Though the content of our boards is primarily sexual, I thought a topic would be fun to share tips and tricks that simply make our lives easier. For example, I have discovered over the years that the best time to get one's car washed is at 9am Tuesday through Thursday, right when they open. There are hardly any cars there, allowing the attendants to take extra time drying and buffing every inch of your vehicle. Another example is to shop at Costco between 7pm and closing on weekdays, which is the slowest and most mellow times.

Please share some of your own useful information! Know of great deals on linens? Food (again, with Costco you can get a huge hot dog and soda for a buck-fifty). How about a cleaning tip? This is the thread for useful information.

Car? Wash? I've never heard of such a thing. We just call that the sky in Vancouver. If anyone needs any help with pet stains/odours/hair, I'm here for you...

dp

So fess up; we have two cats who barf all over our berber carpet. The stains never fully come out, so what can I do? Eddy is ready to boot my little fur balls out!

Hear! Hear! For the dog tip LH!

How's that going to get my current stains out?

From a retail background, especially relating to Large Department stores....

All sales are set up for the Thursday before the weekend.

All markdowns are usually done by the Wednesday before set-up of a sale.

Most companies usually mark down their merchandise 25% after the full retail has been on the floor for 4 weeks.
Due to the lack of discount stores, most department stores have to move their clearance merchandise themselves, so the Robinson May's 15 hour sale(held the 3rd weekend of each month) is actually their way of moving their clearance stuff, to make room for the new merchandise on their docks.

Happy Shopping!

First, wet them down with a strong vinegar and water solution, just to get that dried material damp again. Then go at them with a strong oxyclean solution and a tooth brush. The only problem with this method is that it tends to get the stained areas cleaner than the rest of the carpet -- I'm serious!

dp

Freddy, For our cat hairballs I use a paste made from oxyclean or a concentrated liquid made up in a spray bottle, check a small area of your carpet for colorfastness first. Takes everything right out, with my home based business I get every kind of spill/stain on my berber and the oxy workes for everything.

I am a cat lover too, my neighbors dog leaves so much shit in our yard why would I want one of my own!

Honey

If you use your emergency brake now and then when you park your vehicle, you can save yourself a lot of money down the line on brake realignment.

Other helpful tips:
If it don't fit don't force it.
What goes around comes around...ALWAYS.
If you don't get married, you never have to ask for permission.

Given our menagerie we have all wood and laminate flooring, but I do recall having this problem with the grey carpet in our old apartment. Glad it worked,

dp

First, welcome Buck! With two cats in our house, we know the problem well and...

Fuggetaboudit. Nothing will completely remove it, unfortunately. The closest you'll get it to call a professional leather person (one who repairs and buffs leather for a living), who'll strip it and refinish it at great expense.

Kind of what I was afraid of. We actually had to give the cat to our parents to be an outside cat. He couldn't be broken of urinating wherever he pleased even after several vet trips, etc.

On the plus side, the couch has a 7 year warranty on the leather against scratches, cuts, etc and they've definitely left some scratches in the surface so I'm thinking we'll try to get it repaired/replaced under warranty.

We've still got one great female cat in the house who's a ball. Ever seen a cat play fetch?

Rick

BTW, F&E you guys have a great site here. I'm glad to have stumbled across it. Now if I can just get my wife to peruse your site as much as I do.