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Just think of how much easier this whole life would have been if you knew some things earlier. Like, mastering the art of tackling zip lock bags, organizing your sheets, relieving heartburn, calming an iPhone alarm, the list is endless.

But TikToker Sidneyraz has set out on a mission to get our lives back by sharing some very relatable, super simple, low-key and sometimes plain hilarious know-how tips for everyday life. In a series of viral videos, Sidneyraz tells the viewers ‘something I didn’t know until I was in my 30s’ and enacts the things in funny home scenarios.

With a whopping 842.2K followers and some videos racking up more than 5M views, you can see that this guy has definitely hit our soft spot: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on even more years wasted without knowing such obvious, yet game-changing things.

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Not Being Hungover Is Better Than Being Drunk

Not Being Hungover Is Better Than Being Drunk

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Dishwashers Have A Filter You're Supposed Clean

Dishwashers Have A Filter You're Supposed Clean

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Hiring Movers Is Worth It

Hiring Movers Is Worth It

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Ba Lulu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does this fit in? If you have enough money lot of things get easier.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because it’s still worth it and he still learned it after 30. He didn’t claim it to be more affordable. He just said it isn’t a waste of money.

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Stephen Lyford
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best money I ever spent was hiring movers when I moved into my current home.

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ItsJess
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same, when I moved into this place (in 2008) I think I paid the movers $400 and it was worth every penny. I gave a friend the cash to pay for me and went to work and when I got home, everything was in my new place.

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Don't Look
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Took me days and days to pack up a 900 square foot apartment (not including the furniture). The two moving men had the entire apartment down four flights of stairs in the uhaul within an hour. 😲. Totally worth the $300.

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Juds Conne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an important thing to know. As we age, preserving one's energy (and wear on assorted body parts) is worth scrimping and saving to afford. At 74, I wish I had learned this decades ago.

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Nadine Debard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But pizzas for your friends are cheaper. Depends on your financial means, especially before 30 (and your friends)

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I’m A Black Cat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hence the list states things one learns over 30. Also, your friends can help you, but it's nothing too pleasant for them. Therefore it is *worth it* to hire movers and leave your friends alone, if you can afford it, clearly pizza is cheaper. That's the entire idea behind this life hack

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Johnny
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's only worth it if you have the money. In my 20's I'd pay my friends with beer and pizza. Last time I moved, my company paid close to $10K for movers. That's a lot of beer and pizza.

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Ronald Clay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn't say that the movers had to drive the truck. You can hire professional movers by the hour just to load/unload the truck...And most of the time, it is completely worth spending the money.

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Margaret McLean
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Used professional movers on my last move, and will never do a DIY move again. Furniture (including BIG stuff) out of old place and into new place 20 miles away, with not a scratch on walls or furniture, and all done before lunch. And absolutely everything had to go up at least one long, narrow flight of stairs and plenty had to go up yet another flight. Lesson learned - just wish it hadn't taken til 40+

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Mary Rose Kent
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned early (19 y.o.) when my soon-to-be-ex-roommates helped me move my upright piano up a steep incline between two Victorians to a rickety set of stairs of a four-unit mother-in-law apartment, and mine was the one farthest away. My friends got it up the rickety stairs, at which point things went sideways because there wasn’t enough clearance up the inside stairway because the living room jutted out over the stairway and made it impossible to get the piano up. I used professional piano movers thereafter until I finally stopped playing piano and turned to choral singing instead.

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Id row
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could do a lot of things better if I had money to hire people to do them. I think this guy doubles as Captain Obvious.

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Aswell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Time plus effort = money. It's a risk assessment issue. Is what you gain worth more than you can stand to lose? Every decision boils down to a practical risk assessment evaluation.

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Helen Taylor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just hired movers for the first move in my life. I hired supposedly the best. I have never broken anything in a move, and I have moved a lot. In this move, I’m sure I’m not to the end of broken things and damaged surfaces. . Next time I hire a crew and they load how I tell them.

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Alessandra Rodriguez
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk abt this one bc we just moved in and the movers are supposed to unpack for us as well but not only did they not unpack, they also just threw everything wherever. Like my Xbox was in my grounded brothers room, and they literally labeled a hamper full of clothes “bedding”. Like what?

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Christine Della Rocco
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No its not, we got taken from our movers, moving from Auburn Ca to Hickory NC. Ripped us off for an extra $10,000

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Kelli Pike
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right up until they crush my preserved rose from my father's funeral service six years ago. They crushed me along with it.

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Bradley Hart
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your friend with a van and or pickup is no longer going to risk a slipped disk for bad pizza and Miller lite

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Cooper Terry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At this point money is life as in if u don’t got it u will never be equal as some people

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Leet_loves_space
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or having a lot of friends and family willing to help move boxes works too

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Ophelia Payne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I take exception to this. Even seemingly legitimate movers hold people's s**t hostage for additional money, break things and claim it was like that etc. Lots of skeevie movers

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Sharon Morris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! Our backs are officially too bad for that sh*t. I pack, you tote. 🌻✌🏽

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Jerry Juneau
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Movers don’t cost that much and it is so much faster! Spent 300.00 for 3 men for 3 hours. They were done in 2 1/2 hours. Furniture exactly where I wanted it, no muss, no fuss.

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Julia Henry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

…but if you do, make sure to do your research and pay for the insurance. We were in a bind and had to find a moving company quickly. As a rule, I had to be there the whole time they loaded up. I met the guys and saw how careful they were with our stuff so I felt confident in deciding to forego paying for the added insurance. What I didn’t know was that when you’re moving long distance, your stuff goes from that truck to storage and other trucks along the way. We had thousands of dollars of our belongings broken and stolen. They destroyed my grandma’s piano. (That was a whole emotional breakdown in itself) We had very little recourse because we denied the insurance. Lesson learned. Do your research and get the insurance.

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K. M.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I mean duh... Just try telling that to my dad.

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Kelly Shaw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until they scam you out of a few hundred more dollars in exchange for your stuff.

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Paula Allison
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You end up spending just as much money feeding people and replacing the stuff that's broken and the doctor bills for your back or shoulders

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AlanandLeila Hoyt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup! Especially once you have kids…you can barely manage to pack in the weeks leading up to the move because the kids interfere. You cannot watch them and move furniture at the same time-you really can’t do anything else while watching them… it takes a lot longer to move all your heavy boxes and furniture and take multiple trips with the truck yourself. You are probably saving money by not damaging the furniture and having it done all in one day, rather than 3-4 days of truck rental and multiple trips and time off work.

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yellowphantom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At some point in your late 30's, your friends start having back problems and other ailments that prevent them from helping you move, so movers become necessary. Also, by then, you may have kids and your parents may have made you get all your childhood stuff out of their house, so the amount of stuff you have to move is way beyond a couple pickup truck loads.

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially if otherwise you are moved by military - they pack dirty dishes, full ashtrays ...

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Lynn Morello
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NOT. We hired movers for an interstate move, and at the other end, anything for the bedroom just got tipped into a huge mound in the middle of the bedroom floor. Their excuse was they just needed to take the boxes back.

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Potato
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the distance. I paid to move my big furniture (not much) 10 miles down the road and it cost $200 minimum.

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DetongLhamo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends. We hired a company called ‘Two Men and a Truck’ and only one guy turned up and he had a bad back. Husband had to help him and dropped a heavy solid metal radiator on his foot. That was 27 years ago and it’s never been right.

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Faith Hurst
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did it once and they banged up my stuff. Pain getting the money. I do better on my own with friends who just want to sit on the floor in the new place with pizza and beer.

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Sofie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have learned the hard way to hire people to clean the place when moving out. Last time my MIL absolutely insisted on doing the cleaning, and it ended up costing me so much money because the landlord said they had to hire a company to clean it for it to be acceptable. If I had hired a cleaning company to begin with, I could've chosen a cheaper one and would've had the right to blame them if they didn't do it properly. It was a tiny appartment and I was a pregnant working mom. Plus the appartment was well kept so I let MIL do the job since she insisted. I never smoked or even drilled a single hole in the wall. I felt totally ripped off by the landlord and so humiliated like it would've been a freaking drug house or something 😥

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Uchman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't matter who does it, most landlords will still rip you off

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Brandy Grote
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not worth it when they damage Grandma's Duncan Phyfe table and then refuse to pay out on the insurance you purchased.

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magnadar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can relate. If you add the time you and your friends are not at work, it sums up very quickly, too. And then it doesn't seem so much money anymore.

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crln ldx
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't see you in another place.... You didn't move just changed your shirt

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What happens if you get there 2 days before the movers who got lost?

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Don't Look
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Last move used the wrong company and wound up beating our stuff to the new place by 4 weeks. No, seriously. It was absurd. And they didn’t do well with the snow when they arrived either.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do it for you, they're insured, and they know all your expensive items and which room they're in plus the layout of your home. If you don't own anything expensive, you probably can't afford movers

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah this is absolutely true. It does cost a bit so work that into your budget. The rationale here is you need to be healthy to function yourself and getting injured in the process hurts you more long term. Like throwing out your back for example. It may delay your plans a bit as you save up for it but if you're like me back in the day, I cannot afford to not work.

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Not everything goes downhill as we age. Well, surely our close friends circle becomes smaller, hangovers get worse and more responsibilities fall on our shoulders. But a new body of research has shown that some of our brain abilities improve as we age.

For example, a 2011 study looking at data from more than 60,000 people found that our ability to recognize faces continued to improve as we age—until just after we hit age 30. "At almost any given age, most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others," lead study author and MIT department of brain and cognitive sciences researcher Joshua Hartshorne commented to Business Insider.

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You Can Change Which Way The Refrigerator Foor Opens

You Can Change Which Way The Refrigerator Foor Opens

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Salt Stops The Oil From Splattering In The Pan. Apparently

Salt Stops The Oil From Splattering In The Pan. Apparently

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How To Squeeze A Lemon

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Another more recent study found that some of our abilities, like reading others' emotions and recalling events that have just happened, to name a few, keep improving until we turn 30. Incredibly, skills like basic math and a larger vocabulary rise throughout our lives and reach their peak around when we turn 50.

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Fruit Lasts Longer If You Take Out Of These And Put It Into Someting Airtight

Fruit Lasts Longer If You Take Out Of These And Put It Into Someting Airtight

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Travel Pillows Go In Front

Travel Pillows Go In Front

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always used mine this way. Then I pull down the table and put the pillow on it....best way to sleep in a plane...for me.

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The Abc Song And Twinkle Twinkle Are The Same Tune

The Abc Song And Twinkle Twinkle Are The Same Tune

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Does that mean that we get smarter with age? Well, it depends what we define as ‘smart,’ but some of our cognitive abilities do indeed improve as we age. However, some will deteriorate, like our ability to quickly process and recall information (also known as fluid intelligence), which peaks at about the age of 18. After its peak, those abilities continually fall over the rest of our lives.

But that doesn’t mean it’s bad news for us. There is another study suggesting that having a greater purpose in life can help protect against cognitive decline among older adults. In fact, greater purpose in life has been linked to reduced all-cause mortality and cardiovascular problems, increased longevity, maintenance of general physical functioning, reduced risk of stroke and reduced incidence of sleep disturbances.

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How To Line This(Bread Tin) With Foil. Flip The Pan Over. Spread Foil Over. Make The Shape Over. And Now It's Easily Lined

How To Line This(Bread Tin) With Foil. Flip The Pan Over. Spread Foil Over. Make The Shape Over. And Now It's Easily Lined

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Tassenküchlein168
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t use Aluminium foil at all. It harms the environment and your health as well. Just butter your bread tin or use baking paper.

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You Can Store Avocados In Water To Keep Them Fresh Longer

You Can Store Avocados In Water To Keep Them Fresh Longer

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Zophra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Will the avacado have the same consistency - thinking the cells are bringing in water?

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#12

There Are Tags On The Bottom Left Corner Of Fitted Sheets?

There Are Tags On The Bottom Left Corner Of Fitted Sheets?

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How To Clena The Microwave. Take Some Lemon Water. Microwave That For A Minute And A Half And It Should Wipe Out More Smoothly

How To Clena The Microwave. Take Some Lemon Water. Microwave That For A Minute And A Half And It Should Wipe Out More Smoothly

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You Can Pick Up Flour With A Whisk, Apparently

You Can Pick Up Flour With A Whisk, Apparently

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If You Keep Rotating Nothing Will Drip Down The Sides

If You Keep Rotating Nothing Will Drip Down The Sides

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried this and everything just flew out all over the walls. It is me that supposed to be spinning round, isn't it?

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You Can Use A Pistachio Shell To Open A Pistachio

You Can Use A Pistachio Shell To Open A Pistachio

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not the case with those hermetically closed bulletproof pieces. There are always a few of those clam-shut suckers in every bag. You have to smash those with a rock.

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How To Use A Can Opener

How To Use A Can Opener

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You Can Add Tinfoil If You Don't Have The Right Size Battery

You Can Add Tinfoil If You Don't Have The Right Size Battery

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How To Fill The Cooler

How To Fill The Cooler

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The Drawer At The Bottom Of Your Over Is Not For Storing Pans, It's A Broiler

The Drawer At The Bottom Of Your Over Is Not For Storing Pans, It's A Broiler

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Chesse Gaters Lay Down

Chesse Gaters Lay Down

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Zophra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why down? I would need a big plate and it wouldn't lay flat with the lip of the plate. Upright, I can shred right into a smaller serving bowl with no extra step.

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#24

Where The Instant Pot Lid Goes

Where The Instant Pot Lid Goes

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You Can Flip The Pan Over Instead Of The Thing In The Pan

You Can Flip The Pan Over Instead Of The Thing In The Pan

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You Can Stop A Pot From Boiling Over By Putting A Wooden Spoon On It

You Can Stop A Pot From Boiling Over By Putting A Wooden Spoon On It

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There's A Shiny Side And A Dull Side To Tinfoil And The Shiny Side Is Supposed To Touch The Food Food? Shiny Traps Heat Better, Dull Doesn't

There's A Shiny Side And A Dull Side To Tinfoil And The Shiny Side Is Supposed To Touch The Food Food? Shiny Traps Heat Better, Dull Doesn't

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Lindsey Turner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tin foil has a shiny and dull side because of how it's manufactured. It's so thin, they put two sheets through the rollers at once. They've said they see no difference in which way you use it

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