I found out from my pensioner neighbour that Monday to Friday, around 9am, I can catch a free bus (because I am a pensioner) outside my house and travel to Tauranga, returning about 2.30pm. Whilst in Tauranga I can travel free anywhere the yellow buses go. e.g Papamoa,Bethlehem, Welcome Bay, etc. The Katikati bus is […]
Buying or keeping a car over 40 years old results in considerably reduced registration fees and insurance is a lot cheaper as well. Depreciation is no longer a factor and if you buy the right type of car the worth may actually be going up. Gas mileages on well maintained cars are usually quite good. […]
Before you go about buying tyres, it might pay to know a little about what you are buying. The tyre has a lot of hieroglyphics actually say something. Here’s an example. The tires on a Toyota Corolla might be labelled: P175/65R14 81H ‘P’ stands for passenger vehicle. 175 – The width of the tire is 175 […]
Hi Oily Raggers, this is a bit more of an expensive question, but all the more reason to be an oily ragger. Firstly, we wish to build on a site with great views, but little privacy at this point. What can we grow that will add privacy quickly and wont cost too much? Secondly, checking […]
Reusing newspaper. Use as wallpaper – very appropriate in rooms like a study. Makes good carpet underlay to stop those sneaky drafts.
I have a friend who made a really attractive lamp shade from a newspaper. The old shade had worn out so he simply pasted the pages around the frame. What made it really interesting was that he used the newspaper that reported the 1987 sharemarket crash. It is always an interesting read and it is […]
I have found that cutting the corners off the bottom of an empty one litre milk carton and packing in wet newspaper makes wonderful compressed fire bricks. As the carton fiills I make holes in the sides to allow the water to escape. Compress the wet paper into the carton. These paper bricks last about […]
Newspaper bags: Take 2 sheets newspaper. Lie lengthwise. Fold up along bottom approx 3″. Reverse over. Fold into 3. Tuck outer one under flap. Reverse over. Fold in half & tuck under flap. Has lots of uses including your unwanted pamphlets etc for collection.
When cooking, I use junk mail, old newspapers, box of cereal opened up, to line the kitchen counter while i prepare food. Afterwards, all the rubbish just gets folded in the paper and the counter-top is as clean as, or just needs a little wipe.
To get the labels off commercial jam jars use hot water. Heat water in the kettle as the water from the hot tap isn’t hot enough to soften the glue. Pour the hot water in the sink but not directly on the jars with a few drops of detergent and soak for a couple of […]