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Author Archives: Maxwell Perkins
Anco Winter Wiper Blades Will Help You Through Winter Storms
One thing I knew my winter beater needed was the best winter wiper blades – Anco winter wiper blades. I love to drive my vintage Mercedes convertible in warm weather, but in the winter, it’s a bad idea. Snow, salt … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors, Transportation
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Meyer Lemons Will Keep Some Summer Inside
The days are getting shorter and colder in a lot of places (North America, Europe, etc.), so could it be time to grow a Meyer lemon tree in your home? OK, maybe you hadn’t thought of that, but every time … Continue reading
LastPass Remembers Passwords So You Don’t Have To
Pick a password that’s impossible to remember, but don’t write it down. Say what? And use a different, impossible to remember password for every site. There’s no way. So what happens? If you’re like I was, you use the same … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts for Anyone, Office
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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
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
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
Posted in Gadgets, Household, Tools
Tagged broom, fireplace, fireplace newspaper, magic ingredient, newspaper logs, newspaper recycling, newspapers, paper mache, recycling bin, sections of newspaper, trash
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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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