What's your favourite / best life hack?

Outlaw Pete · 19-06-2016 02:03PM #1

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

genericguy · 19-06-2016 02:04PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

I don't know what a one up one down is but that idea is quality. It screams "happy bachelorhood"

19-06-2016 02:27PM

Very curious as to how you emptied said bath...

weemcd · 19-06-2016 02:28PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

That's gangster!

Alf Stewart. · 19-06-2016 02:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Very curious as to how you emptied said bath...

What else did bath say?

Outlaw Pete · 19-06-2016 02:39PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Very curious as to how you emptied said bath...

Bucketed most of it and siphon pump for the rest.

Fr_Dougal · 19-06-2016 02:41PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

Well laa dee daa, no recession here!

KERSPLAT! · 19-06-2016 02:43PM

Opening a beer with a banana

http://cdn.lifebuzz.com/images/63333/lifebuzz-945d8bc0c29a819bc817786c777ea2c7-original.gif

LunarSea · 19-06-2016 02:46PM

I was gonna say distilled vinegar and bicarbonate of soda for cleaning all sorts about the house but it's nowhere near as cool as the bachelor bathtub

The Rape of Lucretia · 19-06-2016 02:50PM

Comfortable shoes.
If you're not wearing comfortable shoes, life is just chaos. I mean the greatest accomplishments in history have been made by men wearing accommodating shoes.

Your Face · 19-06-2016 02:52PM

Always be prepared to get drunk.

Outlaw Pete · 19-06-2016 02:57PM

Another one I do is I secure three or four of the old type wooden rat traps up under each wheel arch on my car.

Never been clamped yet.

GipsyMoth · 19-06-2016 03:22PM

The one I use all the time is the keyring on jeans zip to keep the zip up the keyring loops onto the brass button

How long did it take to empty your inflatable bath OP and was the place drenched in water?
It seems liken awful lot of work just for a bath

19-06-2016 03:25PM

GipsyMoth wrote: »

It seems liken awful lot of work just for a bath

Coincidence!

I was just about to say I too abbreviate "like an" to "liken", it saves me seconds over the whole year...

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 19-06-2016 03:31PM

I buy spray on body moisturiser so I can just spray myself and not spend ages rubbing it into my skin.
I like your bathtub though

MRnotlob606 · 19-06-2016 03:32PM

Putting ham in cream crackers.

RayM · 19-06-2016 03:37PM

Running the electricity off the gas and the gas off the electricity. Saves a fortune.

Also, I keep the battery out of my watch and only put it back in when I want to know the time.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 19-06-2016 03:38PM

Incorporate a meditation practice into your day.

sabat · 19-06-2016 03:39PM

I remember when I was about 7 my ma bought a paddling pool and when she got back from the shop she was all like "hey kids, check out this amazing life hack I've discovered; it's totally gonna disrupt the heat vs water dynamic."
Or maybe she didn't say that, because it would have been moronic.

Outlaw Pete · 19-06-2016 03:40PM

GipsyMoth wrote: »

How long did it take to empty your inflatable bath OP and was the place drenched in water?
It seems liken awful lot of work just for a bath

Was a doddle. Drain plug on the base to attach hose and sure I didn't just do it for a bath, was more about the whole experience.

Okay it wasn't a sunken tub in mansion but I could still ly back, soak in the hot foamy radox water, enjoy the footie, and say 'Who put this together? Me, that's who'.

dylbert · 19-06-2016 03:41PM

Why wast time and effort turning the lights on and off, just leave them on and close your eyes when you want it to be dark.

Andre 3000 · 19-06-2016 04:02PM

This one literally got me better grades in my college essays without doing anything extra.

Find one source that deals with your topic in great detail and just paraphrase from the sources they used and reference them individually. Then you've a reference list that looks like you were reading and researching on the topic for a whole week when in fact you just read one source. If you do this a few more times you'll end up having twenty to thirty entries in your bibliography in no time.

ToddyDoody · 19-06-2016 04:08PM

Leech leech and leech some more.. off the parents.

They give me dinners for a week where a normal person would give me a clatter.

failinis · 19-06-2016 04:17PM

Andre 3000 wrote: »

This one literally got me better grades in my college essays without doing anything extra.

Find one source that deals with your topic in great detail and just paraphrase from the sources they used and reference them individually. Then you've a reference list that looks like you were reading and researching on the topic for a whole week when in fact you just read one source. If you do this a few more times you'll end up having twenty to thirty entries in your bibliography in no time.

I thought everyone done this?

Maireadio · 19-06-2016 04:32PM

Andre 3000 wrote: »

This one literally got me better grades in my college essays without doing anything extra.

Find one source that deals with your topic in great detail and just paraphrase from the sources they used and reference them individually. Then you've a reference list that looks like you were reading and researching on the topic for a whole week when in fact you just read one source. If you do this a few more times you'll end up having twenty to thirty entries in your bibliography in no time.

I did this too. And it helped too because even though we had access to a large amount of journals, we didn't have access to ALL of them so it was impossible to find all the articles you needed.

Turtyturd · 19-06-2016 04:35PM

Andre 3000 wrote: »

This one literally got me better grades in my college essays without doing anything extra.

Find one source that deals with your topic in great detail and just paraphrase from the sources they used and reference them individually. Then you've a reference list that looks like you were reading and researching on the topic for a whole week when in fact you just read one source. If you do this a few more times you'll end up having twenty to thirty entries in your bibliography in no time.

That one source is generally your lecturer's notes on the topic which saves even more time.

Bonzo Delaney · 19-06-2016 04:36PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

The boring old fart in me is thinking that if that yoke bursts upstairs your in a mess and a whole heap of trouble

Andre 3000 · 19-06-2016 04:36PM

failinis wrote: »

I thought everyone done this?

I don't know my friends' minds were blown after I told them about it anyway as well as anyone I've ever told. I mean it seemed like common sense to me but clearly we're enlightened ones :pac:

wakka12 · 19-06-2016 04:37PM

Andre 3000 wrote: »

This one literally got me better grades in my college essays without doing anything extra.

Find one source that deals with your topic in great detail and just paraphrase from the sources they used and reference them individually. Then you've a reference list that looks like you were reading and researching on the topic for a whole week when in fact you just read one source. If you do this a few more times you'll end up having twenty to thirty entries in your bibliography in no time.

I assumed mostly everyone except the swats did this. Ive always wanted to use multiple sources just to feel good about myself but always end up iwith too little time left for that so end up using one source for the whole essay :pac:

looksee · 19-06-2016 04:46PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I know it's a bit of annoying term but sure all the kids be saying it these days.

Mine is that I live in a one up one down and part of the downside of that is that there is no bathtub, just a shower. I hate being restricted to showers but that's all I've been able to have since I moved in here over 12 years ago (apart from the odd stay in a hotel that is). So what I did was, last week I ran a hose from the shower and bought one of these bad boys on Amazon. Some bubble bath, projector with the footie, remote control and I feel like bleedin Scarface.

How's about yer selves?

I don't find life hack a particularly annoying term, but I hate 'bad boy' being used as a description for - well pretty much anything.

Outlaw Pete · 19-06-2016 04:49PM

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

The boring old fart in me is thinking that if that yoke bursts upstairs your in a mess and a whole heap of trouble

Bathroom / toilet is downstairs in all these old cottages. It's grand anyway. No mess, so far anyway.

looksee wrote: »

I don't find life hack a particularly annoying term, but I hate 'bad boy' being used as a description for - well pretty much anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IyO28IVUKE

What's your favourite / best life hack?

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