Useful useless information

Cyclefrance · 08-22-2005, 02:04 AM

Mixing in a teaspoon of tomato ketchup with your dog's food neutralises the acid in its urine and prevents those nasty brown patches on the lawn - thought you'd like to know...

itzBoo · 08-22-2005, 03:04 AM

I didn't know that, but hey thanks for sharing that tip

Queen of the Ryche · 08-22-2005, 09:42 AM

But if it's too late and you already have the brown patches, pour a can of Coke on them - instant fertilizer.

Bullitt · 08-22-2005, 09:45 AM

I heard coke will dissolve an ungalvanized nail overnight.. never tried it

wolf · 08-22-2005, 09:56 AM

It doesn't.

Snopes has a full section on "Cokelore".

And I think Mythbusters did an episode too.

LabRat · 08-22-2005, 11:57 AM

The mythbusters guys rock.

To keep the waterspots to a minimum when washing your car/truck/rascal:
Once done soaping it all up, remove the spraying implement on the end of your hose and just let the water run full blast out of it from the roof down, Do Not Spray It. I thought my husband was nutso when he told me that this is what the guys on the car lots do to keep the spots off the new cars, but it really does work. He asked them how they kept their cars 'spotless'.

Who knew?

Wastes a hell of a lot of water tho.

itzBoo · 08-22-2005, 09:21 PM

I also heard that Salt can dissolve or "melt" slugs.

Trilby · 08-22-2005, 09:40 PM

I heard (somewhere) that if you left out plates of stale beer the slugs and snails and other nasties would dive in and drown. Weird.

glatt · 08-23-2005, 10:54 AM

I know from first hand experience that salt will kill slugs. It draws the moisture out of them and they die.

I also know from first hand experience that slugs are drawn to beer. One particuarly boring evening, some friends and I lured some slugs to a paper cup of beer and watched one climb in and drown. Slow entertainment. We then did an alternative experiement, and placed a cup of beer inside a ring of salt. A slug was drawn toward the beer, but recoiled when it encountered the salt in its path. My social life was rather empty back then, but at lest I had friends to hang out with.

Kagen4o4 · 08-23-2005, 07:35 PM

when a friend asks you to ignite some wood in a 200L (50 gallon i think) metal drum and mentions "theres a little bit of petrol (gasoline) on it" and hands you a lighter. what he means to say is "i poured a $hlt load of petrol (gasoline) on the wood so say goodbye to the hairs on your hands and wrist, and possibley your eyelashs too."

LabRat · 08-24-2005, 10:29 AM

Ooohh, that belongs in the fire thread, with a little more detail

Cyclefrance · 08-24-2005, 11:36 AM

That's prompted a thought stream in a similar (but less depilatory) vein:

The guy who surveyed a house we were going to buy a while back emphasied in his report 'the step outside the back entrance is very narrow and we would advise early attention here as it otherwise is too easy to slip from it and twist an ankle quite badly...' remember seeing him limping a bit...!

Cyclefrance · 08-27-2005, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

The mythbusters guys rock.

To keep the waterspots to a minimum when washing your car/truck/rascal:
Once done soaping it all up, remove the spraying implement on the end of your hose and just let the water run full blast out of it from the roof down, Do Not Spray It.

Hey - it works!!

LabRat · 08-29-2005, 10:35 AM

This is the internet, would I lie to you!?

Cyclefrance · 08-29-2005, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

This is the internet, would I lie to you!?

Nothing personal, We Brits are just such a naturally sceptical bunch...

08-22-2005, 02:04 AM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Useful useless information Mixing in a teaspoon of tomato ketchup with your dog's food neutralises the acid in its urine and prevents those nasty brown patches on the lawn - thought you'd like to know... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

08-22-2005, 03:04 AM	#2
itzBoo Profitable Prophet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 30	wow I didn't know that, but hey thanks for sharing that tip

08-22-2005, 09:42 AM	#3
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	But if it's too late and you already have the brown patches, pour a can of Coke on them - instant fertilizer. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

08-22-2005, 09:45 AM	#4
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I heard coke will dissolve an ungalvanized nail overnight.. never tried it __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-22-2005, 09:56 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It doesn't. Snopes has a full section on "Cokelore". And I think Mythbusters did an episode too. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-22-2005, 11:57 AM	#6
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	The mythbusters guys rock. To keep the waterspots to a minimum when washing your car/truck/rascal: Once done soaping it all up, remove the spraying implement on the end of your hose and just let the water run full blast out of it from the roof down, Do Not Spray It. I thought my husband was nutso when he told me that this is what the guys on the car lots do to keep the spots off the new cars, but it really does work. He asked them how they kept their cars 'spotless'. Who knew? Wastes a hell of a lot of water tho. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within. Last edited by LabRat; 08-22-2005 at 12:03 PM. Reason: added useless info

08-22-2005, 09:21 PM	#7
itzBoo Profitable Prophet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 30	I also heard that Salt can dissolve or "melt" slugs.

08-22-2005, 09:40 PM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I heard (somewhere) that if you left out plates of stale beer the slugs and snails and other nasties would dive in and drown. Weird. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-23-2005, 10:54 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I know from first hand experience that salt will kill slugs. It draws the moisture out of them and they die. I also know from first hand experience that slugs are drawn to beer. One particuarly boring evening, some friends and I lured some slugs to a paper cup of beer and watched one climb in and drown. Slow entertainment. We then did an alternative experiement, and placed a cup of beer inside a ring of salt. A slug was drawn toward the beer, but recoiled when it encountered the salt in its path. My social life was rather empty back then, but at lest I had friends to hang out with.

08-23-2005, 07:35 PM	#10
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	when a friend asks you to ignite some wood in a 200L (50 gallon i think) metal drum and mentions "theres a little bit of petrol (gasoline) on it" and hands you a lighter. what he means to say is "i poured a $hlt load of petrol (gasoline) on the wood so say goodbye to the hairs on your hands and wrist, and possibley your eyelashs too."

08-24-2005, 10:29 AM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Ooohh, that belongs in the fire thread, with a little more detail __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

08-24-2005, 11:36 AM	#12
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	That's prompted a thought stream in a similar (but less depilatory) vein: The guy who surveyed a house we were going to buy a while back emphasied in his report 'the step outside the back entrance is very narrow and we would advise early attention here as it otherwise is too easy to slip from it and twist an ankle quite badly...' remember seeing him limping a bit...! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

08-29-2005, 10:35 AM	#14
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	This is the internet, would I lie to you!? __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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