Though rare, there are certain times a winter survival kit for your car that will come in handy. People die every year in their automobile
from exposure to the elements during harsh weather conditions. It takes mere minutes for the warmth of a car to plunge into deadly below zero temperatures in many parts of the country. There is a basic survival kit that takes up very little space in your car and may someday save your life and those who may be with you.
Include items in your survival kit which can heat up the car. To warm up a car that has died by the side of the road in a blizzard, certain items are proven to be effective. A large metal coffee can is the perfect size for a roll of toilet paper. If you find yourself stranded, place the roll in the can and pour some isopropyl alcohol on it. Place it in a safe place towards the middle of the car and light it. Be sure that you have a window cracked open. The cold is going to enter anyway and you want what little smoke there is to exit the car. This will produce a clean flame that will burn for hours and provide enough warmth to keep you alive until help arrives.
Pack candles. Another way to warm up the interior of a car in freezing weather is with a medium candle placed in a metal coffee can. Again crack a window. The warmth of one candle can raise the temperature enough to keep you alive. Two candles in two cans are even better. Of course the extra jackets, blankets,hats, gloves, socks, and long underwear that you packed in your winter survival kit will help also.
Have a way to signal someone for help from the car. A cell phone will work great if you have a useful signal. A flashlight can be used to signal in the dark and aid in reading car manuals, etc.
Include food and water in your survival kit. This is important to keep up your energy if you have to remain with your vehicle over a prolonged period. This does happen in remote places in severe weather. Nuts, dried fruit and candy bars will provide nutrition and energy. Bottled water will keep you hydrated.
Include food and water in your survival kit. This is important to keep up your energy if you have to remain with your vehicle over a prolonged period. This does happen in remote places in severe weather. Nuts, dried fruit and candy bars will provide nutrition and energy. Bottled water will keep you hydrated.
Keep your survival kit current. Making a list of things you need for your survival kit is an easy way to remember to pack it during winter months. It is also a good way to ensure there are fresh batteries in your flashlight, extra batteries, dry, new matches or good lighters, or new food and water.
How to Celebrate Valentines Day Without Spending Money
We hold love in our hearts rather than our hands, and we see it only when we give it to another. Simple, heartfelt gestures are the best way to offer the gift of love.
Leave a note on her pillow, a note on her dressing table mirror, a note on the breakfast table, and a note on her car's steering wheel. Find a classic love poem and write it on the bathroom mirror. Bring her breakfast in bed with a love note on the tray. Draw a heart on her makeup mirror.
Use a caof water-soluble, non-toxic aerosol paint to write a message of love on the grass in your yard.
Use a caof water-soluble, non-toxic aerosol paint to write a message of love on the grass in your yard.
Call her favorite radio station and request a romantic song during the time she drives to work.
Change the welcome message on your answering machine to an expression of love.
Show up at her workplace, meet her as she takes her break, and whisk her away to a lovely park. Have a picnic lunch, complete with candle and rose.
Write her a long letter, one in which you recall the most emotional parts of your romantic history.
Print out "I Love You" posters on your computer, put them on your garage door and on light posts around the neighborhood.
Ask her to watch the sunset with you - and promise her your love will burn longer than the sun.
Don't use the hyphen if the describing words come after the word being described: A well-done steak should be well done. An over-the-top presentation was over the top.
Open the windows, put her favorite romantic song on the CD player, and invite her to dance under the stars.
How to Resolve 5 Common Grammar Problems
Even an expert writer loses credibility and risks being misunderstood by making grammatical errors. It's or its? Blonde or blond? Bombs specialist or bomb specialist? Once-in-a-while or once in a while? Harry and me or Harry and I? Avoid five common grammatical errors in English.
Use a hyphen when combining two or more words to describe a word that follows. The combined words act as a single adjective: a ten-dollar bill, a three-year-old boy, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Don't use the hyphen if the describing words come after the word being described: A well-done steak should be well done. An over-the-top presentation was over the top.
Use an apostrophe when a letter or group of letters is being left out to form a contraction. Remembering this simple rule will help avoid one of the most common grammar dilemmas: it's or its? Use the apostrophe when the word means it is. Leave it out for "The dog wagged its tail"
Don't be confused about when to say "Sally and me" or "Sally and I." The simple way to check is to leave the other person out of the sentence altogether. "He spoke to Sally and I" becomes "He spoke to I." "My friends and me went to the concert." becomes "Me went to the concert." If the sentence sounds wrong without the other words, it is wrong.
Adjectives are almost always singular. No matter how many dollars are involved, it's a twenty-dollar bill. No matter how many drugs he sells, he is a drug dealer, not a drugs dealer. The exception is when the meaning is unclear: The two countries are engaged in an arms race, not an arm race.
Be careful about words that have masculine and feminine forms. A man is blond; a woman is blonde. The man is a fiance; his girlfriend is a fiancee. Francis is normally a man; Frances is a woman. Marion is most commonly a masculine form of the name; Marian is feminine.
The most common type of football or Super Bowl pool is buying squares. In this pool each participant buys a square in a grid. The cost of a square can be any amount the organizers choose, typically a dollar a square.
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Don't be confused about when to say "Sally and me" or "Sally and I." The simple way to check is to leave the other person out of the sentence altogether. "He spoke to Sally and I" becomes "He spoke to I." "My friends and me went to the concert." becomes "Me went to the concert." If the sentence sounds wrong without the other words, it is wrong.
Adjectives are almost always singular. No matter how many dollars are involved, it's a twenty-dollar bill. No matter how many drugs he sells, he is a drug dealer, not a drugs dealer. The exception is when the meaning is unclear: The two countries are engaged in an arms race, not an arm race.
Be careful about words that have masculine and feminine forms. A man is blond; a woman is blonde. The man is a fiance; his girlfriend is a fiancee. Francis is normally a man; Frances is a woman. Marion is most commonly a masculine form of the name; Marian is feminine.
How to Understand the Rules of a Super Bowl Pool
A Super Bowl football pool is a annual tradition in many offices. It is a fun activity and an opportunity for coworkers to bond over football. For the non football fan, they may be confused on how a Super Bowl pool works.
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The pool is displayed on a 10 x 10 grid with numbers along both the top and left side of the page with 100 squares total available. The top row of numbers represents one super bowl team and the side row represents the other team. The numbers are not actually placed on the top and side, however, until all the squares have been purchased and filled in with the contestants' names. Once filled, numbers are drawn out of a hat and placed randomly left to right along the top of the grid and top to bottom down the side of the grid.3
The object of this grid type office pool is to have the combination of number that match the last numbers in the score of the game. There is a payout at the end of each quarter and at the end of the game. The digit used is always the second number. For example, if a team has 17 points at the end of the quarter, the 7 is used to determine the winner. The payments can be equal for each quarter but typically there is a larger payout at the end of the game.How to Create a Scrapbook With Friends
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Discuss in advance what type of scrapbook you want to create and the timeframe it should cover. For example, it could summarize fun events over just the past year. Instruct everyone to locate photos and other relevant memorabilia, such as a concert tickets, event programs and amusement park tickets.2
Decide how to share the cost of the supplies among everyone. Either everyone can chip in and one person buys the supplies, or everyone can be responsible for their page.3
Arrange a meeting time and place to plan the scrapbook and select photos as a group. It should be somewhere with a large work surface that can accommodate the number of people. Everyone should bring photos, mementos and scrapbooking supplies and tools.4
Sift through the photos and select two to four for each page. Include as many group photos as possible. Decide what other mementos can be added to the page.5
Let each person pick which page they want to work on or divide into teams of two or more people.6
Work on the scrapbook as a group if possible by meeting as often as necessary. Otherwise, each friend should head home with the necessary photos, mementos and supplies to create a page.7
Assemble the book and take turns keeping it so everyone has a chance to share it with
How to Make Creative Handmade Valentine Cards
Lay your piece of red card stock on your work space, and turn it to face you so it's laying horizontally.
Fold the card stock in half. Now you have a vertically-oriented card.
Snip off about a third of the card from the top or the bottom. If you are worried about not being able to cut a straight line, use a ruler and pencil to draw a line before cutting.
Decorate the front of your Valentine's Day card with scraps of craft materials that you have. For example, cut hearts out of old greeting cards. Cut squares from Valentine's Day-themed scrapbook paper. Glue a collage of scraps and shapes on the front of the card.
Plug in your hot glue gun with a glue stick inserted into it. Allow the glue to heat up for a few minutes. Squeeze dots of glue on the back of faux jewels, and place them in random places on the card. Be creative.
Write an original poem on the inside of the card with a paint pen in silver or gold. You do not have to be a poet to do this. Simply start with one line that expresses your love, and then build upon it with a second rhyming sentence. For example: "I love you, Ben, with all my heart. You've been kind, strong and honest, right from the start."
How to Make At-Home Multi-Purpose Survival Kits
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Select sturdy, durable and waterproof backpacks to hold your survival supplies. Each member of your family should have his own backpack. Backpacks are preferable over other types of luggage, such as duffel bags or suitcases, because they are small and easy to transport.
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Pack climate-specific items, such as gloves, scarves, raincoats or sunscreen. Consider the area you live and the type of weather you most frequently encounter. Pack accordingly.3
Place bandages, gauze pads, scissors, tape and other medical-emergency supplies in your backpack. Pack items in zippered plastic bags to keep them organized and dry. Survival kits should include basic first aid items, but if you plan on traveling in case of emergency, pack more complex first aid items, such as a suture kit or surgical supplies.4
Pack prescription medications in your survival kit. In a disaster, you may not be able to get basic medications, so it is important to have at least a small supply of prescription medications, such as asthma, diabetes or allergy medicines on hand.5
Fold a set of clothing for each family member and pack them in your survival kits. Include a shirt, pants, socks, undergarments and a pair of shoes.6
Pack enough food and water to last each person at least three days. Select dried or canned foods that will retain their freshness after long periods of storage and in various weather conditions. Nuts, freeze-dried fruits, granola bars and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) all have long shelf lives.7
Include communication tools, such as a hand radio or an emergency whistle. Pack an extra cell phone charger, but note that cell phones sometimes do not work in large-scale emergencies.How to Reduce the Size of your Wallet with a Multi-Purpose Card
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Assemble all of your customer cards such as Safeway Cards, Save on Foods
Cards, Shoppers Drugmart...
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On the back of all the cards, underneath the bar codes, there should be a series of numbers with either 7,8,9,12 or 13 digit code. Write these down.3
Go to the website (http://www.milk.com/barcode/) and put your card code in the generation box (if you have 9 digits, it will say that it should be 7,8,12 or 13 digits, simply add a ? to the end of the number series).4
Compare the generated bare code with the one on the back of your card. If they match, then voila, you have a bar code.5
Assemble all of the bar codes that you have, label them in a way that makes sense for you. Cut them out (as closely to the code as you can to maximize the number of codes you can get on the card).6
Place the bar codes on an old card/used gift card and tape them in place (a continuous strip is best as to not distort the reading laser).7
There you have it. A multi-purpose card. The cashiers will look at you funny at first, but when they realize how small your wallet is, they will want to do it too. Enjoy.How to Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Multi-Purpose Cleaner
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