Small but useful hints and tips

[Greg_D]

For those little tips in life that not everyone knows but could be useful/entertaining.

I'll start.

Well used blu-tac is fantastic at getting those annoying greasy fingerprints/smudgemarks off smartphones!

Your turn

Greg

[-crookedtail-]

Dare I say my tip is to post in the right section!

[Petrolhead_Rich]

blu-tac is also handy for getting dust and dirt out from small gaps in plastic, e.g. the gap in the side of your mouse where the top and bottom meet

[ShadownINja]

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/jinx/399/j...

[Mr Will]

If you want to hang up on someone during a phone call, do it in the middle of one of your own sentences and they'll never think it was intentional...

[cazzer]

I anticipate a whole raft of Viz Top Tips coming to this thread soon.

[BruceV8]

Never eat anything bigger than your head.

[MK4 Slowride]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

blu-tac is also handy for getting dust and dirt out from small gaps in plastic, e.g. the gap in the side of your mouse where the top and bottom meet

So is an old toothbrush. I'm forever having to do it to my xbox controller.

[jas xjr]

t-cut is good for getting scratches out of cd's and dvd's. rub it from the centre to the edge.
more than one application for bad scratches. i bought a head unit from a friend, it had a glass screen which was badly scratched. took me a few days to get them out. you should have seen his face when i had finished

[ShadownINja]

cazzer said:

I anticipate a whole raft of Viz Top Tips coming to this thread soon.

Too slow, old man.

[monthefish]

When painting, use tin-foil to protect things like doorhandles etc.

[mikeveal]

Never stand behind a sneezing cow.

[BruceV8]

Save time when crossing one way streets by only looking one way.

[BruceV8]

Always look both ways when crossing one way streets in case a large blue furniture lorry is reversing the wrong way up the street.

[AJS-]

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

[911motorsport]

monthefish said:

When painting, use tin-foil to protect things like doorhandles etc.

Good one!

[davemac250]

911motorsport said:

monthefish said:

When painting, use tin-foil to protect things like doorhandles etc.

Good one!

I shall be using this tomorrow.

[Penny-lope]

When drilling a hole into a wall, place an open envelope below to catch the dust.

Never fall in love.

Use a little butter on the heels of leather shoes that dig in, this will help to soften the leather.

[ShadownINja]

BruceV8 said:

Always look both ways when crossing one way streets in case a large blue furniture lorry is reversing the wrong way up the street.

Or a cyclist is bombing it the wrong way down the street.

[RenesisEvo]

Penny-lope said:

When drilling a hole into a wall, place an open envelope below to catch the dust.

I normally tape the envelope to the wall a few inches below where I'm drilling. Tape along the very top open edge, and don't be stingy with the tape otherwise you fail to catch all the crap.