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Author Archives: Maxwell Perkins
Strike Anywhere Matches for Lighting Candles
First things first – keep Strike Anywhere Matches away from children! They are fun to play with, but they are not a toy. Only adults should be able to reach them. Now that’s out of the way, back to how … Continue reading
Posted in Household, Outdoors
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Closet Auger Saves the Cost of One Plumber Visit
We try not to think about clogged toilets, an unpleasant subject, until it happens to us. I don’t know why plungers became the default household tool for unclogging toilets, because they don’t work 100% of the time. Closet augers do, … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts for Men, Household, Tools
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Progressive Bifocals Let You See Everything
I can see very well — according to my eye doctor, well enough to get a private pilot’s license in all fifty states. However, after a certain age, I needed reading glasses from the dollar store. A handy pair of … Continue reading
Posted in Grooming, Tools
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Make A Newspaper Log for Your Fireplace – for Free
We carry things into the house, and we carry them out again. For instance, if we don’t have room (Yard? Shed? Large deck?) to store a cord or so of wood, and we have a fireplace, we might have to … Continue reading
Ten Best Children’s Stocking Stuffers
Children are usually not too shy about telling you the big stuff they want: Xboxes, scooters, skateboards … or you just know that it’s time for a bigger bicycle (they do grow right before your eyes). Great little stuff for … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Gifts for Children, Toys
Tagged fresh box, gamestop, gift cards, hot wheels, minis, nick of time, skateboards, stocking stuffers, strict quality control, wind up toys
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The Luki Huber Cooking Bag … Is the Forever Ziploc Bag
Ziploc sandwich bags are such a great invention for keeping food fresh. We’ve been packing sandwiches, salads, cookies and everything else in them for nearly half a century, and it’s getting tough to remember a modern world without them. I … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gifts for Anyone
Tagged food consumption, food container, great invention, half a century, huber, luki, salads, sandwich bags, sandwiches, ziploc bags
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Xylitol Gum … What Would 4 Out of 5 Dentists Say Now?
Stay away from eating too much fat, it will make you fat. No, stay away from eating too many carbs, they will make you fat. Drinking some alcohol is good for you. No, drinking any alcohol is bad for you. One … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Grooming
Tagged 21st century, alcohol, bacteria, birch trees, cavities, dentists, ear infections, natural sugar, optimum effect, teeth
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Add Bluetooth to a Dock and Connect Almost Anything … Without Wires
Your old iPod dock was the greatest thing ever – stand up the iPod and get music that sounds quite fine and you can listen to anywhere. But then you got your new iPhone, and your iPad and then your … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Gadgets, Gifts for Anyone, Music
Tagged bose sounddock, early adopter, google, google searches, ipad, iphone, iphone 5, ipod, music, pin bluetooth
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Frank Muller’s Voice Lives On In Audiobooks
I can honestly say my life has been enriched by listening to the late Frank Muller’s voice on audiobooks he has narrated. If you have never heard him, you really should try giving him a listen. Some of my favorites … Continue reading
