Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: My wife and I enjoy reading your column in the San Antonio Express-News. To avoid potential burglaries, folks who program their cars to open garage doors should ensure that the DOOR CODES are removed before the cars are traded, sold or donated. Instructions for removing the codes usually can be found in user manuals. — Milton Bell, Live Oak, Texas DOUBLE-CHECK Dear Heloise: Another caution for discarding unwanted junk mail and magazines/catalogs: Tear off and shred the address-label page, then remove and shred the order form inside the catalogs! — Chris C. in Florida

Good reminder, Chris. Let’s really think about this. There is not much information other than a name and address, plus the expiration date, on that label. I don’t think thieves can really do much — well, maybe sign you up for a subscription! — Heloise POWDERED GLOVES Dear Heloise: I wear rubber gloves when washing dishes. The other day, my hands kept getting stuck when I tried to put the gloves on. I remembered the small box of baking soda under the sink that I use for cleaning, and sprinkled a small amount in each glove. No more sticking! — Anne W. in Indiana

A handy hint indeed! There are so many hints for using baking soda, and you discovered a great one! I have many more hints for using and cooking with baking soda in my Heloise’s Baking Soda Hints and Recipes pamphlet, which you can receive by sending $5 and a long, selfaddressed, stamped envelope (70 cents) to: Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. — Heloise Heloise HELPFUL PUSH Dear Heloise: My mother was having a hard time pushing in her chair due to the carpet in my dining room. We thought of the furniture sliders that stores use to move major pieces of furniture.

Before Mom comes for a meal, we put small ones under her chair legs, and it is so easy for her to move her chair, with no damage to the carpet. — Donna N., Boiling Springs, Pa.