Out Darn Spot? Stick a small label or put a safety pin on each stain or spot. That way, the dry cleaner can determine which method to use for cleaning each spot or stain.

Deluxe Pop Rivets

Around the house, pop rivets have many uses, from holding gutters together to securing ductwork. Whereever thin metals need to be attached, pop rivets can do the job. Here is a great addition to the pop rivet arsenal: threaded pop rivets. You can use these rivets where the threads have stripped out of thin metal. Drill out the old stripped hole and insert a threaded pop rivet and...pop!...things are back in action.

- Stephen Corwin

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001