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Leith

(7,802 posts)
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:35 PM Aug 2017

Tell Me Something I Don't Know

Thread title shamelessly stolen from Chris Matthews.

Tell us a helpful hint or life hack that would make things a little easier for your readers.

Here's mine:

If you are sick of seeing those irritating popups on YouTube videos, go to the settings icon along the bottom. It looks like a little gear with cogs. Click once and turn off "Annotations" by clicking on the left of the slide bar. That brings the circle to the left and most of those popups no longer appear.

If someone could tell us how to make that a permanent setting, I would be grateful.


Your helpful hint does not have to be about the internet. It could be something as simple as dumping a cupful of vinegar in the kitchen drain once a week to cut down on mold and odors (that one was free).

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Original Post) Leith Aug 2017 OP
Take the time to customize all your settings in Windows steve2470 Aug 2017 #1
Don't ever ask a DUer for help taterguy Aug 2017 #2
Never scrub your shower again dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #3
Every year on its birthday August 5, the Mars Rover sings Happy Birthday to itself. NightWatcher Aug 2017 #4
Unless you are my cousin Gary Wolf Frankula Aug 2017 #5
Bread, peanut butter, jam, peanut butter, bread. Iggo Aug 2017 #6
The root cause of suffering is ignorance of the fundamental truth Fozzledick Aug 2017 #7
The Armenian alphabet LeftInTX Aug 2017 #8

steve2470

(37,456 posts)
1. Take the time to customize all your settings in Windows
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:49 PM
Aug 2017
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-customize-your-windows-10-experience

That's just one site of many, and of course you can do the same for Windows 7 and XP and Mac, etc. It will save you much time and aggravation and make things more pleasant

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
2. Don't ever ask a DUer for help
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:58 PM
Aug 2017

THey will just string you along with promises they have no intention of keeping.


:bitter:

:bitter:

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. Never scrub your shower again
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 03:28 PM
Aug 2017

Esp. if you live in humid climates where mold grows fast

Use a spray bottle of pure white vinegar to spray the sides/bottom of the shower when you are leaving the bathroom. All mold and stains disappear and with 2x weekly use, have not returned.
really effective on those "plastic" type shower stalls.

Fozzledick

(3,859 posts)
7. The root cause of suffering is ignorance of the fundamental truth
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 05:55 PM
Aug 2017

that all manifest forms are impermanent and transitory.

Yer welcome!

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