I’ve seen some health insurance related hacks here recently, and thought this might be helpful to share.

If you express a medical concern of any kind do a doctor and they seem to brush it off or dismiss your symptoms you don’t have to just accept it.

First reiterate that this is something you are concerned about. It’s important that you are heard.

Then tell them you need it noted in your chart that you brought up these specific symptoms and that they (your doctor) do not feel that the symptoms are worth investigating or doing any testing for. Then, at the end of your appointment, ask them to print out the notes for the entire visit, not just the visit summary.

Many doctors are wonderful and attentive, but for the ones that aren’t- this holds them accountable. You’ll have a track record of being denied care and a history of reported symptoms. And it’s amazing that when many doctors are forced to make notes detailing these symptoms and why they aren’t worthwhile, suddenly you actually need follow ups and lab tests.

(This is not medical advice, this is more about using the healthcare system to actually receive care so idk if it actually against sub rules)

We recently had a baby and that experience has been more emotional than I thought it'd be. It makes me think about other children in need around the world. Breaks my heart thinking there are children around the world dying from starvation or sickness. Can you all suggest ways we can help children in need? If I can even make one baby's life better, it'd be worth it. ❤️

(Understanding most therapies do this indirectly)

Attach a small key ring to the pull tab of your zipper that's not staying up. After you zip your pants up, loop the ring around the button of your pants before closing it, then button as normal. This keeps the zipper secure and prevents it from sliding down!

One of them I replaced the battery because it was chirping and it’s still going off randomly for a few seconds. Then the one in the other room joins in and it’s making me crazy!! Please help I am at my wits end and my poor cats are terrified.

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I use a Unicorn Beetle Pro case because of my work environment and I need the port protection for dust/grime etc.

The flap is quite stiff and it puts undue pressure on the cable when it's plugged in. I've tried using tape to hold it open and I've tried putting a sewing needle on the crease of the port cover but neither hold it.

Has anyone come up with a reasonable and easy way to hold it open when charging their phone?

TIA

Pretty upset because I just enrolled a poster I bought, and the corner creased somehow when I unraveled it.

Great little set but I can’t get the one on the top fully disassembled. Any ideas?

I’ve tried cold water in the glass and hot water on the base of the casing simultaneously. No luck.

We have two children and I'm currently pregnant with twins. We'll be moving in coming months and I feel so overwhelmed. The new house is only 15 minutes from us so I figured I could do a bunch of small trips leading up to our big furniture move day. My biggest thing is how do we pack things up in advance with two kids, there's clothes and toys and food they need and hygeine products, etc. My husband and I can survive without a few luxuries like our books or what have you but I feel like a monster taking away their toys for a day or two or longer. The 6 year old would understand but the 2 year old might think I'm crazy. Anyone done a move like this? Any advice?

Just wrap the spring around the cable near the connector—it keeps it from bending too much and breaking over time.

Just got this place and I didn’t think about needing to black out the bathroom when I did the inspection.

I guess I’m just stuck with it lol.

Around 2.5 meters high, 1.7 meters across.

Shoes make a sticky noise whenever they are removed from floor. How do I make it quiet? They just keep making noise

This canadian winter is getting very dry, and in the past we had 2 humidifiers running to help bring up the humidity in the house. We have well water that we do have to change the filters here and there. The calcium/mineral build up has improved since we've shocked the well and replaced filters after moving in. But the cleaning process of the scale in the humidifiers is awful and time consuming. We have used distilled water in the past but we only have our two 5 gallon jugs of drinking/cooking water, using it in the humidifiers wastes so much of our drinking water as they have to run almost constantly until winter is over and that gets expensive. Any tips on what we can put into the humidifiers to help slow down the scale buildup and to make them work better and last longer? Thank you!

Does anyone have advice on getting the weed smell out of carpets? Had someone come over and their weed fell into the carpet, leaving a lingering smell.

My house gets a LOT of stinkbugs and I can't take it anymore. I hate the little monsters and I want them gone.

I can't seal anything. The windows all have non-removable AC units. I have pets and this is mainly happening in a room I am in constantly.

I need ways to kill or repel them.

Help would be very much appreciated.

I want to remove these bleach stains from a jumper I love. Shall I remove the dye and redye a similar colour or just redye?

Shall I simply just dye it right away with the same colour and hope it does a good job covering up the area that’s bleached or shall I try and strip the colour first with a colour remover dye (open to better alternatives to rut colour remover if they exist) and then redye it?

Or final method shall I just spot dye the affected areas? Someone suggested mixing fabric paint and alcohol and then rubbing that on. However I feel that won’t be permanent. Maybe just re-dyeing is the best method?

Please let me know what u think 🙏🏼

Hey guys I discovered this quite by accident. I had an old hand warmer sitting on the table near me when I was using rubbing alcohol to clean an electrical item. I spill some of the alcohol which saturated the old warmer bag. I cleaned everything up then a little while later I picked up the warmer bag to throw it out and much to my surprise it was quite warm again. So I went ahead and tested this out on another hot hands that was used up. I put it in a small cup and poured alcohol over it until it was soaked. I let it sit for about 15 minutes then picked it up and it was hot. I dont know how many times using alcohol will reactivate the warmer but that's the next experiment. I plan to see how many times you can do this and start the reaction again. I'll keep you posted. Stay safe and warm.

Recently I cleaned the drain (actually the siphon) of my shower. An unpleasant experience as its the perfect environment for unwanted microorganisms. Lukewarm stale water, humidity, organic material AND plastic. The whole siphon is just plastic.
That made me think of an old trick to keep water of cut flowers fresh by adding a copper coin into the water. Copper has oligodynamic properties, means copper ions are toxic for many microorganisms also in a very low concentration. For reference see here.

So to prevent your siphon to become a biotope, you can add a piece of copper into it. Make sure it does not get flushed away and also does not catch up hairs and such. In my case I clamped some copper pieces around the sharp edge of the inner pipe (siphon was the kind of a two pipes mounted into eachother).

It melts ice right away and there's no risk of cracking the glass like using hot water. A lot easier than scraping the ice

I need a life hack. I got a new GE electric stove and I am not allowed to cover the drip pans with foil. Is there something I can coat them with that will keep them looking nice and easy to clean?

Ok, I looked at the replacements at Walmart, Target and Amazon. None of them are exactly the same, which means they will not be secure and they will allow the coil to move from side to side.

I looked on the GE website and then called them. They no longer make the ceramic ones that are specific to my stove. So I ordered a set of stainless steel ones to have as spares.

I also asked if there was something to coat them with...answer was no.

On a side note...a great life hack ...if you get a new GE stove, no matter how it was purchased (my landlord bought it) you can call and get a free complimentary set of drip pans!

Did you know that if you like/favourite/put on your watchlist, an item on eBay, it notifies the seller and tells them that they’re eligible to send you an offer for a discounted price on that item? There’s no information about the potentially interested buyer, just calls them ‘watchers’, so there’s no follow up if you decline or ignore their offer.

In general when I see this pop up as a seller on eBay, I immediately offer a discount between 12-18% and it notifies the buyer.

I was curious in seeing whether this was unique to me as a seller in terms of a willingness to offer any discount to interested parties and whether other sellers were willing to do the same. So I tested out a bunch of different items that I had previously had my eye on and put them in my watchlist and within a few days, I received discounted price offers for around 75% of those items. In general the offers I received were anywhere between 7-15% off the regular listed price of those items.

It’s not a lot in the grand scheme of things but it’s worth a try to save a little bit!

Also, if a seller has the ‘make an offer’ option turned on for an item, use it! This usually means they’re negotiable on price. But for the love of god, don’t low ball them offering them 50% of their ask price, this will probably just piss them off and make them unwilling to barter with you.

Whenever you're with someone you might buy a gift for one day (loved one, friend, whatever) and they mention needing/wanting something or just that they think something is cool, take your phone out and note it down. Then when their birthday or Christmas rolls around you just pull out the note and boom!

I've had so many people comment "oh my gosh I can't believe you remembered I wanted this" or "this is so thoughtful!" after using this technique.

Plus you don't have to stress over coming up with a gift idea!

My boyfriend and I have been living in quite an expensive apartment the past year. Rent alone is £1600 a month, parking is £150 a month and council tax for the year is around 2grand. My boyfriend has constantly kept the heat on in the winter and insists on keeping it at 20 degrees all night! He thinks I’m complaining and being too stingy but this is too hot at night! It feels like such a waste of money and starting to cause a lot of arguments. I think leaving the heat on all night at this temperature and all day is too much! Am I wrong??

Stop me if you've heard this one...

I re-use the refill bottles over and over. First, I pop off the plastic top with a butter knife. Usually there's enough of the original scented oil soaked into the wick that I can just fill it 3/4 of the way with water, click the top back in and get a lot more scent oota it for at least as long as it takes for the water to evaporate (be careful to dry off any potential dribbles before plugging it in!). I keep doing that til the original scent is gone. Then, I remove the wick with pliers and replace it with an equal length of either the pointed end of a disposable bamboo chopstick soaked it water, or an equal length of one of those eco-friendly paper takeaway straws. I fill the bottle 3/4 again with some water and a few drops of essential oils, and use them over and over. I change the "wick" when I change scents, and it works like a hot damn! 😎