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  • #589709
    kapusta
    Participant

    please post any tips/hints.

    *kapusta*

    #644378
    Jax
    Member

    kapusta: hint/tips on what? we gatta know what your talking about!

    #644379
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    tips or hints related to what?

    cooking…

    sewing…

    housekeeping…

    career search…

    shidduchim…

    choosing a Yeshiva…

    how to annoy a Moderator…

    please be more specific. thanks

    #644380
    Jax
    Member

    72: yeah thanx!

    #644382
    yros
    Member

    choosing a yeshiva

    #644383
    anonymisss
    Participant

    tips on how to annoy a moderator? We all know how to do that, no tips necessary.

    ~a~

    #644385
    hi100
    Member

    kinda vague,kapusta!

    how about tips on kibud av v’eim? sometimes i find it so hard to bite back nasty comments that i know shouln’t be said and i know cause my parents so much pain! any tips?

    #644386
    kapusta
    Participant

    I originally thought like household hits but I like some of the ones that came up like kibbud av veim, cooking, housekeeping… any tips in whatever area you may have are accepted!

    *kapusta*

    #644387
    SJSinNYC
    Member

    hi100, thats hard for me too. I have a very sharp tongue.

    My advice is to pause before you say your sharp retort. It wont always stop you, but it does give you an extra second or so to stop yourself. It gets easier.(I use this at work ALL the time)

    Cleaning tip: don’t make the house dirty and you won’t have to clean as much 😀

    #644388
    mepal
    Member

    hi100: Try thinking postitively of your parents and your words will reflect your thoughts. Try it, it works! (I know the opposite does!)

    #644389
    kapusta
    Participant

    oh, I also thought that if anyone just found out a great tip for doing <whatever>, this would be the place to put it.

    *kapusta*

    #644391
    Jax
    Member

    here’s my issue, that i need a helpful hint with!

    i’m all serious btw about this! months back when i did kapparos-with chickens(you know in some backyards in Boro Park, floors are all dirty, smelly, they shecht the chickens there, & chop them up…) i had on a pair of shoes & they got all dirty and smelly from chicken gook! it’s been months now & those shoes still reek like the kapparos place! i cleaned them really well, used soap & water, sprayed them with bathroom deodorizer, left them out to air for days, yet nothing works! i have not wore them since then & really like them & don’t want to throw them out! yeah i do have many others shoes, don’t worry!

    what can i do to get the awful smell away?!

    #644392
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    try baking powder – that is what people put in the fridge to absorb odors.

    #644393
    kapusta
    Participant

    Jax, good question. this is weird, but they say to get a garlic scent off your hands after cooking to rub it against stainless steel, maybe that would work. (that was a complete guess, btw) good luck!

    *kapusta*

    #644394
    anonymisss
    Participant

    Trash them, unless they’re ferragamo shoes and you can’t afford another pair.

    ~a~

    #644395
    kapusta
    Participant

    72, that was good! See, my thread is doing good after all!

    *kapusta*

    #644396
    Jax
    Member

    72: thank maybe i’ll try it!

    #644397
    kapusta
    Participant

    anonymisss, they make very high quality shoes in Ireland, didnt you know that?

    *kapusta*

    #644398
    Jax
    Member

    anonymisss: i can afford others b”h, i do have many other shoes, yet like these & they did cost a lot! but yeah!

    #644399
    beacon
    Participant

    Jax, use money next time 😉

    #644400
    Jax
    Member

    beacon: good one! 😉

    #644401
    anonymisss
    Participant

    yeah, jax, from that bottomless pit of cash, right? 😉

    ~a~

    #644402
    Jax
    Member

    anonymisss: yes, correct!

    #644403
    anon for this
    Participant

    Jax, maybe a fabric deodorizer such as Febreze would help.

    #644404
    Jax
    Member

    anon for this: i tried that, but thank you!

    #644405
    Bais Yaakov maydel
    Participant

    about that kibud av v’eim thing….someone might want to do something or say something to spite their parents and to hurt them, but in the end theyre hurting themselves even more in so many ways, it’s not worth it. Just something to keep in mind.

    #644406
    anonymisss
    Participant

    BYM, nice except that most of us don’t think along those lines when we’re upset.

    ~a~

    #644407
    Bais Yaakov maydel
    Participant

    that’s why it’s something to work on.

    when we’re speaking loshon hora most of us don’t think about it while we’re saying it and then stop because we realize we’re speaking L’H. that’s not an excuse to say ok i won’t even try, that needs to be worked on also.

    most things in life don’t come easily 🙂

    #644408
    kapusta
    Participant

    I once heard that if someone would record themselves just before they start an argument and then they would watch it after, they would see how ridiculous it looks.

    *kapusta*

    #644409
    mepal
    Member

    kapusta: by the time you’d get out the camera and find someone to record it, you’d realize how ridiculous it all is and the argument would be over before it even started! Great idea!

    #644410
    Jax
    Member

    72: my shoes have been sitting since motzei shobbos with baking powder in them! no luck yet, they still smell real bad! my mom wants me to trash them!

    #644411
    kapusta
    Participant

    Jax, this is weord, but onions absorb very strong odors. I know they recommend it when re-polishing wood floors.

    *kapusta*

    #644412
    Jax
    Member

    kapusta: then the issue would be my shoes smell like onions!

    #644413
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    mama says trash them, then trash them. done

    #644414
    YW Moderator-72
    Participant

    ok Jax – but no more discussion on the Shoes

    #644418
    squeak
    Participant

    I see that someone here read “Holes”!

    #644419
    feivel
    Participant

    hydrogen peroxide takes out blood stains

    #644420
    feivel
    Participant

    epoxy glue placed around the holes of tziziz begadim keeps them from tearing

    #644421
    feivel
    Participant

    learn mussar every day

    #644422
    seeallsides
    Participant

    Jax – clean them with Pet Odor Remover –

    #644423
    kapusta
    Participant

    feivel, lol at that last one, couldn’t agree with you more though.

    *kapusta*

    #644424
    an open book
    Participant

    any advice on dealing with parents taking their bad moods out on you?

    #644425
    postsemgirl
    Member

    That happens to me all the time. Just listen and be quiet and once in a while say you’re right your’re right. All they want is to feel right so just tell them that they’re right and they’ll be quiet. It works with me. try it.

    #644426
    moish01
    Member

    AOB

    milkshakes.

    (milkshakes are very similar to what little kids view band-aids as.)

    #644427
    mepal
    Member

    AOB: What might work for you, don’t try answering back. When someone vents out at you (especially when its not your fault) and you keep quiet and just look straight at them, they eventually cool down. Worked by me! Good luck!

    #644428
    an open book
    Participant

    thanks guys. being quiet & just saying you’re right does help a bit i think, but it’s really hard for me 🙁

    also, venting i can deal with, it’s more than that. for example, last night i was on the computer as always at the normal time i am, & my father was tired & stressed i guess & in a bad mood, so he just decided that it was time for me to get off the computer. nobody needed it & it wasn’t especially late, he just got it into his head that that’s what i need to do. that wasn’t the first time that type of thing happened, & it’s really really frustrating when parents take advantage of their absolute power. that’s what i was asking about.

    moish: yeah, milkshakes are real good but i’m usually too lazy to make myself one 😉

    #644429
    hi100
    Member

    AOB: just get out of the house- and come back when it’s good mood time again

    #644430
    an open book
    Participant

    hi100: i wish!!! here’s where i’m jealous of moish 😉 no license very soon & usually when i have issues with them i can’t just walk out.

    #644431
    hi100
    Member

    aob: i know exactly what you mean….when my parents get in those moods i just stuff my ears with my ipod, and disappear

    #644432
    postsemgirl
    Member

    AOB- you can hook up with me and when both of our parents are making our lives tough, we can go out together

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