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How to Put on Perfume or Cologne

 There is almost nothing sadder than when someone spends $100.00 on a bottle of smell-good, only to ruin it by putting on too much. People around are robbed of the opportunity to appreciate your investment, to catch a slight, aromatic whiff of your bottled scent as you pass them in the supermarket or in a fancy restaurant, work, everywhere you go.  And if you continue to take a bath in your perfume or cologne you have for all intents and purposes wasted your $100.00, because no one can appreciate the overwhelming scent you carry, and you would be better appreciated with no perfume or cologne on at all.  Sometimes the scent of perfume or cologne is so overwhelming it immediately invades the nostrils of others, causing some to actually feel sick or get a headache.  The best way to apply perfume or cologne to your body is not to directly apply it at all. To apply perfume or cologne place yourself in a room with high ceilings if possible. If not possible still use this p...

How to Create a Natural Privacy Fence by Growing Bamboo

 Bamboo, one of the fastest growing plants in the world is misunderstood by many people when it comes to gardening. The main reason for this is because some people do not have enough knowledge about bamboo and the 1,000 species of the plant. You can successfully grow bamboo in your yard with only a little extra knowledge about the plant and caring for it. You can create a natural fence of bamboo along perimeters of your yard by doing the following: 1. Plant a version called "clumping." There are numerous clumping versions of bamboo. Just make sure you have purchased a clumping version because it forms a root ball, and the roots should not spread like evasive varieties of the plant. 2. Decide the approximate height you are seeking for your privacy fence. This is because you can control the height of the bamboo early on. If you wait too long, it may take lift equipment to reach the top of the bamboo. You can also control the depth of the bamboo on a regular basis, for example i...

How to Care for a Granddaddy Longlegs Spider

 Granddaddy Longlegs Spiders will make homes near the tops of ceilings but sometimes in bathroom sinks and low areas in a shower.  If the Longlegs is in a good place such as ceiling corner, do nothing. If you acknowledge that you see the spider it may respond by moving all of its legs in the usually very sparse web it’s built, but will not move out of place. No, you don’t feed the spider. Do nothing except leave it alone. If you are going to allow the spider to stay, let others in the home or building know so they won’t disturb it. If you don’t won’t the spider around you don’t have to kill it, unless you are just one of those people who like killing things. You can carefully nudge it onto a paper plate and take it outside. If the weather is really cold a warm spot would help but otherwise the spider may not survive. If the spider is in a place you need to use, gently move it to a higher position near the ceiling. Don’t engage the spider, just let it be. Sometimes you may see ...

How to Get Addicted to Cocaine

 If you have the money or you are connected to someone who will sponsor your addition, getting addicted to cocaine is one of the easiest things you will ever do in your life. Cocaine is one of the most addictive drugs in the world and the euphoric feeling it produces attracts even the most independent and hardworking of minds. Cocaine addiction ruins millions of lives every year, and all of them started with just a few social lines on a piece of glass, marble or a mirror.  Cocaine provides instant gratification. It produces a love everyone, love the world feeling that resembles a child in a candy shop for the first time. Some people may be able to use the drug "recreationally," but most cannot resist revisiting that feeling time and time again. For many people cocaine enhances sex and if they have an active sex life it's easy to integrate cocaine as a regular partner in those forays.   White-collar professionals are especially vulnerable to cocaine addiction because ...

How to Keep a Tortoise Warm in the Fall and Winter

 Tortoises should not be subjected to sustained temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit or 4 degrees Celsius. They are cold-blooded and do not hibernate in the winter, like turtles.  They need a warm enclosure and plenty of grass such as timothy hay where they rest covered or partially covered with the hay. Outbuildings or greenhouses with a safe heat source is one possibility. Smaller tortoises should be brought inside during sustained cold bouts below 40 degrees F or 4 C. if the heat source will not be able to maintain the desired temperature due to extreme cold weather, such as in the teens or below freezing. Tortoises should not be allowed to roam unenclosed areas because if they escape your care, they could die from winter cold. They do not hibernate like turtles, so they are awake and trying to live and need human help to maintain the conditions they require.  Smaller tortoises inside outbuildings or greenhouses can rest and sleep under a small plastic swimming poo...

How to Be a Downlow Butt-Kisser

 Butt kissing used to be a fine art. That is until a large number of professional butt kissers basically ruined it for everyone else.  Professional butt kissers especially in the workplace have been outed for years. Less enthusiastic butt kissers, or people who don't kiss butt at all, started verbalizing their resentment towards the robust smackers, making it more difficult now for their ploy of climbing a workplace or social ladder all the more suspect. "You're just kissing butt to get promoted," became a common refrain in the workplace. Once outed and known by the boss, even the boss might have a bad taste in their mouth, feeling used or even abused in a ladder-climbing competition that can often get a little nasty.  Given the bad name of professional butt kissers, the new suave approach is to kiss butt without the recipient even realizing their butt has been kissed.  Downlow butt-kissing has a way of leaving a nice after-glow on the recipient, causing them to thin...

How to Fend Off Your Best Friend's Boyfriend

 This is an easy one. If your best friend's boyfriend makes even the slightest sexual flirtation or advance toward you, simply say this: "Julie is my best friend in the entire world and we share everything. Everything. Thank you for being so nice to me but I don't do bad boy nice." He's not going to immediately, completely understand what you just said so you don't need to say anything more. Let that sink in with him.  If he does it again then say to your best friend: "Your boyfriend has been really extra nice to me - twice. By the way,  did you see the last episode of  The Fall of the House of Usher? I was terrified!"  There. You have dropped a hint for her without having to actually accuse her boyfriend of bad behavior. Unfortunately, a direct reveal to your best friend could cause a negative reaction, because some people do not like to hear or even consider that the person they love or may love, could do anything wrong, especially make passes at a...

How to Grow Your Own Mango Tree

 Buy a mango. Eat it. Inside the mango is a large seed encased in a brown oval husk. Rinse the seed and don't worry about the strands of fruit attached to it. Put the seed in a paper towel and place somewhere to dry for a few days. Once the mango husk is dry crack it open with a ping hammer or similar tool. Inside the husk is the actual seed. Discard the husk.  Place the seed in a large pot of dirt, about two inches deep and mist with water. The container should receive some sun. Mist with water every few days and do not allow to dry out and do not overwater because the seed will rot and may not sprout. In a few weeks or less you will see a green shoot emerge from the seed. Now the mango tree will grow. It's a tropical fruit so it likes sunshine, water and warmth. In the winter place in a greenhouse or inside near a window. In a few years the mango tree will be 3 or 4 feet tall. It can take about 5 years before the tree produces fruit. It does not need another mango tree nearb...

How to Become a Successful Food Blogger

 If you are looking for an easy, fast way to make money and you think it will be from a blog, you are sadly mistaken.  If you willing to develop (or have developed) a blog such as a food blog and post no less than once a week but preferably two or three times a week for at least six months to a year, you can become successful as a food blogger. Of course there are no guarantees, but you have a fair to good chance of success.  There are a lot of variables, including but not limited to: 1. Your niche  2. Your web site layout and design 3. Your content 4. Your push or effort to have your blog publicized 5. Your ability to attract advertising or be approved for a major advertising portal who places ads on your site 6. Your writing and photography style 7. Your ability to have a plan for the next level of your blog, which include product such as a book, cookware or something else food or kitchen related But really, the most important thing needed to be successful as a foo...

How to Help a Turtle in the Road

 Never put yourself or others in danger in order to help a turtle in the road. As much as most of us want to save animals, unfortunately we can’t save the world. We do the best we can, whenever we can, but sometimes we can’t help because the circumstances are not right. We don’t want to come to a sudden stop on a highway to retrieve a turtle. But, if traffic conditions are right we could pull to the side of the road, scope for any traffic and help the turtle.  Depending on whether it’s a country road or highway traffic may be busy or sparse. If it’s a busy city road or highway do not take risks.  If you are able to safely retrieve the turtle be sure to hold it from the back part of the shell. Snapping turtles may bite.  The best thing to do is take the turtle to the side of the road it was heading, and deposit it off the road. If there is no safe grass or dirt path ahead then determine if there is a good place in that immediate area. If not you may need to drive unti...

How to Tell Someone Their Perfume or Cologne is Too Strong

 This is a tricky one. Many of us have learned from experience how to (and not to) approach a situation in which someone's perfume or cologne is extremely strong and therefore annoying. 1. If the person is a stranger you will likely never see (or smell) again then you do not need to say anything. There is no reward for you to inform a random stranger their scent is too strong. You are not here to save the world and there is no gain for you to inform them. Move on and hope someone who sees them on a daily basis will work it out. 2. If the culprit is a co-worker, and you do not have a relaxed, cool rapport with them you might consider speaking with a team leader or boss. Sending an email is not recommended in case it gets misrouted to the individual on whom you are complaining.  3. If the over-use of scent is a one-time thing then you do not need to say anything. Having said that, the first time you notice the scent you should not say anything. If it happens with regularity for ...

How to Pass a Real Estate Exam

 The key to passing a real estate license exam is to also study the state laws for real estate agents in your state.  The state wants to confirm that you know who appoints the real estate commissioner and for how many years. The state wants to assure that you know the fees involved with being a real estate agent and the penalties for breaking real estate law. These may seem like things an agent really does not need to know, but you would be wrong to ignore these items in your study for the test.  Another important part of the real estate test is to know the slang, or terminology of agents. For example "steering," which is illegal and means an agent steers a customer toward or away from a certain neighborhood. You should also know what is expected when you receive earnest money from someone: what to do with the money and how long you have to do it without breaking the law. You should know the state-set monetary penalties for all instances of breaking real estate law. ...

How to Get Rid of Dandruff

 Dandruff is the result of a very dry scalp, so to cure dandruff you only need to moisturize your scalp.  To moisturize your scalp you can mix a very small amount of olive oil with an herb such as rosemary. Since olive oil has a kitchen scent you may want to mix a few drops of a scent into the mix before you rub it on your head. Let your fingertips make contact with your scalp and gently rub in the solution. You can also use Jojoba oil as a rub, or pure coconut oil or salve. The coconut is a very good moisturizer and has a pleasant scent.  Don't wash your hair every day if you have dandruff. You could be drying out the natural oils  and ingredients in the shampoo may be contributing to the drying.  Consider switching to a shampoo/conditioner, or use a conditioner after shampooing. Dandruff shampoos may also provide some temporary relief, but you should find the root cause for the dandruff, which could be environment (too dry) or diet, or a combination of the fre...

How to Pick Up Your Dog's Poop

 It's a lot easier and less gross to pick up your dog's poop than a lot of people realize. Most pet supply stores have little perfumed rolls of colorful plastic bags you can buy.  To pick up the poop you put the little plastic bag on your hand like a glove. Then, you stoop or bend over and pick up the poop, quickly pulling down the top edge of the bag until it reverses and forms a bag. Tie the bag and dispose in the nearest garbage can.  You can also use the plastic bags from Walmart and other stores, especially if you have a large dog. By picking up after your dog you are not only respecting them, you are respecting other people and the landscape upon which you have the pleasure to stroll. 

How to Help a Stray Cat

 Most of us have encountered a stray cat. The best way to help a stray would be if you or someone you know could possibly home the cat. However, here are a few things you could possibly do in the beginning: 1. Feed the cat if possible. Sometimes there are regulations or laws against feeding stray animals so make yourself aware of that possibility. 2. Water bowl for the cat, if possible. 3. Most cats are shy in the beginning so don't try and capture the cat. Kittens will often approach you and could be retrieved.  4. Some cats may want to get familiar with you before they trust you. This could take months. The cat may avoid you for a long time and then one day walk up to you and want you to pick it up and take it home. 5. If you take the cat, it will need to visit a vet for it to receive rabies and other shots and possibly other preventative treatments including spay or neuter.  6. If a cat appears injured and is acting aggressive, and has been living in the wild, there is...

How to Decide on a Career

 Your job career should, whenever possible, be something you enjoy and something you seem to be naturally good at. Everyone on this planet is good at at least one thing, and most of use are good a several or more things. You can be good at a lot of things.  Don't overly focus on the money, or which career pays more. You might be really great at creating and baking pies, and also good at delivering structured, well thought out and logical arguments.  A few friends say you would make a great lawyer, but is this what you want for a life career? Maybe you could start small with a bakery and then expand it into a huge enterprise making millions of dollars a year. If you are happier practicing law then become a lawyer. A job doesn't have to be a daily grind in which you can't wait to clock-out and go home. You can do something you like and are good at, from home if you want.  Maybe you are good at something but need more knowledge. Consider classes at a local college or on...

How to Avoid Toxic People on Social Media

 The easiest and best way to avoid toxic people on social media is to unfollow them if you are actually following them. If you are not following them most applications have options next to a post where you can select not to see their posts.  Do not engage toxic people on or offline. Human toxicity is too complicated for most people to argue against or solve, so the best way to handle it is to avoid it.  Toxic people do not enjoy their lives and subconsciously ( sometimes consciously) they want to pull others into their world of misery. There are very educated experts who are paid a lot of money to counsel toxic individuals. Since you are probably not one of those experts, extract yourself graciously from the poison and move on to more wonderful endeavors. 

How To Deal With Road Rage

The best way to deal with someone else's road rage is to ignore it. If  you were clearly at fault you could show an apologetic face and if possible indicate you are sorry. If you were not at fault do not do these things: 1. Flip someone off. 2. Scream at someone. 3. Swerve in the direction of  the other vehicle. 4. Tail gate or follow the other car. If you have other passengers in your vehicle - for example your children or grandchildren, think about them before you create or react to road rage. They are just innocent children and should not be put at any risk whatsoever because two or more adults are overreacting to a vehicle incident. If you are involved in a minor car accident and the other driver is acting erratic you should consider calling the police and getting back in your car. However, even both of these actions can be risky and set the other driver or their passengers off even more. Use good judgement and follow their cues as long as they are no physically attacking ...

How to Avoid Getting Shot by the Police During a Traffic Stop

Whether or not a traffic stop is justified and regardless of what the officer or officers say regarding this, there are several things you could do that might save your life: 1. Comply with the officer's orders whether you like it or not. 2. Do not make any sudden moves and if you are instructed to raise you hands do so and keep them raised even if your nose itches or any other reason. 3. Do not automatically reach in your glove compartment. 4. If you have a gun or guns in the car tell the officer at the beginning. Phrase it in a way that is non-threatening. "Officer, I wanted to let you know that I have a gun in the glove compartment." Or, "Officer, I wanted to let you know I have a gun on the seat beside me."  Make sure you hands are in clear view at all times.  5. Make sure any passengers in your car also do as you do. Coach them while you are pulling over at the beginning of the stop. 5. No matter what the officer says and even if they are taking you to jail...

How to Break up with a Boyfriend

In some cases you should take care, exercise caution when breaking up with a boyfriend. Most of the time it can be uncomfortable and a little stressful, but there is no apparent danger. Easy breakup:  Do you mind if we take a break? I’m going through some personal issues right now. Nothing serious but I need some time to work them out. In rare cases a boyfriend may be irreversibly attached to you. If this is the case, you will very likely know. Some of the signs include things he may express to you during the relationship. If he repeatedly says things like “I can’t live without you,” I can not imagine my life without you,” I would die without you,” and he says this often, this could be a signal for a very stressful breakup if it came to such. If a boyfriend says any of the above things only very occasionally, them it’s likely just him using common phrases and he does not literally mean that he would die without you. If it’s true, unbreakable love on the part of both of you, the...