washing
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You Don’t Need to Separate Your Laundry (With One Common Exception)
Separating whites from colours was once a necessity. We separated whites so we could bleach them, and washed colours in cold water to protect them from running and fading. Clothes were expensive, as were washers and dryers, and care was taken with both. Since laundry habits are typically passed down through the family and not…
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The Easiest Way to Clean Your Dishes When You’re Camping
When you’re heading camping, to the beach, or on vacation, you want convenience. You also want to eat off clean dishes. Packing a bottle of dish soap when you travel anywhere is a hazard because it could spill, leaving you with a mess and a lack of necessary suds. (You could try the plastic wrap…
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The Easiest Way to Clean Dirty Oven Racks
There are some zany hacks out there for cleaning your oven racks. For instance, a not-insignificant number of people swear by setting them in dewy grass overnight. But what else is there to do when you don’t want to awkwardly stick your body into the oven to scrub racks that are too large to fit…
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Just Because You Don’t Use a Bidet Doesn’t Mean Your Butt Is Covered in Poop
Look, I’m not anti-bidet. I have one at home and I appreciate it. But there are some nonsensical bidet related myths going around that need to be flushed away. Chief among them: the idea that if you don’t use a bidet, you are walking around with a poop-encrusted butthole.