Hints From Heloise
SPAM EMAILS
Dear Heloise: Nearly every website I go to wants me to enter my email address or name or more. I might be looking for just some information, but these sites won't allow me to just enter and look around at what they are offering without getting information I'd rather not give them. The next thing you know your email inbox is loaded with spam from these people who demanded your email address or from others who buy lists from them. It angers me that I get so much junk mail for trash that I don't want. No, I don't want a musical dog leash or a motion detector light on my toothbrush.
There should be more regulations and laws pertaining to internet use and the protection of our privacy. The majority of people I know are fed up with having to enter our personal information on websites that we may only visit once or twice. -- Mike and Stella T., Battle Creek, Mich. SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise
P.O. Box 795001
San Antonio, TX 78279-5001 Email: Heloise@Heloise.com FAST FACTS
Here are some new uses for wine racks:
-- Roll up magazines and store in the openings.
-- Roll up placemats and store inside.
-- Store slippers in them. -- Store small toys inside. WARRANTIES
Dear Heloise: Warranties! We used to keep losing them, but one day I decided to get organized and bought a large binder. I now put all warranties in this binder and place the binder on a shelf in my home office. However, I also have a metal filing cabinet with all of our personal things organized inside. Items such as a wedding certificate, our wills, passports and medical records are in each person's file. -- Meredith B., Bend, Ore. CHARCUTERIE BOARD Dear Readers: Want to create a fun, beautiful and delicious palate of colors, flavors, aromas, shapes and textures? Consider the charcuterie board.
Charcuterie is a French word that means “cooked meat” (specifically pork), but charcuterie boards nowadays contain shaved lunch meats, cubed and soft cheeses, vegetable sticks, dips and dressings, grapes, dried fruits, nuts, berries and even chocolates and caramels.
Arrange on a large plate or lazy Susan. Take a picture of the charcuterie board before people descend upon it! -- Heloise ORGANIZATION NATION Dear Readers: Spring cleaning is in full swing. Closet cleaning? Here are some items to NOT donate to charity:
-- Dirty, stained, ripped, moldy, foul-smelling clothes and shoes.
-- Dirty, stained, chipped, cracked kitchen dishes and service items.
-- Furniture that is beyond reupholstering, be it damaged or worn, covered in pet hair, etc.
-- Electronics older than five years.
-- Toys with broken and/or missing components.
-- Out of season clothes and household items.
Call the donation center if you have questions about what you can and cannot donate. -- Heloise RIP TORN
Dear Readers: A ripped, torn or dirty mask will not provide an acceptable level of protection. Throw it out and get a new one. -- Heloise
P.S. Cut the elastic bands on the mask before disposing of it so the bands can’t get wrapped around anything or anybody, like wildlife.
Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 782795001.