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Why we should all start hoarding (in a sane and ethical way)

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If you’ve been to the grocery store lately you’ve surely noticed that some of the shelves are rather barren.

And if you happened to take a stroll down the toilet paper aisle it probably resembled a vast wasteland of empty space.

Of course this is all due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has everyone in a panic at the moment. Lots of folks are stocking up for what they believe is sure to be an impending famine.

While I certainly agree that the hoarding that’s going on right now defies logic (who really needs to “stock up” with three shopping carts full of T.P.?), the truth is we all need to start doing a little hoarding of our own.

Think about this for a moment…

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How to easily add a thermostat to most any fan (without doing any electrical wiring)

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As you well know, summer will soon be on its way.

Like me, you might be planning to use a fan to keep a room or outbuilding cool this summer to get you through the heat of the day.

Personally, I love using a big box-type fan like the ones you can get at Walmart for around twenty bucks.

Those fans work well and move a lot of air, but they have one huge downside: They don’t have a thermostat.

I don’t know about you, but I hate waking up shivering at 2AM with the fan blowing cold air all over me!

Well, I’ve found the perfect solution…

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Do you struggle with reading small print? This can help!

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Now that I’m getting older I often struggle with trying to read small print.

As a tech blogger I’m constantly receiving new gadgets to test and review, and with very few exceptions they typically come with instructions that are printed in a font that’s so small I simply can’t read them.

Even worse is trying to read the tiny print on the backs of medicine bottles. It’s virtually impossible!

Well, I recently discovered the perfect solution to this problem…

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Have lots of plastic food storage containers with no lids? You need this!

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If your kitchen is like mine you probably have a cabinet full of perfectly good plastic food storage containers but no lids to go with most of them.

Of course those containers still work just fine by covering them with aluminum foil or clingy plastic wrap, but I recently discovered a handy product that works so much better!

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Meeting a friend for dinner at a restaurant you’ve never dined at before? Check out the menu online in advance!

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Have you ever agreed to meet a friend for dinner at a restaurant you’d never eaten at before?

If so, you probably had to look at the menu for several minutes before you were able to decide what to order.

This usually isn’t an issue if the restaurant is new to both you and your friend, but if your friend is a regular customer he/she probably already knows what they want to order.

That means they’ll have to sit there counting the squares in the tile floor while you go over the menu several times.

Luckily, this issue is usually very easy to avoid…

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