readers.


Snow Traction

Now’s the time to place four asphalt roof shingles in your car’s trunk, says Don Carroll. Then, if you get stuck in the snow someplace, you can simply put one shingle under each tire (rough side up) and drive right on out. The Tulsa, Oklahoma resident reports that the roofing material works just as well as sand but doesn’t make nearly as much mess or take up as much space in the trunk, and it’s reusable.

Pine Cone Bird Feeder

  • Published on Nov 1, 1981
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