Hello there and welcome to our monthly feature of all kinds of tips.
We at the business desk are pleased to bring you our monthly feature of a plethora of tips that cover a wide range of topics.
All of our tips are designed to help you save time, cut down on your research, and help you get ahead.
So go ahead and read on.
This week we bring you our monthly tips.
It’s what we do for a living! We help you to help yourself!
Enjoy!
From the business desk team at https://www.sterlingcreations.com.
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July 2023
In this issue:
General tips
Articles of the day
* 10 Ways To Soften Hard Brown Sugar
From the pages of Donna’s travel diary
*Riverboat versus ocean
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Important notice from Donna J. Jodhan
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to share news and or info about yourself or about others, then please read on!
Donna J. Jodhan can help you reach a rapidly growing list of over 12,000 readers and listeners and counting!
All you need to do is to give a listen to her monthly shows and if you like what you hear then here’s how it works!
For the very affordable price of $5, Donna will feature your info and news on 2 of her monthly shows.
Once on the Ask Donna show and once on the Dining with Donna show.
Both of these monthly shows run weekly
This means that your info will be featured twice for the month.
No more having to worry about posting to Facebook!
You’ll be able to engage with ready made readers and listeners!
Your payment of $5 will be prorated as a monthly payment.
So you can either pay monthly, or you can pay as you go.
Just send your info or news to donna at askdonnaonblindlife@gmail.com
No more than 150 words.
Donna will then post your info or news as soon as you remit payment to her at paypal@donnajodhan.com
To give a listen visit
https://www.donnajodhan.com/askdonna
and https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd
Take advantage of this very quick and easy way to reach a ready made audience!
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General tips
Courtesy of the research team at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
Scams of the month:
Before giving you our scam tips of the month, here are some very valueable tips.
You need to remember that scams come in the following formats:
As emails, as phone calls both recorded and via a live caller, and o yes! It can even show up at your door and in your mailbox.
And now they are targeting us through texts being sent to our cell phones.
Before giving you the latest scams making the rounds; we have some do nots to share with you.
Do not respond to emails that look strange to you.
Do not download attachments from unknown senders.
Do not share your username and password to your online banking and any other online payments facilities with anyone.
Do not give out any banking or personal details on the phone to unknown callers.
Do not pay any attention to threats from automated phone recordings or from live persons with regard to your credit card or that you owe money to any revenue agency.
Do not entertain any offers either via email or by phone from senders and callers offering incredible service packages as they may pertain to cable and tv services, prizes that you have won, or any sort of any type of service package.
Do not answer the door to unknown callers.
Take extra caution to make sure that the details of your credit cards and debit cards are fully protected when you make payments at restaurants or at stores, pharmacies, and elsewhere.
Do not enter your password for Facebook or Twitter in response to a text request on your cell phone.
The same if you are asked for your Apple ID.
Do not fall prey to a text message telling you that your banking details have been compromised online.
With huge thanks to Melanie Mama Peach
1) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Fantastic Furniture Polish
* Use: 1/3 cup of each: boiled linseed oil, turpentine and vinegar. Mix together and shake well. Apply with a soft cloth and wipe completely dry. Wipe again with another soft cloth. Don’t try to boil your own linseed oil, it is not the same. Buy it at a hardware store or paint store.
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2) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
To Remove Polish Build up
* Mix 1/4 cup vinegar with 1/2 cup water. Rub with soft cloth that has been moistened with solution, but rung out. Dry immediately with another soft cloth.
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3) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Removing White Water Rings And Spots
* Buy a powder called Rottenstone from your hardware store. Dampen a soft cloth with cooking oil and sprinkle the powder on it. Rub the stain lightly in the direction of the grain, if the stain remains, use grade FFF pumice powder in the same manner. This is a harsher abrasive and may dull the finish. If it does, follow with the Rottenstone to restore the gloss.
* Try applying mayonnaise and rubbing it in. Let stand for an hour. Wipe with a clean soft cloth.
* Sometimes baby oil will remove rings on dark wood. Also, on marble.
* Cover each spot with a generous amount of white petroleum jelly. Allow it to remain for 24 hours, then rub into the wood. Remove the excess and polish in usual manner.
* Dampen a soft cloth with water. Squeeze it out. Put a dab of toothpaste on the cloth and buff away the white ring.
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4) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Alcohol Stains
* Polish with olive oil. Dry with soft cloth.
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5) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Grease Stains
* Pour salt on grease spill immediately. The salt will absorb the grease and prevent staining.
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6) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Blood Stains
* Cover the spot immediately with a paste of cornstarch and water. Rub and place object in the sun to dry. The sun will draw the blood out into the cornstarch. Brush off. If the spot is not completely gone, repeat process.
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7) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Removing Rust On Metal Furniture
* Rubbing with turpentine will do the trick.
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8) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Soiled Cotton Upholstery
* Try rubbing the soiled areas with artgum squares. Purchase at any stationery store.
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9) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Polishing Leather
* Prevent leather furniture from cracking by polishing regularly with a cream made of 1 part vinegar and 2 parts linseed oil.
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10) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Removing Scratches
* Rub a black crayon on black furniture scratches and dark brown on mahogany pieces. Buff the marks thoroughly with a dry cloth. The wax from the crayon fills the scratch and it becomes unnoticeable. This method is preferred over iodine.
* Rub some mayonnaise on the scratch. Let it sit for a while, wipe off with a soft cloth.
* For teakwood: remove by rubbing gently with 0000 steel wool. Apply equal amounts of linseed oil and turpentine. Rub in well.
* Mahogany: to remove minor scratches, cover each scratch with a generous amount of white petroleum jelly. Allow it to remain on for 24 hours. Rub into wood. Remove excess and polish as usual.
* If the scratch is deep, remove the meat from a fresh, unsalted walnut or pecan and break it in half. Rub with the broken side. This does a terrific job of filling the scratch and restoring the color.
* Burns: rub mayonnaise into burn. Let sit a while before wiping off with a soft cloth.
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11) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Removing Ink Stains From Leather
* Rub in cuticle remover.
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12) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Polishing Carved Furniture
* Dip an old toothbrush into furniture polish and brush in lightly.
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13) Best Of Helpful Hints: The Best Of Hints For Furniture
Wobbly Table
* If your table wobbles because of a short leg, put a small amount of Plastic Wood on waxed paper. Set the short leg on it and allow it to dry. Trim down with a sharp knife and smooth with sandpaper.
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Articles of the day
Chosen by the Business Desk team
10 Ways To Soften Hard Brown Sugar
1. Keep it stored in an airtight container with a slice of fresh bread placed on top. Seal and leave overnight. It should be fresh again in the morning, if not just let it sit another day or two.
2. Sprinkle a few drops of water over the chunk, seal in a plastic bag and let sit for a couple days.
3. Place in an open container, then top with a moistened cloth (paper towel works too). Let sit overnight.
4. Seal it in an airtight container with a few apple slices. This should fix it up within the next day or two. Remove apple slices once it’s fixed.
5. Use foil or plastic wrap to cover the top then set a dampened sheet of paper towel (not dripping wet) on top of the foil. Seal in an airtight container and let sit overnight or a few days as needed. Remove foil and paper towel once the towel is dry and the mass is fresh again.
6. Buy a clay disc or if you have a pottery piece on hand (from a broken clay pot, etc.), set it in water for about 30 minutes. Dry the piece so it isn’t dripping wet. Put the clay piece in a container with the sugar and seal. Check after a few days. Keep it in the container for months if you’d like, this will help prevent the problem from happening in the first place.
7. Need it now? Put it in a container and set in the microwave with a small bowl full of water beside it. Microwave for about 1 minute, check. If it’s not ready, try for another 30 seconds. You can keep doing this until it’s nice and soft, but watch that you don’t melt it.
8. Place the chunk in a baking pan and set in oven (temperature at about 250 degrees. Check after 5 minutes. If still not ready, continue checking every few minutes until it is.
9. Place the mass in a microwave safe plastic bag. Take a square of paper towel and moisten with water (not dripping wet, wring out excess). Arrange the wet paper towel in the bag with the sugar and seal. Heat in the microwave for approximately 20 seconds. If still not ready, microwave for a few seconds more, repeating until it’s ok and ready to use. Be careful it doesn’t get too hot and melt.
10. Stick small pieces in a food processor or blender and chop/pulse until usable.
For best results, make sure to keep it stored in a sealed, airtight container. A couple fresh marshmallows or a clay disc kept in the container can help prevent the problem. You can also keep it in the freezer and set it out a few hours before using.
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From the pages of Donna’s diary
River boat versus ocean
I have always wanted to take a river boat cruise and now seems to be the right time for me.
I have been on several ocean cruises including ones to the Bahamas and to Hawaii and now I am preparing to take a river boat cruise to the Danube.
In my next post I’ll tell you how it went.
For now, I share the following with you.
Boats or ships on an ocean cruise are usually much larger than those on a river boat cruise.
The number of passengers on a river boat cruise are much less than those on an ocean cruise.
I was quite impressed with the layout of the cabins on an ocean cruise and now I look forward to seeing what it is going to be like on my river boat cruise.
The choice of cabins are more for an ocean cruise than for a river boat cruise.
I am told that there are only two choices for a river boat cruise.
I cannot wait to go cruising down the Danube. My friend Jilla and I will share a cabin. We’ll start out in Nuremberg Germany and finish up in Budapest Hungary.
It is going to be a lot of fun with lots for me to experience. I’ll fly to England to meet Jilla and we’ll fly from there to Nuremberg.
Stay tuned for my next post.
I’m Donna J. Jodhan enjoying my travels.
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Important notice from Donna J. Jodhan
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to share news and or info about yourself or about others, then please read on!
Donna J. Jodhan can help you reach a rapidly growing list of over 12,000 readers and listeners and counting!
All you need to do is to give a listen to her monthly shows and if you like what you hear then here’s how it works!
For the very affordable price of $5, Donna will feature your info and news on 2 of her monthly shows.
Once on the Ask Donna show and once on the Dining with Donna show.
Both of these monthly shows run weekly
This means that your info will be featured twice for the month.
No more having to worry about posting to Facebook!
You’ll be able to engage with ready made readers and listeners!
Your payment of $5 will be prorated as a monthly payment.
So you can either pay monthly, or you can pay as you go.
Just send your info or news to donna at askdonnaonblindlife@gmail.com
No more than 150 words.
Donna will then post your info or news as soon as you remit payment to her at paypal@donnajodhan.com
To give a listen visit
https://www.donnajodhan.com/askdonna
and https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd
Take advantage of this very quick and easy way to reach a ready made audience!