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  • If your dental bills are large, here is an easy way to cut them. Keep tartar deposits and cavities to a minimum by brushing your teeth immediately after eating or drinking, because it is within the first fifteen minutes after meals and snacks that most of the enamel-destroying acids form in your mouth.
         
     
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  • To clean rope trimmed canvas shoes, rub with a toothbrush that has been dipped in rug shampoo.
         
     
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  • Save potato peelings and bake in a hot oven until crisp. Delicious salted and served as a snack.
         
     
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  • A salt shaker that delivers salt too fast can easily be remedied by plugging up some of the holes. Wash shaker to remove all salt, dry thoroughly, and use colorless fingernail polish to stop up the desired number of holes.
         
     
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