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Household chores, lifestyle: allergy to latex

By Jack Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in household chores, lifestyle Tagged with allergy, latex, natural rubber

Self-tutoring about household chores and products: the tutor looks at allergy to latex and possible alternatives to latex gloves. I wash a lot of dishes, always with gloves. Last night my wife brought home two new pairs of them, since …

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Household chores: magic erasers

By Jack Posted on September 30, 2024 Posted in household chores Tagged with mr clean magic eraser

Self-tutoring about home cleaning: the tutor mentions magic erasers. Magic erasers seem a necessary part of the household cleaning kit. What are they, and why are they so effective? Moreover, are they safer to use than chemicals like bleach? Apparently, …

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Household chores: oven cleaning

By Jack Posted on August 3, 2023 Posted in household chores

Self-tutoring about household chores: the tutor mentions oven cleaning. I’ve cleaned the oven a few times now; here’s how I did it tonight: This time, I didn’t remove the oven door (but I did remove the racks). I sprinkled baking …

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Laundry: how I use Tide pods

By Jack Posted on January 18, 2023 Posted in laundry

Self-tutoring about doing laundry: the tutor mentions using Tide pods. I’ve been doing my laundry at a facility sometimes. Of course, new products and ways of doing things emerge, and one has to adapt. My understanding is, whether you use …

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Laundry: tale of the socks, part0

By Jack Posted on December 10, 2022 Posted in laundry

Self-tutoring about laundry discoveries: the tutor mentions one. I might just about have a working knowledge of doing laundry at the laundromat. Things like that don’t come naturally to me. More about that later. Today, back at my room putting …

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Household chores: nitrile gloves, part0

By Jack Posted on October 20, 2022 Posted in household chores

Self-tutoring about household chores and safety equipment: the tutor mentions nitrile gloves. Nitrile gloves are what I’ve always used for fine work or else for wet or messy applications. Apparently, they have higher chemical resistance than latex, and are more …

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Laundry: load size determination

By Jack Posted on September 11, 2022 Posted in household chores

Self-tutoring about laundry: the tutor mentions a great rule of thumb. I read instructions for a type of laundry that uses discrete quantities instead of a powder or liquid you measure out yourself. It mentions small, medium, large, and X-large …

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Household chores: how long to wait after moving a fridge, before you can plug it in?

By Jack Posted on September 8, 2022 Posted in household chores

Self-tutoring about fridge moving: the tutor mentions a curiosity about it. Everyone seems to agree that, after moving a fridge, it’s important to wait before plugging it in – at least in some cases. The reason is that the oil …

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Laundry: permanent press

By Jack Posted on August 18, 2022 Posted in laundry

Self-tutoring about laundry: the tutor mentions an institution. I’ve been aware of permanent press since I was a kid. Interestingly, it can be found on both the washer and dryer. Yet, what does it do? A main goal of permanent …

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Household chores: walking to get gas

By Jack Posted on August 11, 2022 Posted in household chores

Self-tutoring about household chores: the tutor reflects and reminisces. As a kid, I lived in a few small towns in the Maritimes, where most of the “town-dwellers” lived only a couple of blocks from the main street. It wasn’t uncommon …

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