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BigglesPiP

BigglesPiP

BigglesPiP

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How many people here have advanced tricks they use in day to day life, the kind where you sit there thinking at other people: "You haven't even noticed I'm doing this, or if you have you can't work out why, yet it would make your life so much easier." The kind of tricks that make you a life Power User if you will.

I have a couple come to mind right now:

1. When placing bottles on a supermarket check out conveyor, I place the bottles in a line, touching each other. This makes a crude friction damper between each bottle, the result is they don't fall over and you can achieve a higher object density on the belt.


2. I have a light switch with 2 switches on in my flat, the left switch controls the bathroom light and fan with built in delay circuit. The right one controls the bedroom light. From my PC I'm almost exactly side on with the switch.

When I'm sitting with the room light on, and have just been to the bathroom, the fan is still on, but is it on because of the timer, or have I left the bathroom light on? I can't see what position the left switch is in, I now have to go and check.

To solve this, I drew a little red spot on the side of the bathroom light switch with a CD/DVD marker as in the diagram below. If I can see a little red dot, I did turn the bathroom light off, no more standing up for no reason, WIN!
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Anyone else, or have I completely lost it? I'll post more as I remember them all.
 
I often switch my light off from the comfort of my bed using my gas powered BB gun, by shooting the switch.
 
BigglesPiP said:
To solve this, I drew a little red spot on the side of the bathroom light switch with a CD/DVD marker as in the diagram below. If I can see a little red dot, I did turn the bathroom light off, no more standing up for no reason, WIN![/URL]



Anyone else, or have I completely lost it? I'll post more as I remember them all.
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Oh, But could the dot means you didnt turn the bathroom light off??

:D
 
BigglesPiP said:
Anyone else, or have I completely lost it? I'll post more as I remember them all.
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At least you're not retarded. After about 30 reminders, my brother still doesn't keep the compressed air canister upright while spraying. He STILL wonders why freezing liquid comes out of it! And is always completely baffled every time it happens.
 
Dear BigglesPIP,

I often find that after scracthing my bottom, I forget which finger I have used, often leading to offended nostrils and a funny tasting upper-lip.

Do you have any life-hacks to solve this most heinous conundrum?

Yours,
Anonymous Dave.
 
When I get to the checkout at the supermarket I have my money ready so's not to delay other customers. It sounds simple but you'd be amazed by the number of people that don't know about this nifty little life hack :p
 
Nix said:
Dear BigglesPIP,

I often find that after scracthing my bottom, I forget which finger I used often leading to offended nostrils and a funny tasting upper-lip.

Do you have any life-hacks to solve this most heinous conundrum?

Yours,
Anonymous Dave.
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After scratching it, just shove it in. It should change colour, which is a good identifier of the smelly finger.
 
I seem to do things like this without thinking about it. Like a 4 pint milk on a conveyor belt, I'll put length ways with the direction of the belt, stays standing! win :D \o/

I'll post more as/if I think of them. ;)
 
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