Lifehacking pics - Simples.

KAGY · 13-05-2013 8:33pm

One of my own life hacks - problem the kids were flying through the hand wash. Solution get one of the "foaming face wash " bottles, put in a good squirt of baby wash, 10mls maybe a bit more and fill up with water. It lasts forever and they think they're using loads :-)

Dr Silly Bollox MD · 13-05-2013 10:29pm

what sorta hand wash?

KAGY · 13-05-2013 11:31pm

Dr Silly Bollox MD wrote: »

what sorta hand wash?

The stuff you wash your hands with :-P
The usual liquid soap with a pump dispenser was being used too quickly. The foaming bottle came from some of Mrs Kagy's boots foamin facial wash with tea tree and witch hazel and probably half a dozen other endangered plant extracts. In the bottle now is a 10% solution of baby bathtime wash 'cause it was the nearest one to hand.

Dr Silly Bollox MD · 13-05-2013 11:50pm

Use a bar of soap without all those chemicals. Linking them to all sorts now.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2013 11:00am

Dr Silly Bollox MD wrote: »

Use a bar of soap without all those chemicals. Linking them to all sorts now.

That's a topic for a different forum

BTW Long after you get caustic soda on your fingers, everything still feels soapy.

rubadub · 14-05-2013 12:58pm

KAGY wrote: »

It lasts forever and they think they're using loads :-)

I dilute fairy liquid for similar reasons. I have 2 bottles of them by the sink, the dilute one for doing small things. It is also quicker to get it out of the bottle, as when you turn regular fairy upside down you have to wait for the thick liquid to get to the lid (when it is half full). Then people tend to squirt out loads when they are only washing a glass. Also it is ready diluted and so coats what you are cleaning easier, otherwise you have to stir in water on your tiny blob of fairy.

thegreatiam wrote: »

Corn syrup is the ingredient they use in films to make blood. they add food dye to it.
In film school in the UK we didnt have it

Corn syrup is cheap & readily available in the US, there are many things like this, i.e. substances/items really only used as they are so easily got in that particular country, and presumed to be easy. I have a hobby that uses corn syrup and rye grains, most forums about it were dominated by US poaster. Many people outside the EU were going to great lengths to get corn syrup & rye grains, without copping on the readily available alternatives in europe were just as good if not better.

thegreatiam · 14-05-2013 1:10pm

rubadub wrote: »

Corn syrup is cheap & readily available in the US, there are many things like this, i.e. substances/items really only used as they are so easily got in that particular country, and presumed to be easy. I have a hobby that uses corn syrup and rye grains, most forums about it were dominated by US poaster. Many people outside the EU were going to great lengths to get corn syrup & rye grains, without copping on the readily available alternatives in europe were just as good if not better.

Yes, we had the same issue, we knew movie blood was corn syrup, but had no idea what it was or where to get it. this was 'preinternet' so no forums really. doubt honey or treacle would work.
I knew we could do something with cornstarch to the same effect.
I had heard the recipe was for corn starch, which would be the American name for corn flour.

went to about 5 different supermarkets looking for corn starch until I got lucky with a box stacker in asda who had been to America and informed me corn starch and cornflour were the same.

worked for us perfectly. mix it up to a nice consistency and add dye, red for human, green/blue yellow for alien,
make it with less water for slime/mucus. gory stuff ;-)

Prof Nincom Poop Ph.D · 16-05-2013 7:00pm

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syklops · 17-05-2013 9:40am

In my case, if I review my speech right before falling asleep, then I wont fall asleep. I'll lie awake thinking about the speech for the next god knows how long. I'll then have to use various life hacking tricks Ive picked up to force myself to stop thinking and try to enter the land of nod.

Capt'n Midnight · 21-05-2013 11:09pm

Gokei · 22-05-2013 6:27pm

Works on android too!!

BeerSteakBirds · 23-05-2013 12:04am

Dr Silly Bollox MD wrote: »

Use a bar of soap without all those chemicals. Linking them to all sorts now.

When my Dove soap is down to the tiniest last unusable (in the shower) piece I slip that tiny piece into an old hand soap bottle with a tiny bit of water inside. There are enough soapy pieces and the water dilutes it enough to provide me with a nice Dove style hand soap for free. Other soaps work too of course. In fact I might have mixed in a small piece of another soap remains I found. Thats my life hack to dealing with the obvious waste of those tiny slivers of soap left behind which are too small to use

Mellor · 23-05-2013 4:57am

BeerSteakBirds wrote: »

When my Dove soap is down to the tiniest last unusable (in the shower) piece I slip that tiny piece into an old hand soap bottle with a tiny bit of water inside. There are enough soapy pieces and the water dilutes it enough to provide me with a nice Dove style hand soap for free. Other soaps work too of course. In fact I might have mixed in a small piece of another soap remains I found. Thats my life hack to dealing with the obvious waste of those tiny slivers of soap left behind which are too small to use

BeerSteakBirds · 24-05-2013 12:16am

Mellor wrote: »

How do you make the soap stick ? That doesn't work and doubly doesn't work if you are trying to stick two different types of soap together. I know because I tried that since I was a kid and they dont merge like glue. Far better to collect all the slivers inside an empty liquid soap dispenser and add a drop of water. The end result is more hygienic than hand soap anyway.

ScottStorm · 24-05-2013 6:22am

BeerSteakBirds wrote: »

How do you make the soap stick ? That doesn't work and doubly doesn't work if you are trying to stick two different types of soap together. I know because I tried that since I was a kid and they dont merge like glue. Far better to collect all the slivers inside an empty liquid soap dispenser and add a drop of water. The end result is more hygienic than hand soap anyway.

I always do it, just use pressure and water, they stick together handily enough.

Stinicker · 25-05-2013 2:45pm

I may have solved the worlds energy crisis!

wandatowell · 25-05-2013 3:20pm

KAGY wrote: »

What's gas cylinder for? can't see a place for a hob?

Thats NOS

Capt'n Midnight · 29-05-2013 12:16pm

thegreatiam · 29-05-2013 12:43pm

cant see from the picture too well, but if that guy's hammock is made from the fence and not a bought hammock then he wins.

In the picture it could be either.

Capt'n Midnight · 04-06-2013 4:25pm

amazingemmet · 10-06-2013 12:25am

rubadub wrote: »

I have a hobby that uses corn syrup and rye grains, most forums about it were dominated by US poaster.

MYDADPULLEDOUT · 10-06-2013 12:43pm

Kxiii · 10-06-2013 6:54pm

Skill Magill · 10-06-2013 7:42pm

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Here's how to do it

looks like you can buy it in Designist Designist, 68 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2

I'm defo gonna give it a go, sick of my earbuds falling out!

thegreatiam · 11-06-2013 10:01am

Skill Magill wrote: »

I'm defo gonna give it a go, sick of my earbuds falling out!

or try something like http://www.amazon.com/Far-End-Gear-FESG-Earphone/dp/B00AC9ANVA

easier, more convenient and less risk or pulling your eardrums out.

I have never been able to use in ear buds in my life, never had a pair to stay in more then a few seconds. til I got earphones with these grips, now they never fall out.

syklops · 11-06-2013 12:24pm

MYDADPULLEDOUT wrote: »

Im going to try that in the bathroom. Sick of having near boiling water coming from the hot tap, and near freezing water coming from the cold.

Gokei · 11-06-2013 6:52pm

syklops wrote: »

Im going to try that in the bathroom. Sick of having near boiling water coming from the hot tap, and near freezing water coming from the cold.

Bit off topic, but worth turning the stat on your tank down to about 50C. Save cash, and safer..

syklops · 12-06-2013 4:47pm

Gokei wrote: »

Bit off topic, but worth turning the stat on your tank down to about 50C. Save cash, and safer..

Thanks for the tip, I'll look at it again, but as Im in an apartment block I think its centrally controlled. Will let you know.

Mellor · 13-06-2013 7:31am

Gokei wrote: »

Bit off topic, but worth turning the stat on your tank down to about 50C. Save cash, and safer..

Doesn't it mean that you end up using more water from the tank which balances out.

eg
Tank is at 50 degree. I want to use the sink/bath/shower with water at 50 degree. I take it straight from the hot tank.

If the tank was at 100 degrees. I'd use half hot and half cold water.
So it costs twice as much to heat the water twice as hot, but you use half as much.
Doesn't it all cancel out?

Note: I picked 50 and 100 to keep it simple, it holds true for all.

Maybe heat losses would be less from the cooler tank. So some saving there, but its probably a lot smaller than you initially think

b318isp · 13-06-2013 10:26am

Newton's law of heat loss states that the rate of heat loss is related to the differential in temperature, so proportionally more heat is lost the higher the generation and storage temperature - it is not a linear relationship (I think it follows an exponential curve).

You will also have similar increased losses in the boiler and pipework. Then factor in time - the longer you hold the water, the more energy is lost.

These could easily add up to double digits, greater than you might think. You have to think of these things from an energy, not a temperature, point of view.

There is no direct advantage of holding water over around 55degC (below this point there can be micro-biological risks, such as Legionella).

Capt'n Midnight · 13-06-2013 12:20pm

b318isp wrote: »

Newton's law of heat loss states that the rate of heat loss is related to the differential in temperature, so proportionally more heat is lost the higher the generation and storage temperature - it is not a linear relationship (I think it follows an exponential curve).

for conduction it's linear Q=UAdT dT =delta temperature Q=heat transfer
for radiation it's the difference in forth power of the absolute temperatures of the thing and it's surroundings - Stefan's Law not a biggie unless you paint it black
for convection , break out the heavy maths ,

Back to pictures

b318isp · 13-06-2013 12:28pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

for conduction it's linear Q=UAdT dT =delta temperature Q=heat transfer
for radiation it's the difference in forth power of the absolute temperatures of the thing and it's surroundings - Stefan's Law not a biggie unless you paint it black
for convection , break out the heavy maths ,

OK, and were talking mainly about radiated losses from the boiler, distribution system and HW tank.

As a BTW, I find it crazy that many houses have the hot taps and radiator pipework is uninsulated it crazy. It is good to have the hot tank well lagged, but there is a further opportunity in the distribution system.

Gokei · 13-06-2013 5:35pm

Never mind the equations, when a child puts their hands under anything over 50, you'll know about it.. safety first, count the pennies second.

Drift · 24-06-2013 6:24pm

There is a risk of legionella developing in warm water that isn't heated to above a certain temperature at regular intervals. I stand open to be corrected but I think in Ireland this is considered to be 60 degrees.

The way to prevent scalding is with a thermostatic mixing valve.

Edit: PS: I know this is very "un-life-hacking" but I think it's important!

RomanGod · 25-06-2013 6:07pm

Stinicker wrote: »

I may have solved the worlds energy crisis!

Cat will hover because of quantum indecision

Brilliant

SC Kevin · 27-06-2013 11:08pm

Cut out side of milk container and use bottom to hold paint with built in handle and paint brush holder!

SC Kevin · 02-07-2013 12:20am

The Beverage Boat!

biko · 24-07-2013 5:57pm

Long but good

Big Tanya · 30-07-2013 9:27pm

Thanks for posting those old pics from the old cigarette packs.
nice to read.

red_0007 · 01-08-2013 11:10pm

Squeaky the Squirrel wrote: »

The sun will absorb the moisture? I'll bet the boys and girls at CERN didn't know it can do that.

Leader of the Furlings · 18-08-2013 12:33am

18-08-2013 10:13am

Leader of the Furlings wrote: »

I had to route around for a full battery and a dead one, just to try that out.

I'm betting, I wasn't the only one.
Greate hack.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-09-2013 11:53am

not all of these work

Capt'n Midnight · 23-09-2013 5:45pm

Cork selfbuild · 25-09-2013 8:23pm

IrishStuff09 · 26-09-2013 10:54pm

GreeBo · 03-10-2013 12:36am

Drift wrote: »

There is a risk of legionella developing in warm water that isn't heated to above a certain temperature at regular intervals. I stand open to be corrected but I think in Ireland this is considered to be 60 degrees.

The way to prevent scalding is with a thermostatic mixing valve.

Edit: PS: I know this is very "un-life-hacking" but I think it's important!

I know its an old post but this is vital.
Dont turn your stat down below 65* or you will come back from holidays to a lovely bout of legionaries disease!

Capt'n Midnight · 03-10-2013 1:01am

Gokei · 03-10-2013 4:22pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

That's a cert for folks posting pics of trying at home!

I'll give it a bash at the weekend

Capt'n Midnight · 03-10-2013 4:24pm

Lifehacking pics - Simples.

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